midlands aerospace alliance Capabilities of Midlands Aerospace Companies 2016 - 2017 Midlands capability for the world’s aerospace industry he Midlands Aerospace Alliance is pleased to present you with the updated 2016-17 edition of our Tmember capability directory – which marks our eleventh annual edition. It has been designed to help you identify world-class Midlands partners and suppliers for your aerospace programmes and projects. The Midlands is home to one of the largest aerospace clusters in the world. Aerospace technologies designed and made in the Midlands can be found on the world’s most advanced aircraft. Leading names such as Rolls- Royce Controls and Data Services, Meggitt, Moog, Rolls-Royce and UTC Aerospace Systems are major players in a region renowned for its core competency technologies: • systems that power aircraft – gas turbine engines and other propulsion systems • systems that control the moving parts of aircraft and engines – electrical, mechanical, electronic, hydraulic and pneumatic • specialist metal and composite materials that enable these systems to perform with precision in exacting Contents environments • specialist engineering design services, factory equipment and tooling. The Midlands business environment fosters the highest levels of innovation. Aerospace supply chains extend deep into our cluster’s world-class advanced engineering economy. We access and invest in a dynamic skills base, with more than 45,000 skilled people working in our aerospace industry. The mission of the Midlands Aerospace Alliance is to enhance cooperation between customers, suppliers and partners in the Midlands and globally, so that we can improve the performance of all our companies and organisations. We invite you to join us, using this directory to identify the new partners and suppliers you need to make your projects successful.

Dr Andrew Mair Chief Executive Midlands Aerospace Alliance

The Midlands Aerospace Alliance (MAA) website provides further information and access to all MAA publications. The information in this directory is available and constantly updated, as a searchable database on the website. www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk

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DIRECTORY OF COMPANIES PRODUCING Extrude Hone Ltd 10 Pre-Met Limited 16 FLYING SYSTEMS AND PARTS 5-21 Flextronics Aerospace & Defense 10 Preci-Spark Ltd 16 A & M EDM Ltd 5 Forward Composites 10 Precision Micro Limited 17 Abbey Metal Finishing Co Ltd 5 Future Metals UK 11 Ricardo UK Limited 17 Accrofab Ltd 5 G & O Springs Ltd 11 Righton Aerospace 17 Acorn Surface Technology Ltd 5 Gardner Aerospace - Derby Ltd 11 Rolls-Royce Controls and Data Services 17 ActOn Finishing Ltd 5 Glenair UK Ltd 11 Rolls-Royce PLC 17 Advanced Chemical Etching Limited 5 Gould Alloys Limited 11 Rotastat 17 Advanced Manufacturing Utilisation Ltd 5 Graves Aircraft Components Limited 11 Rudd Macnamara 17 Advanex Europe Ltd 5 Greene Tweed and Co Limited 11 Schivo Group 17 AE Aerospace Ltd 5 Henton Engineering Ltd 11 Shaw Sheetmetal (Rugby) Ltd 17 Aerocom Metals Limited 6 Hucknall Sheet Metal Engineering Limited 11 SIFCO Applied Surface Concepts (UK) Ltd 18 Aeromet International Ltd 6 Icon Polymer Group 12 Sigma Precision Components UK Ltd 18 AGC AeroComposites Derby 6 Ilmor Engineering Ltd 12 SL Engineering Ltd 18 Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings Ltd 6 IM Kelly Aerospace 12 Smiths Metal Centres Ltd 18 Alloy Heat Treatment Ltd 6 Impreglon UK Ltd 12 Southwest Metal Finishing Ltd 18 Alloy Wire International 6 Indestructible Paint Limited 12 Spincraft ETG Ltd 18 Alpha Adhesives & Sealants Ltd 6 ITP Engines UK Limited 12 Summit Engineering (Birmingham) Ltd 18 Aluminium Special Products Limited 6 JJ Churchill Ltd 12 Surface Technology Plc 18 Amphenol Invotec Limited 6 Joss Engineering Ltd 12 Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited 19 ANT Industries 7 Kepston Limited 13 Tamworth Heat Treatment Ltd 19 Apperley Honing Machines Ltd 7 Kigass Aero Components Ltd 13 Taylor Engineering Ltd 19 APT Leicester Ltd 7 Knight Strip Metals Limited 13 Technetics Group UK 19 Arrowsmith Engineering (Coventry) Ltd 7 Kugel Motion Ltd 13 Techniswage Ltd 19 Ashton & Moore Ltd 7 Lancaster Alloys Co 13 Technoset Ltd 19 Atlas Composites Limited 7 LGG Charlesworth 13 Tekdata Interconnections Limited 19 Bodycote Heat Treatments Ltd 7 Manthorpe Engineering Ltd 13 Tex Tech Industries 19 Bohler-Uddeholm (UK) Limited 7 Maycast Nokes Precision Engineering Ltd 13 The Autins Group 19 British Rema Processing Ltd 7 Meggitt 14 Thermofax Ltd 20 Bulwell Precision Engineers Ltd 8 MEP Ltd 14 Thomas Brown Engineering Ltd 20 Burcas Ltd 8 Mettis Aerospace Limited 14 Timet UK Limited 20 C & H Precision Finishers Limited 8 Micro Spring & Presswork Ltd 14 Trust Precision Engineering Ltd 20 Chinn Ltd 8 Microjet Precision Services Ltd 14 TT Electronics 20 CN Alloys Limited 8 Micrometric Limited 14 TTI Group Ltd - Nitriding Services 20 Columbia Precision Ltd 8 Midland Tool & Design Limited 14 Tufnol Composites Ltd 20 Copper & Optic Terminations Ltd 8 MJ Sections Limited 14 Turnell & Odell Limited 20 Croft Engineering 8 Momentum Engineering Ltd 14 UTC Aerospace Systems Cube Precision Engineering 9 Moog Aircraft Group 15 - Actuation & Propeller Systems 20 CW Fletcher & Sons Ltd 9 MP Engineering UK Limited 15 UTC Aerospace Systems D & S Engineering (Coventry) Limited 9 Nasmyth Arden 15 - Marston Aerospace 21 Danatrol 9 Nasmyth Group Limited 15 Valbruna UK Limited 21 Davromatic Precision Ltd 9 NMB-Minebea UK Limited 15 Victoria Drop Forgings 21 Delcam Ltd 9 O.L.D Engineering Limited 15 Wallwork Heat Treatment Limited 21 Doughty Precision Engineering Ltd 9 Oerlikon Balzers Coating UK Ltd 15 WH Tildesley Ltd (Forging) 21 Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Limited 9 PAB Coventry Limited 15 Wheelabrator Impact Finishers 21 Dynamic Metals Ltd 9 Paragon Engineering & Logistics Ltd 15 Winbro Group Technologies Limited 21 Electro-Discharge Ltd 10 Parker Precision Ltd 16 WTI Fasteners Ltd 21 Energy Tubes Ltd 10 Pentaxia Limited 16 Wyken Tools Ltd 21 EPM Technology Group 10 PK Engineering Ltd 16 continued Erodex (UK) Ltd 10 Poeton Industries Ltd 16 Esterline Corporation 10 Porvair PLC 16 Powdertech (Bicester) Ltd 16

www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk | 3 continued Roemheld (UK) Limited 34 HUMAN RESOURCES 41-42 ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT RTC Electronics Ltd 34 Accept Fusion 41 SERVICES 26-28 Sil-Mid Ltd 34 Consilium Recruit 41 Snap-On Industrial 34 CSP Technical Recruitment 41 42 Technology Limited 26 Star Micronics GB Ltd 34 Aernnova Engineering UK Ltd 26 Encore Personnel 41 Straaltechniek International Ltd 34 Hays 41 Altran UK Ltd 26 Surface Finishing Engineering Limited 34 Axis-Eu Ltd 26 In-Comm Training & Business Services Ltd 41 Tebis UK Ltd 34 Jonathan Lee Recruitment 42 BHR Group 26 Teer Coatings Limited 35 CNR Services International Ltd 26 Technical Network 42 Thermocoax UK Ltd 35 Training 2000 42 Cyient Europe Ltd 27 Vacuum Brazing Consultants Ltd 35 Frazer-Nash Consultancy 27 Yamazaki Mazak UK Ltd 35 LEGAL & FINANCIAL SERVICES 42-44 FTT (UK) Ltd 27 MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND OVERHAUL 35 Adamson Jones IP Ltd 42 Institute of Materials Finishing 27 Aon Risk Solutions 42 LMS UK Ltd 27 CFS Aeroproducts Limited 35 BHW Solicitors 42 QuEST Global 27 GJD Aerotech Limited 35 Cooper Parry 42 Tata Technologies 27 Med-Lab 35 Cowens Survival Capability 42 VirtualPiE Ltd 28 RECYCLING 35 DLA Piper UK LLP 43 PRODUCT AND MATERIAL TESTING ELG Utica Alloys Ltd 35 DWF LLP 43 SERVICES 28-29 FBC Manby Bowdler LLP 43 PARTS AND LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT 35-37 Exova 28 Freeths LLP 43 Lucideon Ltd 28 AAR International 35 Harrison Goddard Foote 43 Materials Engineering & Testing Ltd 28 Active Integrated Supply Limited 35 Investx Ltd 43 NDT Midlands Ltd 28 Air & Ground Aviation Ltd 36 National Westminster Bank plc 43 NDT Services Limited 28 Amco Services (International) Ltd 36 Richard V Wallis 43 Smithers Rapra and Smithers Pira Ltd 28 Daher Aerospace Limited 36 RPC 43 Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research Ltd 28 DS Smith 36 Vault IP Ltd 44 GEFCO 36 Withers and Rogers LLP 44 EQUIPMENT, TOOLS AND CONSUMABLES FOR JJX Logistics 36 Wright Hassall LLP 44 ENGINEERING, PRODUCTION AND PRODUCT Kintetsu World Express (UK) Ltd 36 OTHER SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS 44-46 SUPPORT 29-35 Kuehne + Nagel Ltd 36 Acres Engineering Limited 29 MDXpress Ltd 37 Birmingham Metropolitan College 44 adi Group 29 On Logistics Ltd 37 Corporate Traveller 44 AFT Automation Ltd 29 Pattonair (Derby) Limited 37 Coventry University 44 Almor Group 29 Quality Consultancy & Inspection Group 37 Derby City Council 44 Argenta 29 UPS Ltd 37 Institute for Aerospace Technology ATA Group UK 29 Wincanton 37 (The University of Nottingham) 44 Loughborough University 45 ATS Applied Tech Systems Limited 29 LOW-COST SOURCING 37 Caltherm (UK) Ltd 29 Manufacturing Technology Centre 45 Cimcool Europe Bv 30 DISTRIBUTION AND SALES 37-38 Marketing Birmingham Limited 45 Comar Engineering Service Ltd 30 Barnes Aerospace 37 North Warwickshire & Hinckley College 45 Computer Controlled Solutions Ltd 30 Bibus Metals Ltd 38 PM Group 45 Craig Tools International Limited 30 Blue Sky Industries Europe Ltd 38 Turner & Townsend Plc 45 CTR-Carbide Dies Ltd 30 FTP LP, FST Service Centre UK & Ireland 38 Unite the Union 45 Cullum Detuners Ltd 30 Harald Pihl 38 University of Birmingham Durr Ecoclean UK 30 Stride Supplies Ltd 38 - Birmingham Research Park 46 Electroservices (Midlands) Ltd 31 SUPPORT FOR MANAGEMENT, PRODUCTIVITY, University of Derby, College of Engineering Technology Group 31 ACCREDITATION, INFORMATION Engineering & Technology 46 Exactaform Cutting Tools Ltd 31 TECHNOLOGY 38-41 University of Leicester 46 University of Wolverhampton 46 Expert Advanced Manufacturing Technologies 31 Achieving the Difference LLP 38 Warwick Manufacturing Group 46 FMT Tooling Systems Limited 31 AEB (International) Ltd 38 Wolverhampton City Council 46 Fuchs Lubricants (UK) plc 31 Aerospace Capability Project Ltd 39 Georg (UK) Limited 31 borwell Limited 39 HONORARY MEMBER 46 Heller Machine Tools Ltd 31 CANDA Systems Ltd 39 3(F) Squadron, Royal Air Force 46 Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence 31 CDI Document Management Ltd 39 Hockley Pattern & Tool Co Ltd 32 Consult Avila Ltd 39 Hydro Systems UK 32 Design Rule Ltd 39 Industrial Tooling Corporation Ltd 32 Gobel & Partner Ltd 39 IPG Photonics 32 IBM 39 ITI 32 IngPro Ltd 39 KG Washford Ltd 32 IPI Solutions Limited 40 Kyocera Unimerco Tooling Limited 32 Kiwa UK Ltd 40 MA Ford Europe Ltd 33 Mitech Systems 40 Master Abrasives Ltd 33 Mycon Marketing Services Ltd 40 Mills CNC Limited 33 Oakwell Management Services Ltd 40 Mitsubishi Materials UK 33 Siemens Industry 40 New Technology CADCAM Ltd 33 TBAT Innovation Ltd 40 NHE 33 Test and Measurement Experts Limited 40 Orchard Environmental Systems 33 Vector GB Ltd 41 Phoenix Calibration & Services Ltd 33 Verify Europe Ltd 41 Pryor Marking Technology 33 VR Aviation Safety Partnership Ltd 41 R E Bowers & Freeman Limited 34

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A & M EDM Ltd Acorn Surface Technology Ltd Advanced Manufacturing Utilisation Ltd 25 Mornington Rd Clover Street Unit 44 Smethwick Kirkby-in-Ashfield Atcham Business Park West Midlands Nottinghamshire Shrewsbury United Kingdom United Kingdom Shropshire B66 2JE NG17 7LJ United Kingdom t: 0121 558 8352 t: 01623 753107 SY4 4UG w: www.amedm.co.uk w: www.acornst.com t: 01743 761668 w: www.amu-ltd.com A high-quality company specialising in electro Acorn is a specialist surface engineering company providing high-quality processes and service to Advanced Manufacturing Utilisation is distinguished in discharge machining (wire and spark erosion), CNC aerospace, defence, automotive and industrial markets. helping its customers across diverse markets achieve and general machining. We hold a wide range of quality accreditations their manufacturing, sales and commercial objectives including ISO 9001:2008, BS EN 9100/AS9100, through the supply of CNC machined, high integrity Kevin Powell NADCAP plus a number of third-party approvals components manufactured on state of the art CNC e: [email protected] including Airbus, Boeing, Rolls-Royce and Bombardier. machine tools, supported by documented and Abbey Metal Finishing Co Ltd The range of processes available includes NDT, traceable CMM data. AMU Ltd. defines capability, with Unit 2 Dodwell Bridge Industrial Estate anodising, painting and IVD aluminium vacuum coating. the application of six sigma. From rapid prototype We specialise in multi-process and selective coating one-off machining to batch production covered by Dodwells Road and can advise on design and selection of surface documented project management systems. We will Hinckley treatments. create and inspire economic value for our customers Leicestershire through the application of environmentally aware United Kingdom Jonathan Riches collective knowledge and implementation of sustained LE10 3BZ e: [email protected] growth and profitability. t: 01455 637284 w: www.amfin.co.uk ActOn Finishing Ltd Mark Devall

213 Torrington Avenue e: [email protected] Abbey Metal Finishing is a company with tradition Tile Hill forged by experience over the last 67 years. Our Coventry Advanex Europe Ltd extensive range of finishing processes includes West Midlands Mill Park Way electroplating, anodising, painting, NDT (including United Kingdom Station Road etch inspection) and thermal spraying. Our CV4 9HN Southwell multifunctionality allows us to carry out a number t: 02476 466914 Nottinghamshire of consecutive processes in one location. A strong, w: www.acton-finishing.co.uk United Kingdom experienced team allows AMFIN to meet customer NG25 0ET demands in aerospace, defence, railway and other ActOn Finishing Limited signifies high-quality metal t: 01636 815555 business sectors. We hold a number of quality finishing. We are a one-stop shop for comprehensive w: www.advanexeurope.co.uk accreditations: NADCAP, ISO9001:2008 + AS/ metal finishing solutions. Our manufacturing EN9100, ISO14001:2004, 18001:2007 and third-party capabilities include machines, media and compounds. Advanex Europe is a world leader in the manufacture approvals such as Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Bombardier and We design and manufacture a wide range of metal of high quality precision products from spring wire Safran. finishing machines like: vibratory finishing machines, and flat strip. We offer creative solutions using centrifugal high energy finishing machines, rotary our advanced technical resource, design capability Brendan Johnston dryers and vibra polishers. The company also and leading edge facilities. We provide support to e: [email protected] manufactures its consumables required for the customers with innovative solutions using a lean and process. ActOn Finishing services various companies agile manufacturing approach to optimise product and involved in aerospace, automotive, medical and other process specifications. We are well respected by global Accrofab Ltd general engineering. A state-of-the-art sub-contract manufacturers who represent a wide cross-section Stoney Gate Road facility offers both vibratory and high energy finishing of industries including medical devices, aerospace, Spondon as well as manual polishing of aerospace parts. automotive and electronic equipment. Derby Derbyshire Sandeep Gulati Ian Beardsmore United Kingdom e: [email protected] e: [email protected] DE21 7RX t: 01332 666878 Advanced Chemical Etching Limited AE Aerospace Ltd w: www.accrofab.co.uk Units 31-34 5 Dymoke Street Hortonwood 33 Highgate Accrofab is a class-leading manufacturer of precision Telford Birmingham fabricated and machined parts for the aerospace Shropshire West Midlands industry. We provide a single point of contact for end- United Kingdom United Kingdom to-end solutions across new product introductions, TF1 7EX B12 0TA volume production and aftersales support, working t: 01952 416666 t: +44 (0)121 773 9911 closely with our customers to deliver added value, w: www.ace-uk.net w: www.aeaerospace.com reduced risk and exacting performance. We operate an agile and flexible approach to managing capacity, ACE has a strong background in manufacturing AE Aerospace is a world-class supplier of high-quality providing a quick and comprehensive response to custom precision components for defence and precision machined components supporting repeater, our customers’ specific requirements. Design for aerospace applications, experience in supplying runner, stranger and alien demands for the aerospace manufacture advice forms part of our service. We many aircraft platforms and is ideally placed to meet and advanced engineering markets as the core of now offer vacuum heat treatment in-house along their rapidly changing demands in terms of quality, our business and future strategy. Our ERP system with laser cutting, welding and NDT, all to Nadcap speed, precision and innovation. ACE is well versed and infrastructure allow us to manage our business accreditations. in producing critical components in the majority efficiently and we are dedicated to ensuring that of compliant aerospace grade materials including: our customers receive the optimum performance

beryllium copper, phosphor bronze, inconel, nimonic, necessary. Utilising 5 axis milling and turning machines, Nick Willers incoloy, stainless steel, aluminium, aluminium bronzes, AE Aerospace has achieved the highest industry and e: [email protected] titanium and molybdenum. From flat metal profiles customer qualifications including SC21 Bronze Award. to complex formed components we have the in- Based in Birmingham close to major road networks, house capability to manufacture your prototype and airports and rail services, we are ideally situated to production requirements to exacting standards, using support customers locally and internationally. ACE etching technology and conventional tooling. Peter Bruch (pronounced Brooke) Gary Marriott e: [email protected] e: [email protected]

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Aerocom Metals Limited Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings Ltd Alpha Adhesives & Sealants Ltd Unit B Grovelands Ind. Estate Unit 1 Meridian West Llewellyn Close Longford Rd Meridian Park Sandy Lane Ind. Estate Coventry Leicester Stourport-on-Severn West Midlands Leicestershire Worcestershire United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom CV7 9ND LE19 1WX DY13 9RH t: 02476 645 551 t: 0116 223 4123 t: 01299 828626 w: www.aerocommetals.co.uk w: www.akzonobel.com w: www.alpha-adhesives.co.uk

Aerocom Metals is a premier stockholder of Manufacture and distribution of structural, exterior We manufacture adhesives, sealants and coatings aerospace alloys, supporting aerospace, defence, and specialist coatings for the aerospace and defence and have in-house laboratories to develop products motorsport and all precision engineering sectors. Global contracts and in-house processing means a full markets. ANAC is approved by all the leading OEMs to suit customers’ particular requirements. Products supply solution for aluminium, titanium, stainless, nickel and we are a key supplier to the airline maintenance include approved, one-part water based adhesives for alloy and high strength steels anywhere in the world, aftermarket (MRO). aircraft interior trim. One-part and 2-part epoxies for to our customers’ exacting requirements. Our pace- honeycomb and composites, polyurethanes, silicone setting alloys include; 6061, 2024, 4130, 15/5, 301, 304, Richard Marston sealants. Neoprene, PU and rubber based adhesives S515, 17/4 and T45, in bar, tube, sheet and plate. e: [email protected] for inflatable life rafts, chutes and escape systems. Special structural adhesives for composites. Solutions Paul Smith for aircraft tyre manufacture and also aircraft tyre re- e: [email protected] treading adhesives.

Aeromet International Ltd David Shaw Cosgrove Close e: [email protected] Blackpole Worcester Alloy Heat Treatment Ltd Aluminium Special Products Limited Worcs Block 6 Unit 39 Second Avenue United Kingdom Grazebrook Industrial Park The Pensnett Estate WR3 8UA Peartree Lane, Dudley Kingswinford t: 01795 415000 West Midlands West Midlands w: www.aeromet.co.uk United Kingdom United Kingdom DY2 0XW DY6 7UW Aeromet International Ltd is a UK based world leader t: 01384 456777 t: 01384 291900 in production of premium quality aluminium sand w: www.aluminiumheattreatment.com w: www.aspgroup.co.uk and investment castings and magnesium sand castings. High property castings are available utilising SOPHIA process for conventional materials, and A20X for next Alloy Heat Treatment is the largest and leading ASP is an approved supplier of aluminium, titanium, generation, ultra high property applications. A20X subcontract heat treater of aluminium and its alloys, in and magnesium alloys. Using a global network of material produces the highest strength aluminium any form, in the UK. Cast, forged or wrought product approved material producers, we supply wrought castings commercially available. Registered with the into a variety of quenchants. products and bespoke in-house machined Aluminium Association as AA205, AMS4471 for components to a variety of industries with Aerospace investment castings and AMS4482 for sand castings. Steve Roberts as a focus. The company is AS9100 Rev C accredited FAA approved. The only Boeing approved aluminium e: [email protected] and is an active member of the Midlands Aerospace investment foundry in Europe. Castings – machining Alliance as well as ADS (Aircraft Interiors Group). – treatments – assembly – design - rapid prototyping. Investment castings up to 1.5m³, sand castings to David Robinson 1.0m³. AS9100: RevC, ISO9001, ISO 14001 and e: [email protected] NADCAP approved.

Amphenol Invotec Limited Michelle Cox e: [email protected] Hedging Lane Alloy Wire International Dosthill Narrowboat Way Tamworth AGC AeroComposites Derby Hurst Business Park Staffordshire 10 Sills Road Brierley Hill United Kingdom Willow Farm Business Park West Midlands B77 5HH Castle Donington United Kingdom t: 01827 263000 Derbyshire DY5 1UF w: www.invotecgroup.com United Kingdom DE74 2US t: 01384 566775 t: 01332 818000 w: www.alloywire.com Invotec specialises in the manufacture of high w: www.agcaerocomposites.com reliability, complex multilayer, HDI and flex rigid PCBs Manufacturer of wire (round, shaped and flat) in high for the European aerospace and defence sectors. AGC AeroComposites Derby (Paul Fabrications) performance nickel alloys. We have the capability to manage a vast array of manufactures complex fabricated and machined leading-edge materials and technologies, which have assemblies for the aerospace, industrial power Thomas Mander been developed in partnership with our customers, generation and nuclear power sectors. Operating e: [email protected] to deliver optimum performance under extreme from a modern 60,000 sq ft facility we pride conditions. Through design support, prototyping and ourselves on exceeding customers expectations, serial production fulfilment, we deliver world-class consistently achieving class-leading quality and delivery products from our UK facilities. Unrivalled technical performance. Manufacturing utilises computer-aided capabilities, coupled with innovation and close processing, with 6-axis laser cutting and 5-axis CNC customer relationships, ensure a comprehensive and machining as core business competencies. With competitive service-backed offering. Approvals include over 40 manufacturing processes in-house you Nadcap (Electronics), AS9100C and SC21 Bronze gain an appreciation of the breadth of engineering Award. capability available. Approved to AS9100 Rev C with five supporting NADCAP accreditations and Jeremy Brook multiple OEM approvals, an ongoing commitment e: [email protected] to investment ensures that the latest manufacturing technologies are utilised.

