3 Jun 2013
The annual Midlands Aerospace Alliance survey of member companies reveals that business turnover and employment continue to grow at a rapid pace in 2013 -- with 17% and 8% growth respectively.
The results confirm that the strong position of the region's industry in global growth markets, especially for large civil airliners in Asia, is flowing through to increased economic activity and jobs in the Midlands.
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31 May 2013
Rolls-Royce has announced three orders in recent weeks to supply engines for more than 70 Airbus A350 and A330 large civil aircraft. The orders are from Singapore Airlines, US leasing company CIT Aerospace and British Airways owner IAG.
The orders are equivalent to about 1/5 of the company's annual output of engines.
Pictured, Airbus A350 under construction.
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14 May 2013
Ten MAA members held a total of over 20 hours of 1-to-1 meetings with 17 procurement leaders at 5 key Italian aerospace customers on the MAA-UKTI trade mission to Turin and Milan.
According to one of the MAA participants, “everywhere we visited we were welcomed with open arms and at levels within the businesses that we would not normally be able to access.”
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18 Mar 2013
The government has announced a huge programme of support for the UK aerospace industry -- more than £1 billion of public funding, to be matched by additional funding from industry, over seven years.
The Midlands Aerospace Alliance has been fully involved on behalf of our members in the AGP for the last two years to create a new industrial strategy for UK aerospace which supports companies at all levels of the supply chain.
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5 Mar 2013
MAA member Meggitt has won a contract worth more than £115m from French aero-engine giant Snecma. Meggitt will provide a package of thermal management products for the new LEAP engines which will power the Airbus A320neo, Boeing 737 MAX and the COMAC C919 aircraft.
The contract includes fuel oil heat exchangers which perform at extremely high temperatures, helping to optimise engine efficiency and lowering fuel consumption. The thermal management package will be made in Meggitt's facility in Birmingham.
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21 Feb 2013
MAA members packed Rolls-Royce's Derby Learning and Career Development Centre to hear industry experts plot the future of the aerospace industry and independent analysts share their latest forecasts. The 160 participants in attendance made the first MAA annual conference also our biggest ever event.
With its theme of "the visions and volumes every aerospace supplier needs to know," the conference gave Midlands supply chain companies access to vital knowledge to help them plan their next business moves.
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BHW Commercial Solicitors
BHW are the country’s leading lawyers for aerospace contracts. We have been instrumental in defining the latest generation of standard industry contracts with the world’s primary aircraft manufacturers and have advised on contracts with Airbus, Rolls-Royce, GKN, Lockheed Martin, Fokker, Spirit, BAE and Eurocopter. We also have particular expertise on UK and off-shore managed supply chain solutions including contracts for sub-assembly,...
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PAB Coventry Limited
At PAB we have a proud history within the aerospace industry. Our customers look for the very best in components quality and when it comes to pressings, brackets and welded assemblies they rely on PAB to deliver. PAB have longstanding relationships with Serck Aviation and Meggitt. This market sector demands high specifications in materials and tolerances to meet safety standards. Our quality accreditations ensure we are best placed to meet our...
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The Royal Bank of Scotland plc
RBS have a team of managers covering the aerospace & defence sectors and are particularly proud to support UK manufacturing. Our activity in the sector includes the provision of banking services, bonds, guarantees, letters of credit, loans, invoice finance, asset finance, cash management, FX risk management and introduction to equity funding / structured finance. In addition we support firms in the the sector through hosting and attending...
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Dot Net IT Ltd
Dot Net IT Ltd an established IT business solutions provider specialising in IT infrastructure and Epicor ERP. Our team brings a wealth of experience in Epicor consultancy, customisation, development, technical support and education, enabling us to deliver & deploy fast, cost effective implementations to our world-wide customer base. Dot Net IT are a Epicor Alliance partner & were awarded Epicor Platinum business partner status in...
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Ilmor Engineering Ltd
Ilmor has a long established, successful history in motorsport and high performance engineering. We also offer precision subcontract machining services having an extensive range of machine tools, backed up by a full compliment of CMM equipped inspection department.
This is of course, backed up by our extensive engineering department, that can benefit and support manufacturing, or offer their own services to support customers, to enable...
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Oxford Aviation Limited
Oxford Aviation is a stocking distributor of OEM & FAA-PMA aerospace filtration parts and associated products. We are an accredited supplier of consumables and specialise in oil, fuel, hydraulic and air filters for various civil and military aerospace applications. We represent Microfiltrex division of Porvair Filtration Group, Purolator Facet, PMA Products, British Filters, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions. We can also supply parts...
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Durr Ecoclean UK
Dürr Ecoclean offers you an all round service for all cleaning, automation and filtration installations – starting out with the design, following through to the implementation and then continuing far beyond. A wide spectrum of services accompanies your facility‘s entire lifecycle, ensuring it maintains its value and is also fitted according to your individual demands. Our offer supports you in the planning of new product lines, ensures...
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Davromatic Precision Ltd
Davromatic manufacture precision components for the Aerospace Defence and Fastener industries and has AS9100 rec C accreditation. The services include difficult to machine materials and tight tolerances for components and assemblies.
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Parmelee Ltd
Parmelee Safety are a market leader in the supply of both prescription and non- prescription safety eye wear. We currently supply many of the leading Aerospace companies in the UK, providing not only eye wear but complete eye wear programmes which with the aid of our unique I.T. solutions take the hassle out of safety eye wear. With over 60 years experience in the manufacture of prescription eye wear and our own on-site laboratory we can...
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About the MAA
The Midlands Aerospace Alliance (MAA) was set up in 2003 and now has over 250 members. The MAA board includes senior managers from Aero Engine Controls, Meggitt, Moog Aircraft Group, Rolls-Royce and UTC Aerospace Systems as well as elected supply chain representatives and key regional partner bodies. The chairman since 2008 has been Clive Snowdon, until 2011 chief executive of Umeco plc.
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The MAA member capability directory will help you identify world-class Midlands partners and suppliers for your aerospace programmes and projects -- available for on-line search and as a downloadable document published each summer.
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