8 AEROSPACEMANUFACTURING | jANUARy 2010
NEWS
Acquisition to drive world
class manufacturing
Arrowsmith Engineering
says it has utilised
Government funded
initiatives to turn a
manufacturing downturn
into opportunities for the
future.
As a part of its roadmap,
the company has acquired
Exhall Grinding & Engineering Co and created a new group
headquarters and technical centre.
At the heart of the company’s resurgence has been its
Auto Aero returns to
commitment to the SC21 programme – a scheme championed
by the Manufacturing Advisory Service West Midlands (MAS-
Farnborough
WM) and its regional partner, the Midlands Aerospace Alliance
(MAA).
Auto Aero, the specialist aerospace and automotive engineering “SC21 is much more than just a badge,” said Arrowsmith
show, returns to FIVE, Farnborough on February 10-11 2010. director, Jason Aldridge. “It is a way of working that
As the only annual specialist event of its kind in the region, encompasses all aspects of the business, from up-skilling our
Auto Aero 2010 provides an opportunity for engineering workforce and investing in equipment, to improving processes
subcontractors to promote their services to the UK’s aerospace and striving to be more effective in everything we do. If
and autosport markets. implemented throughout the West Midlands, it would help
Auto Aero 2010 shares its home with the Southern manufacturers not only to safeguard, but to create hundreds of
Manufacturing & Electronics Show - the event from which it extra jobs in the region.”
grew three years ago. The co-location of three related events Arrowsmith says the takeover will help to accelerate the
means it’s possible for visitors to see a broad range of products creation of its new headquarters and expansion of an onsite
and services in a short period of time. The organiser, European technical centre.
Trade & Exhibition Services (ETES) sees this as a powerful
www.arrowsmitheng.co.uk
attraction.
“The unique quality of Auto Aero is that it enables visitors
to see everything from the latest CNC machine tools to the
Calling all engineers
humblest circlip in a single visit,” stated show director Phil
Valentine. Yvonne Baker, chief executive of STEMNET has responded to
www.industrysouth.co.uk EngineeringUK’s report on the state of the UK engineering
sector. The report says that over half a million new engineers
Communication is the key
are needed by 2017 to ensure the UK’s economic recovery.
“The UK needs to nurture and train a new cohort of qualified
Long & Marshall will hold its second Industry & Networking engineers to get the economy back on track,” said Baker.
Event on 10th March 2010. Customers will have an opportunity “STEMNET is currently working with Manufacturing Insight
to see the recent changes at the company’s facility. to challenge perceptions of careers in engineering and
“This event benefits everyone as it provides a great manufacturing and recruit new talent to the sector. We have
networking opportunity for like-minded people within the recently launched a ‘Manufacturing the Future’ programme which
same sectors to meet and discuss partnership arrangements profiles inspiring people creating a variety of exciting products
with primes and first tiers,” stated business development such as folding bicycles and professional quality snowboards.”
manager Robin Collinson. “Communication is vital in this area, STEMNET (the Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths
and the hope is that by holding this networking event, we can Network) creates opportunities to inspire young people in
reinforce our philosophy of forming partnerships.” Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
www.longmar.com www.stemnet.org.uk
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