Kevin Dexter e: [email protected]

6 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk ANT Industries Bodycote Heat Treatments Ltd Carlyon Road Thermal House Atherstone Colliery Lane North Warwickshire Exhall United Kingdom Coventry CV9 1LQ Arrowsmith Engineering (Coventry) Ltd United Kingdom t: 01827 716878 44- 50 Bayton Road CV7 9NW w: www.antindustries.com Exhall t: 02476 367786 Coventry w: www.bodycote.com Established in 1972, ANTools Ltd manufactures West Midlands a wide range of components and assemblies for United Kingdom Bodycote is the world’s leading thermal processing the aerospace and its allied industries. We have CV7 9EJ services provider. Offering extensive processing the capability to manufacture complex prismatic t: 02476 361773 capability in the UK, and an international network of parts and aero engine “ring” components. We are a w: www.arrowsmitheng.co.uk services with 170 locations in 27 countries, Bodycote first-tier supplier to a variety of OEMs and offer the is a vital provider offering local support to the capability to support both prototype and production Founded in 1967 and specialise in the manufacture international aerospace industry. Services include: heat requirements. of components for the aerospace industry. AS9100, treatment; metal joining including vacuum brazing ISO14001 and Nadcap approved company with highly and electron beam welding; hot isostatic pressing; and Shaun Rowley skilled workforce providing CNC turning, milling, metallurgical coatings. The world’s most respected e: [email protected] thread rolling and grinding engineered machining aerospace companies recognise the benefits of long- services. Manufacturer of both large and small volume term relationships with Bodycote – allowing access to Apperley Honing Machines Ltd production runs in nimonics, titaniums and plastics, as the wealth of knowledge, expertise and international Malmesbury Road well as specialist services of NDT and pressure testing. quality accreditations that keep Bodycote at the Kingsditch Trading Estate Based in Coventry in a newly constructed 18,000 sq ft leading edge of engineering technology. Cheltenham HQ with capacity to grow both in size and capability. Gloucestershire Blue chip customer base and held SC21 Bronze since John Jervis United Kingdom 2013. e: [email protected] GL51 9PL t: 01242 525868 Jason Aldridge Bohler-Uddeholm (UK) Limited w: www.apperleyhoning.co.uk e: [email protected] European Business Park Taylors Lane Established in 1963, Apperley specialises in a wide Ashton & Moore Ltd Oldbury range of honing capabilities including tube honing, 12 Smith Street West Midlands vertical honing and hand honing. In addition, we have Birmingham United Kingdom 20 commissioned honing machines operating in West Midlands B69 2BN t: 0121 552 5681 our subcontract department. Apperley Honing also United Kingdom buys, sells and reconditions used honing machines, w: www.bohlersteels.co.uk B19 3EX available to be bought as they are seen or with a t: 08456 188196 UK sales organisation and service centre of Bohler- tooling, consumables, honing oil, training, delivery w: www.ashton-moore.co.uk Uddeholm AG, a leading company in the development and installation. We currently sell honing machines to and production of special steels and nickel-based UK customers and also internationally. Used honing Sub-contract special process house offering: NDT alloys, covering BS, AMS and other international machines are also available to lease on a short term services; sulphuric, thin film sulphuric, TSA and standards. Forms of supply include billet, bar, sheet, or long term basis. New bespoke TUBEHONES can chromic anodising; passivation of aluminium and plate, strip and rolled profiles. Bohler in the UK is a be built in 2m - 10m lengths. stainless steel; painting/stove enamel; ceramic anti- signatory to SC21 and actively encourages business corrosion coating; cadmium; lead, indium and silver improvement techniques within the company. The Michelle Sanders plating; phosphating (zinc, manganese, low temp. & service centre has automatic saws, a specialised saw e: [email protected] calcium-modified); and electropolishing and ancillary system for close tolerance multiple cut blanks, a fully services to aerospace and defence standards. automated saw centre, as well as machining and APT Leicester Ltd grinding facilities. Rookery Lane Pat Ash Groby e: [email protected] Stephen Heeley Leicester e: [email protected] Leicestershire Atlas Composites Limited United Kingdom Peregrine House British Rema Processing Ltd LE6 0GL Merlin Way Image Works t: 0116 2870051 Ilkeston Foxwood Close w: www.aptleicester.co.uk Derbyshire Chesterfield Derbyshire United Kingdom APT supplies high precision turned components from United Kingdom DE7 4RA S41 9RN 0.5mm to 50mm diameter, working across a diverse t: 0115 930 4058 t: +44 (0)1246 269955 range of exotic materials as well as ferrous steels, high w: www.atlascomposites.com w: www.britishrema.com temperature alloys, aluminium and plastics. APT also engineers high precision prismatic parts. We work Atlas Composites is a dynamic force in the British Rema is one of the UK’s longest established to the highest levels of AS9100 aviation, space and development and manufacture of composite businesses in powder processing and was a pioneer defence accreditation complemented by ISO 9001 structures for a diverse range of aerospace and in the fields of particle size reduction and particle size quality management. With over 60 years serving the military applications. We are currently certified control. With expert knowledge and experience of industry, we are able to fulfill even the most complex to AS9100 Revision C standard - the prestigious the characteristics and behaviour of a wide range of and demanding of projects: fast, precise, reliable. quality management system for aviation, space and particulate materials, British Rema specialises in the defence. Our capabilities include project management, micronisation, classification and blending of powders Nick Baller component and tool design, CAD/CAM technology, and resins to tightly controlled specifications at the e: [email protected] five-axis machining, autoclaves, press moulding, micron scale, either as a contract service or the design clean room facility, CNC materials preparation, and manufacture of process equipment worldwide. non-destructive testing and AS 9102 compliant Current aerospace applications for micronized final inspection. We are currently engaged with the powders include advanced adhesive systems, resin Midlands Aerospace Alliance and are working towards based polymers and composites used in component SC21 bronze recognition. assembly.

David Gregory Simon Abbott e: [email protected] e: [email protected]

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Bulwell Precision Engineers Ltd Chinn Ltd Wharf Road Industrial Estate Coventry Road Pinxton Exhall Nottingham Coventry Nottinghamshire West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom Columbia Precision Ltd NG16 6LE CV7 9FT t: 01773 810102 140 Cheston Road t: 02476 369400 Aston w: www.bulwell.com w: www.chinnltd.com Birmingham West Midlands Operating from a state-of-the-art facility in Pinxton, Part of the Nasmyth Group of companies, Chinn United Kingdom Bulwell specialises in the manufacture of precision Ltd specialises in the manufacture of machined B7 5EH parts, kits, airframe assemblies and sub assemblies t: 0121 327 1500 using the latest CAD/CAM technology to interface and sheet metal components, complex assemblies and fabrications for airframe and engine customers w: www.columbia.uk.com with customer design teams. Excellence in engineering and cutting-edge up to 5-axis technology has in military and civil aerospace markets. With an extensive range of specialised and precision processes 'Ultimate Precision’ is the benchmark Columbia positioned Bulwell at the forefront of precision has sought to maintain for more than 35 years. machining, producing quality assured components undertaken by a highly skilled and motivated Internationally recognised, its reputation for supplying in steel, titanium, aluminium, nimonics and super workforce, including: machining, welding, FPI, X-Ray, high quality precision components to Aerospace, alloys. Fine tolerance grinding, water jet cutting, heat hot and cold metal forming, chemical processing and Nuclear, Defence, Motor Sport, Petrochemical and treatment, anodising, non-destructive testing, paint and heat treatment. Chinn Ltd also carries out reverse and Medical industries is unrivalled. plasma spraying are also undertaken to manufacture concurrent engineering on legacy and prototype parts Continuous investment into innovative technologies complex airframe and finished equipment assemblies. and holds an extensive range of ISO, NADCAP and ensures premium quality at a market competitive price OEM approvals. with assured due date adherence. Eddie Jones Recent acquisitions saw the arrival of 2 Matsuura e: [email protected] Mac Fletcher machines, a MAM72-35V 32 pallet and MAM72-63V 6 e: [email protected] pallet, 5 Axis prismatic CNC machine, Mazak Megaturn Nexus 900M and a Studer S33 twin spindle CNC Burcas Ltd grinder. Park Lane CN Alloys Limited Handsworth The Barn, Manor Farm Barns Ted Yarnall Birmingham Baines Lane e: [email protected] West Midlands Rutland United Kingdom Leicestershire Copper & Optic Terminations Ltd B21 8LT United Kingdom Unit 1 Stone Road Business Park t: 0121 5532777 LE15 9HP 55 Stone Road w: www.burcasonline.com t: 01536 400254 Stoke on Trent w: www.cnalloys.co.uk Staffordshire For over 70 years Burcas has been at the leading United Kingdom edge of technology and quality, providing innovative Our product range covers aluminium, nickel alloys, ST4 6SR special steels, titanium and stainless steel, including t: 01782 275810 machining solutions to the aerospace, defence and grades such as maraging and the precipitation w: www.copperandoptic.com precision engineering markets. Specialising in high hardenable steels. We stock a comprehensive range complex critical machined components, Burcas of specialised materials in a range of forms - from Copper and Optic is firmly established as one of the is fully equipped with CNC milling, CNC turning ingot to small diameter, flat and hexagonal bar. We can leading manufacturers of high quality cable assemblies and importantly CNC grinding, including 5 axis re-work larger ingot and billet stock with excellent and fibre optic solutions. Providing cable/wiring harness capabilities for milling and grinding. This capability lead times to any size or specification required. With assembly, mechanical assembly, electro-mechanical supports repeater, runner and speed shop customer warehouse and office locations in the UK and the assembly, printed circuit board assembly or fibre orders and contracts in accordance with our future United States, we continue to supply our worldwide optic termination for the aerospace, defence, power and professional electronic manufacturing base, we strategy. Based in Birmingham in a 35,000 sq. ft. customer base with a level of support that has facility our robust infrastructure and 70-strong team are proud to be associated with some of the most become our trademark. influential defence and aerospace companies in the is ideally situated to support customers locally and industry. We return a first class service, delivering ON internationally. Andrew Clark TIME, to the highest possible QUALITY, at a COST e: [email protected] EFFECTIVE price, communicating progress on a regular Brian Cummings basis. e: [email protected] Carol Heath e: [email protected] C & H Precision Finishers Limited Precision House Derby Road Trading Estate Croft Engineering Sandiacre Sawley Grange Nottinghamshire Sawley Road Draycott United Kingdom Derbyshire NG10 5HU United Kingdom t: 0115 939 4707 DE72 3QF w: www.chprecision.co.uk t: 01332 872274 w: www.croftengineering.co.uk CHP has the specialist capabilities and production processes for accredited finishing on a wide range Croft Engineering of Draycott is a company of sixty of components including: turbine blades and vanes, employees, specialising in low to medium batch engine casings, undercarriage landing gear parts, production of high precision components. The company one-off alien parts and blisk polishing. We provide offers three main areas of expertise: 1) precision grinding, covering cylindrical, centreless, internal and ring component finishing processes which include: de- grinding, bore honing -- working routinely to tolerances burring, finish polishing, vibro and super polishing, and of .0002” and often to .0001”; 2) CNC milling, with eight blasting, including vapour blast, all to meet the most vertical machining centres, five of which have 4-axis demanding quality levels and approvals. capability; 3) CNC turning, with thirteen CNC lathes of which two have live tooling. These areas are supported Phil Akrill by manual turning and milling. Croft Engineering also e: [email protected] offers full CMM facilities with 3 full-time inspection representatives.

Ashley Beeden e: [email protected]

8 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Cube Precision Engineering Danatrol Doughty Precision Engineering Ltd Cakemore Road Unit 2 Units 4 - 6 Birmingham Canal Bank 100 Sherbrook Road West Midlands Loughborough Nottingham United Kingdom Leicestershire Nottinghamshire B65 0QW United Kingdom United Kingdom t: 0121 559 3096 LE11 1QA NG5 6AB w: www.cubeprecision.com t: 01509 217516 t: 0115 966 0600 w: www.danatrol.com w: www.doughtype.com Design and manufacture of press, mould and composite tools for the aerospace, defence and Danatrol Ltd specialises in the production of precision Using hard, specialist metals and alloys, Doughty automotive industries. Specialising in tooling and CNC machined components, offering exceptional is a high volume manufacturer of components for components up to 5m in length and 35T in weight, levels of quality workmanship and customer service electrical multiple connector components, diesel our tryout facilities range from 400T-1,000T since 1977. Our expertise is to machine complex engine, marine and motorsport markets. The mechanical presses. We have AS9100 Rev B (Migrating components in a wide range of materials for company’s purpose built factory in Nottingham is to C), ISO9001 and are SC21 signatories. industries including aerospace, security, energy and home to over 30 skilled engineers offering a range electronics. Established as a key supplier to major of capabilities focused on fast response. Intricately Neil Clifton companies in the UK, Europe, USA and China, our machined transducer and electrical connector e: [email protected] range of precision engineering and machining services components can be precision engineered from a includes: CNC multi-axis machining, CNC 5 axis CMM wide range of materials, including stainless steels, inspection, high value complex components, CAD/ non-ferrous metals, titanium, nimonics, hastelloy and CAM integrated machine shop facility, prototype high performance plastics. Doughty has also invested manufacture and finishing processes. heavily in advanced coordinate measuring and optical profile measuring equipment to manufacture S Chauhan components to the most exacting industry standards. e: [email protected] CW Fletcher & Sons Limited Nelash Nagar Sterling Works Davromatic Precision Ltd e: [email protected] Mansfield Road, Wales Bar 8 Avon Industrial Estate Sheffield Rugby Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Limited South Yorkshire Warwickshire 40 Fort Parkway United Kingdom United Kingdom Erdington S26 5PQ CV21 3UY Birmingham t: 0114 2942200 t: 01788 561969 West Midlands w: www.cwfletcher.co.uk w: www.davromatic.co.uk United Kingdom B24 9HL With over a century of experience in precision Davromatic manufacture precision components for t: 0121 384 8800 engineering we work within a diverse range of the aerospace, defence and fastener industries and w: www.dunlopaircrafttyres.com industries, principally aerospace, nuclear and space has AS9100 rev C accreditation. The services include exploration. Manufacturers of precision engineered difficult-to-machine materials and tight tolerances for Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Limited is the leading specialist components, we also offer a highly cost effective components and assemblies. in design, manufacture and retreading of aircraft tyres supply chain management service to reduce risk and with over 300 product lines and 500 type approvals in maximise your margins. Our manufacturing facility Martin Ollis its range. The company provides a wide range of tyres is now split into 3 main value streams covering e: [email protected] and tubes on a worldwide basis for both civil and Machined Fabrications, Machined from Solid and military aircraft. Actuator Unison Rings. All of these value streams are self managing, operating in size ranges up to 2 Martin Pye metres. We are the safest choice for any customer in e: [email protected] whatever market we chose to serve. Dynamic Metals Ltd Richard Phillips 40 Eden Way e: [email protected] Delcam Ltd Chartwell Business Park Small Heath Business Park Leighton Buzzard D & S Engineering (Coventry) Limited Talbot Way Bedfordshire 27 Brindley Road Birmingham United Kingdom Exhall West Midlands LU7 4FY Coventry United Kingdom t: 01525 217-556 West Midlands B10 0HJ w: www.dynamicmetals.co.uk United Kingdom t: 0121 766 5544 CV7 9EP w: www.delcam.com Dynamic Metals was set up to provide aerospace t: 024 7664 4648 metals at competitive prices, against tight deadlines w: www.dseng.co.uk The aerospace industry demands the highest levels of with no minimum order quantities. Titanium, nickel quality and consistency, plus cost-effective production alloy, stainless steel, alloy steel and other exotic A precision engineering company, established in 1973, and the shortest possible delivery times. Delcam’s materials are held in a variety of different forms within supplying the aircraft and defence industries. We are wide range of manufacturing software and services our UK distribution centre. We have the ability to AS9100 revision ‘C’ & ISO9001 approved, we were helps companies both large and small to meet those process them on site and despatch them on our own awarded SC21 Bronze award in 2013 for the second requirements. Delcam’s CADCAM systems have been vehicles. This allows us to control quality, specification year and are striving to achieve the silver award. We used on virtually every major aircraft programme and lead times without needing to outsource. We utilise the latest CNC machinery, including five-axis, in recent years and in many MRO operations. Our have installed band saws in-house, invested in our and our inspection department includes three CNC customers have undertaken projects in all the various own delivery vehicles and established a trusted global CMM machines. We manage outsourced processes areas that go towards producing a successful aircraft, supply chain. such as heat treatment & plating. We are a grade from developing more fuel-efficient engines to ‘A’ supplier to major tier one aircraft and defence manufacturing airframe components more effectively, Sam Excell contractors. and even in designing more comfortable and more e: [email protected] attractive interiors. Richard Maconnachie e: [email protected] Martin Boon e: [email protected]

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Erodex (UK) Ltd Flextronics Aerospace & Defense Tipper Industrial Estate 5, Victoria Estate Park Road Monmouth Halesowen Monmouthshire West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom NP25 5AR Electro-Discharge Ltd B63 2RH t: 01600 719054 Unit 14 t: 01384 892011 w: http://www.flextronics.com/business_groups/pages/ Bagley Industrial Park w: www.erodex.com aeroanddefence.aspx Dudley West Midlands Specialist in: sink erosion, wire erosion, mechanical Flextronics understands aerospace and defence. United Kingdom carbon applications, semiconductor applications, Managing programmes across life cycles from NPI to DY2 9DY metallurgical applications, furnace applications, volume. Design and value-engineering. Programme t: 01384 238451 machining services, carbon brushes and design management, quality/IT systems for product, sourcing w: www.electro-discharge.co.uk services. Since its foundation in 1973, Erodex has had and supply chain requirements. Support entire life- a guiding philosophy which has endured throughout cycle service capabilities, qualifications, certifications. Wire and spark erosion specialist to the aerospace, the decades. The finest raw materials, when allied Aftermarket logistics, including provisioning of spares satellite, oil and Formula 1 industries, capable of to first class manufacturing techniques and the best and repairs. Coordinate capabilities/resources offerings cutting up to 600mm thick. Also offering CNC milling, possible service, will result in a successful business. into turnkey solutions. End-to-end solutions for electrode manufacturing, tool and fixture design/ From the very beginning and continuing up to date, rapidly changing marketplaces where quality, reliability, manufacturing. the finest carbon and graphite materials have been innovation, cost of products are critical. Markets: provided by Poco Graphite of the USA and Toyo flex circuits, CCAs, avionics, in-flight entertainment, Rupin Vadera Tanso of Japan. radios, thermal solutions, ruggedised devices; UAV; e: [email protected] UGV. Vertical integration: machining, metal-stamping, Paula Brettell plastics, cables, fabrication/assembly of multi-layer, high Energy Tubes Ltd e: [email protected] complexity, high density PCBs; mechanical assembly/ Energy House integration of enclosures; sub-assemblies; racks/ Unit 2 & 3A Bean Road Esterline Corporation systems encompassing multiple levels of test. Tipton Ironmasters Way West Midlands Stockton-on-Tees Ian Jones United Kingdom County Durham e: [email protected] DY4 9AQ United Kingdom t: 01902 671222 TS21 1LB w: www.energytubes.com t: 01740 630461 w: www.esterline.com Energy Tubes is a specialist producer of tig welded tubes in stainless steels, nickel alloys and titanium for Esterline is a global specialty manufacturer serving industry all over the world. We have manufactured primarily the aerospace and defence markets with tubes in the UK since 1974, from gauges of 0.4mm to highly engineered, reliable, and harsh-environment- 2mm. In diameter they range from 6mm up to 42mm. tolerant components, products, sub-systems Forward Composites Our services include in-house comprehensive testing and services. Esterline has a global network of 9/10 Clifton Road and inspection, in-line eddy current testing and fully manufacturing, sales and support resources for Huntingdon annealed coiled tubes up to 250m long. mission-critical products in the aerospace industry. Cambridgeshire This includes cockpit electronics and displays, control United Kingdom John Finnegan products, power distribution components and systems, PE29 7EJ e: [email protected] sensors, seals, clamps, thermal protection equipment, t: 01480 432623 interconnect solutions, software and surface finishing w: www.forwardcomposites.com EPM Technology Group services, and more. Technology Centre Supplying advanced composite solutions into the Westside Park Annette Rothwell aerospace and defence markets, Forward Composites Belmore Way, Derby e: [email protected] has a full range of capabilities. From product design Derbyshire and engineering services, to tooling, manufacture, United Kingdom Extrude Hone Ltd testing and finishing. From initial briefing through to DE21 7AZ 1 Sovereign Business Park delivery, all aspects of the process are monitored by a t: 01332 680420 Joplin Court, Crownhill proven, robust quality management system. Our state- w: www.epmtechnology.com Milton Keynes of-the-art facilities in Huntingdon include CAD design, Buckinghamshire CNC 5-axis machines (including one of the largest in EPM Technology Group is proud to be formally United Kingdom the UK), freezers, kit cutting, clean rooms, autoclaves, stepping into the aerospace supply chain as a MK8 0JP curing ovens and spray-bake paint booths, Faro Arm composite components and assemblies supplier. EPM t: 01908 263636 and Stiefelmayer and Faro ‘Ion’ laser tracker. has a new purpose built 60,000 sq. ft. facility, based in w: www.extrudehone.com Derby, which is part of a £6.5m investment moving Neal Hillier EPM technology into the aerospace sector. From Extrude Hone Ltd. provides surface finish solutions e: [email protected] this new site EPM brings an array of services to fully for aero engine components (blisk, impeller, blade, support all requirements for all clients.This includes nozzle guide vane, turbine disk) for improved airflow design and engineering support right through to and removal of stress risers and also deburring component supply and supporting line-side and just- solutions for hydraulic components. We support our in-time delivery requirements. customers from early design phase through ramp-up in our contract shops to supply of capital equipment Graham Mulholland - abrasive flow machining (AFM), electrochemical e: [email protected] machining (ECM and PECM) and thermal energy method (TEM).

Luke Moran e: [email protected]

10 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Future Metals UK Glenair UK Ltd Greene Tweed and Co Limited Libra, Unit C, Maidstone Road 40 Lower Oakham Way Mere Way Kingstone Oakham Business Park Ruddington Fields, Ruddington Milton Keynes Mansfield Nottingham Buckinghamshire Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom MK10 0BD NG18 5BY NG11 6JS t: +44(0)1908585034 t: 01623 638100 t: 0115 931 5777 w: www.futuremetals.com w: www.glenair.co.uk w: www.gtweed.com

Future Metals is the global leader in the supply of Glenair is a manufacturer of interconnect solutions Manufacturers of high performance sealing systems aerospace tubing, and is the premier distributor of and products - especially for harsh environment and and Xycomp complex thermoplastic composite parts. aerospace metals worldwide. We earn our leading harsh EMC applications. We manufacture a wide range market position by providing our customers with of military aerospace qualified circular and Micro-D Tony Porter superior service and quality products from world class connectors, harness accessories, backshells, conduit, e: [email protected] producers. Through our experienced, knowledgeable braiding, heatshrink boots and tooling. Other products and dedicated staff of industry professionals, we include fibre optic components and assemblies, Henton Engineering Ltd conduct business in an honorable and ethical manner. composite components and enclosures. We specialise Faraday Road in the design and manufacture of customised wire and Harrowbrook Industrial Estate Paul Wingfield flexi-harness assemblies for bespoke applications. We Hinckley e: [email protected] have a large design team in Mansfield able to support Leicestershire and solve any of your interconnection requirements. United Kingdom Glenair is proud to hold the SC21 Silver Award. LE10 3DE t: 01455 238331 Tim Hall w: www.hentonengineering.com e: [email protected] Henton Engineering specialises in the machining and Gould Alloys Limited fine grinding of large complex sectioned ring and Markham Vale prismatic components, typically in the 200mm to 2m G & O Springs Ltd Markham Lane range, for aircraft engine, marine engine, space, satellite Broad Ground Road Chesterfield and precision engineering sectors. Employing 65, Lakeside Derbyshire Henton Engineering has the expertise and capability Redditch United Kingdom to produce parts in titanium, nimonic, stellite, Worcestershire S44 5HS aluminium and other exotic and high temperature United Kingdom t: 01246 263300 alloys. Its manufacturing facility is equipped with CNC B98 8YP w: www.gouldalloys.co.uk lathe technology as well as full 5-axis continuous t: +44 1527 523764 path machining equipment; all testing and assembly w: www.springs.aero Gould Alloys is a leading supplier of high quality metals is also undertaken at the company’s Coventry site. to the aerospace industry, holding major aerospace Taking advantage of the most advanced production Manufacturer of all types of springs and wireforms company approvals. The company pursues a policy management technology, the company is able to for the aerospace industry. Approvals held: AS9100:C of understanding the requirements of the customer, import customer schedules into its ERP system and & Nadcap (heat treatment and materials testing supplying materials in the most cost-effective form. react immediately to changing customer demands. laboratory). See our website for current performance statistics. Jane Bradshaw Chris Summers e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Steve Boyd e: [email protected] Graves Aircraft Components Limited Hucknall Sheet Metal Engineering Limited Lighting Way Occupation Road Gardner Aerospace - Derby Ltd Alvechurch Road Off Cinderhill Rd, Bulwell Unit 9, Victory Park Birmingham Nottingham Victory Road West Midlands Nottinghamshire Derby United Kingdom United Kingdom Derbyshire B31 3PJ NG6 8RD United Kingdom t: 0121 475 5181 t: 0115 927 2840 DE24 8ZF w: www.gravesac.co.uk w: www.hucknallsheetmetal.co.uk t: + 44 (0) 1332 274700 w: www.gardner-aerospace.com Manufacturer of low-volume critical flying parts for Specialists in 2D & 3D CO2 laser cutting. 5 axis the aerospace industry. Specialist in the supply of waterjet & micro waterjet cutting, YAG laser drilling, Gardner Aerospace Derby is a supplier of aerospace stranger and alien parts for the after-sales market. electro discharge machining (EDM), CNC machining, detailed parts, sub-assemblies and total manufacturing Parts manufactured include nozzles, jets, match ground routing, punch & brake press, general fabrication & services to the aerostructure and aero engine spools and sleeves and other fuel-line components, assembly. Programmable welding systems. Prior part markets. Components are manufactured in soft, small prismatics and actuation unit parts. marking verification & CMM inspection with reverse hard and exotic alloys and we have all the required engineering capabilities. NADCAP approved for engineering tools, processes and quality approvals to Dean Banks non-conventional machining & welding. Thirty years support these capabilities. e: [email protected] experience as a tier one Rolls-Royce aerospace supplier, Rolls-Royce Nuclear Civil & Marine approved. Mark Holland Rolls-Royce Fuel Cells, renewable energy projects. e: [email protected] Subcontractor to Rolls Royce Heritage Trust. All work approved to Rolls-Royce Sabre.

