Capabilities of Midlands Aerospace Companies 2010-2011 Midlands capability for the world’s aerospace industry

The Midlands Aerospace Alliance is pleased to present you with the updated 20010-11 edition of our member capability directory. 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 world’s biggest aerospace clusters, and aerospace systems designed and made in the Midlands can be found on the world’s most advanced aircraft. Leading names such as Aero Engine Controls, Goodrich, Meggitt, Moog and Rolls- Royce are major players in a region world-renowned for its core competency technologies:

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The Midlands business environment fosters the highest levels of innovation. Aerospace supply chains extend deep into our world-class advanced engineering economy. We access and invest in a dynamic skills base, with more than 45,000 skilled people working in the region’s aerospace industry.

The mission of the Midlands Aerospace Alliance is to enhance cooperation between customers, suppliers and partners in the Midlands and globally, to help improve the performance of all our companies and organisations. We invite you to join us, using this directory to identify your new partners and suppliers.

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 Contents

Directory of companies 4-20 producing flying systems and parts in the Midlands A & M EDM Ltd 4 CHH CoNeX Limited 8 Icon Polymer Group 12 Abbey Metal Finishing Co Ltd 4 Chinn Ltd 8 IM Kelly Aerospace 13 Able Aftermarket 4 Cinch Connectors Ltd 8 Indestructible Paint Limited 13 Accrofab Ltd 4 Clamonta Limited 8 Intelligent Energy Ltd 13 Acorn Surface Technology Ltd 4 Cobra AS Ltd 9 ITP Engines UK Limited 13 ActOn Finishing Ltd 4 Colledge & Morley 9 James Kent Group 13 Advanced Chemical Etching Limited 4 Columbia Precision Ltd 9 JJ Churchill Ltd 13 Advanced Composites Group, The 4 Copper & Optic Terminations Ltd 9 Kepston Limited 13 Aero Engine Controls 5 Cosworth Limited 9 Kigass Aero Components Ltd 13 Aeromet International Plc 5 Coventry Premier Aerospace 9 Kingfield Electronics Ltd 13 AF Aerospace 5 Delcam Plc 9 Knight Strip Metals Limited 14 AF Fasteners Ltd 5 Diamond Hard Surfaces Ltd 10 Laser Process Ltd 14 Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings Ltd 5 Docking & Company Ltd 10 Linread Northbridge Limited 14 All Metal Services Limited 5 Doncasters Aerospace Components 10 Longwear Products Ltd 14 Alloy Heat Treatment Ltd 5 Doncasters Limited 10 Manthorpe Engineering Ltd 14 Alloy Wire International 5 Doughty Precision Engineering Ltd 10 Materials Solutions 14 Aluminium Special Products Limited 5 Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Limited 10 Meggitt 14 Anopol Limited 5 Eaton Aerospace 10 Mettis Aerospace Limited 14 ANT Industries 6 EDM Precision Technologies Limited 10 Micrometric Limited 14 Armoloy (UK) Ltd 6 Electro-Discharge Ltd 10 Midland Aerospace Limited 15 Arrowsmith Eng (Coventry) Ltd 6 Energy Tubes Ltd 10 Midland Deburr and Finish Limited 15 Ashton & Moore Ltd 6 Fibracon-Insoll Machined Plastics 11 MJ Sections Limited 15 Assembled Electronic Solutions LLP 6 Fibreflight Ltd 11 Moog Aircraft Group 15 Atlas Composites Limited 6 Fire Protection Coatings Limited 11 MP Engineering UK Limited 15 Avingtrans Aerospace Division 6 Fourmasters Ltd 11 Neville Precision Engineering Ltd 15 AWS Electronics Group Ltd 6 Freeman & Proctor Ltd 11 Paragon Engineering & Logistics Ltd 15 Barpoint Limited 7 G & O Springs Ltd 11 Paul Fabrications Ltd 15 Barton Precision Engineers Ltd 7 Gardner Aerospace - Ilkeston Limited 11 Pegrex Ltd 16 Berck Limited 7 Glenair UK Ltd 11 Pentaxia Limited 16 Bodycote Heat Treatments Ltd 7 Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited 12 PFW (HPL) plc 16 Bohler-Uddeholm (UK) Limited 7 Gould Alloys Limited 12 Phoenix CNC Engineering Ltd 16 British Rema Processing Ltd 7 Graves Aircraft Components Limited 12 Plastic Coatings Limited 16 Bromford Industries Ltd 7 GyroJet Ltd 12 PowerKut Limited 16 Bulwell Precision Engineers Ltd 7 Hadley Group 12 Precision Micro Limited 16 Burcas Ltd 8 Henton Engineering Ltd 12 Preci-Spark Ltd 17 C & H Precision Finishers Limited 8 Hi-Tech Aerospace Components Ltd 12 Pro-Tek Engineering Ltd 17 Castlet Ltd 8 HS Marston Aerospace Ltd 12 Rakon Limited 17 Central Grinding Services Ltd 8 Hucknall Sheet Metal Engineering Ltd 12 Ricardo UK Limited 17 continued RMDG Aerospace 17 t
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A & M EDM Ltd treatment in-house. Accrofab have the Advanced Chemical Etching Limited 25 Mornington Rd breadth of experience upon which you can Units 33/34 Smethwick depend. Hortonwood 33 West Midlands Telford B66 2JE Nick Willers Shropshire t: 0121 558 8352 e: [email protected] TF1 7EX w: www.amedm.co.uk t: 01952 416666 w: www.ace-uk.net A high-quality company specialising in electro Acorn Surface Technology Ltd discharge machining (wire and spark Clover Street ACE has a strong background in erosion), CNC and general machining. Kirkby-in-Ashfield manufacturing custom precision components Nottinghamshire for defence and aerospace applications, Kevin Powell NG17 7LJ experience in supplying many aircraft e: [email protected] t: 01623 753107 platforms and is ideally placed to meet their w: www.acornst.com rapidly changing demands in terms of quality, Abbey Metal Finishing Co Ltd Acorn is a specialist surface engineering speed, precision and innovation. ACE is well Weddington Road company providing high quality processes versed in producing critical components in the Nuneaton and service to aerospace, defence, majority of compliant aerospace grade Warwickshire automotive and industrial markets. We hold a materials including beryllium copper, CV10 0AJ wide range of quality accreditations including phosphor bronze, inconel, nimonic, incoloy, t: 02476 350444 ISO 9001:2008, BS EN 9100/AS9100, stainless Steel, aluminium, aluminium w: www.amfin.co.uk NADCAP plus a number of third party bronzes, titanium and molybdenum. From flat approvals including Airbus, Boeing, Rolls metal profiles to complex formed components Abbey Metal Finishing undertakes a wide Royce, Bombardier. The range of processes we have the in-house capability to range of finishing operations on machined available include NDT, anodising, plating, manufacture your prototype and production and formed parts at its state-of-the-art painting and IVD aluminium vacuum coating. requirements to exacting standards, using Midlands facility. These operations include We specialise in multi-process and selective ACE etching technology and conventional plating, painting, anodising, NDT and thermal coating and can advise on design and tooling. spraying. The wide process range available selection of surface treatments. enables multiple finishing operations to be Ian Wiles undertaken consecutively, at one location, David Cox e: [email protected] thereby minimising lead times and meeting e: [email protected] the increasingly stringent customer demands Advanced Composites Group, The in aerospace for QCDR. ActOn Finishing Ltd Composites House Mike Beirns 213 Torrington Avenue Sinclair Close e: mbeirns@amfin.co.uk Tile Hill Heanor Coventry Derbyshire West Midlands DE75 7SP Able Aftermarket CV4 9HN t: 01773 766200 5 Dymore Street t: 02476 466914 w: www.acg.co.uk Highgate w: www.acton-finishing.co.uk Birmingham At the forefront of composites innovation for West Midlands ActOn Finishing Limited signifies high quality over 30 years, ACG is now well established as B12 0TA metal finishing. We are a one-stop shop for the world’s leading supplier of materials and t: 0121 773 9911 comprehensive metal finishing solutions. Our composite technology into the motor racing manufacturing capabilities include machines, industry. A unique package of tooling High precision engineering company to the media and compounds. We design and materials, structural materials, component and aerospace aftermarket business. Supplier to manufacture a wide range of metal finishing tool manufacture, design, prototyping, R&D major world-wide companies and specialising machines like: vibratory finishing machines, facilities, and rapid response time makes ACG in critical parts for aircraft fuel systems, centrifugal high energy finishing machines, an ideal partner for development of new cost actuation and aero engine components. rotary dryers, vibra polishers. The company efficient processes in a wide range of industries. In the aerospace industry ACG has Denys Brown also manufactures its consumables required established worldwide leadership in “out of e: [email protected] for the process. ActOn Finishing services various companies involved in aerospace, autoclave” manufacturing technology for automotive, medical and other general structural components. On the civil side it has Accrofab Ltd engineering. A state-of-the-art sub-contract secured Airbus prepreg material Stoney Gate Road facility offers both vibratory and high energy qualifications, and on the military side is the Spondon finishing as well as manual polishing of leading supplier of prepreg materials for UAV Derby aerospace parts. platforms. Derbyshire Sandeep Gulati Roger Francombe DE21 7RX e: [email protected] t: 01332 666878 e: enquiries@acton-finishing.co.uk w: www.accrofab.co.uk Accrofab offer precision fabrication and machining services for both development and production work. Lean manufacturing and e-commerce tools help cut costs and reduce lead time. Design for manufacture advice forms part of our service. Working with exotic alloys and titanium, Accrofab manufacture new build and legacy components and serve a range of aerospace and high integrity end-users. Our laser profiling capability includes 5kW and 3kW machines offering fast turnarounds and we now offer vacuum heat

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Aero Engine Controls AF Fasteners Ltd Alloy Heat Treatment Ltd Shaftmoor Lane Units 14-15 Glossop Brook Business Park Unit 18 Hall Green Glossop Grazebrook Industrial Park Birmingham Derbyshire Dudley West Midlands SK13 7AJ West Midlands B28 8SW t: 01457 891500 DY2 0XW t: 0121 707 7111 w: www.affasteners.com t: 01384 456777 w: www.aeroenginecontrols.com w: www.aluminiumheattreatment.com An independent company manufacturing Aero Engine Controls is a joint venture precision fasteners for the aerospace industry. Alloy Heat Treatment is the largest and between two key players in the aerospace Our specialised manufacturing processes leading subcontract heat treater of aluminium industry; Rolls-Royce plc and Goodrich include cold heading and thread rolling; these and its alloys, in any form, in the UK. Cast, Corporation. The consolidation of skills, are complemented by a well equipped forged or wrought product into a variety of knowledge and experience provides Aero material testing department and metallurgical quenchants. Engine Controls with first-class industry laboratory. The company is licensed by the insight and technical expertise. This Phillips Screw Company to manufacture Steve Roberts combination accelerates the innovation, fasteners using the following patented drive e: [email protected] development and implementation of engine systems: Mortorq ACR Phillips ACR Torq-Set intelligence. Torq-Set Tri-wing. Alloy Wire International Christine Herd Neil Kippax Narrowboat Way e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Hurst Business Park Brierley Hill West Midlands Aeromet International Plc Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings Ltd DY5 1UF Cosgrove Close Unit 1 Meridian West t: 01384 566775 Blackpole Meridian Park w: www.alloywire.com Worcester Leicester Worcs Leicestershire Manufacturer of wire (round, shaped and flat) WR3 8UA LE19 1WX in high performance nickel alloys. t: 01795 415000 t: 0116 223 4123 Tom Mander w: www.aeromet.co.uk w: www.akzonobel.com e: [email protected] Aeromet International Plc produce aluminium Manufacture and distribution of structural, and magnesium sand castings, conventional exterior and specialist coatings for the Aluminium Special Products Limited and Sophia high property aluminium aerospace and defence markets. ANAC are Unit 39 Second Avenue investment castings, Hot, Super Plastic and approved by all the leading OEMs and are a The Pensnett Estate Diffusion Bonded titanium products to the key supplier to the airline maintenance Kingswinford aerospace, military and defence industries aftermarket (MRO). West Midlands from its 4 sites in the UK. Employing 420 DY6 7UW people and with annual sales of £35m, Contact e: [email protected] t: 01384 291900 Aeromet hold NADCAP, AS 9100 2000, BS EN w: www.aspgroup.co.uk ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 approvals, as well as approvals from many of the worlds leading All Metal Services Limited Aluminium Special Products Limited is a fully aerospace and defence companies. Aeromet Unit 3, Gorsey Lane approved supplier of raw material specialising is able to supply parts from single items Trillennium Highway Point in aluminium and magnesium alloys. In-house through to JIT/KITS of fully machined and Coleshill manufacturing capability exists to process, treated components. West Midlands from cutting to length to complete finished components and assemblies. John Zorn B46 1JU e: [email protected] t: 01675 430307 David Robinson w: www.allmetal.co.uk e: [email protected] AF Aerospace Raw material distributor, specialising in 2 Chariot Way aluminium plates, sheets, bars and tubes, Anopol Limited Glebe Farm Industrial Est steel bars and sheets and titanium plate, 70 Bordesley Street Rugby sheet and bar. Provider of value-added Birmingham Warwickshire services including cutting to size, surface West Midlands CV21 1DA machining, drilling, tapping, reaming and B5 5QA t: 01788 578431 kitting. Exporting on a world-wide basis, t: 0121 632 6888 w: www.afaerospace.co.uk approved to most major OEMs. w: www.anopol.co.uk AF Aerospace utilize state-of-the-art Mark Roberts Electropolishing and chemical surface machining technology to offer a complete e: [email protected] treatment of metals. Services for cleaning, make-to-print capability for a wide range of pickling, passivating and electropolishing of products. AF Aerospace is a centre of stainless steel in all forms such as castings, excellence in the precision manufacture of forging and fabricated items. Surface ultra high-tensile and “chromebolt” products. treatments for titanium, copper, brass. Sales We also offer make-from-solid (MFS) of metal finishing equipment. technology which is an innovative Anthony Duell manufacturing process developed to meet the e: [email protected] demands for lighter, design optimised products. MFS offers complex product manufactured from a single piece of material eliminating the need for fabrication or castings. Gary Payne e: [email protected]

