8 AEROSPACEMANUFACTURING | NOVEMBER 2009
NEWS
Morson celebrates EADS contract
Morson Projects has secured a three year preferred supply agreement contract with EADS which
sees it become an EADS E2S preferred supplier for engineering services as a result of EADS
streamlining its supply chain.
The agreement will cover the entire EADS group across Europe. Morson has formed a strategic
partnership with leading European engineering services company Yacht Teccon, to provide a
complete pan-European solution.
The contract will see the partnership undertake a variety of work for the client including
on-site engineering support across all countries, systems engineering and installation design,
electrical systems design, stress analysis, automation and stimulation, Airbus fuselage
engineering, and wing and empennage engineering.
Commenting on the new contract, Steve Seddon, executive director of Morson Projects said:
“The new contract with EADS is testament to the excellent work that the team has conducted for
Airbus over the last 20 years. It is a fantastic opportunity for us to expand into Europe through
servicing the client in the UK and Spain, whilst Yacht Teccon will build upon its expertise in
providing support to companies in France and Germany.”
www.morson-projects.co.uk
Turn to training
Unison makes second
Firms in the manufacturing sector are increasingly turning to
training in a bid to come out of the recession stronger than
before, new research suggests.
tube bending delivery
Despite the country’s manufactured exports dropping to
their lowest level since 1995, Indicia Training has reported a

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being booked, many of which are from companies in the UK
manufacturing sector.
“Companies in the manufacturing industry have been among
the worst hit in the economic downturn,” said general manager
Howard Teale. “But despite that, many of those firms which
have been battening down the hatches to survive the recession
are realising that in order to continue competing, they now
need to take action.
www.indiciatraining.com
Xactio wins aerospace client
Unison has delivered a second electric tube bending machine to
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems; the order coming just two
CANDA Systems has announced that its supply chain portal years after it delivered the first.
Xactio has been snapped up by Cinch Connectors as a key The Unison Breeze 20 system is capable of making precision
feature of its ongoing supply chain management programme. bends on high performance alloy and aluminium tubes with
Meeting SC21 metrics for the aerospace sector, Xactio will diameters up to 20mm and was shipped last July.
be used by the organisation at its Worksop, Nottinghamshire Installed at Boeing’s rotorcraft manufacturing facility in
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“This is an outstanding client win for us and is a resounding machine features a ‘long nose’, which allows it to shape tubes
endorsement of the capabilities and potential of Xactio,” stated with complex bends, and very short distances between bends,
Chris Hayward, director of CANDA Systems. in a single fully automated operation.
www.candasys.co.uk www.unisonltd.com
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