Tracey Tolliday e: [email protected]

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Icon Polymer Group Impreglon UK Ltd JJ Churchill Ltd Thrumpton Lane Kingsbury Link Station Road Retford Trinity Road, Picadilly Market Bosworth Nottinghamshire Tamworth Nuneaton United Kingdom Staffordshire Warwickshire DN22 6HH United Kingdom United Kingdom t: 01777 714300 B78 2EX CV13 0PF w: www.iconpolymer.com t: 01827 871400 t: 01455 299600 w: www.impreglon.co.uk w: www.jjchurchill.com Icon Polymer’s portfolio of critical components includes aircraft platform, aerodynamic window UK facility of a world renowned industrial applicator We are a UK-based, family-owned private precision seals, high and low pressure door and window seals, of fluoropolymer, molybdenum disulphide, engineering company founded in 1937 to provide electrical connectors, oxygen supply hoses, specialist polyurethane, anti-microbial and thermal spray sub-contract machining to the aerospace industry. ducting, precision mouldings leading and leading edge coatings. Our systems, experience and high level of The company subsequently diversified into power aerodynamic seals. Aircraft seals produced from a service can help you solve your surface technology generation and defence markets. Our comprehensive range of silicone and polychoroprene facilitate a wide requirements. With decades of experience, Impreglon engineering facility is dedicated to manufacture and range of operating temperatures and when combined UK is the fluoropolymer and thermal spray coating supply of finished components and assemblies to with fabrics such as glass, cloth and polyester, applicator for the UK and Ireland. Accredited to a variety of ‘blue chip’ OEM customers. Products performance is further enhanced. Applications include ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004, our range range from diesel-engine components and assemblies canopy and hatch seals, aerodynamic wing fillet seals includes, amongst others, the full Teflon®, Xylan® machined from ferrous and non-ferrous castings, and inflatable seals. Sealing sections are available in a and Greblon® ranges, PTFE, PFA, FEP, ETFE, ECTFE through to gas-turbine blades 5-axis milled from bar, range of configurations, incorporating fabric and metal (Halar®), flame spray tungsten carbide and chrome oversized and or precision forgings or castings in inserts for strengthening or for mounting location. oxide, and arc spray zinc, aluminium [TSA], stainless titanium and nimonic materials. Icon produces the most comprehensive range of steel and nickel alloy. The new SafeCoat 600 series is a aircraft oxygen-supply hose systems in Europe. highly effective anti-microbial decorative coating. Joss Engineering Ltd Tim Pryce 647a Melton Road e: [email protected] Guy Williams Thurmaston e: [email protected] Leicester Ilmor Engineering Ltd Leicestershire Quarry Road Indestructible Paint Limited United Kingdom Brixworth 19-25 Pentos Drive LE4 4GA Northamptonshire Sparkhill t: 01229 825445 United Kingdom Birmingham w: www.josseng.com NN6 9UB West Midlands t: 01604 799100 United Kingdom Founded in 1982, Joss Engineering is now recognised w: www.ilmor.co.uk B11 3TA as one of the UK’s premier engineering solution t: 0121 702 2485 providers. Founded to support the ship building Ilmor has a long established, successful history in w: www.indestructible.co.uk activities in Barrow-in-Furness, Joss Engineering has motorsport and high performance engineering. We developed and grown to its current stature supplying also offer precision subcontract machining services Inventors, developers, manufacturers and suppliers companies both home and abroad, with products having an extensive range of machine tools, backed up of engineering coatings and coatings for engineering, that demand high quality and quick turnaround. by a full complement of CMM equipped inspection specifically for aero engine, airframe and aerospace Currently trading from three manufacturing sites department. Having gained AS9100/C accreditation accessories including heat exchangers, undercarriages, in the UK and exporting to over twenty countries in 2013 we have continued to increase our business propellers, gas turbines; also production aids such as worldwide. Joss engineering is your ideal partner in the aerospace market. We are very proud to have laser and acid bath stop offs. for all your engineering requirements. These include: gained a Boeing Silver Supplier status from our work aerospace fasteners, mechanical engineering, precision with this company. Ilmor can offer a fast, flexible Richard Banks engineering and services, fabrication, special & non service, but with the commercial sensitivity and e: [email protected] special fasteners, industrial supplies and consumables qualified working that is a requirement of meeting AS and onsite engineering services. 9100 procedures. ITP Engines UK Limited The Whittle Estate Kish Parmar Stuart Cooper Cambridge Road e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Leicester Leicestershire IM Kelly Aerospace United Kingdom The Moorings Business park LE8 6LH Channel Way, Exhall t: 0116 284 5400 Coventry w: www.itp-engines.co.uk Warwickshire United Kingdom Design, analysis, test and manufacture of aero-engine CV6 6RH components, systems and modules. Partners and t: 02476 644202 suppliers to the world’s leading aircraft engine makers. w: www.imkelly.co.uk Services include: Ccre engine design and analysis, test rig design and manufacture, engine airframe IM Kelly was established in 1975 and supplies a range integration, engine control systems and space thermal of interior products into the aviation, automotive, rail design tools. The manufacturing site is a centre of and marine markets. IM Kelly Aerospace manufactures excellence for small rotating parts within the wider soft interior and trimmed products for all types of ITP Group. Components include: blisks, discs, spools aircraft and all classes, from economy to super first and shafts. The test facility contains a large vacuum class. The core business is the manufacture of seat covers in leather or fabric as well as curtains, surged test chamber and electric drive system with bespoke carpets and trimmed parts such as arm rests, dado controls capability to carry out a variety of bird strike, panels etc. IM Kelly Aerospace can also provide a over speed and blade off tests. range of cabin interior products like blankets, headrest covers, fire containment sacks or bespoke cabin bags. Chris Ridley e: [email protected] Neil Turner e: [email protected]

12 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Kepston Limited Kugel Motion Ltd Manthorpe Engineering Ltd Unit 1 Unit 7, The Fulcrum Manthorpe House Coppice Lane Lows Lane Brittain Drive Walsall Stanton-by-dale Ripley West Midlands Derbyshire Derbyshire United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom WS9 9AA DE7 4RJ DE5 3ND t: 01922 743133 t: 01558 377674 t: 01773 514 200 w: www.kepston.co.uk w: www.kugelmotion.co.uk w: www.manthorpe.co.uk

Kugel Motion is the only UK manufacturer of custom Sub-contract CNC internal and external jig grinding, Manthorpe Engineering Ltd is a supplier to the precision ground ball screws for the aerospace, con-tig general surface grinding processes and wire power generation, aerospace, defence and processing defence and automotive industries. We have over erosion. Kepston has over 75 years of precision 60 years’ experience in the design, application and industries through its impressive precision machining grinding expertise; this, combined with continued manufacturing of precision ballscrews for use in and fabrication facilities. With CNC machining capacity investment in the latest precision grinding equipment, actuators and linear motion systems; from moving including 5 axis milling/turning up to 3.0 metre provides the complete solution to all your precision aircraft and missile fin control surfaces, acting as diameter and fabrications up to 30 tonnes, we can grinding requirements. dampers & inerters in motor-sport suspension offer a wealth of experience working in aluminium, systems and for the actuation elements of aircraft carbon steels, stainless steels and the exotic alloys Bob Evans electronic braking systems. As an AS9100 quality including nimonic, inconel, waspaloy and titanium. e: [email protected] accredited company all of our precision ballscrews Manthorpe has chosen UniGraphics NX6 as its CAD/ are built to the highest standards in a clean room CAM design and modelling package for the most Kigass Aero Components Ltd environment with controlled axial play or in a challenging machining operations. We can also offer Montague Road preloaded condition. assemblies, testing and site installation services. Warwick Warwickshire Alexander O’Neill Barry Lomas e: [email protected] United Kingdom e: [email protected] CV34 5LW t: 01926 493833 Lancaster Alloys Co w: no web Unit 9, Millpool Farm Industrial Estate Main Road Sub-contract manufacture and assembly of Worcester components for the aerospace and autosport industry. Worcestershire United Kingdom Kigass has an engineering team to take customer WR2 6LS drawings, and, using CAD/CAM, programme our t: 01905 641 145 range of modern CNC machines to produce w: www.lancasteralloys.co.uk customer designs. Using our range of 3 to 5 axis machining centres we specialise in the manufacture of Lancaster Alloys Company manufacture and supply components from solid avoiding prohibitive lead times premium quality weld wire filler materials for the Maycast-Nokes Precision Engineering Ltd for forged and cast parts. We have 2 to 7 axis CNC aerospace and defence industries. Established in 1993 Factory Lane West turning, CNC EDM and wire erosion, gun drilling, by a small group of engineers, the company has grown Halstead surface and CNC cylindrical grinding. Test house facility and developed its business based on product quality, Essex for fuel, oil, water and air flow checks, calibration and reliability and customer support. We manufacture and United Kingdom pressure testing. release materials to AMS, MSRR9500, OMat, AWS CO9 1EX and more. Lancaster Alloys is an ISO9001 recognised t: 01787 477021 Peter Platt company and Rolls-Royce approved. Our products w: www.maycast.co.uk e: [email protected] are recognized and used by major manufacturers worldwide, including BAE, Chromalloy Gas Turbine Maycast-Nokes Precision Engineering is a privately Corporation, General Dynamics Land Systems, Knight Strip Metals Limited owned company specialised in the manufacture Lockheed-Martin, Airbus, Rolls-Royce plc and more. of high quality precision castings. Operating from Cumbria Way Saltley Business Park a single site our facilities include two modern Matt McLatchy foundries, Nadcap approved NDT and heat treatment Birmingham e: [email protected] West Midlands departments, a metallurgical laboratory and a CNC United Kingdom machine shop. In addition to being ISO9001:2008 B8 1BH LGG Charlesworth and AS9100 Rev C accredited, we also hold a range Spring Lane t: 0121 322 8400 of aerospace and defence company approvals. We Malvern w: www.knight-group.co.uk can work from fully dimensioned 2D drawings or 3D Worcestershire CAD models and using rapid prototyping techniques United Kingdom Established for over 70 years, Knight Strip Metals is supply castings on short lead-times for initial trials or WR14 1BS fit, form and function tests. We can proceed to supply a specialist stockholder and processor of precision t: 01684 892892 strip metals, stainless steels, nickel alloys, titanium and production quantities, from hard tooling, of machined, w: www.lggcharlesworth.com finished and assembled castings. non-ferrous materials. Thin strip and foils form the strongest area of our relationship with the aerospace With over 80 years in moulding plastics, LGG and defence industries. We combine our specialised, Charlesworth Ltd. has the experience to know Dave Blower narrow rotary shearing skills with expertise in what you require. Our total moulding solution will e: [email protected] handling wide thin gauge strip in the supply of support you from initial concept through to finished aerospace approved materials and services. product, meaning you will benefit from reduced costs through consolidation of suppliers, and a continuous Matthew Lacey improvement programme for both products and e: [email protected] service. Throughout the process, we offer you unrivaled expertise in the following areas: tooling design & manufacture; raw material selection advice; design, development & plastic prototyping; injection moulding & compression moulding; assembly & post moulding finishing; delivery & storage and ongoing product and service development.

Fiona Turner e: [email protected]

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Meggitt Micro Spring & Presswork Ltd Midland Tool & Design Limited Holbrook Lane Brookside Barnfield Road Coventry Elizabeth Way Tipton West Midlands Redditch West Midlands United Kingdom Worcestershire United Kingdom CV6 4QY United Kingdom DY4 9DF t: 02476 294200 B97 6BL t: 0121 520 1171 w: www.meggitt.com t: 01527 69121 w: www.mtdltd.co.uk w: www.microspring.co.uk Several Meggitt companies are located in the Midlands With over 40 years’ experience, Midland Tool & Design (MTD) has the skills to deliver the precision including: Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems (Coventry), Micro Spring & Presswork is a specialist manufacturer engineering services you need. Our commitment a leading provider of wheel and braking systems of a wide range of precision springs, presswork to quality now extends to aerospace with our AS products and services; Dunlop Equipment (Coventry), and assemblies and is accredited to AS9100 Rev C. 9100 accreditation. Our clients include demanding a supplier of pneumatic equipment and sub-systems NADCAP merit status and SC21 Bronze. MSP make and high profile names in industries such as: for many aerospace and defence applications; Meggitt all parts to drawing and is not a ‘from stock’ supplier. medical, automotive, food, project management, Control Systems (Birmingham), a provider of heat We specialise in the hard to make parts from difficult metals packaging, aerospace & defence, housing & exchanger technologies to manage temperature by to find material. MSP celebrated its 50th year in construction, consumer products, oil & gas exploration controlling and regulating the flow of system fluids; business in 2014, supplying aerospace and defence and precision engineering services. Our precision Meggitt Polymer Systems (Shepshed), designers and for over half a century. We also have the experience engineering services include: progressive tool and developers of precision-engineered sealing systems and knowledge to offer flexible and innovative supply die design and manufacture; contract CNC precision for multiple engine and airframe applications; and solutions that can add real value to your supply chain. engineering services; high speed precision stamping; Meggitt Thermal Systems (Coventry), which produces precision ceramic components and complete tooling electro-thermal and engine bleed air ice protection Graham Hawes services. equipment including composite structures such as e: [email protected] inlets and nacelles. Nick Brittle e: [email protected] Microjet Precision Services Ltd Steve McMulkin Unit 1 Ash Court e: [email protected] Millenium Way East The Phoenix Centre MEP Ltd Nottingham St Michael’s Close United Kingdom The Forstal Estate NG8 6AR MJ Sections Limited Marriott Road Industrial Estate Aylesford t: 0115 927 4748 Cradley Road Kent w: www.mjpsl.co.uk Dudley United Kingdom West Midlands ME20 7BU Manufacturer of components in stainless steel, United Kingdom t: 01622 718642 titanium, brass, copper, composite materials including DY2 0JZ w: www.mep.co.uk laminates by 2D & 3D water jet cutting. Laser drilling t: 01384 217000 and welding and CNC machining. w: www.mjsections.co.uk Manufacturing excellence in plastic and metal; at MEP we focus on delivering high quality components within Kevin Parsons Precision cold and hot formed fabrications for your tight timescale from our AS9100 and ISO14001 e: [email protected] aerospace, including section rolling, brackets and environment. We specialise in the manufacture of assemblies, pressings and fabrications, machined complex metal and plastic parts, and our focus on Micrometric Limited parts, sealing rings and wires, airframe stringers, made quality and on-time delivery has led MEP to win Doddington Road from stainless, titanium, nickel and nimonic alloys and multiple SC21 awards and preferred supplier status Lincoln aluminium. for some of the most prestigious aerospace and Lincolnshire Steve Cresswell defence companies in the world. United Kingdom e: [email protected] LN6 3RX Alan Fisher t: 01522 509999 e: [email protected] w: www.micrometric.uk.com Momentum Engineering Ltd Unit 50 Coleshill Industrial Estate Mettis Aerospace Limited Micrometric Ltd provides a sub-contract laser Station Road Windsor Road manufacturing service including laser machining, Coleshill West Midlands Redditch profiling, drilling, welding, engraving and etching United Kingdom Worcestershire applications. The company has 12 laser systems B46 1JT United Kingdom including: Fibre, Nd:YAG and CO2, on up to five t: 01675 465024 B97 6EF axis CNC control. This activity is supported by a w: www.momentumengineeringltd.co.uk t: 01527 406400 conventional CNC machining, scanning, small press, w: www.mettis-aerospace.com wire EDM and grinding capability. Momentum Engineering builds on over 40 years of supplying customers with dependability and reliability Mettis Aerospace is a leading global service provider Neil Main in the automotive, aerospace, railway, construction, of precision-forged and machined components in e: [email protected] petro-chemical, electronics and defence sectors. titanium, aluminium and special steels. We excel at We are an accredited ISO 9001 company providing working with a diverse range of alloys and metals high-precision components internationally. AS9100 that can be forged and machined into numerous accreditation is in process. Our CNC machining asymmetric and complex shapes. From conceptual projects range from one-off prototypes through design to test and certification, we provide our to large batch sizes, requiring 24-hour unmanned customers with a vertically integrated offering – this machining. Continuous investment in the latest approach allows us to heat-treat and test our forged technology and machine tools confirms we offer products, with the ability to supply fully machined and exceptional flexibility, versatility, reliability and processed components straight to our customers. efficiency. Our 2014 investment in a Mazak VTC We base ourselves on maintaining a world-class 800/30SR offers our customers outstanding five axis status that revolves around exceptional customer versatility up to 3m in the X axis, with unsurpassed service, engineering excellence, highly experienced accuracy. management and continuous improvement. John Ridding

e: [email protected] Phil Thornton e: [email protected]

14 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Moog Aircraft Group Oerlikon Balzers Coating UK Ltd Wolverhampton Operations Bradbourne Drive Valiant Way Tilbrook Wolverhampton Milton Keynes West Midlands Buckinghamshire United Kingdom United Kingdom WV9 5GB MK7 8AT t: 01902 397700 t: 01908 377277 w: www.moog.com Nasmyth Group Limited w: www.oerlikonbalzerscoating.com Nasmyth House Oerlikon Balzers is one of the world’s leading Design, manufacture, assembly and test, servicing and Coventry Road suppliers of surface technologies that significantly repair of hydraulic, mechanical electrical/electronic Coventry improve the performance and durability of precision flight controls, actuation systems and other aircraft West Midlands components as well as tools for the metal and plastics equipment. United Kingdom processing industries. Extremely thin and exceptionally CV7 9FT hard coatings, marketed under the BALINIT and Stuart Mclachlan t: 02476 361156 BALIQ brand names, reduce friction and wear. e: [email protected] w: www.nasmythgroup.com Oerlikon Balzers operates a dynamically growing network of currently 106 coating centers in 34 MP Engineering UK Limited Nasmyth Group is a cohesive group of engineering countries in Europe, the Americas and Asia. Oerlikon 2 Maizefield businesses that consistently provides high quality Balzers is – together with Oerlikon Metco - part of Hinckley Fields Industrial Estate services and products. The Group offers world the Surface Solutions Segment of the Switzerland- Hinckley class design, manufacturing assembly and product based Oerlikon Group. Leicestershire support service across the fields of precision United Kingdom mechanical and electro-mechanical engineering. Mike Beirns LE10 1YF A key strength of Nasmyth Group is its ability to e: [email protected] t: 01455 636063 offer customers a flexible and efficient “one-stop w: www.mpengineering.co.uk solution.” Our impressive in-house capability and PAB Coventry Limited on-going investment programme ensure that we Falkland Close M P Engineering is a AS9100 BSI approved remain at the forefront of manufacturing technology. Charter Avenue Industrial Estate company. We have recently enrolled onto the SC21 For requirements ranging from specialised design Coventry programme. Established in 1981, we have over 30 contracts, which employ a full range of mechanical West Midlands years' experience in producing precision components and electro-mechanical skills, to the production of United Kingdom CV4 8AU for a variety of industries. We now specialise in complete assembled products, Nasmyth aims to t: 02476 694419 the simultaneous machining of 5 axis components, exceed customer expectations every time. w: www.pabgroup.co.uk which, alongside our CNC milling, turning and EDM capabilities, ensures that we are well equipped to Chris Henson e: [email protected] At PAB we have a proud history within the aerospace handle the reduced lead times and exacting quality industry. Our customers look for the very best in requirements expected in today’s demanding markets. components quality and when it comes to pressings, Our new investment in plant enables us to not only NMB-Minebea UK Limited brackets and welded assemblies they rely on PAB to maintain our enviable record of producing small Doddington Road deliver. PAB has longstanding relationships with Serck batches for Formula 1 but seriously engage aerospace Lincoln Aviation and Meggitt. This market sector demands customers with cost effective contracts for larger Lincolnshire high specifications in materials and tolerances to meet batches. United Kingdom safety standards. Our quality accreditations ensure we LN6 3RA are best placed to meet our client’s rigorous process Jason Poole t: 01622 500933 controls which you would expect from this industry. e: [email protected] w: www.minebea.co.jp Again, our investment on the latest manufacturing processes and techniques enables PAB to fulfil our client’s requirements. Nasmyth Arden NMB-Minebea UK Ltd is wholly owned by Minebea

The Highlands Co. Ltd of Japan and forms one part of its worldwide rod end fastener business unit. Each factory has its Rob Lewis Maidwell Drive e: [email protected] Solihull own key area of expertise. Lincoln’s core competence West Midlands is in landing gear bearings, aerospace bearings of United Kingdom swaged and split construction, helicopter, tram Paragon Engineering & Logistics Ltd B90 4QN coupling and special vehicle suspension bearings. With Unit 6 & 7 Showell Road t: 0121 683 5200 the UK factory, two further manufacturing facilities in Wolverhampton w: www.ardenprecision.com Japan and a sizeable support factory in Thailand, we have the capability to provide an engineering solution West Midlands United Kingdom The latest addition to the Nasmyth Group, acquired to all of our customer requirements. WV10 9LN in 2014, Nasmyth Arden manufactures complex t: 01902 789888 machined cases for aerospace applications, including Alan Morton e: [email protected] w: www.paragon-eng-log.com the housing for flight recorders and other critical electronic assemblies such as full authority digital Make-to-print low-volume high-variety for new engine controls. In addition to precision machining, O.L.D. Engineering Limited product introduction, production and spares with Nasmyth Arden also specialise in CNC turning, CNC Plot 1 Sketchley Lane Industrial Estate precision and general machining capabilities using milling and up to 5 axis milling and 3D machining. Burbage CNC and conventional machines including all types Hinckley of turning, milling, deep hole drilling, grinding, honing, Terry Mansell Leicestershire minor assembly work, gear manufacture along with e: [email protected] United Kingdom material procurement, management and control of LE10 3EN sub-contract processing including NDT, EDM, heat t: 01455 612521 treatment and coatings. Ensuring that the resultant w: www.oldengineering.co.uk service achieves a standard that complies with customer requirements, the company complies with A family owned precision sub-contract machining all national/international standards and all subsequent company specialising in small to medium batch work, revisions, including the Health and Safety at Work Act a tier one supplier to a major international blue chip 1974 and the aerospace standard AS9100 and BS EN ISO9001. company.

John Harper Neville Top e: [email protected] e: [email protected]

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Parker Precision Ltd PK Engineering Ltd Powdertech (Bicester) Ltd Vulcan Works Foxwood Court 27 Murdock Road Vulcan Road Rotherwas Industrial Estate Bicester Bilston Hereford Oxfordshire West Midlands Herefordshire United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom OX26 4PP WV14 7HW HR2 6JQ t: 01869 2548218 t: 01902 353453 t: 01432 279373 w: www.powdertech.co.uk w: www.parkerprecision.co.uk w: www.pkengineering.co.uk Experts in lightweight alloy coatings and pre treatment Precision CNC machinists specialising in small PK Engineering is focused on CNC precision specialists. Specialist lightweight alloy processing components manufactured from exotic materials machining of small batches of complex components in for corrosion protection and superior aesthetical using the latest equipment. non-ferrous materials, including engineering polymers finishes. Aluminium pre-bonding treatments for and high nickel content alloys. We have a strong the aerospace and automotive marketplace, super Phil Parker track record of solving problems for our customers polyester applications for aluminium and magnesium e: [email protected] in the aerospace, medical and scientific sectors. PK components. Engineering Ltd is certified to AS9100 and ISO9001. James Grant Stephen Cheetham e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Pre-Met Limited Poeton Industries Ltd Studley Road Eastern Avenue Redditch Gloucester Worcestershire Gloucestershire United Kingdom United Kingdom B98 7HJ GL4 3DN t: +44 (0)1527 510535 Pentaxia Limited t: 01452 300500 w: www.pre-met.com 40-44 Longbridge Lane w: www.poeton.co.uk Ascot Business Park Pre-Met is one of the largest precision engineering Derby Poeton is a privately owned surface treatments group companies in the UK and Europe. We specialise Derbyshire based in the UK. Production facilities are based in in contract metal presswork and metal stampings United Kingdom Gloucester and Cardiff. The group employs 150 across which enables us to manufacture precision metal DE24 8UJ its two UK sites. The business was founded in 1898. components of a complex nature for aerospace t: 01332 574870 A JV, called ATC Poeton, was established in 2012 and customers around the globe. Based at Redditch in the w: www.pentaxia.co.uk has treatment capabilities in Singapore and Malaysia. heart of England we are able to offer: prototyping, Our expertise covers design support, research & tool design and in-house tool production, component Pentaxia is a rapidly growing advanced engineering development and low, medium and high volume design and production feasibility evaluation, a business offering a complete “end-to-end” solution processing on a wide range of surface treatments, comprehensive tool transfer service, efficient for composite tooling and component manufacturing. many trade-marked under the Apticote brand name. high quality manufacturing, low and high volume All aspects of tooling design, manufacturing and Our customer base covers all manufacturing sectors production, assembly and lead wire services, and composite production are undertaken within our and we have a global customer base. Poeton R&D moulding and machining. AS9100 accredited and modern facility located in Derby. We supply patterns, can provide wear and corrosion testing as well SC21 Bronze Award holder moulds, jigs, fixtures and pressed components to many metallography and chemical analysis. high-profile (Tier 1) aerospace, military and defence Mark Smith customers. We offer predictability in a demanding Paul Bennett e: [email protected] aerospace market. We are ISO9001 and AS9100 Rev e: [email protected] C certified and offer extensive machining capabilities (with five 5-axis machines), combined with autoclave Preci-Spark Ltd and composite pressing facilities; we also have an on- Porvair PLC Chapel Street site paint facility. 7 Regis Place Syston Bergen Way Leicester Timothy Ollier Kings Lynn Leicestershire e: [email protected] Norfolk United Kingdom United Kingdom LE7 1HN PE30 2JN t: 0116 260 7911 t: 01553 765500 w: www.preci-spark.uk.com w: www.porvair.com Preci-Spark is a process-based company specialising Porvair is a specialist filtration technology group in forming, laser machining, EDM and vacuum brazing. with two operating divisions, Metals Filtration and The company has a comprehensive CNC machining Microfiltration. Porvair-SELEE Metals Filtration division capability. Core component competences include provides filtration solutions for molten metal to the manufacturing and supply of honeycomb seal produce the high quality aluminium-alloy castings used assemblies, cooling inserts, stator vanes/assemblies in aircraft structures and superalloy turbine blades together with a very extensive sub-con capability. The for aero engines. The Porvair-Microfiltration division company holds the UTC Supplier Gold standard and provides bespoke aviation filtration solutions for meets all class leading performance monitors. commercial airframes. Andre Russell Lorenzo A. Bacigalupo e: [email protected] e: [email protected]

16 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Precision Micro Limited Rolls-Royce Controls and Data Services Rudd Macnamara 11 Vantage Way Shaftmoor Lane Holyhead Road Erdington Hall Green Handsworth Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham West Midlands West Midlands West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom B24 9GZ B28 8SW B21 0BS t: 0121 380 0100 t: 0121 707 7111 t: 0121 523 8437 w: www.precisionmicro.com w: www.controlsdata.com w: www.ruddmacnamara.com