5 www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk ANT Industries Ashton & Moore Ltd Avingtrans Aerospace Division Carlyon Road 12 Smith Street Precision House Atherstone Birmingham Derby Road Warwickshire West Midlands Nottingham CV9 1LQ B19 3EX Nottinghamshire t: 01827 716878 t: 08456 188196 NG10 5HU w: www.antindustries.com w: www.ashton-moore.co.uk t: 0115 949 9020 w: www.avingtrans.plc.uk Established in 1972, ANTools Ltd manufacture Special process house offering NDT services, a wide range of components and assemblies sulphuric and chromic anodising, passivation Avingtrans Aerospace is a division within for the aerospace and its allied industries. We of aluminium and stainless steel, painting/ Avingtrans plc, specialising in the supply of have the capability to manufacture complex stove enamel, ceramic anti-corrosion coating, rigid piping, precision components, fittings prismatic parts and aero engine “ring” cadmium, lead, indium, electroless nickel and and services to the aerospace industry. components. We are a first-tier supplier to a silver plating, phosphating, electropolishing Avingtrans Aerospace has 3 operating variety of OEMs and offer the capability to and ancillary services to aerospace and companies, C&H Precision Finishers and support both prototype and production defence standards. Sigma Precision Components that operate requirements. facilities in the UK and China. The division is Mrs Pat Ash showing significant growth, both internally and Shaun Rowley e: [email protected] through acquisition and thrives on developing e: [email protected] mutually successful relationships with our Assembled Electronic Solutions LLP customers, suppliers and partner companies. Armoloy (UK) Ltd Masons Road [email protected] Mammoth Drive Stratford upon Avon e: [email protected] Wolverhampton Science Park Warwickshire Wolverhampton CV37 9NF West Midlands t: 01789 204879 AWS Electronics Group Ltd WV10 9TF w: www.assembled-electronics.com Croft Road t: 01902 310375 Newcastle under Lyme w: www.armoloy.co.uk In nearly forty years of electronics Staffordshire development we have developed a number of ST5 0TW We are the UK license holder for the Armoloy solutions to meet specific requirements: t: 01782 753200 nodular thin dense chrome coating process. temperature, pressure and process control w: www.awselectronicsgroup.com. The Armoloy coating can be processed in equipment; conservatory, atria and smart compliance with all existing traditional chrome building controls; security and monitoring AWS Electronics Group is a leading specialist plating specifications but, in service, will show equipment; measurement and specialist electronics manufacturing solutions (EMS) superior performance in all areas. Thickness scanning equipment; medical devices and provider along the whole electronic product ranges up to 20 microns can be OEM equipment; load and position sensing; life cycle from design through manufacture, to accommodated with all work being carried out specialist devices for motorsport. contract service and repair. The group has to finished tolerances. Armoloy will not chip, three UK centres of excellence: AWS Cemgraft flake or peel in service and can tolerate Nigel Maris (Newbury - surface mount technology and temperatures from -200 to +700 degrees e: [email protected] rapid prototyping); AWS Electronics centigrade. (Newcastle-under Lyme - full turnkey supply of Atlas Composites Limited complex assembled units and cabinets, cable/ Brian Cooper harness assembly); AWS Jantec (Bedford - e: [email protected] Peregrine House Merlin Way whole life support and repairs). AWS Slovakia Ilkeston (Namestovo) is our low cost electronics Arrowsmith Eng (Coventry) Ltd Derbyshire manufacturing production facility. We supply 50 Bayton Road DE7 4RA aerospace, defence, security, telecoms, IT, Exhall t: 0115 930 4058 scientific, medical and other markets with Coventry w: www.atlascomps.co.uk assembly of PCBs, sub-assemblies, finished West Midlands products, cable and wiring harnesses. CV7 9EJ Established in 1997, Atlas designs and Advanced capabilities include 01005, micro t: 02476 361773 manufactures carbon/glass/aramid fibre BGAs, CSPs, RF, high voltage (AC/DC), w: www.arrowsmitheng.co.uk composite components and tooling for environmental testing. defence and aerospace. We work from Founded in 1967 specialising in manufacture concept to construction using in house CAD/ Mike Fairclough of components for the aerospace and motor CAM technology with the ability to receive any e: mike.fairclough@awselectronicsgroup. racing fraternity. Privately owned company format of data. Services include five axis com with highly skilled workforce providing CNC machining, autoclaves, clean room facility, turning, milling and grinding engineered CNC materials preparation, final inspection, in machining services in nimonics, titaniums and accordance with our AS9100 and ISO 9001 plastics, as well as specialist services of accreditation. We are currently working thread rolling, NDT and pressure testing. towards SC21 recognition through the AS9100, ISO14001 and Nadcap approval. Midlands Aerospace Alliance East Midlands Awarded “Best Small Business 2009” in the cluster. Coventry and Warwickshire Business Awards and in 2010 completed construction of new Shaun Moloney factory and offices. e: [email protected] Jason Aldridge e: [email protected]

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Barpoint Limited Bodycote Heat Treatments Ltd Bromford Industries Ltd Midacre Thermal House Pegasus House, Bromford Gate Willenhall Trading Estate Colliery Lane North Birmingham Willenhall Exhall West Midlands West Midlands Coventry B24 8DW WV13 2JW CV7 9NW t: 0121 683 6200 t: 01902 608021 t: 02476 367786 w: www.bromfordindustries.co.uk w: www.barpointltd.com w: www.bodycote.com Bromford Industries is a privately owned UK specialist stockist and supplier of stainless Bodycote is the world’s leading thermal enterprise trading on a global basis and steel bar, titanium, nickel alloys, aluminium processing services provider. Offering serving three main markets of aero engines, and their related products. We believe that the extensive processing capability in the UK, and landing gear and industrial gas turbines as Barpoint range of stainless steel bar is an international network of services with 170 well as nuclear and specialist engineering unrivalled in the UK. It comprises rounds, locations in 27 countries, Bodycote is a vital sectors. The group is headed by an hexagons, flats and squares in numerous provider offering local support to the experienced team demonstrating the right specifications and a wide variety of finishes. international aerospace industry. Services philosophy for success. The company prides We are a privately owned, fully independent include: heat treatment; metal joining itself on offering engineering solutions in UK company, founded in 1978. Components including vacuum brazing and electron beam hard-to-work materials and demanding can be supplied in the proof or finish welding; hot isostatic pressing and tolerances delivered at pace and at a machined condition. From single pieces to metallurgical coatings. The world’s most competitive advantage to its customers high volume blanks all cut to length. respected aerospace companies recognise whether it be machined or fabricated parts or the benefits of long-term relationships with the supply of assemblies for both production Philip Hall Bodycote – allowing access to the wealth of and aftermarket applications e: [email protected] knowledge, expertise and international quality accreditations that keep Bodycote at the Nigel Heeley e: [email protected] Barton Precision Engineers Ltd leading edge of engineering technology. Dabell Avenue John Jervis Blenheim Industrial Estate e: [email protected] Bulwell Precision Engineers Ltd Bulwell Wharf Road Industrial Estate Nottinghamshire Pinxton NG6 8WA Bohler-Uddeholm (UK) Limited Nottingham t: 0115 927 2368 European Business Park Nottinghamshire w: www.bartonprecision.co.uk Taylors Lane NG16 6LE Oldbury t: 01773 810102 Barton Precision Engineers Ltd specialise in West Midlands w: www.bulwell.com small-to-medium batch production of B69 2BN complex, high-precision components for t: 0121 552 5681 A manufacturer of precision components, sub instrumentation and other leading-edge w: www.bohlersteels.co.uk assemblies and critical performance customers. Our skilled and experienced assemblies to aerospace primes and the engineers can work with your design, UK sales organisation and service centre of aerospace supply chain. Provision of a full production and purchasing teams to deliver Bohler-Uddeholm AG, a leading company in service of machining, fabrication, surface consistent, high-quality components in the the development and production of special treatment and assembly makes the business most cost-effective way. This can include steels and nickel-based alloys, covering BS, a solutions provider to customers worldwide. kanban, assembly and kitting as well as the AMS and other international standards. Forms Operating as a subsidiary of the Nasmyth management of other specialist sub-contract of supply include billet, bar, sheet, plate, strip Group, the business has access to extensive services such as casting, sheet metal and and rolled profiles. Bohler in the UK is a resources and capacities in other group plating. signatory to SC21 and actively encourages companies. business improvement techniques within the Mr S F Walker company. The service centre has automatic Simon Beech e: [email protected] saws, a specialised saw system for close e: [email protected] tolerance multiple cut blanks, a fully Berck Limited automated saw centre, as well as machining 58/66 Pleasant Street and grinding facilities. Lyng Industrial Estate Judith Ridgway West Bromwich e: [email protected] West Midlands B70 7DP t: 0121 5532726 British Rema Processing Ltd w: www.bercklimited.co.uk The Image Works Foxwood Close Established in 1947 Berck Limited Precision Chesterfield Components is a leading manufacturer of Derbyshire quality metal pressings and metal/plastic S41 9RN sub-assemblies for the world automotive and t: 01246 269955 electronics/electrical industries. w: www.britishrema.co.uk Darren Yates Micronisation and classification of powders e: [email protected] and resins to tightly controlled specifications at the micron scale, either as a contract service or the design and manufacture of process equipment worldwide. Current aerospace applications for micronised powders include advanced adhesive systems, resin based polymers and composites used in component assembly. Struan McBride e: [email protected]

7 www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Burcas Ltd Castlet Ltd Chinn Ltd Park Lane 14 Crofton Drive Coventry Road Handsworth Allenby Road Industrial Estate Exhall Birmingham Lincoln Coventry West Midlands Lincolnshire West Midlands B21 8LT LN3 4NR CV7 9FT t: 0121 5532777 t: 01522 876700 t: 02476 369400 w: www.burcasonline.com w: www.castletltd.com w: www.chinnltd.com Burcas Limited, founded in 1941, is an Castlet is a small UK based engineering Part of the Nasmyth Group of companies, independent family-owned precision company with a respected and stable market Chinn Ltd specialises in the manufacture of engineering company. The company has position within the power generation industry, machined and sheet metal components, earned an enviable reputation for the particularly in the UK and Far East. The rapidly complex assemblies and fabrications for production of high-quality, precision expanding aerospace division has a range of airframe and engine customers in military and engineered parts and components for the high quality electro-mechanical and electronic civil aerospace markets. With an extensive aerospace and defence industries. The components and systems for a range of range of specialised and precision processes machining department specialises in the sophisticated aerospace platforms. Products undertaken by a highly skilled and motivated manufacture of highly complex critical include on-board and ground support test workforce, including: machining, welding, FPI components and tooling and is fully equipped equipment and the company is seeking , X-Ray, hot and cold metal forming, chemical with CNC milling, CNC turning and CNC further opportunities to expand the existing processing and heat treatment. Chinn Ltd also grinding machines, including a full 5-axis portfolio with new partners and customers carries out reverse and concurrent capability for milling and grinding. The throughout the world. engineering on legacy and prototype parts inspection department has non-contact and holds an extensive range of ISO, scanning measuring systems and co-ordinate Des Barnes NADCAP and OEM approvals. measuring machines. Burcas also uses e: [email protected] enhanced CADCAM software to help keep Steve Nelson e: [email protected] pace with the ever-increasing rate of change Central Grinding Services Ltd within this fast developing industry sector. Unit 3A Mike Burrows Pomeroy Drive Cinch Connectors Ltd e: [email protected] Oadby Shireoaks Road Leicestershire Worksop LE2 5NE Nottinghamshire C & H Precision Finishers Limited t: 0116 271 8188 S80 3HA Precision House w: www.centralgrindingservices.co.uk t: 01909 504380 Derby Road Trading Estate w: www.cinch.com Sandiacre Central Grinding Services was established in Nottinghamshire Leicester 1995 by its current partners to Cinch Connectors is a multi-national NG10 5HU provide a high-quality precision grinding manufacturer of a broad range of interconnect t: 0115 939 4707 service. All our staff are fully skilled time- products. Cinch is a major supplier of w: www.chprecision.co.uk served engineers. We offer a traditional products to the military and aerospace market high-quality precision grinding service, with significant presence in the commercial CHP have the specialist capabilities and complemented by CNC machines and aircraft industry, as well as in the munitions, production processes for accredited finishing modern technology inspection facilities. We missile, and satellite communications on a wide range of components including: are an ISO 9001 registered firm and members segments. Cinch also possesses various turbine blades and vanes, engine casings, of the Midland Aerospace Alliance. Our enabling technologies and expertise, with undercarriage landing gear parts, one-off alien service and reputation has served us well over which to provide custom solutions, and parts, blisk polishing. We provide component the years, enabling us to maintain a loyal products, for strategic accounts within their finishing processes which include: de-burring, customer base. we offer all types of grinding focus markets. finish polishing, vibro and super polishing, including CNC universal, surface, centreless, blasting including vapour blast, all to meet the thread , universal grinding & honing. Paul Connelly most demanding quality levels and approvals. e: [email protected] Carl Windram Phil Akrill e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Clamonta Limited Whitacre Road Industrial Estate CHH CoNeX Limited Whitacre Road 4 Holford Way Nuneaton Holford Industrial Estate Warwickshire Birmingham CV11 6BX West Midlands t: 02476 382447 B6 7AX w: www.clamonta.co.uk t: 0121 3444229 w: www.chhconex.com Our company is highly skilled in the machining of small aero-engine components CHH CoNeX delivers excellence in: cable requiring the use of titanium and nimonic assembly concept, design and manufacture, materials. We have a dedicated volume bespoke interconnect solutions through production facility for all current engines and a connector and backshell design, box build, second facility dedicated to a portfolio of over rack integration, cable management, process 3500 parts classed as aliens & strangers. audit and redesign, value added engineering, mechanical and electronic integration and Mr M L Donovan testing, supply chain solutions. e: [email protected] Tim Hughes e: [email protected]

