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The article provides a forecast on the financial performance of Esterline Technologies, one of the suppliers of Boeing Co. Esterline Technologies is an engineer-run miniconglomerate and is associated with Boeing. The aerospace business of Esterline is expected to account 40% of its expected sales and that its replacement parts business may grow 20-30% of revenues. The revenues of the company were also derived from its instrumentation division and drilling equipment business for printed circuit boards.