Oxfordshire based Precision Bearings and Bearing Tool specialist Carter Manufacturing recently celebrated over 25 years of bearing and aerospace excellence, establishing itself as a globally recognised leader in precision engineering solutions. A good example of this international growth is their USA sister company Carter Americas recently achieving the USA status of a ‘Certified Small Business’ (CSB). This ongoing global development has been acknowledged by the official designation verified by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) or third-party organisations enabling USA businesses to prove eligibility for federal, state, and private contracting opportunities, including set-aside contracts.
Carter Americas Chief Operating Officer Erick Sloan, comments, “We are delighted to have achieved this certification and while nothing changes in how we support our customers day-to-day, this certification allows us to better align with organizations that have small business and supplier diversity initiatives. For us this is particularly important across aerospace, defence, energy, and emerging data centre infrastructure”. Erick added, “For our customers, this creates additional flexibility in procurement, including support for set-aside programs and subcontracting requirements, while maintaining the superior quality and performance standards expected from our special environment bearings and bearing tools”.
Carter Americas are primarily focused on developing the huge opportunities within the American market supplying a wide range of products including Custom Aerospace Bearings, Defence Bearings, Nuclear Bearings, Gas Turbine Bearings, Cryogenic Bearings, High Temperature Bearings, Aerospace Bearing Tools, along with Custom Made-to-Order Bearings.
Carter Americas is proud to be ITAR registered and CMMC Level1 compliant, underscoring the company’s commitment to meeting the rigorous regulatory, cybersecurity, and quality expectations of the Aerospace and Defence sectors. The company is actively pursuing CMMC Level ll certification, along with its C3PAO audit scheduled for July 2026, further enhancing its ability to securely manage Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) associated with critical defence bearing programs. These capabilities enable Carter Americas to support government and defence-related contracts with custom bearing solutions, both as a direct supplier and subcontractor. As a Certified Small Business with expanding cybersecurity and compliance capabilities, Carter Americas is uniquely positioned within the U.S. Aerospace and Defence bearing market.
Carter Americas new status helps them to continue their impressive expansion into supplying customers in the key industry sectors of defence, nuclear and gas turbine applications and is another step toward strengthening long-term partnerships and improving supply chain resilience.
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