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Cobra AS Ltd Copper & Optic Terminations Ltd Crane Electronics Ltd Unit 5B 90 Town Road Watling Drive Civic Park Hanley Sketchley Meadows Whitchurch Stoke on Trent Hinckley Shropshire Staffordshire Leicestershire SY13 1TT ST1 2LD LE10 3EY t: 01938 551455 t: 01782 275810 t: 01455 251488 w: www.cobra-asltd.com w: www.copperandoptic.com w: www.crane-electronics.com Technology development of low-mass Copper and Optic are recognised as a For more than 36 years, Crane Electronics passenger aircraft seating. 3D LED low premium sub-contract & electronic assembly have been delivering solutions for torque voltage lighting use both EL and LED company. Providing cable/wiring harness management and control problems around solutions. Low mass galley systems assembly, mechanical assembly, electro- the world, satisfying the needs of mechanical assembly, printed circuit board manufacturing industry for improved quality, Gary Seale assembly or fibre optic termination for the safety, complete traceability and increased e: [email protected] aerospace, defence and professional productivity. We specialise in custom electronic manufacturing base we are proud hardware and software solutions to always Colledge & Morley to be associated with some of the most meet or exceed the customer requirements. Curriers Close influential defence and aerospace companies in the industry. Peter Everitt Charter Avenue e: [email protected] Coventry Phil Latham West Midlands e: [email protected] CV4 8AW Delcam Plc t: 02476 462328 Small Heath Business Park w: www.colledgeandmorley.com Cosworth Limited Talbot Way The Octagon Birmingham Colledge & Morley was established in 1953 St James Mill Road West Midlands and became part of the Nasmyth Group in Northampton B10 0HJ 2008. We are a supplier and manufacturer of Northamptonshire t: 0121 766 5544 high precision gear and spline related NN5 5RA w: www.delcam.com products for the aerospace and defence t: 01604 598 300 sectors and for specialist commercial w: www.cosworth.com The aerospace industry demands the highest products and the auto sport industries. We levels of quality and consistency, plus cost also offer a free issue single operation service A world leader in advanced engine and effective production and the shortest possible for gear hobbing, gear shaping internal and engineering technology, Cosworth combines delivery times. Delcam’s wide range of external splines, broaching and gear grinding. state-of-the-art machining capabilities with manufacturing software and services helps highly experienced and focused engineers to companies both large and small to meet Adrian Marvin provide total solution capabilities to the those requirements. Delcam’s CADCAM e: [email protected] aerospace and defence sectors. systems have been used on virtually every major aircraft programme in recent years and Simon Parker in many MRO operations. Our customers Columbia Precision Ltd e: [email protected] 140 Cheston Road have undertaken projects in all the various Aston areas that go towards producing a successful Birmingham Coventry Premier Aerospace aircraft, from developing more fuel-efficient West Midlands Brindley Road North engines, to manufacturing airframe B7 5EH Exhall components more effectively and even in t: 0121 327 1500 Coventry designing more comfortable and more w: www.columbia.uk.com West Midlands attractive interiors. CV7 9EP Ultimate provider of multi-axis high-precision Peter Dickin t: 02476 362886 e: [email protected] manufacturing solutions, we are a w: www.premiersheetmetal.com manufacturer of high-precision components using multi-axis manufacturing cells. This Member of The Premier Group, Coventry activity is supported by the supply of provides specialist engineering and machined, tested and assembled kits to our manufacturing solutions for the world’s customers’ build lines. transport systems. We offer a comprehensive manufacturing site for the machining of tools Neil Holmes and production of components as well as the e: [email protected] manufacture of panels and sheet metal assemblies. Our aim is to bring automotive technology and manufacturing into the aerospace market to improve cost and lead times. John Campton e: [email protected]

9 www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Diamond Hard Surfaces Ltd Doncasters Limited Eaton Aerospace Caswell Science and Technology Park Millennium Court Broad Ground Road Caswell First Avenue Lakeside Towcester Burton on Trent Redditch Northants Staffordshire West Midlands NN12 8EQ DE14 2WR B98 8YS t: 01327 354330 t: 01332 864900 t: 01527 517555 w: www.diamondhardsurfaces.com w: www.doncasters.com w: www.eaton.com Diamond Hard Surfaces is a technology Doncasters Group Ltd is a leading Manufacturers and distributors of fluid based company and solution provider to high international engineering group that handling sub-systems and components for endurance applications of a unique manufactures precision components and the aerospace industry. amorphous diamond material Adm™ which assemblies for the aerospace, industrial gas gives extended life in high temperature, turbines, specialist automotive, petrochemical, Mark Day chemically aggressive and abrasive construction, industrial, transportation and e: [email protected] environments. Using our unique, patented recreation markets. The group excels in process we are able to coat substrates from working with alloys and metals that are difficult EDM Precision Technologies Limited steel to thermoplastics to give components to shape and form. Doncasters possesses 21 Silverstone Circuit enhanced friction, wear resistance and load many unique industry leading technological Silverstone carrying characteristics over and above and manufacturing skills that are very highly Northants traditional materials and other coated regarded by our customer base. We are in NN12 8TL surfaces. Our products provide an virtually every respect global leaders in t: 01327 858283 environmentally friendly and performance aerospace, industrial gas turbines, automotive w: www.edmprecision.com enhancing solution when compared to turbochargers, fasteners and superalloys. alternative surface treatments. We provide Precision engineering business that performance enhanced surfaces for actuators, Mike Lee specialises in EDM (Electro Discharge pumps, bearings, wearings and many other e: [email protected] Machining). We have 7 CNC Wire erosion components. machines, 3 CNC Spark erosion machines Doughty Precision Engineering Ltd with C axis, CNC EDM hole drilling, plus CNC Chris H Walker milling and turning to produce fixtures and e: [email protected] Units 4 - 6 100 Sherbrook Road electrodes for EDM. We supply specialist Nottingham engineering services to motorsport, Docking & Company Ltd Nottinghamshire aerospace, defence, scientific equipment and Unit 15 Silverstone Circuit NG5 6AB tool and die industries. Silverstone t: 0115 966 0600 Paul Waldron Northamptonshire w: www.doughtype.com e: [email protected] NN12 8TL t: 01327 857164 Doughty is a leading global supplier of w: www.dockingengineering.com intricate sub-contract machined parts to Electro-Discharge Ltd aerospace, electrical engineering and other Unit 14 In 1984 Docking Engineering was formed to leading companies. Doughty specialise in a Bagley Industrial Park develop and market a range of aluminium cost reducing ‘one-hit machining’ philosophy Dudley cooling products for motorsport and special wherever feasible. West Midlands vehicle use. We provide a full range of DY2 9DY services, from the supply of a basic radiator Nelash Nagar e: [email protected] t: 01384 238451 core block to full cooling system design and w: www.electro-discharge.co.uk manufacture. By using our own products or those of our technical partners we are able to Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Limited Wire and spark erosion specialist to the offer some of the most efficient cooling 40 Fort Parkway aerospace, satellite, oil and Formula 1 products available. We have the ability to Erdington industries, capable of cutting up to 600mm manufacture a wide range of components, Birmingham thick. Also offering CNC milling, electrode from simple cost-effective coolers to complex West Midlands manufacturing, tool and fixture design/ parts. We are happy to work to customer B24 9HL manufacturing. drawings or advise on system and product t: 0121 384 8800 Rupin Vadera design. w: www.dunlopaircrafttyres.com e: [email protected] Mel Johnson Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Limited is the leading e: [email protected] specialist in design, manufacture and Energy Tubes Ltd retreading of aircraft tyres with over 300 Energy House, Unit 2 & 3A Doncasters Aerospace Components product lines and 500 type approvals in its Tipton Whitchurch Road range. The company provides a wide range of West Midlands Shrewsbury tyres and tubes on a worldwide basis for both DY4 9AQ Shropshire civil and military aircraft. t: 01902 671222 SY1 4DP Martin Pye w: www.energytubes.com t: 01743 454300 e: [email protected] Energy Tubes are a specialist producer of tig w: www.doncasters.com welded tubes in stainless steels, nickel alloys Supplier of fabrications and machined and titanium for industry all over the world. We components to the aerospace industry, have manufactured tubes in the UK since including turbine blades and vanes for 1974, from gauges of 0.4mm to 2mm. In aero-derived gas turbines. diameter they range from 6mm up to 42mm. Our services include in-house comprehensive Richard Shaw testing and inspection, in line eddy current e: [email protected] testing and fully annealed coiled tubes up to 250m long. John Finnegan e: [email protected]

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Fibracon-Insoll Machined Plastics Fire Protection Coatings Limited G & O Springs Ltd Bowden Hey Road 1-3 Highway Point Broad Ground Road Chapel-en-le-Frith 239 Torrington Avenue Lakeside High Peak Coventry Redditch Derbyshire West Midlands Worcestershire SK23 0QZ CV4 9AP B98 8YP t: 01298 811800 t: 02476 422200 t: 01527 523764 w: www.fibracon.com w: www.fireprotectioncoatings.com w: www.g-o-springs.com As reducing weight drives operational cost FPCL is a privately owned SME, located in Manufacturer of all types of springs and reduction, high performance plastics present Coventry, which specialises in the design, wireforms for the aerospace industry. a serious choice for aerospace design application and manufacture of protective Approvals held: SC21 Bronze, AS9100:B & engineers. Finding a reliable and responsive coatings or housings for heat-sensitive NADCAP (Heat Treatment). G&O recently won supplier with specialist polymer knowledge to components used in civil or defence the Aero Engine Controls “2010 Best in produce machined parts and assemblies to aerospace. FPCL solutions typically deal with Commodity Hardware” award for the second your exact requirements is not easy! Our a common problem in that electronic circuitry consecutive year and is currently working flexible manufacturing service includes embedded in PCBs tends to fail or towards SC21 Silver recognition. Current impartial guidance on polymer selection and malfunction if surrounding heat levels exceed Stats: OTIF 95.27% PPM 1772. component design. Materials include: PTFE, 100c. FPCL has special skills in merging DuPont™Vespel®, PEEK, Torlon®, PCTFE, moulded composite technology with Steve Boyd polymer composites & other engineering heat-resistant or flame-reactive paints, e: [email protected] plastics. Prototypes to high volume sealants and fabrics with the aim of offering production / simple turning to multi-axis CNC easily fitted components with minimum Gardner Aerospace - Ilkeston Limited milling / from 1mm to 2500mm. additional weight. Each solution will be tested Cotmanhay Road to appropriate standards or subjected to Ilkeston Mike Fryer in-flight trials if no solution exists. e: mikefryer@fibracon.com Derbyshire Anthony Barlow DE7 8LL e: [email protected] t: 0115 9445919 Fibreflight Ltd w: www.gardner-aerospace.com 34 Firvale Road Walton Fourmasters Ltd Gardner Aerospace Ilkeston Limited Chesterfield Unit 11 Stafford Court machines, fabricates, treats, assembles and Derbyshire Stafford Road, Fordhouses, repairs small-to-medium precision parts, kits, S42 7NN Wolverhampton sub-assemblies and assemblies in soft, hard t: 07970 662 559 West Midlands and exotic metals, and has all of the required w: www.fibreflight.co.uk WV10 7EL engineering tools, processes and quality t: 01902 785843 approvals to support these capabilities. Fibreflight Ltd is a design consultancy and w: www.fourmastersltd.co.uk composite manufacturing company Andy Holey specialising in the design, development and Fourmasters Limited was formed in 1988 and e: [email protected] manufacture of UAVs (unmanned aerial has gone from strength to strength within the vehicles). Fibreflight Ltd. also manufactures, world of manufacturing. We have the ability to Glenair UK Ltd supplies and operates the VAROS ducted-fan, offer a complete service from the design and 40 Lower Oakham Way VTOL UAV and the MARAC multi-role, tailless manufacture of a new press tool through to Oakham Business Park UAV. VAROS is an easily transportable, robust, the final pressing. Our in-house design facility Mansfield multi– role, sensor platform. Via the use of enables us to balance tool and component Nottinghamshire innovative design, VAROS is capable of safe, costs in order to deliver high quality economic NG18 5BY reliable operation in a wide range of solutions to suit your requirements. t: 01623 638100 environments. Through its ability to take off Fourmasters are signatories to SC21, the key w: www.glenair.co.uk and land vertically and the safe, ducted programme for supply chains in the propulsion, VAROS can be used for aerospace & defence industries in the 21st Glenair is a supplier of interconnect solutions operations previously not possible with century; signatories to SC21 are committed to and products - particularly for harsh conventional fixed and rotary wing UAVs. developing UK supply chains to ensure they environment applications. We manufacture a remain competitive and able to deliver wide range of military and aerospace qualified Richard Hardwick increased value to customers. circular and Micro-D connectors, backshells, e: richard@fibreflight.co.uk conduit, braiding, harness accessories, Jane Attree heatshrink boots and tooling. Other products e: [email protected] include fibre optic components and assemblies, composite components and Freeman & Proctor Ltd enclosures. We specialise in design and Units 3-5 manufacture of customised wire and Centrolvell Estate flexi-harness assemblies for military and Nuneaton aerospace applications. We have a large Warwickshire design team in Mansfield able to support and CV11 4NG solve any of your interconnection t: 02476 382032 requirements. w: www.freemanandproctor.co.uk Tim Hall Designers and manufacturers of high quality e: [email protected] tubular fabricated assemblies for aerospace applications. CNC tube bending, CNC machining, welding, brazing, NDT processes, x-ray, CAD design, project and programme management. Supply chain integrators. Roy Collett e: [email protected]