Precision Micro has over 40 years experience in Controls and Data Services is part of Rolls-Royce Suppliers of labels and nameplates to the aerospace the manufacture of precision components for safety PLC. The consolidation of skills, knowledge and industry for over 50 years. We are certified to BS EN critical systems. Our process technologies include experience provides Controls and Data Services with ISO 9001:2008, and hold customer approvals including chemical etching, electroforming, wire EDM and first-class industry insight and technical expertise. This : Rolls-Royce Plc - SABRe, Rolls-Royce Deutschland technical finishing and plating. Typical components combination accelerates the innovation, development - SABRe and UTC Actuation Systems. We also manufactured include heat sinks, grilles, heating and implementation of engine intelligence. supply Bombardier, Meggitt Controls, UTC Marston elements and electronics components, all from a Aerospace and other aerospace companies. We wide range of aerospace grade materials, such as high have the broadest process capability in the industry, tensile stainless steels, heat resisting steels, aluminum, Rolls-Royce PLC PO Box 31 for example: etching of stainless steel, brass and aluminum bronze, aluminum lithium, titanium, aluminium nameplates, data plates, sulphuric anodising beryllium copper, phosphor bronze, Inconel®, Moor Lane of aluminium labels and plates, screen, lithographic Nimonic® and Incoloy® alloys. Precision Micro is Derby and digital printing of labels and plates on metals and registered to comply with AS9100, has CAA approval Derbyshire plastics, fabrication of parts using on site press shop and has accredited supplier status from a large United Kingdom facilities & 2D data matrix marking and bar coding. number of major international companies. DE24 8BJ t: 01332 242424 Lee Weston w: www.rolls-royce.co.uk Valerie Smith e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Rolls-Royce is a global company, providing integrated Ricardo UK Limited power solutions for customers in civil and defence Schivo Group Midlands Technical Centre aerospace, marine and energy and power markets. We Unit C Southam Road support our customers through a worldwide network Mortimer Road Leamington Spa of offices, manufacturing and services facilities. In civil Narborough Warwickshire aerospace Rolls-Royce is powering over 30 types of Leicestershire United Kingdom commercial aircraft. The installed civil engine base United Kingdom CV31 1FQ is around 13,000 and in 2014 the Trent XWB, the LE19 2GA t: 01926 319319 world’s most efficient aero engine, entered service. t: (0) 1162 864898 w: www.ricardo.com In defence aerospace Rolls-Royce is supporting 160 customers in over 100 countries and has 16,000 Schivo Group has over 35 years expertise in the Ricardo High Performance Transmission Products is engines in service. In Marine, Rolls-Royce is the leader manufacture of high-precision machined components, an approved sub-contract manufacturing company in clean, efficient power and propulsion systems and complex fabrications and complex assemblies, to the aerospace industry. We are approved to ISO has equipment installed on over 25,000 vessels for and operates from four facilities in Ireland and the 9001:2000, AS 9100 Revision C, and we specialise in 4,000 customers. UK. Serving the medical device, instrumentation, the manufacture of high-quality transmission products aerospace, process control, electronics, IT/telecom, that are produced in all kinds of materials. We have Rotastat automotive and oil & gas industries, Schivo Group has the added advantage of being able to grind gear Unit 2 Manchester Business Park established a reputation for innovation, performance profiles from solid, thus eliminating the lead time Tewkesbury Road and excellence within its customer base. Employing required for cutting tools. Added to this we also have Cheltenham circa 130 qualified, trained and empowered in-house “high speed” prismatic machining up to 1.5 Gloucestershire staff, Schivo Group operates a fully integrated meters long. United Kingdom manufacturing and supply capability with high levels of GL51 9EJ customer focus, quality and cost competitiveness. Mick Strong t: 01242 521998 e: [email protected] w: www.rotastat.com Liam Haberlin e: [email protected] Righton Aerospace Established in 1972, Rotastat is a build to print Righton House, Unit G Nexus Point manufacturer of aerospace quality stators-rotors- Shaw Sheetmetal (Rugby) Ltd Elliott Way, Holford motors/generators, and associated wound magnetic 2-6 Upton Road Birmingham components, such as transformers, inductors, toroids, Rugby West Midlands and component level windings and sub assemblies. Warwickshire United Kingdom The company operates in accordance with BS EN United Kingdom B6 7AP ISO 9001:2008. We are members of both MAA and CV22 7DL t: 0121 3561141 WEAF. t: 01788 536033 w: www.rightonaerospace.com w: www.shawsheetmetal.co.uk Steve Campbell Righton Aerospace is an AS9100 Revision C stockist e: [email protected] Sheet metalwork and fabrication including in-house and distributor of aerospace approved raw materials, CNC laser cutting, punching, folding, machining and which operates from three licensed sites. Our electro powder coat painting. aerospace stock range includes stainless steels, alloy steels, copper alloys, aluminium, titanium, nickel alloys, Phil Shaw bearing steels, bearing bronzes and engineering e: [email protected] plastics, along with a wide range of contract driven customer bespoke stocked items. All of our aerospace centres are engaged in the SC21 programme and we proudly hold two Silver awards and one Bronze. SC21 is the template for all our business and process improvements and is fundamental in all our existing and future thinking and decision making.

Andy Gauler e: [email protected]

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SIFCO Applied Surface Concepts (UK) Ltd SL Engineering Ltd Units 12 - 14, Aston Fields Trading Estate Temple Road Aston Road Aslackby Bromsgrove Sleaford Worcestershire Lincolnshire United Kingdom United Kingdom B60 3EX NG34 0HJ t: 01527 557740 t: +44 (0)1778 440228 w: www.sifcoasc.com w: www.sl-engineering.co.uk Spincraft ETG Ltd 9 Shelley Road SIFCO Applied Surface Concepts is a global leader in SL Engineering Ltd provides a full in-house solution Newburn Industrial Estate, Newburn the field of selective brush plating. We offer in-house for the manufacture of rigid tube assemblies and Newcastle Upon Tyne or on-site services for brush plating of components precision machined components for the aerospace Newcastle upon Tyne whether it be new part enhancement or repair to and industrial gas turbine markets. Capabilities include United Kingdom damaged or worn parts. We are also able to offer CNC tube manipulation, CNC multi-axis (5-axis) NE15 9RT brush plating chemicals and equipment along with precision machining, computerised orbital/manual tig t: 0191 267 1011 training courses on selective brush plating methods. welding, brazing, CatiaV5 CAD/CAM systems directly w: www.spincraft-etg.com linked to contact/laser non-contact CMMs, pressure Mark Smith testing (nitrogen, hydraulic and air), and radiographic/ Part of Standex International Corporation’s e: [email protected] dye-penetrant NDT inspection. With AS9100 and Engineering Technologies Group, Spincraft ETG Ltd provides innovative manufacturing solutions to Tier NADCAP approvals, over 50 years experience, and 1 and OEM level companies, supplying formed metal state of the art CNC plant and equipment, we have components and assemblies used in a wide range of an internationally recognised reputation for producing performance-critical industries. competitively priced high-quality products used on

many of today’s leading aerospace programmes. Brian Batchelor e: [email protected] Shaun Stevenson e: [email protected] Summit Engineering (Birmingham) Ltd Unit 31 Smiths Metal Centres Ltd Monkspath Business Park Unit 3 Power Station Road Solihull Rugeley West Midlands Staffordshire United Kingdom Sigma Precision Components UK Ltd United Kingdom B90 4NZ Alan Bray Close WS15 2HS t: 0121 733 5410 Dodwells Bridge Industrial Estate t: 01889 576117 w: www.summit-engineering.co.uk Hinckley w: www.smithmetal.com Leicestershire Summit Engineering (Birmingham) Limited is a United Kingdom Smiths Metal Centres is a stockholder and supplier of precision engineering manufacturing company, LE10 3BP all forms of aluminium, brass, bronze, copper and steel originally formed in 1965 under the name of t: 01455 445500 as well as many other metals and plastics. Whatever D.a.Dowler Engineering Limited and established w: www.sigmacomponents.co.uk alloy, grade, shape, size or specification, we aim to have to support the subcontract requirements of the it in stock and ready to be dispatched today. We offer aerospace industry. Today still a family business and Sigma Precision Components UK Ltd manufactures many supply options and processing services that can under AS9100 and ISO9001, Summit Engineering rigid pipe assemblies, precision machined components enable our customers to make significant cost savings. continues to produce high quality, tight tolerance, and fasteners for aerospace and other markets. precision turned, milled, ground, drilled, assembled and From simple components to complex assemblies of Martin Underhill kitted machined components for the aerospace and rigid pipes and fabrications, we have 100 employees e: [email protected] defence industries. and 50,000 sq.ft. of modern facilities. Our specialist processes include tube manipulation, fabrications, Southwest Metal Finishing Ltd Kevin McCormick machining, welding, brazing, NDT, X-ray etc. Among Alphinbrook Road e: [email protected] our approvals are AS9100, NADCAP, ISO14001, Marsh Barton Trading Estate Rolls-Royce etc. Access to our sister company Exeter Surface Technology Plc Chengdu Sigma Precision Components in China Devon Alpha Business Park allows us to offer local supply whilst offering the United Kingdom Coventry highest possible value to our clients where we hold a EX2 8TJ West Midlands leading position in our chosen markets. t: 01392 258234 United Kingdom w: www.eicgroup.co.uk CV2 1EQ Michael Andreae t: 0845 450 0870 e: [email protected] We are part of the EIC group of companies and w: www.surfacetechnology.co.uk have over 80 years' experience in offering a very comprehensive range of high quality electro-plating, Surface Technology Plc provides specialist surface anodising, chemical conversion coatings, painting and coatings as part of a group of specialised coating non-destructive testing. We hold many aerospace companies comprising Armourcote, Surface prime approvals as well as Nadcap, AS 9100 & ISO Technology, AST and Ultraseal. We are dedicated to providing surface and corrosion resistant coatings. We 14001. We also carry out work for the defence, provide high performance coatings across the globe. marine and automotive industries. Our latest We provide a range of coating and plating services, processes include tartaric sulphuric anodising and with over 40 years' experience in the development our new patented chemical cleaning of additive layer and application of high performance surface products - Almbrite. We can also offer technical treatments. We have gained a reputation as a leading support on new projects to identify best practices/ global supplier in the development and application of applications. surface coatings for clients across a broad spectrum of industries. Chris Smith e: [email protected] Debbie Reilly e: [email protected]

18 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited Technetics Group UK Tekdata Interconnections Limited Swiftool House Acan Way Innovation House Brookside Way Coventry Road The Glades Huthwaite Narborough Stoke on Trent Nottinghamshire Leicestershire Staffordshire United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom NG17 2NL LE19 2FT ST1 5SQ t: 01623 515544 t: 0116 272 7411 t: 01782 254700 w: www.swiftool.co.uk w: www.techneticsgroup.com w: www.tekdata-interconnect.com

Swiftool Precision Engineering Ltd specialises in Technetics Group UK, formerly Wide Range Turnkey outsourcing capability for avionics, defence, the supply of high integrity precision machined Elastomers, provides innovative elastomeric sealing space and autosport. Capabilities are almost unrivalled components, kits, and mechanical assemblies. solutions for aerospace and defence applications. An in breadth, including electric/electronic cable and Supporting customers globally in the nuclear, extensive range of capabilities, including moulding, harness design, qualification, rapid prototyping and marine, aerospace and petrochemical markets. hand-fabrication, extrusions and calendaring are manufacture (copper, fibre optic, metal alloys and We offer 80,000 hrs of manufacturing capacity per available and produced in a comprehensive range of cryogenic), complex cabinet/box assembly, test, annum, utilising the latest multi axis cnc machine synthetic and natural rubber compounds, with the commissioning, repair and maintenance. With its tools, grinders, EDM, CMM and optical inspection ability to incorporate reinforcement textiles, metals Cryoconnect products, Tekdata is one of very few technologies. Further services include, PMI, NDT, and composites where required. Sub-assemblies, companies meeting NASA’s demanding standards for pressure testing, grade B clean room and a military kitting and direct line feed services are all offered interconnection systems. Tekdata designs solutions packing facility. Accredited to ISO9001:2008 and to provide the most effective means of supply with to function, size, weight, routing and/or cost. Tekdata Sabre, Swiftool is a SC21 signatory with aspirations of solutions being tailored to suit specific customer operates from a UK 40,000 sq.ft. facility on a attaining AS9100 by September 2016. requirements. prestigious industrial site and holds certification to

AS9100 REV C and ISO 9001:2008 and approvals Paul Seagrave (including preferred supplier status) from major e: [email protected] Techniswage Ltd Unit 3B aerospace, space and military primes. Summit Crescent Industrial Estate Tamworth Heat Treatment Ltd Warley Tracy French 7 Darwell Park West Midlands e: [email protected] Mica Close United Kingdom Tamworth B66 1BT Tex Tech Industries Staffordshire t: 0121 553 2364 1 Rothe Terrace United Kingdom w: www.techniswage.com Kilkenny B77 4DR County Kilkenny t: 01827 318030 A leader in tube end forming and tube manipulation. Ireland w: www.tamworth-heat.co.uk Serving several blue chip aerospace companies, we United Kingdom

are involved in the manufacture of over forty different 0001 Vacuum heat treatment and surface engineering aircraft parts, working in metals including stainless t: 353 56 7761426 for aerospace, defence and specialist component steel, titanium, aluminium alloys and most carbon w: www.textech.us manufacturers. steels.

World’s largest supplier of aviation seat fire blocking Alan Whitehouse Paul Fellows materials. Designer and manufacturer of state of the e: [email protected] e: [email protected] art thermal/acoustic insulation for all leading OEMs including Airbus, Boeing, Gulfstream, Bombardier, Taylor Engineering Ltd Technoset Ltd Embraer and others. TexTech’s advanced technologies Unit 1 Unit 3A Roman Way are specified by military, commercial, business and Glensyl Way Glebe Farm Industrial Estate new composite aircraft. With many years of aviation Burton on Trent Rugby industry experience we have worked directly with Staffordshire Warwickshire the FAA to pass the strictest FAA, DOT and JAA United Kingdom United Kingdom aviation standards for fire and burnthrough protection. DE14 1LX CV21 1DB Products used by completion centres throughout t: 01283 538935 t: 01788 560522 the world include acoustic over and between frame w: www.taylor-engineering.co.uk w: www.technoset.com blankets, carpet underlay, divider panel and moisture

control felt. Taylor Engineering is a well established business Manufacturers of high precision turned and milled with over 30 years of experience and knowledge of components and assemblies using multi axis CNC Seamus Mulrooney development work in aerospace industry. Specialising turning and machining centres, mainly for aerospace e: [email protected] in producing precision machined and ground and defence, telecoms, motor sports and medical components in a wide range of exotic aerospace industries. The Autins Group materials including inconel, nimonic and titanium. Central Point One We also specialise in the grinding of carbide coatings Kevan Kane Central Park Drive HVOF. With Rolls-Royce, Messier-Dowty and BS EN e: [email protected] Rugby ISO 9001:2008 approvals, we provide an excellent Warwickshire and dedicated service, meeting high efficiency whilst United Kingdom maintaining high standards. CV23 0WE

t: 01788 578300 Craig Parker w: www.autins.co.uk e: [email protected]

Development of acoustic (NVH) and thermal insulation solutions, manufacturer of lightweight acoustic absorbers, manufacturer of acoustic and thermal components.

Jim Griffin e: [email protected]

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Trust Precision Engineering Ltd Tufnol Composites Ltd Unit 2 Meadowbank Court Wellhead Lane Eastwood Perry Barr Nottingham Birmingham Nottinghamshire West Midlands Thermofax Ltd United Kingdom United Kingdom Block 2, Grazebrook Industrial Park NG16 3SL B42 2TN Peartree Lane t: 01773 719239 t: 0121 356 9351 Dudley w: www.trustprecisionengineering.co.uk w: www.tufnol.com West Midlands United Kingdom Trust Precision Engineering is a family-owned and run Tufnol Composites Ltd manufactures laminated DY2 0XW East Midlands based company specialising in sliding plastics and composite materials for engineering t: 01384 230214 head machining. A ‘no compromise’ philosophy has applications, including phenolic, epoxy, silicone w: www.thermofax.co.uk been adopted from day one. The aim is to provide and polyimide resins with glass, cotton and paper the highest level of service using the best available reinforcements. We have a comprehensive facility Heat treatment services. Stress relieving: annealing, machine tools, systems and associated equipment. for machining these and other high performance normalising, tempering, precipitation hardening, Accredited to AS9100 Revision C, Trust Precision engineering plastics. solution treatment. From 1 gram to 30 tonne furnace Engineering provides a subcontract machining service charges, lengths up to 8000mm. 16 tonne maximum to the aerospace and associated high integrity John Armitage single lift. Maximum diameter 7000mm. Fabricated industries. e: [email protected] tools processed in mild steel, aluminium, titanium, stainless steel, invar, other nickel alloys. Stephen Doyle Turnell & Odell Limited e: [email protected] Sanders Road Thomas Bullock Finedon Road Industrial Estate e: [email protected] TT Electronics Wellingborough Coventry Road Northamptonshire Thomas Brown Engineering Ltd Lutterworth United Kingdom Oldfield Street Leicester NN8 4NL Huddersfield Leicestershire t: 01933 222061 West Yorkshire United Kingdom w: www.toengineering.co.uk United Kingdom LE17 4JB HD4 5AJ t: 01455 552505 With over 100 years' experience in the machining of t: 01484 548903 w: www.semelab-tt.com precision engineering components, Turnell & Odell Ltd. is one of Europe’s leading suppliers to the engineering Provide aviation grade precision components and Semelab Limited, part of TT Electronics, has been a and technology sector, offering a comprehensive assemblies. leading provider of high-end, innovative electronic sub-contract and repair facility. Turnell & Odell Ltd. solutions since 1974. A diverse, worldwide customer offers specialist low volume prototype development Tom Brown base benefits from our design innovation, our as well as high volume manufacturing, and is equipped e: [email protected] manufacturing strength and our total commitment with a broad range of modern CNC machinery. Our to quality. Customers around the world are using philosophy is to keep abreast of advanced engineering Timet UK Limited Semelab devices in equipment such as space vehicles, techniques by continuous investment in the latest PO Box 704 aircraft equipment (both civil and military), telecoms technology, embracing CNC turning, milling/machining Witton and industrial power electronics. Specialists in: power centres, borers, grinders, and other secondary Birmingham modules; power diodes and MOSFETs; high reliability operation machinery. West Midlands and space products; standard and custom discrete United Kingdom solutions; high performance RF MOSFETs; and Clive Odell B6 7UR standard and custom opto devices. e: [email protected] t: 0121 356 1155 w: www.timet.com Josh Slater UTC Aerospace Systems - Actuation & Propeller e: [email protected] Systems Timet is the world’s largest supplier of high quality Stafford Road titanium metal products. With its unique combination TTI Group Ltd - Nitriding Services Fordhouses of strength, light weight, corrosion resistance and Hortonwood 40 Wolverhampton other metallurgical properties, titanium is used Telford West Midlands in hundreds of diverse aerospace, industrial and Shropshire United Kingdom emerging applications where no other metal is as United Kingdom WV10 7EH reliable or economical, especially on a lifecycle costing TF1 7YU t: 01902 624 9494 basis. As a fully-integrated titanium manufacturer t: 01952 677372 w: http://utcaerospacesystems.com/cap/systems/ and distributor, Timet’s activities span every phase w: www.ttigroup.co.uk Pages/systems.aspx of titanium research, manufacturing and sales. We convert rutile ore into sponge; melt and refine ingot Nitriding Services was the first Nadcap approved Actuation & Propeller Systems (APS) is a global leader and slab; manufacture mill products; and distribute our plasma nitriding facility in Europe. This development in actuation and propeller design and manufacturing products globally. is part of a group-wide extension of aerospace and for commercial and military aircraft. We have facilities defence industry quality accreditation for all the in the UK, Europe, USA, North Africa, Canada Ben Kitson heat treatment and surface engineering services on and Singapore which provide design, manufacture, e: [email protected] offer, and is in response to the increasing demand maintenance and support. Our products range from for independent, third-party certification of the single actuators to complete flight control systems manufacturing supply chain within these sectors. for fixed wing, rotorcraft and missile segments as well as high power propeller systems, fly-by-wire cockpit Martin Dyson and cabin controls, THSA and flight safety parts for e: [email protected] helicopters. All our products are serviced by a global network including maintenance, repair and overhaul, spare parts, training, logistics and technical support.

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Winbro is a global leader in providing advanced Design, manufacture and repair of heat exchangers, Wallwork Heat Treatment operates a 24/7 fully manufacturing systems and production services for ozone converters and fluids management integrated process house that encompasses a the machining of cooling holes, forms and features components and systems (PTFE and metallic hose, comprehensive list of aerospace approved thermal in components for the gas turbine industry based fuel manifolds, rigid tube assemblies, ducting, lightning treatments, such as vacuum harden, age harden, upon VIPER creep feed grinding, laser drilling and insulators) for the aerospace, motorsport and solution, precipitation harden, nitride, Tufftride, case ablation (milling), high speed EDM (electro discharge electronics industries. harden and annealing of components of various machining) and ECM (electro chemical machining) materials. All processing takes place to the exacting processes. Winbro has installed over 1,000 machine Peter Law standards set out by Nadcap and OEMs such as systems in 16 countries on 3 continents. Winbro e: [email protected] Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, Airbus, Bombardier and Advanced Machining (WAM) in the UK and AgustaWestland. These high-end processes are USA provides extensive subcontract component Valbruna UK Limited complemented by our lab facilities providing testing manufacturing services for turbine components using Oldbury Road and quality monitoring. The Wallwork transport the latest developed technology from all our product West Bromwich network also allows work to be collected in the areas covered by ISO9001, AS9100C and NADCAP West Midlands majority of the UK and our in-house metallurgical accreditation.. United Kingdom services support the customer before, during and Alan Duffield B70 9BT after treatments. e: [email protected] t: 0121 5535384 w: www.valbruna-stainless-steel.com Howard Maher e: [email protected] WTI Fasteners Ltd Valbruna Stainless Steel, leader in the steel industry Meridian and both supplier and producer of stainless steel and WH Tildesley Ltd (Forging) Leicester Road, New Packington special metal alloys, is a privately owned company Clifford Works Ashby de la Zouch with over 1,500 employees and produces more than Bow Street Leicestershire 170,000 tons of special high quality steels. Founded Willenhall United Kingdom in 1925, Valbruna Stainless Steel maintains its original West Midlands LE65 1TR business strategy of serving niche markets with high United Kingdom t: 01530 416888 quality products and dedicated service to its clients. WV13 2AN w: www.wireinserts.com t: 01902 366440 Nick Bate w: www.whtildesley.com WTI Fasteners Ltd is a UK-based company, established e: [email protected] in 1989 as a specialist manufacturer of helically coiled WH Tildesley has a long and successful history of wire thread inserts. Produced from aerospace quality supplying forgings to the aerospace industry, for both stainless steel, the insert provides a high performance Victoria Drop Forgings OE and legacy applications. Continual investment internal thread in materials like aluminium, which resist Wednesfield Road in people, plant and processes has made our facility the effects of temperature and corrosion. Registered Wolverhampton the most modern forge in the UK. We combine to AS9100 revC /ISO 9001:2008, our mission at WTI West Midlands forging expertise with full project support from initial is to supply excellent products, and to combine that United Kingdom design through to finished parts production. We are with a high level of customer service and technical WV13 1AG specialists in the manufacture of closed die drop support. t: 01902 605 141 forged components from a few grams up to 70kg. w: www.victoriaforgings.co.uk We forge in a wide range of ferrous and non-ferrous Josephine Mason materials including aluminium, carbon steels, stainless e: [email protected] The company has been established for over 100 years steels, nickel and copper alloys. and has supplied forged parts to the aircraft industry since the 1920s. We are dedicated to total quality and Philip Hobley Wyken Tools Ltd service and although we are proud to have achieved e: [email protected] Unit 3 over 94% deliveries on time and with over 96% Bodmin Road quality right first time, we will not be satisfied until we Wheelabrator Impact Finishers Coventry consistently achieve 100%. Accredited to AS9100C, Unit 5 Sandy Lane Business Park West Midlands we supply many of the major OEMs and their 1st & Sandy Lane United Kingdom 2nd tiers with closed die forgings in various materials, Coventry CV2 5DB including aluminium alloy and stainless steel for West Midlands t: 02476 621515 connectors, actuators, levers and general closed die United Kingdom w: www.wykentools.co.uk CV1 4DQ forgings. t: 02476 258 811 Precision engineering including grinding, CNC turning w: www.wheelabratorimpact.com Geoff Radford and milling of motorsport components, small to medium aerospace components for landing gear, e: [email protected] Wheelabrator Impact Finishers is the specialized braking systems and associated parts. subcontract supplier to industries requiring

outsourced, controlled, automated shot peening services. Our expertise comprises: shot peen forming, Gez McDonald correction peening, peen straightening and a full range e: [email protected] of fatigue enhancement shot peening. Specialising in meeting demanding timescales, including emergency turnarounds, our unrelenting emphasis on quality is never compromised.We have an extensive list of approvals, including Nadcap, and are justifiably proud of the high levels of service which we provide to our customers.

