Latest news about Midlands aerospace

Coventry-headquartered Expert Tooling & Automation is eyeing an expansion in the North East after lodging plans to Sunderland City Council to build a base on a 1.5-acre site at Rainton Bridge Industrial Estate.

MAA appear in Who's who in Aerospace, Birmingham Post supplement. 

Delcam GmbH has opened a new office in Eislingen in Baden-Württemberg to further increase its sales in the southern part of Germany.  Delcam’s German subsidiary achieved record sales of software and maintenance in 2013 and, with the opening of the new office, is looking forward to even better growth this year.

Hexagon Metrology launches a new generation of portable measuring arm, featuring optimized ergonomics and stability, creating the best ROMER Absolute Arm ever.

A Hinckley aerospace manufacturer is celebrating after securing a contract worth £25 million over 10 years to supply key aero-engine components to Rolls-Royce. Sigma Components, which is based at Dodwells Road Industrial Estate, will provide a variety of pipe assemblies that transport fluids and air around the engine for the programme.

AE Aerospace has completed a management buyout preparing it for the next stage of its expansion. The precision machine components maker said it was eyeing new marketplaces and customers and also aiming to strengthen its existing offering to the likes of Goodrich UTC, Rolls-Royce, Moog, Bombardier and BAE Systems.

Hexagon Metrology launches TIGO SF – an accurate and compact 3D-coordinate measuring machine (CMM) specifically designed for use on the shop floor. 

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, a global provider of materials and cutting tools fo raerospace and other advanced industrial sectors has recently become a tier 2 member of the University of Sheffield AMRC with Boeing.