11 www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited GyroJet Ltd HS Marston Aerospace Ltd Stafford Road 2a Ellesmere Court Wobaston Road Fordhouses Manners Industrial Estate Fordhouses Wolverhampton Ilkeston Wolverhampton West Midlands Derbyshire Staffordshire WV10 7EH DE7 8EF WV10 6QJ t: 01902 624 644 t: 01159 300 382 t: 01902 572777 w: www.goodrich.com w: www.gyro-jet.com w: www.hsmarston.co.uk Goodrich is the market leader in the supply of The SMEs within GyroJet are creating a Design, manufacture and repair of heat flight controls with over 400 million flight hours search & surveillance capability. The aircraft is exchangers, ozone converters and fluids experience with fly-by-wire actuation; designed to be fitted with a variety of tasking management components and systems providing primary and secondary flight control sensors to allow customers to tailor aircraft for (PTFE and metallic hose, fuel manifolds, rigid actuation systems for more than 75% of all their specific capability or operating tube assemblies, ducting, lightning insulators) wide and narrow-body jet airliner programs procedures. GyroJet is currently talking to for the aerospace, motorsport and electronics including all current Airbus models. Goodrich governmental organisations and private industries is also a leading supplier of actuation systems survey companies for fleet enhancements and for precision weapons with capabilities in fin, replacements. GyroJet has a team of David Danger wing and thrust vectoring control systems, surveillance experts that can advise and train e: [email protected] ensuring a wide range of applications on all customers on the use of the aircraft. We are missile types. currently looking to discuss supplier contracts Hucknall Sheet Metal Engineering Ltd for the following components: cockpit Occupation Road, Off Cinderhill Rd David Goldney air-conditioning, brakes, exhaust system, e: [email protected] Bulwell hydraulic systems, fasteners, lighting, wheels. Nottinghamshire James Robb NG6 8RD Gould Alloys Limited e: [email protected] t: 0115 927 2840 Carrwood Industrial Park w: www.hucknallsheetmetal.co.uk Carrwood Road Chesterfield Hadley Group Specialists in aerospace laser fabrication, Derbyshire PO Box 92 machining and assembly including 5 axis S41 9QB Downing Street lasering and water jet cutting. 30 years tier t: 01246 263300 Smethwick one experience supplying laser/fabricated w: www.gouldalloys.co.uk West Midlands parts to Rolls-Royce and tier-one suppliers B66 2PA such as Chinns, Gardner Aerospace, SPS Gould Alloys is a leading supplier of high t: 0121 555 1300 Aerostructures, Doncasters and Cobham quality metals to the aerospace industry, w: www.hadleygroup.co.uk Composites. NADCAP laser/welding holding major aerospace company approvals. approved, Rolls-Royce Deutschland The company pursues a policy of Premier manufacturers of cold roll formed approved. Development work undertaken on understanding the requirements of the sections into a variety of industry sectors. JSF and MOD projects. Major involvement customer, supplying materials in the most with development work for R-R Fuel Cells cost-effective form. James Bishop (renewable energy) and major subcontractor e: [email protected] to Rolls Royce Heritage Trust. All work Andrew Genn approved to Rolls-Royce Sabre 9000. e: [email protected] Henton Engineering Ltd Steve Guyler Cotes Road e: [email protected] Graves Aircraft Components Limited Burbage Lighting Way Hinckley Alvechurch Road Leicestershire Icon Polymer Group Birmingham LE10 2HJ Thrumpton Lane West Midlands t: 01455 238331 Retford B31 3PJ w: www.hentonengineering.com Nottinghamshire t: 0121 475 5181 DN22 6HH w: www.gravesac.co.uk Machined component supplier to aeroengine/ t: 01777 714300 aerospace industries. w: www.iconpolymer.com Manufacturer of low-volume critical flying parts for the aerospace industry. Specialists in the David Halliday Icon Polymer’s portfolio of critical components supply of stranger and alien parts for the e: [email protected] includes aircraft platform, aerodynamic after-sales market. Parts manufactured include window seals, high and low pressure door nozzles, jets, match ground spools and Hi-Tech Aerospace Components Ltd and window seals, electrical connectors, sleeves and other fuel-line components, small 18 Bayton Road oxygen supply hoses, specialist ducting, prismatics and actuation unit parts. Bayton Road Industrial Estate precision mouldings leading and leading Coventry edge aerodynamic seals. Aircraft seals Dean Banks produced from a range of silicone and e: [email protected] West Midlands CV7 9EJ polychoroprene facilitate a wide range of t: 02476 644404 operating temperatures and when combined w: www.hi-techaerospace.com with fabrics such as glass, cloth and polyester, performance is further enhanced. Pressure EDM specialist and component manufacturers hoses are available; all are designed for to the aerospace and racing industries. nuclear, biological and chemical warfare Specialists in wire EDM, sink EDM and fast applications and incorporate integral hole drill EDM. Approved by Rolls-Royce, communications leads and special end Rolls-Royce Germany, Goodrich, MTU. fittings. Icon also produces safety-critical NADCAP and BSI approved. in-flight refuelling hoses for military applications to help nations fulfill their global Bob Duffin reach strategies. e: [email protected] Neal Hillier e: [email protected]

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IM Kelly Aerospace ITP Engines UK Limited Kepston Limited The Moorings Business park The Whittle Estate Unit 1 Channel Way, Exhall Cambridge Road Coppice Lane Coventry Leicester Walsall Warwickshire Leicestershire West Midlands CV6 6RH LE8 6LH WS9 9AA t: 02476 644202 t: 0116 284 5400 t: 01922 743133 w: www.imkelly.co.uk w: WWW.itp-engines.co.uk w: www.kepston.co.uk I M Kelly was established in 1975 and supplies Design, test and manufacture of aero-engine Sub-contract CNC internal/ external jig a range of interior products in to the aviation, components, systems and modules. Partners grinding and con - tig general surface grinding automotive, rail and marine markets. I M Kelly and suppliers to world’s leading aircraft processes. Aerospace manufactures soft interior and engine makers. trimmed products for all types of aircraft and Andrew Oakley all classes, from economy to super first class. Peter Knight e: [email protected] The core business is the manufacture of seat e: [email protected] covers in leather or fabric as well as curtains, Kigass Aero Components Ltd surged carpets and trimmed parts such as James Kent Group Montague Road arm rests, dado panels etc. I M Kelly Fountain Street Warwick Aerospace can also provide a range of cabin Fenton Warwickshire interior products like blankets, headrest Stoke-on-Trent CV34 5LW covers, fire containment sacks or bespoke Staffordshire t: 01926 493833 cabin bags. ST4 2HB w: no web Neil Turner t: 01782 744335 w: www.jameskentcm.com Sub contract manufacture and assembly of e: [email protected] components for the aerospace and autosport Specialist glass and glass/ceramic materials industry. Kigass have an engineering team to Indestructible Paint Limited manufacturer, supplying glass bonds and take customer drawings and using CAD/CAM, 19-25 Pentos Drive seals to the aerospace industry. programme our range of modern CNC Sparkhill machines to produce customer designs. John Longmore Using our range of 3 to 5 axis machining Birmingham e: [email protected] West Midlands centres we specialise in the manufacture of B11 3TA components from solid avoiding prohibitive t: 0121 702 2485 JJ Churchill Ltd lead times for forged and cast parts. We have w: www.indestructible.co.uk Station Road 2 to 7 axis CNC tuning, CNC EDM and wire Market Bosworth erosion, gun drilling, surface and CNC Inventors, developers, manufacturers and Nuneaton cylindrical grinding. Test house facility for fuel, suppliers of engineering coatings and Warwickshire oil, water and air flow checks, calibration and coatings for engineering, specifically for aero CV13 0PF pressure testing. engine, airframe and aerospace accessories t: 01455 299600 Peter Platt including heat exchangers, undercarriages, w: www.jjchurchill.com propellers; also production aids such as laser e: [email protected] and acid bath stop offs. We are a UK based, family-owned private precision engineering company founded in Kingfield Electronics Ltd Brian Norton 1937 to provide sub-contract machining to the e: [email protected] Carrwood House aerospace industry. The company Carrwood Road subsequently diversified into high-horsepower Chesterfield Intelligent Energy Ltd diesel engine, power generation and defence Derbyshire The Charnwood Building, Holywell Park markets. JJ Churchill is a comprehensive S41 9QB Ashby Road engineering facility supplying finished parts t: 01246 451701 Loughborough and assemblies as a tier one supplier to a w: www.kingfield-electronics.co.uk Leicestershire variety of ‘blue chip’ OEMs. Products range LE11 3GR from diesel-engine components and Kingfield Electronics is a full turnkey contract t: 01509 271271 assemblies machined from ferrous and electronics manufacturing company focusing w: www.intelligent-energy.com non-ferrous castings, through to gas-turbine on both PCB assembly and electro- blades simultaneous 5-axis milled from solid, mechanical assembly. Kingfield provides Intelligent Energy is a clean power systems oversized and precision forgings in titanium low-to-medium volume, complex, high- company, focused on the provision of cleaner, and nimonic materials. reliability, manufacturing services to the low carbon power through its leading fuel cell aerospace and defence sectors. Operating technology. Intelligent Energy partners with Kevin McCormick out of a modern facility in Chesterfield, leading companies globally, in the e: [email protected] Kingfield manufactures a range of defence transportation, aerospace, defence, and aerospace products including distributed generation and portable power instrumentation, communication, test, power markets. Current partners and customers generation and control products. include Scottish & Southern Energy plc, Suzuki and Airbus. Intelligent Energy’s Alan Oldale successes include the development of the e: sales@kingfield-electronics.co.uk world’s first fuel cell motorbike and supplying the fuel cell system to Boeing which powered the world’s first manned fuel cell aircraft. In June 2010, the company also unveiled a full performance, zero-emissions, fuel cell hybrid Black Cab at London’s City Hall. Dennis Hayter e: [email protected]