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24 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Companies producing flying systems and parts Manthorpe Engineering Ltd Engineering Ltd Precision Nokes Maycast Meggitt MEP Ltd Aerospace Mettis Limited Ltd Spring & Presswork Micro Services Precision Ltd Microjet Limited Micrometric & Design Limited Tool Midland MJ Sections Limited Momentum Engineering Ltd Aircraft Moog Group MP Engineering UK Limited Arden Nasmyth Limited Group Nasmyth NMB-Minebea UK Limited Engineering Limited O.L.D Balzers Coating UK Ltd Oerlikon Limited Coventry PAB Engineering & Logistics Ltd Paragon Ltd Precision Parker Limited Pentaxia PK Engineering Ltd Industries Ltd Poeton Porvair PLC (Bicester) Ltd Powdertech Limited Pre-Met Ltd Preci-Spark Limited Micro Precision UK Limited Ricardo Aerospace Righton and Data Services Controls Rolls-Royce PLC Rolls-Royce Rotastat Macnamara Rudd Group Schivo Ltd Sheetmetal (Rugby) Shaw Applied Surface Concepts (UK) Ltd SIFCO Components UK Ltd Sigma Precision SL Engineering Ltd Ltd Smiths Metal Centres Metal Finishing Ltd Southwest Spincraft ETG Ltd Summit Engineering (Birmingham) Ltd Plc Surface Technology Engineering Limited Swiftool Precision Ltd Treatment Heat Tamworth Engineering Ltd Taylor UK Group Technetics Ltd Techniswage Ltd Technoset Limited Interconnections Tekdata Industries Tech Tex The Autins Group Thermofax Ltd Engineering Ltd Thomas Brown Timet UK Limited Engineering Ltd Precision Trust TT Electronics Ltd - Nitriding ServicesTTI Group Composites Ltd Tufnol & Odell Limited Turnell Systems Actuation & Propeller Systems - Aerospace UTC Aerospace Systems - Marston Aerospace UTC UK Limited Valbruna Forgings Victoria Drop Limited Treatment Heat Wallwork Ltd (Forging) Tildesley WH Wheelabrator Impact Finishers Limited Technologies Group Winbro WTI Fasteners Ltd Ltd Tools Wyken

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Altran UK Ltd BHR Group ENGINEERING AND Business Innovation Centre BHR Group DEVELOPMENT SERVICES Binley Business Park The Fluid Engineering Centre Coventry Cranfield West Midlands Bedfordshire 42 Technology Limited United Kingdom United Kingdom Meadow Lane CV3 2TX MK43 0AJ St Ives t: 02476 430300 t: 01234 750422 Cambridgeshire w: www.altran.co.uk United Kingdom BHR Group is a UK company providing independent PE27 4LG Altran is a trusted innovation and engineering partner consultancy, research and product development t: 01480 302700 of leading businesses throughout the aerospace services based on expertise in fluids technology. w: www.42technology.com and defence sectors world-wide. We also work We provide integrated solutions on many aspects of closely with organisations in the energy, life sciences, engineering design and operation covering aero- 42 Technology is a technology innovation and product automotive, rail and telecoms sectors. Our mission is structures, turbo-machinery, actuation and sealing development company that has been working to enable organisations throughout these sectors to systems, fluid distribution systems and combustion. with clients to create products and manufacturing develop and deploy leading-edge systems, products Our team of multi-disciplinary experts and external processes in the aerospace, industrial, consumer and services. We add unique value to our clients by consultants employ advanced modelling tools, and medical sectors since 1998. Our team has constantly pushing the boundaries of technological analytical techniques and test facilities to deliver particular strengths in addressing complex system innovation, minimising development cost and time to solutions tailored to your needs. A well established level problems, often requiring in-depth analysis and market, and assuring the highest levels of safety and company, we have built a loyal customer base in many modelling, and has established an impressive track integrity. industrial sectors and across the globe based on a record in sensor development, wireless, fluid handling reputation for providing effective solutions to complex and thermal management. The in-house team of Denton Clutterbuck engineering challenges. engineers, physicists, designers and project managers is e: [email protected] supplemented by an extensive network of associates Gerry McNulty and partner companies to assemble the right project e: [email protected] team for our clients. Axis-Eu Ltd The Pump House Zane van Romunde Unit 15, Narborough Wood Park CNR Services International Ltd e: [email protected] Enderby 6 Spencer Avenue Leicestershire Mapperley United Kingdom Nottingham Aernnova Engineering UK Ltd LE19 4XT Nottinghamshire 14 Commerce Road t: 0116 238 8840 United Kingdom Lynch Wood w: www.axiscades.com NG3 5SP Peterborough t: 0845 009 8633 Cambridgeshire AXISCADES offers solutions that range from w: www.cnrdesign.co.uk United Kingdom concept generation phase to manufacturing support PE2 6LR and certification, making us the preferred choice CNR has provided a range of engineering and design t: 00349 451 86207 of engineering partner for aerospace OEMs and services for the automotive and aerospace sectors w: www.aernnova.com tier 1 suppliers. Our deep domain expertise across since 1989 with 15 years' specific experience in commercial, business and military aircraft both in helicopter transmission design, analysis and testing. Aernnova is a leading global aerostructures company fixed wing and rotary aircraft segments has enabled Our team of qualified and experienced specialist focused on the design and manufacture of aircraft us to adopt a customer centric approach and an engineers provide complete design and build services, structures and systems. The Aernnova Group can ability to co-create innovative solutions resulting from concept generation, design optimisation, provide a complete programme service from in AXISCADES becoming a trusted value partner. validation through to production integration. We have conceptual design, through testing and certification, AXISCADES provides integrated solutions for system a strong track record of understanding our customers’ into prototypes and full production runs. In particular, and sub-systems including primary and secondary business objectives and developing industry leading the design and manufacture of structures and light- structures (metallic and composites), electrical wiring solutions on time and budget. We build and are proud weight components in advanced composite materials harness design, aircraft interiors, manufacturing of our long-lasting client relationships. is offered not only in the aerospace sector but also to engineering, technical publication, reports on non- customers in the automotive, rail, defence and energy conformances and avionics. Chris Reckless sectors. Aernnova has established a new division to e: [email protected] bring its global services to the UK market, including Malcolm Moore R&D investment in new technology. e: [email protected]

Adel Ben Smida e: [email protected]

26 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Cyient Europe Ltd FTT (UK) Ltd QuEST Global 43/44 Martingale Way 21 Sadler Bridge Road Kelvin House, RTC Business Park Marine View Office Park Bold Lane London Road Portishead Derby Derby Bristol Derbyshire East Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom BS20 7AW DE1 3NT DE24 8UP t: 01454 809700 t: 01332 258371 t: 01934 421500 w: www.cyient.com w: http://www.fttinc.com/ w: engineering.quest-global.com

At Cyient, we deliver aerospace engineering solutions FTT specialises in the engineering, development, QuEST Global is a focused engineering solutions from concept to qualification, with system-level and testing of gas turbines, propulsion components, company catering to the product development, ownership for engines, avionics systems, structures, turbopumps, and in systems for military and introduction and service support needs of a aero systems and interiors. And we manage commercial aircraft, space propulsion, and industrial diversified clientele. QuEST is headquartered in aftermarket value streams such as repair engineering, applications including clean power generation and oil Singapore with more than 4200 global employees reliability engineering, technical documentation and gas. FTT’s extensive working knowledge of the distributed across engineering centres in USA, Europe, and performance monitoring on behalf of OEMs detailed design process and our expertise – more and Asia Pacific. A leader in offshore aerospace worldwide. We use a collaborative engineering than 4000 years of turbomachinery and combustion engineering services, QuEST Global facilitates approach that combines domain expertise, process experience – gives our customers industry-best increased scalability and cost optimisation through rigour, design automation and program management durability and performance for their products. We flexible business models, giving customers the skills to deliver large system-level designs – on time leverage our cross-industry capabilities to deliver freedom to enhance their engineering requirements. and within budgets. Our track record includes having innovative, cost-saving solutions for our customers. With over 17 years of engineering excellence, we co-created 25 patentable design solutions and Our extensive supplier base and continuing education have served leading aerospace companies including improved our engineering productivity by 3%-5% programs further add value to our services. Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, GKN, Pratt, Rolls-Royce annually. We help our customers design tomorrow’s and UTAS amongst others aerospace products today. Robert Ress e: [email protected] Alison Tanner Denise Riddell e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Institute of Materials Finishing Exeter House Tata Technologies Frazer-Nash Consultancy 48 Holloway Head Enterprise Centre, University of Coventry Technology Cayman House Birmingham Park First Avenue, Centrum 100 West Midlands Puma Way Burton-On-Trent United Kingdom Coventry Staffordshire B1 1NQ West Midlands United Kingdom t: 0121 622 7387 United Kingdom DE14 2WN w: www.materialsfinishing.org CV1 2TT t: 01283 505680 t: 08443 759685 w: www.fnc.co.uk The Institute of Materials Finishing was founded w: www.tatatechnologies.com in 1925, its title then being the Electroplaters and Frazer-Nash Consultancy is a multidisciplinary Depositors Technical Society. Its main purpose Tata Technologies, a company of engineers, led by engineering consultancy that excels at solving some of was to disseminate technical information on engineers, helps manufacturers design and build better today’s most complex challenges in engineering. Our electrodeposition by means of technical publications, products. Through the company’s comprehensive experience of working in diverse industries enables meetings and conferences. The area of interest portfolio of engineering/IT services and solutions, us to transfer unique skills across different markets to broadened into all aspects of surface finishing on manufacturers can better manage product benefit our clients. metal when it assumed the title of the Institute development throughout the full manufacturing cycle. of Metal Finishing in 1951. In 2013 the name was With over 8,000 employees, the company’s delivery Lewis Farrimond changed to the Institute of Materials Finishing to model is formulated specifically to offer a unique e: [email protected] embrace all technologies of surface finishing on a blend of deep, local expertise for global engineering much wider variety of materials and product development IT engagements. Tata Technologies currently serves clients in 25 countries Ken Hoare with eight global delivery centers. Tata Technologies e: [email protected] covers every aspect of the value chain starting from product conceptualization to aftermarket LMS UK Ltd maintenance repair and operations. A Siemens Business Unit 3 Rye Hill Office Park Homy Dadgaran Coventry e: [email protected] West Midlands United Kingdom CV5 9AB t: 02476 408120 w: www.lmsintl.com/UK

Provider of engineering products and services for aircraft design and testing.

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VirtualPiE Ltd Lucideon Ltd NDT Services Limited 11 Broadwells Crescent Queens Road Unit 10 Victory Park Westwood Heath Penkhull Victory Road Coventry Stoke-on-Trent Derby West Midlands Staffordshire Derbyshire United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom CV4 8JD ST4 7LQ DE24 8ZF t: 07917804630 t: 0845 0260902 t: 01332 275700 w: www.VirtualPiE.co.uk w: www.lucideon.com w: www.ndtservices.co.uk

VirtualPiE Limited (trading as BHR Group) is a Materials testing, analysis and consultancy. Metals, NDT Services Ltd is now part of the Intertek Group UK company providing independent consultancy, advanced ceramics, composites, polymers, powders. PLC and is one of the most approved materials research and product development services based Materials selection, development of lightweight testing organisations in Europe covering all aspects on expertise in fluids technology and fluid-structure materials, computational modelling, novel processing, of non-destructive testing and supported by a behaviour. We provide integrated solutions for components/systems verification, depth profiling comprehensive mechanical and metallurgical facility. many aspects of engineering design and operation of coatings, tribological analyses in lubrication and Company approvals include: UKAS, NADCAP, CAA covering aero-structures, turbo-machinery, actuation wear, components cleanliness validation, QC testing, and FAA. NDT Services operates from purpose- and sealing systems, fluid distribution systems and contamination and bonding analyses of electronic designed test laboratories in Derby and works with combustion. Our team of multi-disciplinary experts devices, failure analysis. many industry sectors including; aerospace, nuclear, and external consultants employ advanced modelling defence, power generation, oil and gas, transport tools, analytical techniques and test facilities to deliver John Cotton etc. A comprehensive site service to support our solutions tailored to your needs. A well established e: [email protected] customers anywhere in Europe and covering all non- company, we have build a loyal customer base in many destructive testing disciplines is also offered. industrial sectors and across the globe based on a Materials Engineering & Testing Ltd reputation for providing effective solutions to complex 72 Blackpole Trading Estate West Ian Tomlinson engineering challenges. Worcester e: [email protected] Worcestershire Gerry McNulty United Kingdom Smithers Rapra and Smithers Pira Ltd [email protected] WR3 8TJ Shawbury t: 01905 780150 Shrewsbury w: www.metltd.co.uk Shropshire PRODUCT AND MATERIAL United Kingdom TESTING SERVICES Engineering laboratory and consultancy service. SY4 4NR t: 01939 250383 Michael McMillan w: www.rapra.net Exova e: [email protected] Unit 1, Blackbrook Smithers Rapra Limited is recognized as a world Business Park, Narrowboat Way NDT Midlands Ltd leading rubber, plastics and composites consultancy Dudley Unit 17 delivering a comprehensive and strictly independent West Midlands Planetary Road service covering: design and material selection, United Kingdom Willenhall material and product testing, chemical analysis, DY2 0XQ West Midlands specialist production and funded research projects. t: 01384 455880 United Kingdom Clients come from the polymer industry and w: www.exova.com WV13 3XA industries using rubber and plastics in any component, t: 01902 724371 product or production process. With 13 Nadcap approved laboratories, conducting w: www.ndtmidlands.co.uk accredited testing to ISO 17025 standards, Exova is Jenny Cooper qualified to deliver a full range of services to meet NDT Midlands is an independently owned company e: [email protected] aerospace testing requirements. Whether your offering high quality non destructive testing solutions requirement is in metals or composites, we provide for all industry sectors across the UK. Based centrally Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research Ltd solutions across mechanical, non-destructive and in the West Midlands within the industrial heartland Westmoreland Building chemical testing, wear properties, structural and failure of the UK we provide a quality, competitive and 19 Wildmere Road analysis. At Exova Dudley, our NDT personnel are efficient non destructive testing service for the UK Banbury qualified specialists, holding approvals to ASNT Level manufacturing industry and are ideally placed on the Oxfordshire III. We carry out a wide range of non-destructive nation’s motorway network to serve our customers United Kingdom testing, from the development process through to end nationwide. Our vastly experienced personnel offer OX16 3JU products and products in use. We test a wide range a high degree of expertise and product knowledge t: 01295 261211 of materials, from raw such as sheet, plate, bar, and which allows us to support all industry sectors w: www.wmtr.co.uk pipelines, to finished components. including: fastener, engineering, oil/petrochemical, power & energy, automotive, aerospace, construction Westmoreland Mechanical Testing and Research Don Mann and defence. Ltd is a leading materials test laboratory located in e: [email protected] Banbury UK. WMT&R, accredited to UKAS 17025 Stewart Dudwell and Nadcap, specialises in a range of materials from e: [email protected] common metals and alloys through to aerospace alloys, composites, and adhesives amongst others. Tensile, fatigue and other mechanical/materials tests are performed at ambient sub-zero or elevated temperatures. WMT&R also specialises in materials failure analysis. WMT&R is the European subsidiary of WMT&R Inc.

Alan Cooper e: [email protected]

28 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk AFT Automation Ltd ATA Group UK EQUIPMENT, TOOLS Regus Building, Central Boulevard Spring Road AND CONSUMABLES Blythe Valley Business Park Ibstock Solihull Leicestershire FOR ENGINEERING, West Midlands LE67 6LR United Kingdom t: 0116 204 2610 PRODUCTION AND B90 8AG w: www.atagroupuk.com t: 01564 711017 PRODUCT SUPPORT w: www.aftuk.co.uk ATA Grinding are specialists in air tools and consumables products for the aerospace industry. Acres Engineering Limited AFT Automation Ltd is a specialist manufacturer We offer high quality tools for metal grinding and Unit A and installer of electrified monorail systems (EMS), finishing applications. We are experts in improving Castle Lane automated guided vehicles (AGVs), automation and processes, increasing productivity and reducing cost. Melbourne conveying products. We supply bespoke automated Our additional services involve expert advice on Derbyshire solutions to manufacturing processes, have design health & safety, particularly HAVS and preventative United Kingdom capability and provide turnkey solutions. Substantial maintenance. Alpine Abrasive is an independent DE73 8JB experience in various industries including aerospace specialist abrasive distributor servicing the aerospace t: 0844 209 0006 and automotive. sector offering impartial advice on your abrasive w: www.acresengineering.co.uk requirements. We supply all the major brands and Christopher Rushton supply you the best for your application. Acres designs and manufactures custom finished e: [email protected] products, typically (but not limited to) access, Scott McGarry kitting, production, inspection, transport, storage Almor Group e: [email protected] and lean manufacturing, with a focus on designing Daleside Road for manufacture and assembly (DFMA). Since 1948 Nottingham ATS Applied Tech Systems Limited Acres has had an established reputation in the Nottinghamshire ATS House aerospace, automotive, rail, power and material United Kingdom 59a Coton Road handling industries. Where necessary, products NG2 3GJ Nuneaton (including machines and automation) are load tested t: 0115 986 8773 Warwickshire and CE marked and where needed regular thorough w: www.almor.co.uk United Kingdom examinations are provided. Acres also provides a CV11 5TS sub-contract parts and sub assembly service working Almor is a group of specialist alloy fabricators and t: (+44) (0) 2476 352 481 to customers' drawings. See examples at: www. furnace engineers supporting the needs of processes w: www.ats-global.com AcresEngineering.co.uk. where high temperature and corrosive environments are encountered. Wellman Furnaces, now a division Experts in industrial and process automation, quality Luke Parker of Almor, has the capability to build new furnace & IT Solutions. ATS offers solutions for industrial & e: [email protected] equipment (standard and bespoke), service and process automation and information technology users upgrade existing furnaces and supply a large range of world-wide. We provide products and services for adi Group furnace parts. all three levels of the automation pyramid - control, 66 Melchett Road execution and information. Our business activities Kings Norton Business Centre Ashley Morrell-Swain have been specifically designed to support the full Kings Norton, Birmingham e: [email protected] life-cycle of automation and IT systems, and include: West Midlands consultancy, project/programme delivery, system United Kingdom Argenta service & support, ATS products & partners, software B30 3HX 435 Stratford Road development, training and workshops. t: 0121 451 2255 Shirley w: www.adiltd.co.uk Solihull Kevin Partington West Midlands e: [email protected] The adi Group is a large, multi-disciplined, privately United Kingdom owned, Midlands based engineering company, offering B90 4AA Caltherm (UK) Ltd a single source fully integrated service to provide t: 0121 318 6363 Rowhurst Industrial Estate totally engineered solutions. Founded in 1990, the w: www.argentaconsult.com Chesterton group currently employs 450 people who specialise Newcastle-under-Lyme in supporting the aerospace manufacturing sector Our team of engineers has wide experience of Staffordshire in the UK & Ireland, through each of the 14 limited developing test, measurement, control and automation United Kingdom companies and 22 service divisions. The depth and solutions in the aerospace industry. We can provide ST5 6BD breadth of the adi Group enables us to self-deliver either a software-only solution or, in conjunction t: 01782 563865 varying sized mechanical, electrical, automation, civil, with our strategic partners, a turnkey solution. All w: www.caltherm.co.uk heating and cooling, environmental, compressor of our solutions are based on National Instruments’ and plant efficiency projects, without the need for hardware and software, LabVIEW. We are a National Caltherm is a world-class designer and manufacturer additional resource from external contractors. Instruments Alliance Partner and all of our engineers of industrial ovens, furnaces and dryers, plus have current National Instruments certification associated product handling and automation. We James Sopwith up to Certified LabVIEW Architect. We also have manufacture to Nadcap AMS2750E for processes e: [email protected] experience of developing simulation models and including heat treatment, composite curing, NDT bespoke planning and scheduling solutions to support drying, paint curing, reticulation, etc. lean manufacturing process improvement projects in a wide range of sectors. Ian Dawson e: [email protected] Chris Woodhams e: [email protected]

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Cimcool Europe Bv Craig Tools International Limited Cullum Detuners Ltd Desford Hall Unit 6 Riding Court Adams Close Leicester Lane Riding Road Heanor Gate Industrial Park Desford Brackley Heanor Leicestershire Northants Derbyshire United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom LE9 9JJ NN13 7BH DE75 7SW t: 01455 824326 t: 01280 700101 t: 01773 544044 w: www.cimcool.net w: www.craigtools.co.uk w: www.cullum.co.uk

Fluid Technology is more than just a slogan; it is and Craig Tools International Limited manufacture Cullum Detuners Limited specialise in the design, has been our business and culture for more than 65 and distribute aerospace rotary cutting tools and manufacture, installation and commissioning of noise years. Our metalworking fluids are the premier choice associated aircraft tooling. Our primary focus is on control equipment associated with gas turbines, and in in automotive, aerospace and industrial metalworking the airframe manufacturing industry and aircraft particular have over sixty years experience supplying applications. Worldwide, our customers enjoy MRO facilities. Craig Tools is the prime source for jet engine test facilities, hush houses, silencers and productivity gains with the technology provided from ‘Microstop’ cutting tooling and manufacture tools in other bespoke testing equipment associated with the Cimcool’s complete line of metalworking products: high speed steel, cobalt, carbide tipped, solid carbide aircraft industry. One of our most significant test cell precision metal removal fluids, rust preventatives, and polycrystalline diamond PCD. Following the projects was the turnkey design and supply of a new innovative metal forming fluids, HVAC specialty acquisition of Bardolph Aircraft Tools in 2006 we are 155,000 lb thrust development test bed at Rolls- fluids, productive process and maintenance cleaners, able to offer a comprehensive range of aircraft tools Royce Derby (58 Bed). specialty fluids. from our USA based partner, suppliers to the UK and European aerospace industries. Kevin McEneny Paul Jackson e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Sidney Atkins e: [email protected] Durr Ecoclean UK Comar Engineering Service Ltd Broxell Close Unit D, Key Industrial Park CTR-Carbide Dies Ltd Warwick Planetary Road 7 Port Hope Road Warwickshire Wolverhampton Sparkbrook United Kingdom West Midlands Birmingham CV34 5QF United Kingdom West Midlands t: 07799 346611 WV13 3YA United Kingdom w: www.durr-ecoclean.com t: 01902 383000 B11 1JS w: www.comarfluidpower.com t: 0121 773 9135 Dürr Ecoclean delivers products, systems and service w: www.ctr-uk.com solutions for technical cleaning applications and Design and manufacture of special purpose test surface treatment processes. Aerospace industry equipment, suppliers of hydraulic and pneumatic Established in 1973 and located in the heart of customers and their suppliers, as well as part and equipment. Test rigs for proof pressure, fatigue, England, CTR-Carbide Dies Ltd manufacture carbide component manufacturers from the wider industrial endurance, impulse testing. General hydraulic and steel machine tooling for the aerospace fastening market – from the medical and optical equipment component sales, repair and installations. Comar work industry which we export world-wide. We specialise sectors to automotive and aircraft construction with many tier 1 manufacturers and has produced in the manufacture of complete tool kits and offer – appreciate our technology and our services. full iron bird systems as well as individual unit level a fast turnaround service, helping our customers Equipment for the most diverse parts’ cleanliness machines. achieve their own schedules on-time and in full, requirements, ultrafine cleaning, loading, unloading which is why we are one of the largest fastener equipment, surface activation systems, fluid-based Stuart Martin tool manufacturers in the world today. We produce surface treatments prior to coating or painting, as well e: [email protected] tools such as forming-, extrusion-, heading-, drawing-, as high-pressure paint stripping, cavity preservation, trimming dies, punches, cases & sleeves, transfer phosphating and deburring applications. Medias Computer Controlled Solutions Ltd fingers & KO pins, ejectors & cut off knives. include aqueous, solvent, modified alcohols and steam. Unit F5 & 6 Holly Farm Business Park Jim Blanchfield Matthew Cooper Honiley e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Warwickshire United Kingdom CV8 1NP t: 01926 485532 w: www.ccsln.com

Currently, CCS Ltd. provide first class LabVIEW based software, signal conditioning and turnkey solutions to a number of high profile customers in a wide spectrum of industries, particularly aerospace. By maximising the expertise of our certified LabVIEW architects and the rest of our development team, CCS is always ready to take on a new engineering challenge. In addition, we specialise in LabVIEW consultancy services and bespoke training for those who prefer to design their own testing in house.

