VOTAW Precision Technologies Inc. and Process Fab Inc., both in Santa Fe Springs, are the kind of suppliers that big aerospace companies want to see less of. Big firms from Boeing Co. and Airbus Group to Hawthorne’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, have made no secret that they want to deal with fewer but larger suppliers. That’s why Votaw and Process Fab, along with an engineering business in Michigan, are merging into a single company. In a deal that’s taken nearly a year to complete, Burtek Holdings in Chesterfield Township, Mich., consolidated the two Santa Fe Springs. Download Full Article