13 www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Knight Strip Metals Limited Manthorpe Engineering Ltd Meggitt Cumbria Way, Saltley Business Park Manthorpe House Holbrook Lane Birmingham Brittain Drive Coventry West Midlands Ripley West Midlands B8 1BH Derbyshire CV6 4QY t: 0121 322 8400 DE5 3ND t: 02476 294200 w: www.knight-group.co.uk t: 01773 514200 w: www.meggitt.com w: www.manthorpe.co.uk Established for nearly 70 years, Knight Strip Several Meggitt companies are located in the Metals are specialist stockholders and Manthorpe Engineering Ltd is a supplier to the Midlands including: Meggitt Aircraft Braking processors of precision strip metals, stainless power generation, aerospace, defence and Systems (Coventry), a leading provider of steels, nickel alloys, titanium and non-ferrous processing industries through its impressive wheel and braking systems products and materials. Thin strip and foils form the precision machining and fabrication facilities. services; Dunlop Equipment (Coventry), a strongest area of our relationship with the With CNC machining capacity including 5 axis supplier of pneumatic equipment and aerospace and defence industries. We milling/turning up to 3.0 metre diameter and sub-systems for many aerospace and defence combine our specialised, narrow rotary fabrications up to 30 tonnes we can offer a applications; Meggitt Control Systems shearing skills with expertise in handling wide wealth of experience working in aluminium, (Birmingham), a provider of heat exchanger thin gauge strip in the supply of aerospace carbon steels, stainless steels and the exotic technologies to manage temperature by approved materials and services. alloys including nimonic, inconel, waspaloy controlling and regulating the flow of system and titanium. Manthorpe has chosen fluids; Meggitt Polymer Systems (Shepshed), Dennis Cooke UniGraphics NX6 as its CAD/CAM design and designers and developers of precision- e: [email protected] modelling package for the most challenging engineered sealing systems for multiple machining operations. We can also offer engine and airframe applications; and Meggitt Laser Process Ltd assemblies, testing and site installation Thermal Systems (Coventry), which produces Keys Park services. electro-thermal and engine bleed air ice Cannock protection equipment including composite Chris Bowley structures such as inlets and nacelles. Staffordshire e: [email protected] WS12 2GE Ian Joesbury t: 01543 495000 e: [email protected] w: www.laserprocess.co.uk Materials Solutions Unit 8, Great Western Business Park Laser Process is a well established laser McKenzie Way Mettis Aerospace Limited cutting sub contractor, based in the Midlands. Worcester Windsor Road We have nearly 30 years experience within the West Midlands Redditch industry. Other facilities include bending, laser WR4 9PT Worcestershire marking, vibratory deburring and CMM. t: 01905 732160 B97 6EF Dave Lindsey w: www.materialssolutions.co.uk t: 01527 406400 w: www.mettis-aerospace.com e: [email protected] Materials Solutions is the only Rolls-Royce approved, AS9100 registered provider of Mettis Aerospace is a leading provider of Linread Northbridge Limited additive layer manufacturing [aka DMLS or safety critical components to the aerospace Viking Road DLD] services and parts; particularly complex and defence industry, based upon world Wigston metal parts suitable for combustor leading forging, machining and metallurgical Leicester assemblies, rigs, small casings and similar. skills. Mettis Aerospace offers customers a Leicestershire We build in nickel alloys such as C263, Inco comprehensive range of design, logistics, LE18 2BL 625 and 718, Hastelloy X, stainless steels and forging, machining, processing and kitting t: 0116 257 2945 CoCr. We have 4 EOS M270 systems, heat services from a single site. w: www.linreadnorthbridge.com treatments, a full machine shop and inspection facilities including CMM and Helena Wilson Linread Northbridge Leicester’s mission is to electron and optical microscopes. We supply e: [email protected] be the specialist fastener source of choice for parts and assemblies direct from 3D CAD data critical, high performance aircraft engine without moulds or tooling and in greater Micrometric Limited applications. complexity than possible by machining, wire/ Doddington Road EDM or casting. Contact: Lincoln e: [email protected] Carl Brancher Lincolnshire e: [email protected] LN6 3RX t: 01522 509999 Longwear Products Ltd w: www.micrometric.uk.com Pleasant Street West Bromwich Micrometric Ltd provides a comprehensive West Midlands sub-contract laser manufacturing service B70 7DP including laser machining, profiling, drilling, t: 0121 500 4590 welding, engraving and etching applications. w: www.longwear.co.uk The company has 12 laser systems including, Fibre, Nd:YAG and CO2, on up to five axis Longwear Special Alloys manufacture and CNC control. This activity is supported by a supply air induction melted (AIM) ingots to the conventional CNC machining, scanning, small investment casing industry for use in press and wire EDM capability. Aerospace and gas turbine applications. The AIM range of products include steel, nickel David English and cobalt based alloys for use in structured e: [email protected] and non-rotating parts. In addition to AIM ingots, Longwear Special Alloys can supply a range of vacuum produced superalloys through our partnership arrangements. Anthony Prince e: [email protected]

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Midland Aerospace Limited Moog Aircraft Group Paragon Engineering & Logistics Ltd Unit 5 Callendine Park Wolverhampton Operations 41 Fordhouse Road Industrial Estate Orchard Way Wobaston Road Steel Drive Sutton-in-Ashfield Wolverhampton Wolverhampton Nottinghamshire West Midlands West Midlands NG17 1JU WV9 5EW WV10 9XF t: 01623 446556 t: 01902 397700 t: 01902 789888 w: www.midlandaerospace.com w: www.moog.com w: www.paragon-eng-log.com Midland Aerospace are a vibrant aerospace Design, manufacture assembly and test, Make-to-print low-volume high-variety for new subcontractor supplying high integrity 3/5 axis servicing and repair of hydraulic, mechanical product introduction, production & spares machined components into prime contractors electrical/electronic flight controls, actuation with precision & general machining within the UK. Midland also have the process systems and other aircraft equipment. capabilities using CNC & conventional capability to manufacture precision fabricated machines including all types of turning, and welded assemblies. Stuart McLachlan milling, deep hole drilling, grinding, honing, e: [email protected] minor assembly work, gear manufacture Eamon Lyons along with material procurement, e: [email protected] MP Engineering UK Limited management & control of sub-contract 8 Jacknell Road processing including NDT, EDM, heat Midland Deburr and Finish Limited Dodwells Bridge Industrial Estate treatment & coatings. Ensuring that the Unit 5, Lye Valley Industrial Estate Hinckley resultant service achieves a standard that Bromley Street Leicestershire complies with customer requirements, the Lye LE10 3BS Company complies with all national/ West Midlands t: 01455 636063 international standards and all subsequent DY9 8HX w: www.mpengineering.co.uk revisions , including the Health and Safety at t: 01384 891198 Work Act 1974 and the aerospace standard w: www.midlanddeburrandfinish.co.uk M P Engineering is an ISO9001:2008 UKAS AS9100 and BS EN ISO9001. approved company. We have recently Sub-contract surface improvement of ferrous enrolled onto the SC21 programme. Steve Price and non-ferrous components, including Established in 1981, we have over 30 years e: [email protected] vapour degreasing, aqueous degreasing experience in producing precision (static and ultrasonic), vibro deburring, components for a variety of industries. We Paul Fabrications Ltd barrelling, descaling, derusting and polishing. now specialise in the simultaneous machining 10 Sills Road A brand new hermetically sealed vapour of 5 axis components, which, alongside our Willow Farm Business Park degreaser has recently been installed to CNC milling, turning and EDM capabilities Castle Donington ensure compliance with recent SED ensures that we are well equipped to handle Derbyshire requirements. A six stage automatic ultrasonic the reduced lead times and exacting quality DE74 2US aqueous degreaser is soon to be installed requirements expected in today’s demanding t: 01332 818000 which is designed to offer exceptionally high markets. Our new investment in plant enables w: www.paulfabrications.co.uk standards of surface cleanliness. Component us to not only maintain our enviable record of size processed from 1mm up to 1350mm producing small batches for Formula 1 but Paul Fabrications manufacture complex long. Transport available within the West seriously engage aerospace customers with fabricated and machined assemblies for the Midlands area. cost effective contracts for larger batches. aerospace, defence and nuclear power sectors. Operating from a modern 60,000 sq ft Chris Arrowsmith Jason Poole facility it prides itself on exceeding customers e: sales@midlanddeburrandfinish.co.uk e: [email protected] expectations, consistently achieving class- leading quality and delivery performance. MJ Sections Limited Neville Precision Engineering Ltd Manufacturing utilises computer aided Marriott Road Industrial Estate Unit 4A processing, with 5-axis laser cutting and CNC Cradley Road Park Lane Business Park machining as core business competencies. Dudley Kirkby in Ashfield With over 40 manufacturing processes West Midlands Nottinghamshire in-house you gain an appreciation of the DY2 0JZ NG17 9LE breadth of engineering capability available. t: 01384 217000 t: 01623 722113 Approved to AS9100 with five supporting w: www.mjsections.co.uk w: www.nevilles.co.uk NADCAP accreditations and multiple OEM approvals, an ongoing commitment to Precision cold and hot formed fabrications for Neville Precision specialise in CNC machining investment ensures that the latest aerospace, including section rolling, brackets aluminium extrusions. We can machine parts manufacturing technologies are utilised. and assemblies, pressings and fabrications, up to 8,000mm (3 Axis) and 6,700mm (4 Axis) machined parts, sealing rings and wires, in one operation without the need to re-index Kevin Dexter airframe stringers, made from stainless, the material. This enables us to provide a e: [email protected] titanium, nickel and nimonic alloys and consistent accuracy along the length and aluminium. maintain a higher quality standard. We have 6 CNC milling machines plus 2 CNC double Steve Cresswell mitre saws. We work both as a subcontractor e: [email protected] on free issue material for many of the extrusion mills and aluminium stockists, or source material directly on behalf of our customers providing full turnkey solution for finished aluminium extruded components. Edward Neville e: [email protected]

15 www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Pegrex Ltd Plastic Coatings Limited Preci-Spark Ltd Unit 1E Pearsall Drive Ham Lane Chapel Street Oldbury Kingswinford Syston West Midlands West Midlands Leicester B69 2RA DY6 7JY Leicestershire t: 0121 511 1475 t: 01384 400066 LE7 1HN w: www.pegrex.co.uk w: www.plasticcoatings.co.uk t: 0116 260 7911 w: www.preci-spark.uk.com Pegrex is an established and proven supplier Plastic Coatings can solve all aerospace of components, sub-assemblies and coating requirements. Our Kingswinford site, Preci-Spark is a process based company engineering solutions to the defence and approved to AS9100, is widely approved by specialising in forming, laser machining, EDM aerospace industries. With an exceptional aerospace manufacturers for low friction, heat and vacuum brazing. The company has a reputation for quality, reliability and service, resistance, non-conductive and corrosion comprehensive CNC machining capability. we combine a modern and innovative resistant coatings. With over 50 years Core component competence includes the approach with a strong tradition of experience we can offer technical support to manufacturing and supply of honeycomb seal engineering excellence to meet your determine the best coating for almost any assemblies, cooling inserts, stator vanes/ requirements. We offer: one off prototypes application. Plastic Coatings offer a wide assemblies together with a very extensive through to volume production runs; rapid variety of coating processes including electro sub-con capability. The company holds the turnarounds; component & process re- paint, electrostatic powder coat, fluid-bed UTC Supplier Gold standard and meets all engineering; unique range of in-house coating, nylon, PTFE, phenolic, halar and class leading performance monitors. services and a wide network of subcontract many others. Two dedicated production cells partners; specialist high quality finishing; provide the perfect environment for technically Andre Russell just-in-time delivery; full batch traceability. demanding coating processes. e: [email protected] Neil Truman Mr. Ian Nickl e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Precision Micro Limited 11 Vantage Way Erdington PFW (HPL) plc PowerKut Limited Birmingham Windmill Industrial Estate Unit 15 Paragon Way West Midlands Birmingham Road Bayton Road Industrial Estate B24 9GZ Coventry Coventry t: 0121 380 0100 West Midlands West Midlands w: www.precisionmicro.com CV5 9QE CV7 9QS t: 02476 407700 t: 02476 644661 Precision Micro has a strong background in w: www.hpl-group.co.uk w: www.powerkut.co.uk custom designs for defence and aerospace applications. The company is experienced in Aerospace engineering, encompassing large Engine, airframe, industrial gas turbine and the application of Exostar and supplying all 5 axis milling, large CNC turning and CNC defence machined and fabricated aircraft platforms -- large civil, business small parts M/C cells, operating from modern components supplied to customers globally. corporate, helicopters, military combat and facilities in Coventry. In addition we have our Machined components of all sizes and all transport -- and is ideally placed to meet their own low-cost offshore manufacturing facility in metals from aluminium, magnesium, stainless rapidly changing requirements in terms of Xi’an, China. At HPL we pride ourselves in steels to nickel and cobalt alloys. Nuclear quality, speed, precision and innovation. meeting exacting quality and lead-time components and assemblies supplied across Precision Micro offers a unique range of requirements. We have full aerospace the globe. UKAS electrical and mechanical manufacturing technologies including photo approvals. calibration sites in Birmingham and Coventry etching, wire EDM, electroforming, forming, providing full asset management and facilities finishing and micro machining, used Stuart Le Cornu management with paperless online individually or in combination, to the ultimate e: [email protected] certification and asset tracking. Single and benefit of customers. multi-site total asset management program for gauge calibration and testing, including full Ian Whateley Phoenix CNC Engineering Ltd e: [email protected] Acton Road repair and overhaul of equipment. OEM Long Eaton manufacture of laboratory inspection Nottingham equipment accuracy of 0.0001mm. Nottinghamshire Manufacture of standard range of thread NG10 1FU gauges, plug gauges, multi meters, pressure t: 0115 9469896 gauges, micrometers. w: www.phoenixcnc.com Peter Everitt CNC machining and fabrication of aerospace e: [email protected] parts and components using 5, 4 & 3 axis machines. The company specialises in fast response at reasonable prices. We utilise two CMM inspection machines to ensure a quality product. Current approvals include AS EN 9100, ISO 9001 2008 and Airbus. Terry Wraxall e: [email protected]