Alex Rolph e: [email protected]

30 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Electroservices (Midlands) Ltd Expert Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Georg (UK) Limited The Calibration House Banner Park Unit 8, Dunstall Trading Estate Halesfield 7 Wickmans Drive Gorsebrook Road Telford Coventry Wolverhampton Shropshire West Midlands West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom TF7 4QL CV4 9XA WV6 0PJ t: 0845 519 6724 t: 02476 428500 t: 01902 715110 w: www.electroservices.biz w: www.expert-amt.com w: www.georg-uk.co.uk

Electroservices is one of the leading calibration and Design and manufacture of industrial solutions for Specialist in custom built special purpose equipment repair companies in the UK. We provide full customer the aerospace industry. With 40 years of experience, and total solutions provider, incorporating design support and satisfaction throughout the UK for on- we develop the most suitable systems to match manufacture, installation and after sales. Complete and off-site calibration and repair of test equipment our clients’ specification. We have in-house teams of turnkey solutions in aircraft component testing. including: air velocity, crimp, dimensional, HV, optical, designers, project managers, fitters and inspection In-house disciplines of design and manufacture pressure, RF & microwave, temperature, torque, engineers for all aerospace needs. Expert also provide encompassing high speed electronics, qualification, vibration and non-ionising radiation. Accreditations contract manufacture services to aerospace clients. data acquisition and system proving test rigs. – UKAS, ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and SC21 We are global aerospace suppliers with headquarters Silver Award. A Tier 1 prime contractor to the MoD based in Coventry, West Midlands. Expert’s aerospace Neil Wyke and defence agencies, support to avionics, aerospace, brochure is available to view on our website. Find us e: [email protected] communications, media and manufacturing sectors. on LinkedIn! Micro Movements is a recent acquisition to the Heller Machine Tools Ltd Electroservices Group providing data acquisition, signal Jason Glasse Acanthus Road conditioning, recording, analysis and bespoke test rigs. e: [email protected] Ravensbrook Business Park Redditch Judith Smith FMT Tooling Systems Limited Worcestershire e: [email protected] 14b Orgreave Close United Kingdom Handsworth Industrial Estate B98 9EX Engineering Technology Group Sheffield t: 0121 275 3300 Rhodes House South Yorkshire w: www.heller.biz Northfield Road United Kingdom Southam S13 9NP Heller Machine Tools has produced high quality Warwickshire t: 0114 293 9750 machines and delivered complex projects from its United Kingdom w: www.fmttooling.co.uk Midlands facility in Redditch for over 40 years. We CV47 0FG employ 150 people and deliver 200 machines annually. t: 01926 818418 Manufacturer of special cutting tools into various In addition to our production, our engineering industries including aerospace, automotive, F1, medical, department has all the skills required to help deliver Exclusive UK distributor of high speed 5-axis Chiron power generation to name a few. The company your complete engineered turnkey solution. With machining centres and multi-spindle Nakamura-Tome provides the optimum solution to its clients for solid our aerospace customers demanding high accuracy turning centres. As part of ETG, Hyfore Engineering carbide, carbide tipped, HSS and through its parent and performance machines for the life of their design and manufacture bespoke workholding and company Frezite Metal Tooling (FMT) PCD tooling, as programmes, Heller operates an apprenticeship clamping devices for metal cutting applications. well as a refurbishment and regrind facility for all the programme, providing the ongoing knowledge aforementioned. With over 45 years experience, we required to ensure this. Service cover comes from Graham Thomas have developed a client partnering ethos where “Your our highly skilled team supported by over £2 million e: [email protected] tooling problem is our problem to solve.” Whatever spares stock giving 24 hour response. the application, Frezite Metal Tooling (UK) Ltd will Exactaform Cutting Tools Ltd offer the most cost effective solution to the customer. Steve Malone Unit G2 e: [email protected] Little Heath Industrial Estate Martin Johnson Coventry e: [email protected] Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence West Midlands Metrology House United Kingdom Fuchs Lubricants (UK) plc Halesfield 13 CV6 7ND New Century Street Telford t: 02476 665823 Hanley Shropshire w: www.exactaform.co.uk Stoke-on-Trent United Kingdom Staffordshire TF7 4PL A premium manufacturer of advanced PCD cutting United Kingdom t: 0870 446 2667 tools since 1979, primarily supplying the aerospace ST1 5HU w: www.hexagonmetrology.co.uk industry with solutions for abrasive applications. t: 01782 203700 We supply blue chip OEMs through all tiers of the w: www.fuchslubricants.com Hexagon Metrology Ltd, in the UK, operates from a supply chain. Exactaform has a proven track record purpose-built base in Telford from where it sells and of innovation in composite machining and CRFP Fuchs Lubricants (UK) is one of the world’s largest maintains all the Hexagon Metrology Group’s brands stack machining and has developed a leading range of manufacturers of coolants and cutting fluids and is a - including DEA, Leitz, Optiv, Brown & Sharpe, Romer, one-shot solutions for high volume applications. This leading supplier to the UK aerospace industry. Our Leica Geosystems, Cognitens, Tesa and the aerospace is complimented by one of the largest production innovative range of premium quality metalworking standard software PC-DMIS. The product portfolio facilities for PCD tooling in the UK and supported by fluids, which includes specialist aluminium grades, has covers every measuring application with CMMs, multi- a team of experienced aerospace engineers. been developed in close consultation with leading sensor and optical machines, portable measuring arms manufacturers in the European aerospace industry. CMMs, laser trackers, white-light scanning systems, Jamie White Our product portfolio is complemented by a range automation turnkey solutions, software and hand e: [email protected] of tailor-made coolant management programmes, tools. A large service, support and applications team designed to maximise fluid life, cut operating costs, underpin all of our products to ensure complete reduce machine downtime and improve efficiency, customer satisfaction. and our customers are supported by an experienced team of lubrication specialists, solely dedicated to Christopher Ivory serving the needs of the aerospace industry. e: [email protected]

Jill Cowell e: [email protected]

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Hockley Pattern & Tool Co Ltd IPG Photonics KG Washford Ltd Lodgefield Road Axis 1, Hawkfield Way Unit 41 Crossgate Road Halesowen Hawkfield Business Park Park Farm Industrial Estate West Midlands Bristol Redditch United Kingdom City of Bristol Worcestershire B62 8AR United Kingdom United Kingdom t: 0121 561 4665 BS14 0BY B98 7SN w: www.hockleypattern.co.uk t: 01179 358 948 t: 01527 525390 w: www.ipgphotonics.com w: www.kgwashford.co.uk Hockley was founded in 1979 and has grown from a background of automotive patterns and tooling into IPG is transforming the industrial materials processing KG Washford specialise in the design and manufacture one of the leading aerospace toolmakers in Europe. landscape with fibre lasers that deliver a dramatic of hydro-mechanical test and control rigs for aircraft difference to manufacturing industries, including fuel system components - mainly fuel pumps, fuel Neil Williams aerospace, automotive, marine and energy provision. metering units and actuators. A full service support is offered for the life of the rig after initial installation. e: [email protected] IPG Photonics is the world’s leading provider of industrial high power fibre lasers and fibre amplifiers Complementing the work we carry out on test rigs we also design and manufacture assembly/dis- Hydro Systems UK that are revolutionizing performance and utility in assembly tools for the aforementioned units, vibration Trent Lane a remarkable array of materials processing, micro- machining, telecommunications, medical and other test fixtures for EEC and fuel system components, fire Castle Donington test fixtures and pressure test fixtures. With its high Derby advanced applications. Our fibre lasers are compact and rugged, meeting the demands of the most quality engineers and vast knowledge KG Washford Derbyshire is ideally positioned to meet your engineering United Kingdom challenging applications with a maximum of efficiency and a minimum of size. requirements. DE74 2PY t: 01332 815444 Mark Thompson Ian Waters w: www.hydro.aero/en/ e: [email protected] e: [email protected]

Hydro Systems provides world class design and Kyocera Unimerco Tooling Limited manufacture of aircraft airframe and engine tooling, Nanscawen Road ground support equipment and transportation stands. Fradley Park Industrial Estate Hydro Systems are a preferred supplier of Rolls- Fradley Royce and licensees of Airbus, Boeing, BAE Systems, Staffordshire Goodrich and other various OEMs. Hydro Systems ITI United Kingdom UK Ltd is part of the Hydro Systems Group. Hydro is 4 Carisbrooke Court, Anderson Road WS13 8LH a company of over 600 employees, based in multiple Buckingway Business Park, Swavesey t: 01543 267777 sites across Europe, North America and the Middle Cambridge w: www.kyocera-unimerco.co.uk and the Far East. Currently around 60 people work in Cambridgeshire Hydro UK (Derby), providing design and manufacture United Kingdom Global manufacturer and distributor of high- solutions and equipment servicing for Rolls-Royce and CB24 4UQ performance standard and customised tools for numerous airlines and MROs. t: 01954 234300 your industry. Reducing your costs is our specialty; w: www.iti-global.com optimized tooling solutions for the machining of applications within many typical aerospace segments, Mark Jansen such as airframes, avionics and missiles, aerostructure, e: [email protected] ITI is the global leader providing reliable control systems and aero engines; wide range of interoperability, validation, translation and migration advanced, customized tools for the aerospace industry, solutions for engineering product data and for example veined tools, PCD tipped tools and solid related systems. ITI solves complex product data carbide tools; an extensive range of high-precision interoperability problems so that the world’s leading chucks suitable for any situation; with RE•NEW™ tool manufacturers can focus on core competencies. maintenance your old tools become as good as new ITI’s solutions support key areas of PLM and MBE - or even better. Efficient tool management gives you Industrial Tooling Corporation Ltd implementation for aerospace manufacturers complete control over tool consumption and reduces Cyber House and their supply chain including: product design costs of procurement and processing. 1 Kepler, Lichfield Rd Ind. Estate and computational analysis, engineering change Tamworth management, legacy aircraft modifications and restarts, Jason Chodynicki Staffordshire FAA certification, ITAR regulatory compliance, long e: [email protected] United Kingdom term data archival solutions, technical data packaging, B79 7XE and secure engineering information transfer. t: 01827 304500 w: www.itc-ltd.co.uk Andrew Chinn e: [email protected] ITC is the leading UK manufacturer, modifier, re-grinder and distributor of precision round cutting tools in carbide, PCD and HSS. In addition to possessing one of the most modern and well equipped tool grinding facilities in the UK, with CNC grinding machines from Walter, Rollamatic, Anca and Deckel, ITC is the major UK stockist of Widia solid carbide and indexable cutting tools, and is sole UK stockist for BIG/KAISER spindle and boring systems. High performance production tools are available from our extensive stocks. Special-to-product tooling can be designed and manufactured to suit the most demanding applications.

Andy Boyles e: [email protected]

32 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk MA Ford Europe Ltd Mitsubishi Materials UK Orchard Environmental Systems Unit 38, Royal Scot Road Mitsubishi House Unit 2c, Webner Industrial Estate Pride Park Galena Close, Amington Heights Ettingshall Road Derby Tamworth Wolverhampton Derbyshire Staffordshire West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom DE24 8AJ B77 4AS WV2 2LD t: 01332 267960 t: 01827 312312 t: 01902 408766 w: www.mafordeurope.com w: www.mitusbishicarbide.com w: www.orchardenvironmetalsystems.co.uk

We design and manufacture advanced high Mitsubishi Materials UK is an advanced materials & Process engineers, we specialise in the design and performance cutting tools for the aerospace industry, tools business. The entire production process of every manufacture of automatic and manual chemical with a clear focus on performance and precision. tool is carried out in-house – from raw material process plant, fume extraction systems and scrubbers Our extensive experience within this sector has selection to the end product – therefore, we offer to meet the latest clean air regulations, together with enabled us to introduce a range of innovative tooling our customers optimised solutions that derive from the handling and treatment of chemical effluent to solutions to meet demanding high performance our leading carbide technology. Mitsubishi tools are meet customer’s consent conditions. We are able cutting specifications on aluminium and specialised aerospace alloys together with composite and stacked created for a vast range of applications; our drills and to offer a total service, including: environmental composite materials. Our expertise also goes beyond milling tools are used extensively in the aerospace assessment of your present system, provision of a new the high performance tooling within our range and and automotive sectors, for example. Making full use turnkey system, operator training, and maintenance. incorporates precision ‘non-pull out’ tool holding of our knowledge in the areas of cutting materials We offer a 24-hour breakdown service to all our solutions, optimised tool path software and cutting and coatings, we constantly improve our successful established clients. We also manufacture one-off tool performance enhancement systems to give a products by introducing new technologies and fabrications in all thermoplastic materials, tanks etc. unique suite of machining solutions for aerospace expanding our portfolio. We undertake on-site maintenance and repair on all applications. of the above. Maria Martin David Ward e: [email protected] Ray Smith e: [email protected] e: [email protected] New Technology CADCAM Ltd Master Abrasives Ltd Basepoint Business Centre Phoenix Calibration & Services Ltd High March Isidore Road, Bromsgrove Enterprise Park Unit 8, The Wallows Industrial Estate Long March Ind Estate Bromsgrove Fens Pool Avenue Daventry Worcestershire Brierley Hill East Midlands United Kingdom West Midlands United Kingdom B60 3ET United Kingdom NN11 4PG t: 01844 295235 DY5 1QA t: 01327 703813 w: www.thenewtechnologygroup.com t: 00 44 (0)1384 480 545 w: www.master-abrasives.co.uk w: www.phoenixcalibration.co.uk New Technology CADCAM supply SOLIDWORKS Master Abrasives is a leading supplier of abrasives and 3D CAD software to engineering companies so you Phoenix leads the way in specialist test machines tools, offering abrasive products, tools, tool servicing can innovate faster, design better products and deliver and sub-contract testing services for a diverse range and training for different grinding and finishing engineering solutions that will revolutionise the way of sectors; aerospace, automotive, pharmaceutical applications in various markets - particularly the you and your team work. We back this up with one of and energy are just some of the sectors we work aerospace industry. We manufacture a comprehensive the most experienced and qualified SOLIDWORKS' with. Phoenix offers a complete end to end service: range of abrasive belts and offer a complete range of support teams. Our customers benefit from access from bespoke design, manufacture and installation of Meister superabrasives products together with all sizes to multi-level support, web-based training modules, machines and control systems, to ongoing support, of MASTER conventional grinding wheels. Working to provide solutions for you, our partners include and SOLIDWORKS' certified training courses at our refurbishment and re-purposing of existing equipment. Standard Abrasives, Cratex, Urma Rolls and Darmann. training centres throughout the UK. The specialist in-house, sub-contract, materials testing Master Tool Services department offers a range of lab allows us to collaborate fully with our customers, tools and full support (HAV testing, training etc.) and Greg Way offering development of testing techniques and servicing of tools, plus “safe use of abrasives” training. e: [email protected] technologies, as well as added capacity for overflow or bespoke work. Abigail Charlton NHE e: [email protected] Godiva Place Vicki Wilkes Coventry e: [email protected] Mills CNC Limited West Midlands Units 2 & 3 United Kingdom Pryor Marking Technology Tachbrook Link CV1 5PN Egerton Street Leamington Spa t: 024 7625 3099 Sheffield Warwickshire w: www.nhe.uk.com South Yorkshire United Kingdom United Kingdom CV34 6SN NHE -- through its well known brands of Plasticraft, S1 4JX t: 01926 736736 Ardrox Engineering and Lancy Technology -- designs, t: 01142 766044 w: www.millscnc.co.uk manufactures, installs and commissions chemical w: www.pryormarking.com process and surface treatment plant, environmental Mills CNC, established over 38 years ago, is the protection equipment, effluent and water treatment Pryor Marking Technology design and manufacture exclusive distributor of Doosan CNC Machine Tools plant, fume exhaust and fume abatement systems, the widest range of permanent marking systems in in the UK and Ireland. Located in a modern 36,000 water recirculation equipment and NDT FPI lines the world. We offer manual punches, handstamps, sq.ft. facility in the Midlands, Mills CNC specialises in both manual and automatic. Most plants supplied engraved dies, dot peen marking machines, scribe providing technical engineering solutions to a wide today include full computer control and data machines, laser marking and chemical etching and we customer base in all industry sectors. Delivering in logging with total traceability features to meet the are a world leader in the manufacture and design excess of 300 machines every year, Mills employs requirements of NADCAP. of innovative marking, identification and traceability over 30 engineers to provide an industry leading solutions. service, spares and training support organisation to Will Green over 1,500 individual customers with more than 4,000 e: [email protected] Dan Stephenson CNC machine tool installations. Doosan machines e: [email protected] are designed and manufactured by the machine tool division of Doosan Infracore.

Kevin Gilbert e: [email protected]

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R E Bowers & Freeman Limited Sil-Mid Ltd Straaltechniek International Ltd 15 Saffron Road Units 1 & 2 Roman Park 8 Valley Works South Wigston Roman Way Grange Lane Leicestershire Coleshill Sheffield United Kingdom West Midlands South Yorkshire LE18 4TG United Kingdom United Kingdom t: 0116 278 5311 B46 1HG S5 0DQ w: www.bowersfreeman.co.uk t: 01675 432850 t: 01142 945437 w: www.silmid.com w: www.si-shotpeening.co.uk R E Bowers & Freeman is a suppliers of heading punches for forging aerospace fasteners and stamps Sil-Mid Limited is an international distributor of Straaltechniek International Ltd. is one of the for second operation marking. Our products have specialist consumables which includes adhesives, few companies worldwide that both designs and very high quality character definition which results lubricants, silicones, PPE, cleaning agents and many manufactures automated shot peening and high-end in good production rates and gives excellent tool more. Our core business has traditionally been within blasting machines. Straaltechniek International Ltd. life. Our continued investment in research into the aerospace industry which now extends to include is very flexible in the individualised, tailor-made and new materials and the development of production automotive, rail, marine, renewable energy, engineering, bespoke configuration of machines and will always methods and procedures is helping us to supply our defence, electronics and oil and gas exploration. Our do its utmost to adapt a machine to fulfil all of the customers with new ideas to further improve punch expertise includes contract management, export customer’s requirements. Our footprint extends longevity and character definition on difficult materials. packing and shipping of hazardous goods as well as from the USA to the Far East. A sales and service a custom product repackaging service. With over network is available all over the world. Straaltechniek John Bowers thirty five years of trading, Sil-Mid Limited has built International Ltd. aims for potential customers e: [email protected] an extensive product listing of over 14,000 products within the (high-end) metalworking industries and is from more than 400 vendors. We have a dedicated specialised in the aerospace industry. Roemheld (UK) Limited multi lingual customer service team. Order 24/7 from 28 Knowl Piece our website. Marco Wildhagen Wilbury Way e: [email protected] Hitchin Liam Tuft Hertfordshire e: [email protected] Surface Finishing Engineering Limited United Kingdom Unit 16 Webner Industrial Estate SG4 0TY Snap-On Industrial Ettingshall Road t: 01462 459052 38A Telford Way Wolverhampton w: www.roemheld.co.uk Kettering West Midlands Northamptonshire United Kingdom Specialises in delivering flexible, cost effective, United Kingdom WV2 2LD workholding solutions designed to increase work NN16 8UN t: 01902 409186 throughput while also reducing handling times, raw t: 01536 413800 w: www.sfeuk.com super alloy material costs per billet and overall w: www.snapon.com cycle times. Improving aerospace customers’ We design and build electroplating and surface competitiveness by reducing set-up times and Snap-On is the leading global manufacturer and treatment equipment in partnership with the end increasing productivity. Roemheld is the sole UK distributor of hand and power tools, tools storage user. Equipment is selected to specifically fulfil all supplier of Hilma 5-Axis vices, Stark zero point and torque equipment for the aerospace industry. operational requirements. Our flexibility is paramount mounting systems, Jergens vice systems, M-TECS Our range includes FOD prevention products and in achieving our ongoing success, with trained and magnetic clamping and Kostyrka clamping sleeves. tool control systems, from basic shadow concept to a experienced engineers available to service, modify Workholding solutions from Roemheld include: 5-Axis fully advanced electronic “asset tracking management or relocate existing equipment. Our constant pursuit vices; hydraulic workholding; swing clamps; quick system". All products conform to international of perfection in satisfying the increasing demands of change die clamping systems; hydraulic clamping for standards and/or aerospace technical specification, the EC machinery directive, environmental legislation bespoke fixturing; power units; zero point mounting; SBAC TS48, JDS1200 and MOD Defstans. and health and safety keeps us at the forefront of the machine vices. surface finishing industry. Eric Bright Bill Neal e: [email protected] David Addison e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Star Micronics GB Ltd RTC Electronics Ltd Chapel Street Tebis UK Ltd Systems House Melbourne The Techno Centre,Coventry University Technology Willenhall Lane Derbyshire Park Coventry United Kingdom Puma Way West Midlands DE73 8JF Coventry United Kingdom t: 01332 864455 West Midlands CV2 3AS w: www.stargb.net United Kingdom t: 02476 444000 CV1 2TW w: www.rtcelectronics.co.uk Star Micronics GB is a wholly owned subsidiary of t: 024 76 236410 machine tool manufacturer Star Micronics Co Ltd, w: www.tebis.com RTC is a solution providers for turnkey electro- Japan, which produces multi-axis CNC sliding-head hydraulic test rigs and ATE equipment covering and fixed-head lathes. The GB subsidiary is also For over 30 years Tebis has ensured process efficiency all market sectors. A specialist in customisation, sole agent in the UK and Eire for the FMB range of and a technological edge in international die, mold integration and non-standard applications, supplying short and full-length bar magazines from Germany, and aerospace manufacturing, in industrial design avionics hardware in the loop systems, closed loop as well as for JBS compensating guide bush systems. and in machinery and equipment. Tebis is the only servo control systems, control instrumentation A particular strength of Star GB is that it has software and consulting company for manufacturing with data acquisition. With 30 years’ experience experienced applications engineers able to configure operations that introduces innovative processes in the aerospace industry, RTC has gained an highly efficient, single-operation mill-turning solutions, comprehensively and successfully – and we can do impressive customer base including Airbus, Boeing, enabling world class, high added value production this just as well in a family-owned and operated Bombardier, Safran, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon of extremely complex parts in exotic aerospace business as in a major international corporation. Missile Systems. RTC strongly believe in delivering materials. We’re able to do this because we effectively mesh ‘Right First Time’ solutions, designed and built to all enterprise levels with our outstanding consulting, the highest reliability and quality standards. Full 24/7 Mark Anson software and implementation expertise: strategy, goals, customer support and service are provided on critical e: [email protected] standardisation, process reliability, automation, planning, programmes. information flow and tool technologies.

Nick French Jill Brennan e: [email protected] e: [email protected]

34 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Teer Coatings Limited West Stone House MAINTENANCE, REPAIR RECYCLING Berry Hill Industrial Estate AND OVERHAUL Droitwich ELG Utica Alloys Ltd Worcestershire Unit 1 Adwick Park United Kingdom CFS Aeroproducts Limited Manvers WR9 9AS The Alvis Works Rotherham t: 01905 827 550 Bubbenhall Road South Yorkshire w: www.teercoatings.co.uk Coventry United Kingdom West Midlands S63 5AB Teer Coatings Limited (TCL) provides a physical United Kingdom t: 01709 765900 vapour deposition (PVD) coatings service, CV8 3BB w: www.elguticaalloys.com and manufactures a range of PVD coating and t: 02476 305873 associated test equipment. TCL also undertakes w: www.cfsaero.com ELG Utica Alloys Limited provides recycling solutions contract research and development, for example in for all scrap/redundant materials from within the collaborative projects at the UK and EU level. CFS Aero is an EASA and FAA Part 145 component aerospace industry. Our in house sorting/processing/ overhaul facility based in Coventry supporting the mutilation capabilities ensure that our partners realise Andrew Murray GA, commercial and military market in repair and absolute maximum value for their scrap material. As e: [email protected] overhaul of a wide range of propellers, undercarriage, we are often the final consumer of materials, we are piston and turbine engines. CFS Aero holds Level 3 able to give the very best market pricing. ELG Utica Thermocoax UK Ltd NDT capability and offers both an in-house and field Alloys Limited can also provide a toll processing Vienna House service. revert service. We are interested in all nickel base and International Square, Birmingham International Park cobalt base materials in all physical forms. Solihull David Newhouse West Midlands e: [email protected] Craig Wilkes United Kingdom e: [email protected] B37 7GN GJD Aerotech Limited t: 0121 7671822 The Main Hangar, Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome w: www.thermocoax.com Bruntingthorpe PARTS AND LOGISTICS Engineered thermal products and solutions. Lutterworth East Midlands MANAGEMENT Olivier Herve United Kingdom e: [email protected] LE17 5QS AAR International t: 0116 2799 195 Joint Sentry Support Team Vacuum Brazing Consultants Ltd w: www.gjdaerotech.com RAF Waddington Unit 12 Pavilion Way Lincoln Castle Business Park Line maintenance, AOG support, ad hoc maintenance, Lincolnshire Loughborough AD & SB compliance, short/long term parking, storage United Kingdom Leicestershire maintenance, aircraft partout and disposal. LN5 9NB United Kingdom t: 01522 727483 LE11 5GW Gary Spoors w: www.aarcorp.com t: 01509 218008 e: [email protected] w: www.vbcgroup.com Supplier of aviation parts. Med-Lab Manufacturer, stockist and distributor of aerospace Copeland Street Steve Higgins grade brazing and welding filler alloys and auxhillary Derby e: [email protected] products. Technical support, training and project Derbyshire consultancy for metal joining. Manufacturer of the VBC United Kingdom Active Integrated Supply Limited InterPulse controlled heat power management tig set DE1 2PU The Genesis Centre for welding of crack sensitive materials. Manufacturer t: 01332 349094 Innovation Way of bespoke welding positional systems. w: www.med-lab.co.uk Stoke-on-Trent

Staffordshire Sales Distributor and supplier of consumable overhaul United Kingdom e: [email protected] materials to overhaul bases and airlines world wide, ST6 4BF specialising in low volume niche market products. Yamazaki Mazak UK Ltd t: 0870 243 0969

Badgeworth Drive w: www.activeintegrated.co.uk Steve King Worcester e: [email protected] Worcestershire We have real hands-on experience and insight United Kingdom in the aerospace sector, identifying opportunities WR4 9NF and solving challenges in your indirect and MRO t: 01905 755755 operations. Our pedigree? We have helped one of our w: www.mazak.eu aerospace clients save over £6 million on their indirect maintenance spend. Our services cover maintenance Yamazaki Mazak is the world’s largest manufacturer parts procurement, stores and stock management of metal cutting machine tools. Products include and the provision of maintenance services. We have multi-tasking machines, CNC turning centres, vertical an extensive supplier data base covering machine and horizontal machining centres, CNC laser cutting parts, PPE, consumables and tooling. Active deliver machines, flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), CAD/ resilient, responsive and robust solutions, providing a CAM products and factory management software. competitive edge to the aerospace sector. Yamazaki Mazak UK Ltd is based at the European manufacturing plant in Worcester, which also houses Richard Bennell the UK Technology Centre and gives customers direct e: [email protected] access to support from the UK’s largest and most expert team of engineers, with vast experience in machine tool applications for almost every industry sector.

