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Paris Air Show 2007
The UK aerospace industry will be out in force at the Paris Air Show 2007. The UK Pavilion contains more than 100 companies and seven regional trade associations promoting their skills and expertise to a global audience. A large number of UK based companies will be exhibiting within the other main halls and all will be receiving the active support of UK Government agencies UK Trade & Investment and the Defence Export Services Organisation (DESO).
Click on the links below to open the press releases and images relating to companies exhibiting in the UK Pavilion.
The Minister for Trade and Industry, Margaret Hodge MBE MP visited companies in the pavilion at the Paris Air show today. Below are some photos of the Minister visiting the Independent Forging Alloys stand and later meeting Simon Beech, Chief Executive of Naysmith Group. She also received a warm welcome from representatives of WEAF (West of England Aerospace Forum).
Delivering sustainable aviation is the biggest challenge facing the global aerospace industry, says SBAC. Although aviation contributes less than two per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions, public concerns about continued growth in aviation are high on the political agenda.
SBAC together with partners Farnborough Aerospace Consortium (FAC), West of England Aerospace Forum (WEAF) and Aerospace Wales Forum have launched an online Directory of Aerospace Capability.
The aerospace industry is a UK success story says the Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC). Its 2007 Annual Aerospace Survey published 11 June 2007, shows that the industry supports 276,000 UK jobs, has a turnover of £20 billion and exports 63 per cent of all it produces.
Aerogistics is proud to announce its plans to establish a NADCAP approved surface treatment facility in
Bangalore
? King & Fowler India.
Atlas Composites is marking 10 years at the top with an appearance at the Paris airshow. And the firm has further cause for celebration: achieving AS9100 accreditation for the manufacture of flying parts and the signing of an important contract with Meggitt Thermal Systems.
W. L. Gore & Associates was awarded the contract to provide GORE Umbilical Assemblies for the A-10 Precision Engagement (PE) Kit by Lockheed Martin. This is the second contract awarded to Gore for the A-10 program following the initial award of PE kits to the A-10 Prime Team in March 2005.
The British Midlands agency will be promoting the benefits of doing business in the region to Paris airshow visitors.
With an annual spend of £18 billion, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is UK industry's single biggest customer. Now UK defence procurement is taking another step forward, with changes to defence contract advertising thresholds set to help even more areas of industry to supply to defence.
At the Paris Air Show, Delcam will demonstrate new automated functionality in its PowerMILL CAM system for much faster programming of the five-axis machining of blisks, blades and impellors.
DezineForce is revolutionising design, by making design software tools accessible and usable for all - small companies as well as large.
The Doncasters Group is a leading international engineering group that manufactures precision components and assemblies for the aerospace, industrial gas turbines, specialist automotive, medical orthopaedic and petrochemical markets. The group excels in working with alloys and metals that are difficult to shape and form.
Click on the press releases below to find out about Doncasters news for the Paris Air Show.
In the twelve months since Farnborough 2006, The Farnborough Aerospace Consortium, FAC, one Europe's largest and most established aerospace and defence organisations continues to gain strength both through member acquisition, which now exceeds 400 and its growing presence in the global aerospace and defence sectors.
FAC were joint sponsors with the Royal Bank of Scotland at last week's British American Business Conference on Aerospace and Defence. Attendees and speakers represented all the major UK and US aerospace and defence companies in addition to the UK MoD, DoD and US Government.
Innovation and commemoration will be the watchwords as the plans for the Farnborough International Airshow 2008 are unveiled at Paris Airshow 2007. In a Janus-like manner, the airshow will be looking both back and forward as it celebrates the 100th anniversary of the first powered flight in Britain; its own 60th anniversary and, moving forward, a series of exceptional innovations following sustained and significant investment and development in the show and its infrastructure.
At Paris 2007, Farnborough International will be at stand 14B in Hall 2B in the UK Pavilion, with key sales and marketing staff on hand to talk through all the most significant themes and developments for the Farnborough International Airshow in 2008.
Farnborough, taking place from 14-20 July 2008 will be looking both back and forward as it celebrates the 100th anniversary of the first powered flight in Britain; its 60th anniversary, and, moving forward, a series of exceptional innovations following sustained and significant investment and development in the show and its infrastructure.
The 2008 event is already attracting incredibly high interest from previous and new sponsors - both those directly connected to the aerospace industry, and those with products and services they want to promote to the industry - and in response, we are identifying further creative sponsorship opportunities for them.
Exhibitors coming to FIA 2008 will be able to enjoy and benefit from improved services which will not only facilitate the administrative process of being involved in the show, but also will give them new and enhanced opportunities to do business and target new markets or wider audiences at the show.