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Pro-Tek Engineering Ltd Rolls Royce PLC Samuel, Son & Co UK Ltd Unit 1 & 3 Waterloo Industrial Estate PO Box 31 Unit 12B Two Locks Bidford-on-Avon Moor Lane Brierley Hill Alcester Derby West Midlands Warwickshire Derbyshire DY9 1UU B50 4JH DE24 8BJ t: 01384 572160 t: 01789 490490 t: 01332 242424 w: www.samuel.com w: www.protekeng.co.uk w: www.rolls-royce.co.uk Samuel offers value added quality processing Supplying precision components to numerous Rolls-Royce is a world-leading power systems services and is committed to providing industries including defence, aerospace, company operating in civil aerospace, customers with leading edge technologies. satellite systems, turbine components, defence, marine, energy and nuclear markets. Processing includes: cut-to-length and pipeline fittings to complex and critical rapid In civil aerospace Rolls-Royce offers the multi-blanking, coil-to-sheet tension levelling, prototype components for research facilities. industry’s broadest range of engines and slitting, edging, shearing, first stage A well established manufacturing site with more than 600 airlines rely on Rolls-Royce configured blanking, pickling, cold rolling, machining capacity that extends from single power, including 9 of the world’s top 10. The annealing, plasma and oxy-fuel plate burning, components to high volume quantities in most installed civil engine base is 12,500 and water-jet and laser cutting, bar and extrusion materials including aluminum, stainless steel, engines for both the Boeing 787 Dreamliner sawing and aluminum plate sawing . . . all to titanium, composites, castings and other and Airbus XWB programmes are in exacting tolerances. exotic materials. A skilled workforce combined development. In defence aerospace we are with modern CNC turning and 4/5 axis involved in many of the major global David Tranter machining centres complete with programmes, powering approximately 25% of e: [email protected] measurement probes, supported with the the world’s military fleet and have 16 engine latest conventional 5 axis CMM and CNC non programmes in different stages of Semelab Limited contact vision measurement systems. development, production or service. Coventry Road [email protected] David Rose Lutterworth e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Leicester Leicestershire LE17 4JB Ricardo UK Limited RTI International Metals Ltd t: 01455 552505 Midlands Technical Centre Titan House w: www.semelab-tt.com Southam Road Kingsbury Link Leamington Spa Tamworth Semelab Limited has been a leading provider Warwickshire Staffordshire of high-end, innovative electronic solutions CV31 1FQ B78 2EX since 1974. A diverse, worldwide customer t: 01926 319319 t: 01827 871671 base benefits from our design innovation, our w: www.ricardo.com w: www.rtiintl.com manufacturing strength and our total commitment to quality. Customers around the Ricardo High Performance Transmission RTI International Metals is one of the world’s world are using Semelab devices in Products is an approved sub-contract largest producers of titanium. Through its equipment such as space vehicles, aircraft manufacturing company to the aerospace various subsidiaries, RTI manufactures and equipment (both civil and military), telecoms industry. We are approved to ISO 9001:2000, distributes titanium and speciality metal mill and industrial power electronics. Specialists AS 9100 Revision B, and we specialise in the products, extruded shapes, formed parts, and in: power modules; power diodes and manufacture of high-quality gears and splined engineered systems for aerospace, industrial, MOSFETs; high reliability and space products; shafts that are produced in all kinds of defense, energy, chemical, and consumer standard and custom discrete solutions; high materials. We have the added advantage of applications for customers around the world. performance RF MOSFETs; standard and being able to grind gear profiles from solid, custom opto devices. thus eliminating the lead time required for Adrian Cooney cutting tools. Added to this we also have e: [email protected] Robert Rhodes in-house “high speed” 5 axis, 4 axis and 3 axis e: [email protected] milling capabilities. S & J Precision Ltd Mick Strong Unit 2 Dawsons Lane Enterprise Centre Shaw Sheetmetal (Rugby) Ltd e: [email protected] Dawsons Lane 50 Somers Road Barwell Rugby Leicestershire Warwickshire RMDG Aerospace LE9 8BE CV22 7DH Boardman Road t: 01455 844004 t: 01788 536033 Swadlincote w: www.sandjprecision.co.uk w: www.shawsheetmetal.co.uk Derbyshire DE11 9EN High quality CNC component manufacturing Sheet metalwork and fabrication including t: 01283 550960 and jig/fixture production for all aspects of in-house CNC laser cutting, punching, folding, w: www.rmdg.co.uk aviation and military equipment. 5-axis machining and electro powder coat painting. components production a specialty. Manufacturer of high-quality pipe assemblies Phil Shaw for aerospace applications. CNC tube Sean Patmore e: [email protected] bending, welding, brazing, NDT processes, e: [email protected] radiography, project and programme management. Supply chain integrators. Tony Whittaker e: [email protected]

17 www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Sigma Precision Components UK Ltd Slack & Parr Ltd Special Metals Wiggin Limited Alan Bray Close Long Lane Holmer Road Dodwells Bridge Industrial Estate Kegworth Hereford Hinckley Derby Herefordshire Leicestershire Derbyshire HR4 9SL LE10 3BP DE74 2FL t: 01432 382200 t: 01455 445500 t: 01509 672306 w: www.specialmetalswiggin.co.uk w: www.sigmacomponents.co.uk w: www.slackandparr.com Manufacture of aerospace components for Manufacturer of nickel and cobalt based Sigma Precision Components UK Ltd Messier-Dowty, Rolls-Royce plc and alloys in various product forms such as bar, manufactures rigid pipe assemblies, precision Rolls-Royce Germany. billet, tube, sheet, wire and extruded shapes. machined components and fasteners for Steve Taylor John Briggs aerospace and other markets. From simple e: [email protected] components to complex assemblies of rigid e: [email protected] pipes and fabrications, we have 100 employees and 50,000 sq ft of modern Smiths Metal Centres Ltd Superite Tools Ltd facilities. Our specialist processes include Unit 3 Power Station Road 3 Vigo Place tube manipulation, fabrications, machining, Rugeley Aldridge welding, brazing, NDT, X-ray etc. Among our Staffordshire Walsall approvals are AS9100, NADCAP, ISO14001, WS15 2HS West Midlands Rolls-Royce etc. Access to our sister company t: 01889 576117 WS9 8UG Chengdu Sigma Precision Components in w: www.smithmetal.com t: 01922 451151 China allows us to offer local supply whilst w: www.superite.co.uk offering the highest possible value to our Smiths Metal Centres is a stockholder and clients where we hold a leading position in our supplier of all forms of aluminium, brass, Design and manufacture of plastic mould and chosen markets. bronze, copper and steel as well as many pressure diecast tools, jigs and fixtures, other metals and plastics. Whatever alloy, precision machining of one-off to small-batch Mike Andreae grade, shape, size or specification, we aim to components and castings. e: [email protected] have it in stock and ready to be dispatched today. We offer many supply options and Mike Collins processing services that can enable our e: [email protected] SL Engineering Ltd customers to make significant cost savings. Temple Road Aslackby Martin Underhill Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited Sleaford e: [email protected] Swiftool House Lincolnshire Brookside Way NG34 0HJ Huthwaite t: 01778 440228 SMT Developments Limited Nottinghamshire w: www.sl-engineering.co.uk Unit 21 NG17 2NL Hurlbutt Road t: 01623 515544 SL Engineering Ltd provides a full in-house Warwick w: www.swiftool.co.uk solution for the manufacture of rigid tube Warwickshire assemblies and precision machined CV34 6TD A total quality precision engineered solution components for the aerospace and industrial t: 01926 453050 company: we offer a full manufacturing gas turbine markets. Capabilities include CNC w: www.smtdevelopments.co.uk service including NDT, mechanical testing, tube manipulation, CNC multi-axis precision specialist material sourcing, CNC and manual machining, computerised orbital and manual SMT Developments is a specialist in complex machining up to 600mm dia on our lathes and tig welding, brazing, 3 axis contact and laser PCB assembly, offering highly reliable 3 meters in length on the largest of our CNC non-contact tube inspection, pressure testing solutions for surface mount and through-hole milling machines, welding/cladding including (nitrogen, hydraulic and air), and radiographic technologies. Established in 2000, the inconel and stellite deposition, coating and / dye-penetrant NDT. With AS9100 and company has comprehensive facilities for plating including molycote - silver - chrome NADCAP approvals, over 40 years experience, both RoHS compliant and non-RoHS -nickel, pressure testing to 35,000PSI, flushing modern facilities and state of the art plant and electronics assembly, and extensive to NAS 1368 class 6, assembly area, and equipment, we have an internationally experience in placing very small components project management of sub tier suppliers recognised reputation for producing very including BGAs to exacting standards of Stuart Handley competitively priced high quality products accuracy. Serving a range of markets that e: [email protected] used on many of today’s leading aerospace include aerospace, military and security, programmes. SMT’s electronic manufacturing services extend from prototyping to medium volume Tamworth Heat Treatment Ltd Shaun Stevenson production runs. SMT is a signatory to SC21, 7 Darwell Park e: [email protected] operates IPC-approved in-house training for Mica Close staff, and is currently in the process of Tamworth upgrading its ISO9001: 2000 accreditation to Staffordshire AS/EN 9100. B77 4DR Bill Henderson t: 01827 318030 e: [email protected] w: www.tamworth-heat.co.uk Vacuum heat treatment and surface engineering for aerospace, defence and specialist component manufacturers. Alan Whitehouse e: [email protected]

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Techniswage Ltd Thales Aerospace Division Timken Aerospace UK Ltd Unit 3a Scudamore Road P O Box 667 Summit Crescent Industrial Estate Leicester Upper Villiers Street Warley Leicestershire Wolverhampton West Midlands LE3 1UA West Midlands B66 1BT t: 0116 2870621 WV2 4UH t: 0121 553 2364 w: www.thalesgroup.com t: 01902 719300 w: www.techniswage.com w: www.timken.com One of the world’s only technology providers A leader in tube end forming and tube serving both the civilian and military markets, A leading supplier of friction management and manipulation. Serving several blue chip Thales UK is a key participant in an extensive power transmissions solutions to OEMs and aerospace companies, we are involved in the range of major aircraft programmes. aftermarket services. manufacture of over forty different aircraft Production of the Watchkeeper UAV system parts, working in metals including stainless takes place at U-TacS (UAV Tactical Systems Mark Doherty steel, titanium, aluminium alloys and most Ltd), the Thales UK and Elbit Systems joint e: [email protected] carbon steels. company, based in Leicester. Thales owns and operates a state-of-the-art centralised Titanium Industries UK Ltd Paul Fellows repair facility in Leicester, which draws on the e: [email protected] Unit 5 Chelmsley Wood Ind Estate combined skills of several different business Waterloo Avenue units to offer an Airbus avionics repair Birmingham Technoset Ltd infrastructure, plus an advanced support West Midlands Unit 3A Roman Way facility for other UK-based airline fleets and the B37 6QQ Glebe Farm Industrial Estate business jet community. t: 0121 788 8065 Rugby Andrew Porter w: www.titanium.com Warwickshire e: [email protected] CV21 1DB Stockholders and processors of titanium bar, t: 01788 560522 plate, sheet, wire, tube, pipe and fittings in all w: www.technoset.com Thyssenkrupp Aerospace UK Ltd grades and specifications. Full processing Redfern Road facilities with quick delivery. Manufacturers of high precision turned and Tyseley milled components and assemblies mainly for Gary Dobb Birmingham e: [email protected] aerospace and defence, telecoms, motor West Midlands sports and medical industries. B11 2BH Kevan Kane t: 0121 335 5100 TTI Group Ltd - Nitriding Services e: [email protected] w: www.thyssenkruppaerospace.com Hortonwood 40 Telford Thyssenkrupp Aerospace supplies aluminium, Shropshire Tekdata Interconnections Limited special steels and titanium processed to near TF1 7YU Innovation House net shape and delivered on a just-in-time t: 01952 677372 The Glades basis. Further value is added by working with w: www.nitriding.co.uk Stoke on Trent customers to optimise their metal usage, Staffordshire reduce their transitional costs, eliminate their Nitriding Services was the first Nadcap ST1 5SQ inventory and manage their supply chain. approved plasma nitriding facility in Europe. This development is part of a group-wide t: 01782 254700 Clive Orford w: www.tekdata-interconnect.com extension of aerospace and defence industry e: enquiries.aerospace.birmingham@ quality accreditation for all the heat treatment Tekdata Interconnection Systems is a leading thyssenkrupp.com and surface engineering services on offer, and interconnects outsourcing specialist for is in response to the increasing demand for world-leading aerospace, avionics, defence Timet UK Limited independent, third-party certification of the and space companies. Capabilities are almost PO Box 704 manufacturing supply chain within these unrivalled in breadth, including electric/ Witton sectors. electronic cable and harness design, rapid Birmingham prototyping and manufacture (copper, fibre Meena Jassal West Midlands e: [email protected] optic and cryogenic), complex cabinet/box B6 7UR assembly, test, commissioning, repair and t: 0121 356 1155 maintenance. As well as standard cabling w: www.timet.com Tufnol Composites Ltd types, Tekdata designs innovative solutions to Wellhead Lane function, size, weight, routing, ruggedness TIMET is the world’s largest supplier of high Perry Barr and/or cost. With our Cryoconnect products, quality titanium metal products. With its Birmingham Tekdata is one of very few companies meeting unique combination of strength, light weight, West Midlands NASA’s demanding standards for corrosion resistance and other metallurgical B42 2TB interconnection systems. Tekdata operates properties, titanium is used in hundreds of t: 0121 356 9351 from a UK-based 40,000 sq ft factory. diverse aerospace, industrial and emerging w: www.tufnol.com applications where no other metal is as Mark Howitt reliable or economical, especially on a Tufnol Composites Ltd manufacture laminated e: [email protected] lifecycle costing basis. As a fully-integrated plastics and composite materials for titanium manufacturer and distributor, TIMET’s engineering applications, including phenolic, activities span every phase of titanium epoxy, silicone and polyimide resins with research, manufacturing and sales. We glass, cotton and paper reinforcements. We convert rutile ore into sponge; melt and refine have a comprehensive facility for machining ingot and slab; manufacture mill products; these and other high performance and distribute our products globally. engineering plastics. James Males Roy Thomason e: [email protected] e: [email protected]