Richard Smith e: [email protected]

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Air & Ground Aviation Ltd DS Smith JJX Logistics Aviation House Packaging Division Units 1 - 2 London Road Dodwells Road Bobbington Nurseries Shirleywich Hinckley Stourbridge Staffordshire Leicestershire West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom ST18 0PN LE10 3BX DY7 5EG t: 01889 271777 t: 01455 251400 t: 01384 221642 w: www.airandground.com w: www.dssmithindustrial.co.uk w: www.jjxlogistics.co.uk

Stockists and suppliers of components for the DS Smith Packaging Division specialises in the design JJX Logistics specialists provide same day courier aerospace and defence industry. We also offer support and manufacture of heavy duty packaging, supplying service, delivering and collecting to all parts of the UK solutions for all aviation world fleet platforms. We packaging solutions to protect, store and transport and Europe. We have a wide range of vehicles with have several enabling agreements with major OEMs product locally and globally. We are a local, responsive full tracking systems on board. Aerospace, defence allowing us to trade on the highest level. network centred at Hinckley, supported by 4 and automotive are our biggest clients supplying to dedicated heavy duty sheet plants, with the resources the supply chain. Warehousing, distribution, hazardous Matthew Powell of DS Smith Plc behind us employing over 20,000 materials and airfreight carriers are just some of the e: [email protected] people across 20 countries. Industrial packaging services we offer to our customers, to the highest solutions is what our business is all about. standards. Amco Services (International) Ltd Unit 16a Blackpole Trading Estate Helen Wiggins John Donovan Blackpole Road e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Worcester Worcestershire GEFCO Kintetsu World Express (UK) Ltd United Kingdom Central Boulevard Unit B1, Langham Park Industrial Estate WR3 8SG Prologis Park Maple Road t: 01905 758005 Coventry Castle Donington w: www.amcoservices.co.uk West Midlands Derbyshire United Kingdom United Kingdom Founded in 1983, Amco Services (International) Ltd CV6 4BX DE74 2UD has provided reliable, cost-effective logistics services t: 02476 339944 t: 01332 817790 across a wide range of business sectors for over 30 w: www.gefco.co.uk w: https://www.kwe.co.jp/en/ years. Our highly experienced team also specialises in the supply of high-quality sequencing and logistics Reliable and secure international logistics with KWE (UK) Ltd provides fully-integrated aerospace, services to the defence, automotive, aerospace and GEFCO. GEFCO has been operating in the UK automotive and FMCG global logistics services using FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) industries. for over 30 years and is part of a global integrated a worldwide network of 280 offices in 30 countries. Amco has developed sophisticated and robust network. In the UK, GEFCO offers national and Our supply chain team are able to offer diverse and systems in order to satisfy our clients’ demands and international transport and logistics solutions which innovative solutions with a full range of forward and to deliver a full, integrated range of services to the encompass the whole supply chain. GEFCO has six reverse logistics at their disposal. highest standards possible. We achieve this through key areas of expertise that cover the complete supply the use of ISO standard work processes, investment chain; finished vehicle logistics, overland, overseas, Richard Leeds in our staff and technology, and the employment of warehousing, reusable packaging, customs and tax e: [email protected] reliable distribution and warehousing systems. representation. GEFCO’s heritage and expertise lies in the automotive industry but we have also successfully Kuehne + Nagel Ltd Nigel Piercy expanded and diversified into other industrial sectors Minworth 4 e: [email protected] which include aerospace, industrial, high and heavy, DC3 Prologis Park off Water Orton Lane FMCG, 2Wheelers, electronics and automotive. Midpoint Way Daher Aerospace Limited Sutton Coldfield Amberley Drive Maria Holmes-Keeling United Kingdom Sinfin Lane e: [email protected] B76 9EH Derby t: 01295 222000 Derbyshire w: http://www.kn-portal.com/ United Kingdom DE24 9RE One of the world’s leading logistics providers. t: 01332 274300 w: www.daher.com/en David Godefroy e: [email protected] Daher is an equipment manufacturer that develops integrated industrial systems for aerospace and advanced technologies. By linking its know-how in industrial manufacturing, product and process engineering, logistics and transport, and industrial services, Daher designs and develops value-added solutions for its industrial partners, who benefit from this convergence of industry and services. Daher has established itself as a leader in 5 fields of activity: aircraft manufacturer, aerostructures and systems, integrated logistics, nuclear services, and valves. Daher posts turnover of nearly a billion euros, and its order book stands at around three and a half years of turnover.

Roberto Tonna e: [email protected]

36 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk MDXpress Ltd Quality Consultancy & Inspection Group Wincanton Station House Unit 18 Norton Canes Business Park 30 First Avenue Station Road Norton Green Lane Pensnett Estate Shenstone, Lichfield Norton Canes Kingswinford Staffordshire Staffordshire West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom WS14 0NW WS11 9SS DY6 7UD t: 01543 484346 t: 07920 481824 t: 01384 282698 w: www.mdxpress.co.uk w: www.qci-group.com w: www.wincanton.co.uk

MDXpress Ltd specialises in just in time express The QCI group support the aerospace, automotive, Wincanton is the largest UK listed third party deliveries throughout the EU. We cater for urgent rail and power generation sectors providing logistics operator and a European leader in the requirements within the aerospace, automotive and warehousing, inspection, product sequencing and design and delivery of advanced supply chain machinery sectors where time is critical, utilising our distribution of customer supplied product. Activities solutions. Wincanton’s Defence Business Unit own vehicles and approved partners. We carry AOG, undertaken include: product receipt, bulk stock supports land, sea and air civil defence platforms cover scheduled dedicated loads and last minute holding, inventory management, product inspection/ ranging from helicopters to jet aircraft, armoured shipments. Our express vans, available within 1-2 analysis, product assembly, product kitting, product vehicles, communication systems and fire and urban hours of your enquiry, are monitored 24 hours a day picking/packing, product relabelling, consolidation, rescue vehicles. Wincanton Defence manages the and regular updates are sent to customers up to and returns management, quality rework/analysis, physical logistics including storage, distribution including delivery. In addition we offer air freight and distribution/collection. Benefits: electronic inspection and packing serives with in-house design and courier, ocean and conventional trailer services. system - direct notification of product on/off manufacturing of packaging in line with UK, NATO inspection (5 min response from notification), flexible and US defence standards. Wincanton Defence Miles Drinkwater warehouse requirement, daily/weekly/monthly analysis has a proven track record of operating both within e: [email protected] - BOS /KPI format, QCI owned transportation - no military establishments and off-base and has relevant delay in distribution, no product inspection, sorting, accreditations and experience with guidelines. On Logistics Ltd or rework visible at your facility, no ppm recorded at Unit 13 Drayton Manor Business Park your customer/receiving facility. Dean Bennett Coleshill Road, Fazeley e: [email protected] Tamworth David Munday Staffordshire e: [email protected] DISTRIBUTION AND SALES United Kingdom B78 3XN UPS Ltd Barnes Aerospace t: 01827 251222 St Davids Way 4 St George’s House w: www.on-logistics.co.uk Bermuda Park Industrial Estate Vernon Gate Nuneaton Derby On Logistics Ltd has been serving the civil and Warwickshire Derbyshire defence aerospace sectors for a number of years United Kingdom United Kingdom providing a best-in-class solution that covers inbound CV10 7SD DE1 1UQ and outbound logistics. We specialise in a number t: +44 (0)787 6740019 t: 01332 334505 of solutions covering: on site packaging and release, w: www.ups.com w: www.barnesaero.com warehousing of raw material to include direct line feed (DLF), AOG support, reverse flow solutions and As one of the world’s largest airlines, we know Barnes Aerospace provides superior technology tracked domestic and international delivery. We are the value of operational excellence and efficiency, based manufacturing solutions and comprehensive also procurement experts of aerospace packaging dependable compliance procedures and proven component overhaul and repair services to the to include refurbishment and re-sale back into the reliability at every link in the aerospace supply chain. world’s major jet engine manufacturers, commercial aerospace supply chain. Our expertise adds value to UPS is a global leader in logistics, offering a broad airlines and military. An industry leader in the the companies we serve, saving them time and money. range of solutions including transporting packages and machining and fabrication of complex and difficult to freight; facilitating international trade, and deploying work with aerospace alloys. An innovator offering a Nick Bennett advanced technology to more efficiently manage broad range of complex machining and fabrication e: [email protected] the world of business. Headquartered in Atlanta, and MRO technologies with an expansive component UPS serves more than 220 countries and territories size. A superior solutions provider that enables worldwide. The company can be found on the web at Pattonair (Derby) Limited our partners to make better products that bring ups.com® 50 Longbridge Lane higher value to customers and end users. A proven

Derby manufacturer dedicated to making products that Lindsay Gaffney Derbyshire reduce part count, decrease weight and deliver higher e: [email protected] United Kingdom value. DE24 8UJ t: 01332 886200 John Hulance w: www.pattonair.com e: [email protected]

Wherever you are and whatever you need, we can provide you with global expertise in aerospace and defence supply chain management services. Pattonair will help you enhance your competitive edge through more effective supply chain management, allowing you to focus on your core business activity and customer needs, whilst increasing efficiency, reducing costs and increasing profitability. Our strategy, unique in aerospace and defence, is based on operating globally while meeting the needs of individual customers with hands-on local support. We already support leading companies including Agusta, Airbus, ATK, BAE Systems, Boeing, Eaton, Finmeccanica, Meggitt, Parker Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, Thales, Turbomeca and UTC.

Jo Read e: [email protected]

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Bibus Metals Ltd Harald Pihl Three Mills Trading Estate 29 Moreton Road SUPPORT FOR Old School Lane Bushbury MANAGEMENT, Hereford Wolverhampton Herefordshire West Midlands PRODUCTIVITY, United Kingdom United Kingdom HR1 1EX WV10 8LA ACCREDITATION, t: 01432 842904 t: 01902 833839 w: www.haraldpihl.com INFORMATION Specialising in nickel alloys and titanium, providing all wrought forms to a variety of industries including Harald Pihl is a family company that was founded in TECHNOLOGY aerospace. We provide high temperature materials for 1912 and is still today managed by the Pihl family. We use in aero and land based gas turbines. have established contacts all over the world and our Achieving the Difference LLP longstanding experience guarantees a vast knowledge Festival House Ian Hedley of metallurgy. Harald Pihl stock and trade sheet, plate, Jessop Avenue e: [email protected] strip, bar, wire, tube, pipe and welding material. In Cheltenham our stock you can find a range of nickel alloys, heat/ Gloucestershire Blue Sky Industries Europe Ltd corrosion resistant alloys, titanium/titanium alloys, United Kingdom Unit 7 Apex Business Park copper alloys and stainless steel among many other GL50 3SH Walsall Road materials. Our main focus is on alloys with unique t: 01242 421000 Norton Canes characteristics, ones that meet very specific demands w: www.thedifference.co.uk Staffordshire and can handle extreme environments. United Kingdom If you’re are looking to develop business and market- WS11 9PU Gary Salter focused strategies for growth, talk to us. Achieving t: 01543 274076 e: [email protected] the Difference LLP is a UK-based business advisor w: www.blueskyindustries.com specialising in helping clients become successful, Stride Supplies Ltd market-focused businesses: better business strategy, Blue Sky Industries is a state-of-the-art ISO 9001:2008 Unit 7 Lakeside Ind Estate marketing strategy, effective marketing operations, with AS9120:2009 Rev A certified distributor of Broad Ground Road bespoke market research. aerospace fasteners and related hardware. Located Redditch in Monterey Park, California, Blue Sky Industries is Worcestershire Clive Lewis servicing customers worldwide via LAX, Port of United Kingdom e: [email protected] Los Angeles, Port of Long Beach, and other nearby B98 8YP shipping waypoints. In addition, Blue Sky Industries is t: 01527 500170 AEB (International) Ltd a D1-4426 distributor for many of the top aerospace w: www.stride-supplies.co.uk Pure Offices, Plato Close fastener manufactures; including Monogram, AHG, Tachbrook Park Sonic (Sargent), West Coast Aerospace and many Stride Supplies is the UK’s largest spring wire Leamington Spa more. distributors supplying all grades of spring wire to a Warwickshire diverse range of clients throughout the UK, Europe United Kingdom Gary Tomkinson and the Far East. Stride Supplies offer a wealth of CV34 6WE e: [email protected] industry knowledge and experience combined with t: 01926 801250 the latest technology to ensure delivery of the highest w: www.aeb.com/uk FTP LP, FST Service Centre UK & Ireland quality Wire products. Offering one of the largest Unit 7 Wycliffe Industrial Park levels of stock in the UK from some of the leading AEB is one of Europe’s leading providers of supply Leicester Road global brands including KOS and ArcelorMittal you chain logistics software, consultancy and services, Lutterworth can be confident that we can help you with all of your and has been delivering solutions to customers for Leicestershire wire product requirements. We are AS9120 approved. over thirty five years. The company has over 5,000 United Kingdom customers worldwide, supported by offices in the LE17 4HG Simon Moberley UK, Germany, Singapore, Switzerland, Sweden, the t: 01455 204 444 e: [email protected] Netherlands, Czech Republic, France, and the USA. w: www.simrit.com AEB’s core product - ASSIST4 - is the comprehensive solution suite for all logistics processes in global Freudenberg Simrit is well positioned to offer the business. ASSIST4 offers a complete set of business global aerospace market a best value proposition services for end-to-end logistics, including international with our comprehensive range of sealing and goods movements, making it possible to standardise vibration control components. Freudenberg Simrit’s and automate business processes in supply chain product range includes O rings, radial shaft seals, execution. PTFE seals, fire seals, aerodynamic/environmental seals, anti-vibration mounts and metallic seals. Our Iqubal Pannu comprehensive support package extends to material e: [email protected] development, component modelling, design and testing.

Scott Wilson e: [email protected]

38 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Aerospace Capability Project Ltd CDI Document Management Ltd Gobel & Partner Ltd 27, Sadler Bridge Studios Unit 6 District Business Park Suite 415 Bold Lane Birchills Street 4th Floor, Fort Dunlop Derby Walsall Birmingham Derbyshire West Midlands West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom DE1 3NT WS2 8NG B24 9FD t: 01332 742570 t: 01922 471870 t: 01922 458003 w: www.aerocapability.com w: www.cdi-docman.co.uk w: www.gpqm.com

CDI Document Management provides a one- The Aerospace Capability Project delivers Gobel & Partner is a quality service provider to the stop-solution for your document management experienced and specialist technical support for aerospace and automotive industry, working with the the development of new capability and building requirements. Storing critical documents can be a time and space consuming problem for companies of supply chain to increase quality levels globally. capacity to enable accelerated business growth. Delivering projects for airlines, OEMs and supply any size. Accessing the files that you need can waste valuable working time when searching through filing Laura Watson chain companies, linking with respected research e: [email protected] and academic institutions, government and industry cabinets or storage rooms. Warehousing solutions are groups. ACP offers broad aerospace consultancy and expensive -- if you need to get hold of a file quickly it a wide range of innovative services. We can provide can be impractical. With 25 years of experience you IBM project management, strategic business development, are assured of our excellent quality and reputation. Mail Point 3 IBM CDI takes care of your documents from collection, to support for international offset commitments, Birmingham Road scanning, storage, to return or destruction, making us technical training, facility design/layout and expertise in Warwick your document management solution. gaining industry approvals. Power systems and engine Warwickshire through-life support, maintenance repair and overhaul United Kingdom David Powell CV34 5JL is our speciality. e: [email protected] t: 01926 464 000 Stephen Boyce w: www.uk.ibm.com e: [email protected] Delivering predictive data analytics, mobility and IOT borwell Limited capabilities to enable organisations to transform Malvern Hills Science Park business models, reduce costs, improve product Geraldine Road performance and manage risk. Consult Avila Ltd Malvern Central Boulevard Adele Pabla Worcestershire Blythe Valley Business Park e: [email protected] United Kingdom Solihull WR14 3SZ West Midlands t: 01684 377980 United Kingdom IngPro Ltd w: www.borwell.com B90 8AG The Carriage House t: 01564 711181 Murivance An award-winning software house based in Malvern, w: www.consultavila.com Shrewsbury Worcestershire, UK, the borwell teams create Shropshire software for you, which is secure by design. Taking your Consult Avila is a well-established business consultancy United Kingdom project from conception to installation. Our team with a solid reputation for delivering real solutions, SY1 1JF of experts work with you to deliver your project real results at pace. Its team of management t: 07779129664 on time and on spec. The borwell team supports professionals has a track record of achievement w: www.ingpro.co.uk several on-going MoD software projects for the RAF in the aerospace and defence sectors, providing and Royal Navy, as well as working with NATO and support to clients through the entire process of IngPro Ltd is a specialist in Central Europe, supporting the European Defence Agency (EDA). The business change. Consult Avila provides the following services: companies to grow business in the region, through business transformation; working capital optimisation; also supports current operations, and has delivered establishing and improving manufacturing presence, performance improvement; and leadership a number of software tools and enhancements to building sales and distribution networks and making directly support analysts and user communities. development. acquisitions.

Vicky Mitchell Jose Guzman-Bello Paul Sefton e: [email protected] e: [email protected] e: [email protected]

CANDA Systems Ltd Design Rule Ltd Ashlar House Innovation Centre 115 Walsall Road, Aldridge Silverstone Technology Park Walsall Silverstone West Midlands Northants United Kingdom United Kingdom WS9 0AX NN12 8GX t: 0121 323 4455 t: 01604 491661 w: www.candasys.co.uk w: www.designrule.co.uk

Design Rule is an experienced provider of product CANDA has developed the web based supply chain lifecycle management (PLM) solutions from Dassault portal XACTIO, which provides supplier data on the Systems into the aerospace & defence (A&D) sector. web either with manual uploads or scheduled uploads These PLM solutions include ENOVIA, CATIA & by using the link module - automatically sending data DELMIA. Our ENOVIA V6 PLM solution is specifically from the client’s own MRP system directly to the tailored for A&D manufacturers. The core features are portal. The system provides accurate data on supplier secure document configuration management, including performance, quality, cost, and responsiveness with all engineering change control and CAD management; data being displayed using easy-to-view graphs and document export control for ITAR etc. and military; tables against the SC21 performance matrix. Suppliers IP/NDA management, eBoM management and can download orders and RFQs, complete NCRs, program management. This is assisted with proven view their performance and communicate with ease best practice methods for CATIA. We deliver full end- with their customers. to-end services including robust project management for successful deployments, support and training. Chris Hayward e: [email protected] Jan Inglis e: [email protected]

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Mitech Systems Siemens Industry Imaging House Cornwall House Brington Road Blythe Valley Business Park Flore Solihull Northamptonshire West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom NN7 4NQ B90 8AF IPI Solutions Limited t: 01327 341822 t: 07808 825705 Units 1 & 2 Kingsway Lodge Business Centre w: www.mitechsystems.co.uk w: www.siemens.co.uk 128 Kingsway Mitech specialises in helping aerospace companies Kirkby-in-Ashfield Siemens is an industry leader operating at the manage their business critical documentation. We do Nottinghamshire technological forefront to meet the specific this by removing these documents on a regular basis United Kingdom manufacturing requirements of the aerospace NG17 7FJ and imaging them via high quality Kodak Systems scanners and production software. Typical documents industry at all levels of the supply chain. It is the only t: 01623 272500 company today which can offer a totally integrated w: www.ipi-solutions.co.uk that we can scan include route cards, works orders, certificates of conformity, non-conformance reports, manufacturing answer via end-to-end plan-to- production solutions with the delivery of state of the IPI Solutions Ltd is a software company that develops heat treatment results, first article inspection reports, technical drawings up to A0 in size, finance art, innovative production and process techniques integrated process improvement applications for which are assisting aerospace companies improve the aerospace and other related sectors. We solve documentation, purchase orders and delivery notes. Once scanned the documents can be indexed by key productivity, safety and reduce energy costs, whatever manufacturing business process issues and improve retrieval fields such as a works order number and also their requirement. your performance: FAI (AS9102), PPAP, UPPAP, DVI, be OCR’d (optically character read) to enable word NPI, APQP, Process Flow, FMEA, PFMEA, DFEMA; searching. Steve Jones control plan, inspection planning, in-process data e: [email protected] collection; CMM data import, BOM data import; Andy Pyatt supply chain issues including report submission/ e: [email protected] approval and process visibility. Our applications are TBAT Innovation Ltd designed to mistake-proof business processes and Unit 3 Bradley Court remove waste. We have developed 20+ applications Mycon Marketing Services Ltd Trent Lane including FAI, PPAP, FMEA, Control Plan, CMM and 1 Victoria Square Castle Donington BOM data import. IPI’s solutions are deployed Birmingham Derbyshire to 2,000+ users including BAe, EADS, GKN, West Midlands United Kingdom Goodrich, HS, Rockwell, Moog, Woodward, Sikorsky, United Kingdom DE74 2UT B1 1BD AugustaWestland, Martin Baker. t: 01509 670610 t: 0844 415 5530 w: www.tbat.co.uk w: www.mycon.co.uk Carl Andrews e: [email protected] Mycon Marketing Services Ltd provides a high A business consultancy that provides advice and quality professional approach to strategic marketing support for companies seeking growth through the issues facing companies in aerospace, defence, development of new products, processes, and services offshore, power generation, marine and other or new markets. We assist companies through high-tech industries. Mycon is a worldwide provider the full innovation life cycle from idea generation, of performance improving market services: assessment, development, commercialisation to launch environmental scanning, scenario generation, and evaluation. We help companies identify their Kiwa UK Ltd forecasting, industry and market appraisals, qualitative innovation potential. We have a strong track record Malvern View Business Park and quantitative surveys, customer satisfaction and of assisting companies raise funds for investment Stella Way, Bishops Cleeve attitude tracking, supplier satisfaction and attitude in innovation and growth. We have an in depth Cheltenham tracking, competitor monitoring, benchmarking, knowledge of the broad transport and energy sectors Gloucestershire business appraisals, and new product/service with a strong focus on low carbon technologies and United Kingdom development. advanced material applications. GL52 7DQ t: 01242 677877 Paul Connor James Purdy w: www.kiwa.co.uk e: [email protected] e: [email protected]

Kiwa UK is a group of companies in the testing, Oakwell Management Services Ltd Test and Measurement Experts Limited inspection and certification sector. It has a sister 8 Oakwell Crescent New Manor Farm company called Kiwa UNAVIAcert which is a Ilkeston Harvey Lane, Moulton certification body for aerospace. Utilising the Derbyshire Northampton ACREDDIA certificated certification body United Kingdom UNAVIAcert, Kiwa UK provides aerospace quality DE7 5GX Northamptonshire management system certification (AS91xx), t: 0115 944 5750 United Kingdom consultancy and training. w: www.oakwellmanagement.co.uk NN3 7RB w: www.TestAndMeasureExperts.co.uk Adrian Woodridge Oakwell Management Services Limited is a e: [email protected] multi-role consultancy, working with clients large, Through innovation, and out-of-the-box thinking, Test medium and small, across all business sectors. and Measure experts help aviation manufacturers Disciplines include engineering design, production/ meet the ever-increasing demand for product operations management, quality control, supply chain performance improvements and ensure that you management, procurement, sales, marketing and achieve your goals. Our advanced process control will sustainability. Our focus is on manufacturing industries benefit you by creating a more streamlined approach including aerospace. Other business areas supported to create improvements in your manufacturing include all public sector activity, local, regional, national performance. We work with you to improve the government, education, and service industries. All entire process to do things better, faster and at a work is carried out to fully accredited standards, and much lower cost. The bottom line with cost savings utilising specialist tools developed in house. One of are between 5%-20% of turnover per annum. On our specialist areas is procurement: see www.sites. average we have helped our clients reduce their google.com/site/managemyspend. Oakwell is an manufacturing time by 50%. approved ISO 9000 accredited assessing body. We guide clients through the ISO process of approval and Sammuel Yisrael beyond. e: [email protected]

Ray Newell e: [email protected]

40 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Vector GB Ltd Encore Personnel 1320 Solihull Parkway HUMAN RESOURCES Head Office, Encore House Birmingham Business Park 32 Millstone Lane Birmingham Accept Fusion Leicester West Midlands St Peters House Leicestershire United Kingdom St Marys Wharf, Mansfield Road United Kingdom B37 7YB Derby LE1 5JN t: 0121 788 7926 Derbyshire t: 0116 262 0651 w: www.vector.com United Kingdom w: www.encoretechnical.co.uk DE1 3TP Vector provides aircraft OEMs and suppliers an open t: 01332 343240 Encore Personnel offers recruitment solutions development platform of tools, software components w: www.acceptfusion.com across the engineering, industrial and driving sectors and services for the development and testing for both temporary and permanent placements. of embedded avionic networks. Our customers Accept Fusion is a leading recruitment consultancy appreciate Vector as a reliable and technically Encore Technical has a speciality aerospace division specialising in the aerospace, defence, rail and supporting the Midlands. Encore is currently working competent partner when seeking efficient solutions automotive sectors. We cover the following disciplines: with leading companies in the UK within light, for electronic networking. Customers from across design, manufacturing, maintenance, quality, purchasing medium and heavy engineering process industries the globe - in the automotive, heavy-duty vehicle, and supply chain. Our particular strengths lie in our aerospace, transportation and control engineering ability to supply manufacturing management and shop and engineering services. Encore built its success fields - rely on solutions and products from the floor staff throughout our specialist businesses. We upon supplying skilled and experienced staff where independent Vector Group. supply permanent and temporary/contract staff each others have failed. Encore provides total engineering tailored to our clients’ individual requirements. With coverage from shop floor engineering, to senior Simon Davies our offices strategically placed in the UK and globally management, offering a consultative service to e: [email protected] we can always be on hand for our clients. many of the UK’s high profile companies, improving efficiencies and offering cost savings. Verify Europe Ltd Jon Roome Unit 2 Manor House e: [email protected] Ray Metcalfe Manor Road e: [email protected] Mancetter Warwickshire Hays United Kingdom St Philips House CV9 1TT 4 St Philips Place RECRUIT t: 08456 432501 Birmingham w: www.verify-europe.com West Midlands

Consilium Recruit United Kingdom Verify Europe is part of the Verify Group. Since 1976, Consilium House B3 2SL we’ve provided supplier performance management Timothy’s Bridge Road services to quality critical industries worldwide. t: 0121 212 3344 Stratford upon Avon w: www.hays.co.uk Utilising our network of industry professionals, Verify Warwickshire delivers outsourced product verification, auditing, United Kingdom Hays is a leading global experts in qualified, supplier management and delivery assurance solutions. CV37 9NR Customers are supported by over 8,000 technical t: 01789 201040 professional and skilled recruitment. With over 245 and quality personnel at more than 6,000 supplier w: www.consiliumrecruit.com offices in 33 countries we are able to support our locations in 40+ countries. These worldwide services clients both across the UK and internationally across are managed from offices in America, Europe, and Consilium Recruit is a leading supplier to aerospace the world. Hays Aerospace Engineering recruit for Asia, ensuring an integrated approach to program and defence organisations. Our unrivalled technical expert engineering candidates across quality, design, management, resource qualification, technical oversight knowledge and success rates offer a comprehensive manufacturing and maintenance, with specialist and field coordination. Verify’s award winning services service that takes the hassle out of recruitment. consultants working within each function, enabling us achieve consistent results, improved performance, We recruit for engineers, management grades to support our clients with unrivaled expertise within reduced costs and total customer satisfaction. and industry executives across a diverse range of our markets. Hays currently works in partnership with disciplines. Since 2001 our award winning team has a number of key clients across the industry, from SMEs Phil Smethurst provided a straightforward recruitment service that and tier 2 suppliers to global tier 1 suppliers into the e: [email protected] delivers results. aerospace and defence market.