Organised in conjunction with Launchpad for Learning and the Royal Aeronautical Society, the International Youth Day will offer a hand-selected elite cohort of 500 students aged 15-23 a structured programme of events which will introduce them to the aerospace sector and give a valuable insight into the types of career opportunities within the industry which are available to young science, technology, engineering and maths graduates.
GE Aviation's Systems division (formerly Smiths Aerospace) is providing the next generation interface solution for the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey. The interface units enable external signals to be digitized and effectively communicate to the aircraft systems.
Airlines operating Boeing 737s in Europe have been given the ?Green light? to use an optimized landing approach that significantly reduces the amount of fuel used during arrival and approach operations, thereby reducing CO2 and NOx emissions by roughly 20% compared to standard arrival procedures.
The TATEM (Technologies and Techniques for New Maintenance concepts) project lead by GE Aviation's Systems division (formerly Smiths Aerospace) is achieving significant success toward the goal of researching and validating technologies and techniques for reducing maintenance related costs.
Hampson Industries PLC is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. The Group's operations are structured into four segments, operating from 16 manufacturing facilities spanning three continents. Through its international operations, the Group provides leading-edge, fully-integrated engineering, manufacturing and technology solutions.
On 29 March 2007, Margaret Hodge MP, Minister for Trade & Industry, officially opened Independent Forging Alloys' Forge 2 Advance Manufacturing Project. Forge 2 is the first new forge built in the UK in the last 25 years and was developed to meet the increasing demand for medium sized rings and components, servicing the needs of the aerospace and other industry sectors.
Cleaner power is a hot topic at the Paris airshow, and Intelligent Energy is leading the way with its range of world-class technologies.
Intelligent Energy forms partnerships with leading companies globally in the aerospace, transportation, oil and gas, defence, distributed generation and portable power markets. Its focus is on providing cleaner power and carbon abatement, via a range of fuel cell, fuel processing, desulphurisation and hydrogen generation technologies.
MB Aerospace Ltd, one of the main subsidiary groups of MB Aerospace Holdings Ltd, has announced details of two substantial contract extensions from Rolls-Royce plc with predicted values of up to £40m for the life of the contracts .
Mettis Aerospace has signed a multi-million pound contract with Spirit Aerosystems to supply forged airframe components for Airbus' best selling aircraft ? the A320.
Microfiltrex will be exhibiting on the SBAC stand in Hall 2B at the International Paris Air
Show, 18-24 June 2007. Key to the exhibit will be the latest high performance elements
designed to retain contamination in dynamic pressure and temperature environments.
Nasmyth Group announcment: Gov. Mark Sanford (S.C.) joined Peter Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive of the U.K.'s Nasmyth Group in announcing the company's decision to locate its North American headquarters and a major manufacturing operation in Newberry, South Carolina. The announcement was made at the Paris Air show.
Components manufacturer Paul Fabrications is using this year's Paris airshow to showcase its expansion plans to the industry.
In the leadup to the show, the company signed an exclusive five-year agreement with Meggitt Thermal Systems to supply titanium fabricated assemblies for the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter.
Satyam Computer Services, Ltd. announced that it has signed a multiyear, multi-disciplinary service agreement with Hawker Beechcraft Corporation. The contract calls for Satyam to provide high-end design, computer-aided engineering, analysis, product lifecycle management, and other services for the world's leading business, special-mission, and trainer aircraft manufacturer.
TODS AEROSPACE LIMITED has secured further orders for approx.2000 thermoplastic structural seat plinths, for Premium Class accommodation areas, aboard Boeing 747 & 777, and Airbus A330 aircraft. The £multi-million orders have been placed by Contour Premium Aircraft Seating and are for the supply of aircraft interiors for both Far East and North American carriers.
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A ground breaking innovation in the use of carbon fibre skins in the construction of aircraft flooring plinths, has secured Crewkerne-based TODS AEROSPACE LIMITED a £multi-million order from the United States.
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W. L. Gore & Associates has developed a range of impedance matched size 8 and size 12 Quadrax Interconnects, offering enhanced alignment features and optimized signal performance.
W. L. Gore & Associates introduces a new version of GORE SKYFLEX Aircraft Fuel Sealant designed for high temperature applications, up to 356 ?F (180 ?C), that resists UV and aging.
W. L. Gore & Associates (UK) Ltd, based in Livingston and Dundee and manufacturer of the world famous GORE-TEX fabric, has yet again been voted number one in The Sunday Times ?100 Best Companies to Work For'.