19 www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Turnell & Odell Limited Valbruna UK Limited Winbro Group Technologies Sanders Road Oldbury Road Whitwick Business Park Finedon Road Industrial Estate West Bromwich Stenson Road Wellingborough West Midlands Coalville Northamptonshire B70 9BT Leicestershire NN8 4NL t: 0121 5535384 LE67 4JP t: 01933 222061 w: www.valbruna-stainless-steel.com t: 01530 516000 w: www.toengineering.co.uk w: www.winbrogroup.com Valbruna Stainless Steel, leader in the steel Sub-contract precision engineers offering industry and both supplier and producer of Winbro Group Technologies is a global leader CNC, turning, milling, grinding, welding, stainless steel and special metal alloys, is a in providing manufacturing solutions to the fabrication, sub-assembly and assembly. privately owned company with over 1,500 aerospace and industrial gas turbine employees and a production of more than industries, based upon laser, high speed EDM Stuart Fyfe 170,000 tons of special high quality steels. (electro discharge machining) and ECM e: [email protected] Founded in 1925, Valbruna Stainless Steel (electro chemical machining) processes for maintains its original business strategy of cooling holes. Winbro Group Technologies Ultra Electronics PMES serving niche markets with high quality provides turnkey machining systems and Towers Business Park products and dedicated service to its clients. component machining services backed by Wheelhouse Road extensive research and development in Keith Underhill products and processes. Winbro has a large Rugeley e: [email protected] Staffordshire installed base of over 1,000 laser, EDM & ECM WS15 1UZ machines around the world and now an t: 01889 503300 Wallwork Heat Treatment Limited additional division using our own drilling w: www.ultra-pmes.com Sydenham Road machines and developed processes to offer a Small Heath component machining service with ISO9001, Ultra Electronics PMES, based in Rugeley Birmingham AS9100 and Nadcap (non-conventional Staffordshire, provide a number of key West Midlands processes) accreditation. products to support the aviation industry. B11 1DG Ultra’s range of magnetic heading sensors Richard Baxter t: 0121 6282552 e: [email protected] provide accurate directional information for w: www.wallworkht.com navigation systems used in helicopters, unmanned air vehicles, underwater vehicles Provider of aerospace approved heat WTI Fasteners Ltd and towed sensor systems. Ultra also provide treatments such as vacuum heat treatment, 7 Marquis Court a range of aircraft ground services with high vacuum brazing, harden & temper, case Rawdon Business Park performance electrical power management harden, solution, age, normalise, nitride, Moira solutions. Ground service solutions are stress relieve and microhardness testing to Derbyshire available for Merlin, Lynx, Super Lynx and the NADCAP standard and many major OEMs. DE12 6EJ new Joint Striker Fighter. Howard Maher t: 01283 215588 Andrew J Thompson e: [email protected] w: www.wireinserts.com e: [email protected] WTI Fasteners Ltd is a UK based company, Wide Range Elastomers Limited established 20 years ago as a specialist Umeco plc Acan Way manufacturer of helically coiled wire thread Concorde House Coventry Road inserts. Produced from high quality materials 24 Warwick New Road Narborough the insert provides a high performance Leamington Spa Leicestershire internal thread which resists the effects of Warwickshire LE19 2FT temperature and corrosion. Registered to ISO CV32 5JG t: 0116 272 7411 9001:2008 the WTI mission is to supply t: 01926 331800 w: www.widerangeelastomers.com excellent products, and combine that with a w: www.umeco.com high level of customer service, and technical With a wealth of expertise available, Wide support. Umeco is an international provider of supply Range Elastomers provides innovative chain services and advanced composite polymer sealing solutions for aerospace, Jo Mason materials primarily to the aerospace & medical, pharmaceutical and industrial e: [email protected] defence, automotive, motor sport and wind applications. An extensive range of turbine industries. capabilities, including moulding, hand- fabrication, extrusions and calendaring are Clive Snowdon available. Most processes are offered in the e: [email protected] available range of synthetic and natural rubber compounds, with the ability to incorporate reinforcement textiles, metals and composites where required. Sub-assemblies, kitting and direct line feed services are all offered to provide the most effective means of supply with solutions being tailored to suit specific customer requirements. Steve Hill e: [email protected]

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Company Capabilities Company A & M EDM Ltd Abbey Metal Finishing Co Ltd Able Aftermarket Accrofab Ltd Ltd Acorn Surface Technology ActOn Finishing Ltd Advanced Chemical Etching Limited Advanced Composites Group, The Aero Engine Controls Aeromet International Plc AF Aerospace Ltd AF Fasteners Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings Ltd All Metal Services Limited Ltd Alloy Heat Treatment Alloy Wire International Limited Aluminium Special Products Anopol Limited ANT Industries Armoloy (UK) Ltd Arrowsmith Eng (Coventry) Ltd Ashton & Moore Ltd Assembled Electronic Solutions LLP Atlas Composites Limited Aerospace Division Avingtrans Electronics Group Ltd AWS Barpoint Limited Barton Engineers Ltd Precision Berck Limited Ltd Bodycote Heat Treatments (UK) Limited Bohler-Uddeholm Ltd Processing British Rema Bromford Industries Ltd Adhesives & Coatings t t t t t t t t t t t Armaments and Related Equipment t t t t Autoflight Systems & Equipment t t t Communications Systems & Equipment t t Control Systems & Equipment t Electrical Cable Accessories/Electrical Harnesses t t t Electrical Panels & Electrical Components t t t Electrical Power Systems & Equipment t t t Engines t t t t t t t t t t t t Equipment-Furnishings t t t Flight Training t t Fuel & Fuel Systems t t Fuselage t t t t t t t t t Ground Systems and Equipment t t Hydraulic Systems & Equipment t t t Indicating, Data & Recording Systems t t Landing Gear t t Material Manufacturer t t t t t t t t t t Material Supplier t t t t t t t MRO t t t t t t t Navigation Systems & Equipment t Processes & Shapes t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t Propellers & Rotors t t t Safety and Rescue Systems & Equipment t Services t t t t t t t Space Systems and Equipment t Standard Parts t t t t t t t t Tooling & Testing/Test Equipment t t t t t t t t t t t Windows t Wings Industry Approvals AS/EN/JISQ 9100 t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t AS/EN/JISQ 9110 t AS/EN/JISQ 9120 t CAA NADCAP t t t t t t t t t t t t t t ISO 9001:2000 t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t ISO 9001:TickIT t t ISO 14001:2004 t t t t t t t t t t t t t t EASA Part 21 t EASA Part 145 t EASA Part 147 Customer Approvals AgustaWestland t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t Airbus t t t t t t t t t t t t t BAE Systems t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t Boeing t t t t t t t t t t GKN t t t t t t t t Goodrich/Aero Engine Controls t t t t t t t t t t t t Lockheed t t t t t t Messier-Dowty t t t t t t t t t t t MTU t t t t Northrop Grumman t Pratt & Whitney t t Rolls-Royce t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t Smiths/Moog t t t t t t Snecma t t t Other t t t t t t t t t t t

21 www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Companies producing flying systems and parts in the Midlands Bromford Industries Ltd Engineers Ltd Bulwell Precision Burcas Ltd Finishers Limited C & H Precision Castlet Ltd Central Grinding Services Ltd CHH CoNeX Limited Chinn Ltd Cinch Connectors Ltd Clamonta Limited Cobra AS Ltd Colledge & Morley Ltd Columbia Precision Ltd Copper & Optic Terminations Cosworth Limited Coventry Aerospace Premier Delcam Plc Diamond Hard Surfaces Ltd Docking & Company Ltd Doncasters Aerospace Components Doncasters Limited Engineering Ltd Doughty Precision Limited Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Eaton Aerospace Limited Technologies EDM Precision Electro-Discharge Ltd Ltd Energy Tubes Fibracon-Insoll Machined Plastics Fibreflight Ltd Coatings Limited Fire Protection Ltd Fourmasters Ltd & Proctor Freeman G & O Springs Ltd Gardner Aerospace - Ilkeston Limited Glenair UK Ltd Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited Gould Alloys Limited Graves Aircraft Components Limited GyroJet Ltd Hadley Group Henton Engineering Ltd Aerospace Components Ltd Hi-Tech t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t

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Company Capabilities Company HS Marston Aerospace Ltd Hucknall Sheet Metal Engineering Ltd Group Icon Polymer Aerospace IM Kelly Indestructible Limited Paint Intelligent Energy Ltd ITP Engines UK Limited Group James Kent JJ Churchill Ltd Limited Kepston Kigass Aero Components Ltd Kingfield Electronics Ltd Knight Strip Metals Limited Ltd Laser Process Linread Northbridge Limited Ltd Longwear Products Manthorpe Engineering Ltd Materials Solutions Meggitt Mettis Aerospace Limited Micrometric Limited Midland Aerospace Limited Midland Deburr and Finish Limited MJ Sections Limited Moog Aircraft Group MP Engineering UK Limited Engineering Ltd Neville Precision Engineering & Logistics Ltd Paragon Ltd Fabrications Paul Ltd Pegrex Limited Pentaxia PFW (HPL) plc Phoenix CNC Engineering Ltd Adhesives & Coatings t t t t t t Armaments and Related Equipment t t t t t t Autoflight Systems & Equipment t t t Communications Systems & Equipment t t Control Systems & Equipment t t t t Electrical Cable Accessories/Electrical Harnesses t t t t Electrical Panels & Electrical Components t t t Electrical Power Systems & Equipment t t t t t t t Engines t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t Equipment-Furnishings t t t t t Flight Training Fuel & Fuel Systems t Fuselage t t t t t t Ground Systems and Equipment t t Hydraulic Systems & Equipment t t t t t Indicating, Data & Recording Systems t t Landing Gear t t t Material Manufacturer t t t t t t t t Material Supplier t t t t t t t t MRO t t t t t t t Navigation Systems & Equipment t t Processes & Shapes t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t Propellers & Rotors t t t t t Safety and Rescue Systems & Equipment t t t Services t t t t t Space Systems and Equipment Standard Parts t t t t t t t t t t Tooling & Testing/Test Equipment t t t t t t t t t t Windows t t Wings Industry Approvals AS/EN/JISQ 9100 t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t AS/EN/JISQ 9110 t t t AS/EN/JISQ 9120 t CAA t t t t NADCAP t t t t t t t t t t t ISO 9001:2000 t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t ISO 9001:TickIT t ISO 14001:2004 t t t t t EASA Part 21 t t t t t t EASA Part 145 t t t t EASA Part 147 Customer Approvals AgustaWestland t t t t t t t Airbus t t t t t t t t t t BAE Systems t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t Boeing t t t t t GKN t t t t Goodrich/Aero Engine Controls t t t t t t t t Lockheed t t Messier-Dowty t t t t t t MTU t t t t Northrop Grumman Pratt & Whitney t t t Rolls-Royce t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t Smiths/Moog t t t t t t t t Snecma t t Other t t t t t t t

23 www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Companies producing flying systems and parts in the Midlands Phoenix CNC Engineering Ltd Plastic Coatings Limited Limited PowerKut Micro Limited Precision Ltd Preci-Spark Engineering Ltd Pro-Tek Limited Rakon Ricardo UK Limited RMDG Aerospace PLC Royce Rolls International Metals Ltd RTI Ltd S & J Precision Samuel, Son & Co UK Ltd Semelab Limited Ltd Shaw Sheetmetal (Rugby) Components UK Ltd Sigma Precision SL Engineering Ltd Ltd Slack & Parr Smiths Metal Centres Ltd SMT Developments Limited Special Metals Wiggin Limited Ltd Superite Tools Swiftool Engineering Limited Precision Ltd Heat Treatment Tamworth Ltd Techniswage Ltd Technoset Interconnections Limited Tekdata Thales Aerospace Division Thyssenkrupp Aerospace UK Limited Timet UK Limited Timken Aerospace UK Ltd Titanium Industries UK Ltd TTI Group Ltd - Nitriding Services Composites Ltd Tufnol & Odell Limited Turnell Ultra Electronics PMES Umeco plc UK Limited Valbruna Limited Heat Treatment Wallwork Elastomers Limited Wide Range Winbro Group Technologies Ltd WTI Fasteners t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t