VR Aviation Safety Partnership Ltd James Charlett Akash Khan 120 Stanton Road e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Sandiacre Nottingham CSP Technical Recruitment In-Comm Training & Business Services Ltd Nottinghamshire Rutland Centre, 56 Halford Street Vigo Place United Kingdom Leicester NG10 5EP Aldridge Leicestershire West Midlands t: 0115 919 1430 United Kingdom United Kingdom w: www.vr-asp.com LE1 1TQ WS9 8UG t: 0116 242 4898 VR is an aviation and airworthiness consultancy w: www.cspgb.com t: 01922 457686 and training organisation staffed by former UK w: www.in-comm.co.uk CAA airworthiness surveyors with many years CSP Technical is a dedicated technical and engineering of experience in aviation regulation, ranging from recruitment business, which specialises in supplying Based in the heart of the West Midlands, the oversight of approved organisations in the UK and skilled machine tool operators and value added shop In-Comm partnership offers a range of world worldwide to international rulemaking and joint floor staff for permanent, temporary and contract class-leading services to industry and commerce. authority committees. We have provided practical roles. We work with many companies across the In-Comm has over thirty three years’ experience in and classroom training to industry and regulatory aerospace sector, working with candidates on a the design and delivery of development programmes authorities. We work with clients to guide them nationwide basis. With over 20 years of experience, to suit a wide range of needs. We also have a through the process of regulation compliance to we have a track record of finding candidates with the specialised training services academy and team to achieving full and cost effective compliance. We cover: right skills, experience and attitude. We take our role offer apprentice programmes. Whether you are an new approvals and existing approvals, regulatory in the recruitment process very seriously and value owner-managed company looking to develop your approvals healthchecks, expert advice, independent the trust that individuals place upon us. workforce, or a multi-national company looking for a quality audit support, airworthiness standards, aircraft customised training and development programme, our airworthiness records surveys, and aircraft CAW Colin Sewell team of highly competent specialists are here to help. compliance software. e: [email protected]

Anthony Heather Gareth Jones e: [email protected] e: [email protected]

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Training 2000 BHW Solicitors Furthergate Business Park 5 Grove Court Harwood Street Enderby Blackburn Leicester Lancashire East Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom Jonathan Lee Recruitment BB1 3BD LE19 1SA The Maltings t: 01254 54659 t: 0116 289 7000 Mount Road w: www.training2000.co.uk w: www.bhwsolicitors.com Stourbridge West Midlands Training 2000 has been established for almost 50 BHW is the country’s leading lawyers for aerospace United Kingdom years. We are one of the largest group training contracts. We have been instrumental in defining the DY8 1HZ associations, providing business solutions, commercial t: 01384 397555 courses and apprenticeship programmes within the latest generation of standard industry contracts with w: www.jonlee.co.uk aerospace industry and across multiple industry the world’s primary aircraft manufacturers and have sectors. We have developed long term relationships advised on contracts with Airbus, Rolls-Royce, GKN, A specialist technical recruitment consultancy within with national and global businesses based on our Lockheed Martin, Fokker, Spirit, BAE and Eurocopter. the aerospace, defence and aviation sectors covering ability to work with our customers as their trusted We also have particular expertise on UK and the following disciplines: design; manufacturing, training partner, providing development teams and off-shore managed supply chain solutions including maintenance, quality, purchasing, supply chain, training partner services covering manufacturing, contracts for sub-assembly, standard parts production, product engineering, sales and marketing and human engineering and commercial within aerospace and processes and AGS. Additionally, BHW provides a full resources. Particular strengths include lean/six sigma other business sectors. Our core focus is to listen and range of company, commercial, corporate, property, and operations management. Additional services understand customers needs by developing business employment and dispute resolution services. We include Integrated HR which offers a full assessment solutions to support successful achievement of provide a cost-effective service and have the quickest centre design capability including the provision of company goals through operational excellence. turnaround times in the industry. psychometric testing. Liza Sullivan Ed Nurse Matthew Heath e: [email protected] e: [email protected] e: [email protected] LEGAL & FINANCIAL Cooper Parry Technical Network Sky View, Argosy Road Network House SERVICES East Midlands Airport 115 -117 Hagley Road Derby Birmingham Derbyshire West Midlands Adamson Jones IP Ltd United Kingdom United Kingdom Adamson Jones B16 8LB BioCity Nottingham DE74 2SA t: 0121 450 5020 Pennyfoot Street t: 01332 411163 w: www.technical-network.co.uk Nottingham United Kingdom Cooper Parry Group is an accountancy advisory firm Network Recruitment Partnership Ltd, trading as NG1 1GF with an award-winning corporate finance team in the Technical Network, is a specialist engineering and t: 0115 947 7977 East Midlands delivering corporate finance advice and technical recruitment consultancy with over 30 years w: www.adamson-jones.co.uk related strategic advisory services. We are part of an experience recruiting permanent and contract/ international network, Global M&A, which provides interim professional, technical staff and management. With offices at BioCity and MediCity, Nottingham’s unrivalled access to international markets. Disciplines include: engineering and manufacturing leading innovation centres, AdamsonJones offers - design & CAD engineers, development, CAE, lean a comprehensive intellectual property protection Sally Saunders manufacturing, production, quality, operations, systems, service encompassing patents, trade marks, design e: [email protected] electronics, software, maintenance and reliability; and copyright protection in the UK, Europe and purchasing & supply chain - purchasing, material throughout the world. Our highly experienced team Cowens Survival Capability control, planning, supply chain, logistics & distribution. of patent and trade mark attorneys provides technical Working with a range of customers including primes, Inbro House expertise ranging from chemistry and biotech Commercial Gate OEMs and manufacturing supply chain organisations to mechanical engineering and advanced physics. across automotive, aerospace, defence, manufacturing Mansfield AdamsonJones provides commercial advice of the and energy industries nationwide and abroad. We are Nottinghamshire highest quality, ensuring that our clients get maximum very adept with identification and transfer of scarce United Kingdom skills across industrial sectors. value from their intellectual property. We work not NG18 1EU only with major multinational companies, like Alliance t: 01623 649931 Robert Wigley Boots, Google and Sanofi, but also with innovative w: http://maa-aerocover.com/ e: [email protected] SMEs in the UK and overseas, such as Vectura, Intersurgical and Advancis Medical, as well as with Cowens Survival Capability is an independent internationally renowned universities. firm of chartered insurance brokers focused on the management of risk, insurance balance sheet Nicholas Ferrar protection and business survival. Our role is to e: [email protected] provide clients with professional expertise, which they deserve and expect. Too many companies buy, Aon Risk Solutions or in most cases are sold, insurance protection that in Colmore Gate the event of a serious claim proves to be inadequate 2 Colmore Row for their needs. The primary purpose of purchasing Birmingham insurance protection is that when a loss occurs, your West Midlands insurers will deliver a speedy and fair settlement. Our United Kingdom team works with you to deliver a tailored service that B3 2QD suits you and your business - a truly bespoke offering. t: 0121 262 5000 Karl Sutcliffe Aon is the leading global provider of insurance/ e: [email protected] re-insurance and risk management solutions to all aspects of the aerospace industry.

David Blackburn e: [email protected]

42 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk DLA Piper UK LLP Freeths LLP National Westminster Bank plc Victoria Square House Cardinal Square 2 St Philips Place Victoria Square 2nd Floor West Point Birmingham Birmingham Derby West Midlands West Midlands Derbyshire United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom B3 2RB B2 4DL DE1 3QT t: 0121 262 7419 t: 0121 262 5702 t: 0845 634 1740 w: www.rbs.com w: www.dlapiper.com w: www.freeths.co.uk RBS has a team of managers covering the aerospace At DLA Piper we have a dedicated team of specialist Full service lawyers with a difference - a top 100 firm and defence sectors and is particularly proud to aerospace and defence lawyers who have been of solicitors with offices in the East and West Midlands support UK manufacturing. Our activity in the sector closely involved in many of the significant issues and - offering strategic pragmatic advice from our includes the provision of banking services, bonds, challenges faced within the industry. The global reach advanced manufacturing aerospace team. We are used guarantees, letters of credit, loans, invoice finance, of DLA Piper - 4,200 lawyers working in 76 offices to advising Tier 1 and Tier 2 companies including on asset finance, cash management, FX risk management in 30 countries - allows us to support clients locally contracts, disputes, joint ventures, intellectual property, and introduction to equity funding/structured finance. and cross-border. Our experience includes advising real property, corporate mergers and acquisitions, AiM In addition we support firms in the the sector through manufacturers of aircraft, engines and parts through and Plus flotations, HR and much more - all without hosting and attending leadership/networking events to airlines, airports, aerodromes and government City rates. and by actively participating with policy influencers departments. Services include: projects, outsourcing, such as the MAA, EEF, AGP and ADS. commercial contracts, intellectual property, regulation, Jonathan Jefferies liability and risk, disputes and litigation, M&A, e: [email protected] Rupert Boddington employment and pensions, finance and leasing, real e: [email protected] estate and tax. Harrison Goddard Foote 11 Waterloo Street Richard V Wallis Gareth Stokes Birmingham Ashley House, 1143 Stratford Road e: [email protected] West Midlands Hall Green United Kingdom Birmingham DWF LLP B2 5TB West Midlands One Snowhill t: 0121 644 4960 United Kingdom Snowhill, Queensway w: www.hgf.com B28 8AU Birmingham t: 0121 778 5751 West Midlands Patent and trade mark attorneys & IP solicitors. w: www.richardwallis.co.uk United Kingdom HGF is a top ranked patent and trade mark firm. It B4 6GA is recommended by all the major legal directories, We are an independent firm of general insurance t: 03333 202220 including managing intellectual property, The Legal 500 brokers who were established in 1965. In 2006 w: www.dwf.co.uk and Chambers & Partners. We advise on all aspects of our business became part of the Cullum Capital intellectual property across all technological sectors Ventures Group, which is one of the fastest growing DWF is a top 20 national law firm offering including aerospace engineering (engines, airframe, independent insurance intermediaries in the UK. We commercial and strategic advice tailored to aerospace hydraulics, landing gear), avionics, fuel and fuel can arrange all types of general insurance including businesses. We are experienced in acting for OEMs, systems, comms, components and materials (metals, property, liability, motor fleet and professional tier one and tier two suppliers, as well as for insurers composites, coatings, adhesives). indemnity. We specialise in advising companies in the and finance companies operating in the aerospace aviation sector and we can arrange aviation products sectors, which includes providing commercial, EU/ Chris Moore liability insurance at very competitive rates. competition, mergers and acquisitions, banking, e: [email protected] property, employment, pensions, regulatory, intellectual Angelo Cugini property and dispute resolution services. Investx Ltd e: [email protected] 15 Church Street Helen Briant Stratford upon Avon RPC e: [email protected] Warwickshire Tower Bridge House United Kingdom St Katherine’s Way FBC Manby Bowdler LLP CV37 6HB London George House t: 01789 860000 London St John’s Square w: www.investx.co.uk United Kingdom Wolverhampton E1W 1AA West Midlands Investx’s strategy is to create and/or acquire, t: 020 3060 6000 United Kingdom build, then sell small to medium sized engineering, w: www.rpc.co.uk WV2 4BZ manufacturing and technology businesses operating t: 01902 578000 within specialised, global niche markets. Growth is RPC is a modern, progressive and commercially- w: www.fbcmb.co.uk achieved via internal development and acquisitions focused City law firm, with 76 partners and over focused on entities with strong fundamentals whose 550 employees based in London, Hong Kong, FBC Manby Bowdler LLP is a leading regional performance can be improved. Our chosen industry Singapore and Bristol. Our market-leading lawyers law firm. Our approach is client centred and our sectors enable us to supply products and technology provide top quality legal services to global businesses commitment is to deliver the greatest quality of which positions our businesses in markets with high across a wide range of industry sectors and service and advice possible. We are proud to be a barriers to entry and long-term growth. Portfolio practices, including aerospace, insurance, commercial member of LawNet and carry the LawNet Mark of companies currently operating in the aerospace litigation, construction, engineering and projects, Excellence, an internationally recognised quality mark. sector are: Lumenox Ltd, Waveguide Lighting Ltd, and corporate/M&A, IP and technology, media, real estate, From our 5 locations across the West Midlands and South West Battery Charging Systems Ltd. We are employment and pensions, outsourcing, regulatory, tax Shropshire, FBC Manby Bowdler advises a wide range actively seeking further opportunities in the sector. and competition. We ascribe our success to the level of manufacturing clients on legal matters including; of service we give – delivering what businesses want, dispute resolution, planning, employment & HR and Peter Edgar on time, on budget and in an easily accessible manner. intellectual property e: [email protected] Maurice Dwyer Neil Lloyd e: [email protected] e: [email protected]

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Vault IP Ltd Derby City Council Concorde House OTHER SUPPORT 5th floor Saxon House 24 Warwick New Road ORGANISATIONS Friary Street Leamington Spa Derby Warwickshire Derbyshire United Kingdom Birmingham Metropolitan College United Kingdom CV32 5JG Matthew Boulton Campus DE1 1AN t: 01926 203055 Jennens Road t: 01332 643622 w: www.vault-ip.com Birmingham w: www.derby.gov.uk West Midlands Vault IP is a new intellectual property law firm set United Kingdom As the local authority for the City of Derby we are up to service UK engineering SMEs. The company’s B4 7PS committed to supporting our companies and helping founder, Phil Sanger, has an MEng from Bath, as well t: 0121 355 5671 to achieve economic growth. We work with a huge as experience as an engineer (working for Arup) w: www.bmetc.ac.uk range of local partners to build on Derby’s historic before joining the patent profession. He has 10 years success, particularly in manufacturing, and are proud experience in IP, and is a Chartered and European Leading provider of further and higher education to be home to global brands such as Rolls-Royce and patent attorney and a qualified litigator. The company in the West Midlands. We specialise in A-level and Bombardier. In 2012 we officially secured £40m worth is therefore well placed to help engineering SMEs vocational training and provide courses from digital of Regional Growth Funding. £20m of this is being protect their innovations. We understand the and green technologies to medical and manufacturing. used to promote the expansion of business in and problems SMEs face - because we are one. Therefore around Derby. For more information about funding we are focused on providing a friendly, commercial Mike Smedley support available see www.derby.gov.uk/degf. and responsive service at a reasonable cost. e: [email protected] Mark Tittley Phil Sanger Corporate Traveller e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Floor 11, 62 Lyndon House Hagley Road Institute for Aerospace Technology (The University Withers and Rogers LLP Birmingham of Nottingham) Nicholas Wilson House West Midlands Aerospace Technology Centre, Innovation Park Dormer Place United Kingdom Triumph Road Leamington Spa B16 8PE Nottingham Warwickshrie t: 0121 655 4053 Nottinghamshire United Kingdom w: www.corptraveller.co.uk United Kingdom CV32 5AE NG7 2TU t: 01926 310700 Corporate Traveller is an end-to-end travel t: 0115 82 32814 w: www.withersrogers.com management company. We provide an account w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/aerospace manager to you whose responsibility is to handle all Withers and Rogers LLP is a leading firm of UK and your travel needs, saving you both time and money in The Institute for Aerospace Technology at The European patent and trade mark attorneys. A national the process. Vitally, in the case of last minute changes University of Nottingham is a major centre for firm with a strong Midlands presence, our specialist or emergencies which may occur out of operating aerospace research. More than 350 researchers, aerospace group includes members with specific hours, you can contact a Corporate Traveller expert involved with projects worth c.£75 million, provide aerospace expertise drawn from our Advanced 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. No call centres, no world leading research in materials and structures, Engineering Group and our Electronics and Physics impersonal voice recognition support systems – a real manufacturing, electrical systems, engines and Group. We provide a high quality, attentive service person, who has access to your booking and will offer propulsion, and operations. The IAT provides a range with a commercial focus. immediate assistance. Most importantly, the traveller of facilities for aerospace research and technology experience must be exceptional. demonstration. Our Aerospace Technology Centre Chris Range houses multi-disciplinary projects that build on our e: [email protected] Jake Weldon world-leading fundamental research, strengthening e: [email protected] relationships with our industrial partners. We work Wright Hassall LLP with both SMEs and multi-nationals to provide access Olympus Avenue Coventry University for our graduates, improve their innovation capacity Leamington Spa School of Mechanical Aerospace and Automotive and solve technology problems. Warwickshire Engineering United Kingdom Gulson Road Chris Guest CV34 6BF Coventry e: [email protected] t: 01926 886688 West Midlands w: www.wrighthassall.co.uk United Kingdom CV1 2HJ Wright Hassall is a top ranked law firm, based in t: 02477 658888 Warwickshire, which advises clients across the w: www.coventry.ac.uk aerospace and advanced manufacturing sectors on all their legal requirements. Independent directory Coventry University is a forward-looking modern Chambers UK - which researches UK law firms and university with a proud tradition as a provider of high ranks them according to service and experience - said quality education and a focus on multi-disciplinary of the firm “impressed by their commercial awareness, research, and has a robust academic presence their speed and the top quality of their advice. They regionally, nationally and internationally. The School get things done.”. An active member of the Coventry of Mechanical, Aerospace & Automotive Engineering & Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership, Wright offers undergraduate and post-graduate courses, post Hassall provides a credible alternative to any business -doctoral research and consultancy in all aspects of supplying the aerospace sector that needs expert, mechanical and manufacturing engineering, metrology, cost effective and efficient legal advice. aerospace and aviation management.

Vikki Whittemore Jenni Fernando e: [email protected] e: [email protected]

44 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Marketing Birmingham Limited PM Group Ground Floor, Baskerville House Trinity Park Broad Street Bickenhill Lane Birmingham Birmingham West Midlands West Midlands Loughborough University United Kingdom United Kingdom Enterprise Office B1 2ND B37 7ES Hazelrigg Building, Loughborough University t: 0121 202 5115 t: 0121 767 6700 Loughborough w: www.marketingbirmingham.com w: www.pmgroup-global.com Leicestershire United Kingdom Business Birmingham - the city’s inward investment PM Group is an international engineering, architectural LE11 3TU programme - is your link to establishing or growing and project management company specialising t: 01509 223178 your presence in the city. Birmingham has vast in all aspects of project delivery: site selection, w: www.lboro.ac.uk/enterprise resource to help energise your business and power concept development, planning permitting, process your ambitions. Home to world class companies, integration, facility consolidation, expansion and Loughborough University is internationally recognised cutting edge R&D facilities, innovative entrepreneurs relocation, program and cost management, project for excellence in research, teaching and strength of and renowned universities, it is a city of real creativity and construction management, commissioning and industrial collaboration, with aeronautical engineering that delivers the ideas, entrepreneurial spirit and work qualification. Audits, energy saving and efficiencies, taught here since 1935. The University has one of the ethic needed for business success. Well connected HAZOPs, LEED, BREAM, six sigma, process largest engineering schools in the UK and more than and centrally located, Birmingham provides the scale visualisation, BIM 5D, are all PM Group competencies. 400 academics and 3,000 students across advanced and size to service the largest of business functions, With UK headquarters in the Midlands and a engineering and manufacturing, electronic, electrical coupled with its existing and emerging talent pool global work force of 2100 professionals, PM Group and systems engineering, energy, big data and design. which provides access to a working-age population of has the resources for any aspect of an aerospace Loughborough University is ranked 3rd in the UK 4.3m within one-hour’s drive and over 97,000 highly project: R&D, laboratories, mission critical facilities, for quality of research in mechanical, manufacturing, skilled graduates every year. data centres, composites manufacture, adhesive and aeronautical, and chemical engineering. It delivers specialty chemical production, assembly and test, MRO innovation support to SMEs and challenging research David Fisken facilities. We provide principal contractor services for collaborations, including the new £9.8m National e: [email protected] Airbus UK at Broughton. Centre of Excellence in Gas Turbine Combustion System Aerodynamics, and the Rolls-Royce UTC (a North Warwickshire & Hinckley College Trevor Drummond strategic relationship spanning 3 decades), and is a Nuneaton Campus e: [email protected] founding partner of the Manufacturing Technology Hinckley Road Centre. Nuneaton Turner & Townsend Plc Warwickshire 7th Floor, Pearl House John Frodsham United Kingdom Friar Lane e: [email protected] CV11 6BH Nottingham t: 024 7624 3000 Nottinghamshire Manufacturing Technology Centre w: www.nwhc.ac.uk United Kingdom Pilot Way NG1 6BT Ansty Park North Warwickshire & Hinckley College is a large t: 0115 947 0997 Coventry further education provider. We have extensive w: www.turnerandtownsend.com West Midlands partnerships with employers and universities – United Kingdom both regionally and nationally - and have used this We are a global professional services organisation CV7 9JU experience to put together a course offer that that provides consultancy, delivery, operations and t: 02476 701600 features opportunities for study at all levels, including programme management services to clients that w: www.the-mtc.org higher education and apprenticeships, across a invest in, own and operate assets. wide range of occupational areas. Our Business The MTC represents a £40.5 million publicly funded Development Department also provide flexible and Harry Hayward investment and has been developed in response cost effective solutions for organisations’ training e: [email protected] to the Government’s manufacturing strategy which needs. sets out an ambitious new vision for high technology Unite the Union manufacturing. We work with world-class research Debbie Scotton Unit 2 Pride Point Drive partners, transferring cutting edge technologies into e: [email protected] Pride Park manufacturing processes in industry. From aircraft Derby engines to automotive production we work with the Derbyshire world’s leading manufacturers to bring their products United Kingdom to life. DE24 8BX t: 01332 548400 Chris Vowles w: www.unitetheunion.com e: [email protected] Unite is the largest trade union in Britain and Ireland with 1.5 million members.

Tony Tinley e: [email protected]

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University of Birmingham - Birmingham Research University of Wolverhampton Park Wulfruna Street HONORARY MEMBER Edgbaston Wolverhampton Birmingham West Midlands West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom WV1 1SB B15 2TT t: 01902322785 t: 0121 414 3344 w: www.wlv.ac.uk w: www.birmingham.ac.uk

Higher education, research and development, The University of Birmingham has been collaborating with the aerospace industry for several decades. innovation and skills, business support.

With world class facilities for materials research in 3(F) Squadron, Royal Air Force our School of Metallurgy and Materials, we have Julian Spence developed key expertise relevant to the aerospace e: [email protected] RAF Coningsby industry in titanium based alloys, net shape Lincolnshire manufacture, composites and casting technology. LN4 4SY Further expertise includes energy saving and waste Warwick Manufacturing Group reduction in manufacturing processes and laser International Digital Laboratory www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/3squadron.cfm fabrication. The University of Birmingham is a founding University of Warwick partner of the Manufacturing Technology Centre Coventry No. 3 Squadron is one of the UK’s front-line RAF and has announced a partnership with Rolls-Royce Warwickshire fighter units. No. 3 was one of the three founder to build a £60m High Temperature Research Centre United Kingdom squadrons of the Royal Flying Corps, formed in 1912. - a unique casting, design, simulation and advanced CV4 7AL In 1917, Sopwith Camels were received and the manufacturing research facility. t: 024 7657 2506 squadron became a fighter/scout unit. Just as the w: www.warwick.ac.uk Second World War started, the squadron received Richard Fox Hurricanes at Biggin Hill, also flying Typhoons and e: [email protected] The University of Warwick has an outstanding Tempests. After the war, No.3 Squadron was based reputation for research and teaching and is the most in Germany, converting to Vampires, Sabres, Hunters, University of Derby successful of the recently founded UK universities. Javelins then Canberras. From the early 1970s, there College of Engineering & Technology WMG is an academic department established in 1980 followed many years flying Harriers based in Germany Markeaton Street to reinvigorate manufacturing by applying of value- before returning to RAF Cottesmore. In 2006 the Derby adding innovation and cutting edge research. WMG is squadron moved to RAF Coningsby to become the Derbyshire United Kingdom one of the world’s leading research groups, an HVM third RAF and first front-line RAF squadron to be DE22 3AW Catapult partner and an international role model equipped with the Eurofighter Typhoon. w: www.derby.ac.uk for how universities and business can successfully work together. To see our equipment and capability The School of Technology at the University of directory copy this link into your browser: - http:// Derby offers education to the aerospace industry in www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/business/capabilities/. mechanical and manufacturing engineering, electronics and electrical engineering and business improvement Richard Seager techniques at foundation degree and honours degree e: [email protected] level. We also offer consultancy, learning through work and short course provision in the same areas. Wolverhampton City Council Angela Dean Civic Centre e: [email protected]. St. Peter’s Square Wolverhampton West Midlands United Kingdom WV1 1SH t: 01902 551155 w: www.finditinwolverhampton.gov.uk University of Leicester Fielding Johnson Building Wolverhampton is home to many precision University Road engineering firms which supply essential components Leicester to the motor and aerospace industries. These Leicestershire companies proudly share their technological United Kingdom LE1 7RH innovation and best practice, set high standards in t: 0116 252 2437 training and development, and have a strong skills w: www.le.ac.uk/business/ base. The Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter - the latest vertical take-off and landing superjet - would not be At the University of Leicester we help companies able to leave the ground without essential engine improve their products and processes, enabling rotation and actuation components manufactured them to compete globally. We work with the rail, in Wolverhampton. Many other aircraft - civilian and aerospace, space and automotive industries to military - rely on precision engineered components develop innovative new materials, products and from the city. techniques. We help with advances in materials and have a significant impact in technologies such as fuel Jay Patel cells and batteries, superconductors and hydrogen e: [email protected] storage, lightweight structures, smart coatings and insulation. We have facilities for the testing of new and old materials and the modelling expertise to predict their characteristics. The UK’s only robotised 3D laser Doppler vibromter system is also owned by the University for commercial and research applications. We have a complete range of tools for characterising coating performance in our laboratories.

William Wells e: [email protected]

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The Midlands Aerospace Alliance (MAA) is the voice of companies in the British Midlands supplying global aerospace. It was established in 2003 to improve wealth creation and employment for companies and people involved in the aerospace industry across the Midlands.

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