NEWS
Bradtool wins EADS supplier award
Bradford Tool Group has won a Production Consumables Synergy Award in recognition
of its status as an EADS E2S preferred supplier for engineering services.
The award was presented at a recent supplier conference in Hamburg at the EADS/
Airbus Headquarters. Bradford Tool Group has a three year preferred supplier contract
to supply special cutting tools and precision engineered products to EADS (Airbus).
It has also recently achieved the all important BS EN ISO 14001:2004 Environmental
Management System Certification (Green Ticket), becoming one of the first special
cutting tool suppliers to Airbus to obtain this accreditation.
This year Bradford Tool Group is celebrating 40 successful years in business since its
formation in 1970.
www.bradtool.com
UK AERO official launch
Bombardier awards CSeries
in Bangalore
contracts to UK companies
A|D|S recently held its official launch Bombardier Aerospace,
for the UK Advanced Engineering Belfast, has announced it
Regional Office (AERO) in has awarded contracts to
Bangalore, India. two more UK companies
Complementing the existing for work on Bombardier’s
A|D|S office in New Delhi, AERO CSeries commercial aircraft
is designed to act as a means for the programme.
UK industry to access this crucial GKN Aerospace will be
technological hub of India, which supplying the winglet for
is consistently proving itself to be the CSeries aircraft from its
one of the most innovative and composites centre on the Isle
rapidly growing markets. In addition the office will also have of Wight, which could be
the capability to connect Indian companies looking for UK worth more than US$100 million.
industrial partners, suppliers and expertise. Cytec Engineered Materials, Wrexham, UK, will be supplying
“The AERO office is designed to be a one stop shop for the some of the advanced composite material for the CSeries
UK and Indian advanced engineering industries, and A|D|S is aircraft wing. This forms part of a wider contract awarded
proud to be associated with such an office that will bring both recently by Bombardier to Cytec Engineered Materials valued
our nations’ and industries’ expertise closer together,” said at up to US$800 million to supply carbon fibre composite
A|D|S’s chief executive, Rees Ward. materials for a number of Bombardier aircraft programmes.
www.adsgroup.org.uk Michael Ryan, vice president and general manager,
Bombardier Aerospace, Belfast, said: “I am delighted to
TRaC plans North West investment welcome these UK companies on board the CSeries aircraft
TRaC has announced plans for a major investment of £1 million programme and look forward to their significant contribution
in a new test facility in Up Holland, Lancashire. to the development of this new game changing aircraft family.
The investment, which is supported by the North West “The CSeries aircraft wing programme is progressing well
Regional Development Agency, will create the largest and we are on schedule to produce the first composite wing in
comprehensive test facility in the North West of England and 2011. As the largest ever single investment in Northern Ireland,
generate new jobs for the region. The new facility will provide the CSeries aircraft wing programme is also bringing significant
convenient local test services, simplifying the certification benefits to the wider UK supply chain. We look forward to
process and helping companies in the region reduce the time to more UK companies playing a role in this programme, as they
market of their products. do on other Bombardier programmes.”
www.tracglobal.com www.bombardier.com
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