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ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT CNR Services International Ltd Mavitta Division, Morson Projects Ltd SERVICES The Old Kennels 8 Furnace Lane Gonalston Swadlincote Assystem UK Limited Nottingham Derbyshire 2 Swallowfield Courtyard Nottinghamshire DE12 6AT Wolverhampton Road NG14 7JA t: 01283 211 711 Oldbury t: 0845 009 8633 w: www.mavitta.com West Midlands w: www.cnrdesign.co.uk B69 2JG From our central location we can resource your t: 0121 569 7400 CNR delivers leading-edge engineering design requirements in a responsive and professional w: www.assystemrecruit.co.uk services to a wide range of industry sectors. manner. Providing professional skills and a From concept generation and development, resource for engineering design, management Assystem are a class leading aerospace through the design and optimisation of the consultancy and special purpose bespoke engineering consultancy and sector leading product, to the effective integration into the machinery. technical recruitment specialist which evolved manufacturing process, CNR’s dedicated team into a worldwide group, specialising in design, of specialist engineers, designers and analysts David Meakin stress and project engineering. Assystem has will help you achieve the results you are looking e: [email protected] 12 offices in the UK, 4 of which are in the for. Midlands (Wolverhampton, Ansty, and two in MIRA Limited Derby) and is a prime supplier to all of the UK’s Chris Reckless Watling Street aerospace OEMs for both engineering capability e: [email protected] Nuneaton and technical recruitment. Warwickshire GRM Consulting Ltd CV10 0TU Philip Delaloye Edmund House t: 02476 35 5000 e: [email protected] Rugby Road w: www.mira.co.uk Royal Leamington Spa MIRA is an engineering centre of excellence, Ad Surf Engineering Warwickshire Birmingham Research Park recognised as the UK’s leading independent UK design, development and test organisation for Vincent Drive CV32 6EL Birmingham the automotive and aerospace industries. t: 01926 889300 MIRA’s capabilities in product engineering and West Midlands w: www.grm-consulting.co.uk B15 2SQ test are particularly well regarded as the most t: 0121 270 3924 Engineering consultancy providing CAE (finite professional and well-equipped in the world. w: www.adsurfeng.com element), design optimization, product design, Our combination of CAD and integrated stress analysis services. simulation techniques, coupled with 30 major Ad Surf Engineering was established in 2001 test facilities allow MIRA to deliver either and is a spin-out company of the Surface Martin Sellen collaborative or turnkey solutions on time and Engineering Group of the University of e: [email protected] on budget. MIRA operates around the world and Birmingham. We provide advanced cost across the whole range of engineering effective surface engineering solutions to Jaivel Europe Limited technologies. Our customer base and improve the service life, performance and Mansfield i-Centre membership are truly global and includes many efficiency of components: expertise in titanium Hamilton Way major OEMs and independent consultancies. surface technologies; enhancing tribological Mansfield properties to allow the use of titanium Nottinghamshire David Hoare components in more demanding applications. NG18 5BR e: [email protected] t: 01623 600630 Martin Bell w: www.jaivel.com Morson Projects Limited e: [email protected] Jaivel is a specialist provider of knowledge Midlands Engineering Centre (MEC) process outsourcing (KPO) services to the Trinity 3 BHR Group Ltd Solihull The Fluid Engineering Centre aerospace and power generation industries and delivers best-in-class solutions for engineering West Midlands College Road B37 3ES Cranfield manufacturing processes with the added capability to supply complete turnkey packages, t: 0121 460 3900 Bedfordshire w: www.morson-projects.co.uk MK45 0AJ including design-make of work-holding t: 01234 756559 solutions. As a leading supplier of end-to-end Multi-disciplined engineering consultancy w: www.bhrgroup.com engineering solutions, Jaivel helps its customers providing turn-key project managed technical achieve superior service performance through expertise. Specialist in systems engineering, BHR Group Ltd provides independent efficient implementation of technology and design and analysis, structure design and consultancy, research, design and testing innovation. The first KPO service centre outside analysis, tooling, process and support. services to the aerospace industry for hydraulic India was formally established in the UK in 2005 and pneumatic based equipment, operating and has subsequently developed robust Adam Amadeo procedures and allied technologies. Services workflow processes to deliver rapid response e: [email protected] offered include: system design, test and digital engineering solutions to a growing list of evaluation; component functionality assessment prime and tier one clients. Pentaxia Limited and validation; qualification testing; 44 Longbridge Lane computational engineering analysis using Vipul Vachhani Ascot Business Park simulation tools including FEA and CFD; e: [email protected] Derby product development of components such as Derbyshire valves, pumps and filters; fluid contamination LMS UK Ltd DE24 8UJ measurement; fatigue and endurance testing; Unit 3 t: 01332 574870 tribology, lubrication and wear study; noise and Rye Hill Office Park w: www.pentaxia.co.uk vibration analysis; advice on static and dynamic Coventry seal design; elastomer seal life prediction; West Midlands Pentaxia is a company established in 2008 to expert witness and failure evaluation services; CV5 9AB specialise in the manufacture of complex nano-coatings studies; training, conferences t: 02476 408120 patterns and tooling for the aerospace and and information services. w: www.lmsintl.com/UK motorsports markets. We have a design department to enable us to work with our Richard Galka Provider of engineering products and services for aircraft design and testing. customers to produce effective solutions. We e: [email protected] also offer a carbon fibre trimming and Leigh Gillard machining capability using our five axis and e: [email protected] CNC machine tools. The company is able to offer full inspection reports using our Faro CMM. We are ISO 9001 approved and expect to achieve recognised aerospace manufacturing standards in 2010. Centrally based in Derby.

Stephen Ollier e: [email protected]

25 www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Sim-Cast Limited PRODUCT AND MATERIAL TESTING Smithers Rapra ID Centre SERVICES Shawbury Lathkill House Shrewsbury Derby CERAM Shropshire Derbyshire Queens Road SY4 4NR DE24 8UP Penkhull t: 01939 250383 t: 01332 258840 Stoke-on-Trent w: www.rapra.net w: www.sim-cast.co.uk Staffordshire ST4 7LQ Smithers Rapra Limited is recognized as a world Sim-Cast are a provider of improvement t: 0845 0260902 leading rubber, plastics and composites solutions to foundries producing vacuum cast w: www.ceram.com/aerospace consultancy delivering a comprehensive and components, specialising in single crystal, strictly independent service covering: design directional solidified and equiax casting Materials testing, analysis and consultancy. and material selection, material and product processes. Using a range of quality tools such Metals, advanced ceramics, composites, testing, chemical analysis, specialist production as ProCAST solidification software as well as 6 polymers, powders. Materials selection, and funded research projects. Clients come sigma and lean methodologies, Sim-Cast can development of lightweight materials, from the polymer industry and industries using provide turnkey improvement services to the computational modelling, novel processing, rubber and plastics in any component, product aerospace, automotive, power generation and components/systems verification, depth or production process. medical markets. profiling of coatings, tribological analyses in lubrication and wear, components cleanliness Chris Hubble Ben Anderson validation, QC testing, contamination and e: [email protected] e: [email protected] bonding analyses of electronic devices, failure analysis. TRaC Environmental & Analysis TRW Conekt Rothwell Road Technical Centre Dr Chris Pickles Warwick Stratford Road e: [email protected] Warwickshire Solihull CV34 5JX West Midlands GTG Engineering Co Limited t: 01926 478478 B90 4GW Albert Works w: www.tracglobal.com Albert Street t: 0121 627 4242 TRaC is a market leading group of testing, w: www.conekt.co.uk Loughborough Leicestershire regulatory and compliance laboratories, Conekt’s aerospace portfolio incorporates LE11 2DW providing full environmental testing, EMC world-class experts in the fields of sensors, t: 01509 215077 testing, safety testing and FEA services to the advanced control, actuation, systems w: www.gtgengineering.co.uk global aerospace and defence market. With integration, safety engineering and reliability. UKAS accredited test laboratories located in Conekt’s customers can also benefit from Metallurgical precision and mechanical test Warwick and Malvern, TRAC provide a single access to a comprehensive suite of qualification engineers providing precision engineering, source for turnkey qualification test programmes and testing services that includes climatics, mechanical testing and metallurgical specimens to international standards, including Def Stan EMC (electro-magnetic compatibility) including and equipment to the aerospace and allied 00-35 and 59-411, RTCA DO160E, MIL STD 810 HIRF (high density radiated field) and indirect industries. Over 50 years experience has and MIL STD 461. With our large range of lightning strike, dynamics and failure analysis. enabled the company to build up an enviable climatic chambers, EMC chambers, and Conekt delivers specialist consultancy and reputation for the highest possible consistency vibration shakers, TRaC can assist our engineering services across a number of of quality and reliability. To further enhance our customers testing components up to full military technology-intensive industries on a confidential service G.T.G. has established an in-house vehicles. basis. With 40 years of experience, and more mechanical test facility, ensuring quick response than 120 highly qualified engineers and machining and testing to final certification under Brendan Wall scientists, Conekt enables its customers to one roof. The principal services offered are: e: [email protected] become leaders in their chosen markets tensile, stress rupture, fatigue, impact and through the application of leading-edge hardness. Chemical analysis and NDT can also technology. be undertaken. EQUIPMENT, TOOLS AND CONSUMABLES FOR ENGINEERING, Dr Kevin Richardson Martin George PRODUCTION AND PRODUCT e: [email protected] e: [email protected] SUPPORT Virtual PiE Ltd NDT Services Limited Acres Engineering Limited 11 Broadwells Crescent 5 Side Ley Unit A Westwood Heath Kegworth Castle Lane Coventry Derbyshire Melbourne West Midlands DE74 2FJ Derbyshire CV4 8JD t: 01509 680088 DE73 8JB t: 07917804630 w: www.ndtservices.co.uk t: 0844 209 0006 w: www.VirtualPiE.co.uk NDT services Ltd is a long established materials w: www.acresengineering.co.uk Advanced engineering project support for testing organisation covering all aspects of non Fabrication and engineering solutions. Acres are aerospace, land vehicles, braking, landing gear, destructive testing and supported by a fully CAD enabled and have an integrated IT ground support, power systems and avionics comprehensive mechanical inspection facility. infrastructure to satisfy our partners’ needs from OEMs and SMEs. Experience of engineering The company operates from three purpose design concept, manufacture and integrated design, development, verification & validation, designed test laboratories in Kegworth and at automation to finishes such as shot blasting, robust design & optimisation, weight reduction, East Midlands Airport. We also offer a complete powder coating, e-coating, chemical-blacking, reverse engineering, value/cost engineering, site service covering all NDT disciplines to anodizing, load testing and CE marketing. obsolescence management, stress, vibration, support our customers anywhere in Europe. Products include but are not limited to; custom thermal, impact, fatigue lifing, crack propagation During the second half of 2010 the company will handling and lean engineering equipment, analysis services for mechanical, hydraulic, be moving into a purpose built facility in Victory including maintenance, trolleys, trucks, dollies, electrical/electronics, S/W design and Road Derby. and will be expanding its existing jigs, fixtures, tooling racks, workbenches, development, embedded, hardware & firmware capabilities for the inspection of composite workstations, test stations with electrics and systems and components. Virtual PiE is a components / structures introducing new hydraulics and automation, turnover frames, UK-based engineering services start-up advanced systems. inspection lighting rigs, lifting fixtures, company with focus on supporting engineering manipulator/gimbal arms with interlock businesses to innovate more and develop their Peter Maiden switches, turbine blade cooling cabinets and advanced engineering delivery supply chain e: [email protected] baffle check jigs. See website for examples. cost effectively, including UK-India collaborations. Tony Parker e: [email protected] Raghbir Chand e: [email protected]

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Aerotherm Ltd machine tool technology. Brown & Holmes is have over sixty years experience supplying jet Portland Works now also an exclusive agent for Forkardt engine test facilities, hush houses, silencers and Sutherland Road workholding equipment in the UK and Ireland other bespoke testing equipment associated Longton offering top quality standard and special rotary with the aircraft industry. One of our most Stoke on Trent power chucking, expanding mandrels and significant test cell projects was the turnkey ST3 1HS steady rest packages. design and supply of a new 155,000 lb thrust t: 01782 599157 development test bed at Rolls-Royce Derby (58 w: www.aerotherm.co.uk Kevin Ward Bed). Experts in: curing, drying, heat treatment oven/ e: [email protected] dryer systems to all aerospace specifications Bill Rigg (composite specialists); dust and fume Comar Engineering Service Ltd e: [email protected] extraction systems to current HSE guidance; Unit D, Key Industrial Park fume scrubbers and duct collectors; process Planetary Road East Midland Saw and Tool Co Ltd environment control; process automation; Wolverhampton Rutland Mill energy recovery; LEV testing/repairs; energy West Midlands Chapel Street saving reports/solutions; general fabrications. WV13 3YA Nottingham t: 01902 383000 Nottinghamshire Chris Buckley w: www.comarfluidpower.com NG10 1EQ e: [email protected] Design and manufacture of special purpose test t: 0115 972 2757 equipment, suppliers of hydraulic and w: www.emst.co.uk Arco Limited pneumatic equipment. Test rigs for proof East Midland Saw and Tool Co has over thirty Vector Industrial Park pressure, fatigue, endurance, impulse testing. years experience in the service and supply of Church Lane General hydraulic component sales, repair and cutting tools to all industries. Continual West Bromwich installations. expansion and modernisation programmes West Midlands alongside considerable investment in state of B71 1DG Stuart Martin the art CNC machinery have kept us at the t: 0121 500 4444 e: info@comarfluidpower.com forefront of our industry. Working in partnership w: www.arco.co.uk with our customers and suppliers our Arco is the UK’s leading supplier of personal Craig Tools International Limited commitment to excellence has contributed to protective equipment, workwear and workplace Unit 6 Riding Court our success and enviable reputation as one of safety products. As such we are widely Riding Road the largest privately owned cutting tool supply recognised as a provider of expert advice, Brackley and service centres in the UK. services and safety solutions for businesses in Northants every market sector. NN13 7BH Lawrence Hazell t: 01280 700101 e: [email protected] Steve Westerby w: www.craigtools.com e: [email protected] Craig Tools International is a manufacturer & Eccles Tooling Systems distributor of rotary cutting tools and associated 14 Chancel Way Arrow Cleaning & Hygiene Solutions aircraft tools. Our primary focus on the airframe Halesowen Rowden Road manufacturing industry and aircraft MRO West Midlands Moira facilities. Craig Tools is a prime source for B62 8SE Swadlincote ‘Microstop’ tooling and we manufacture tools in t: 0121 585 5908 Derbyshire high speed steel, cobalt, carbide tipped, solid w: www.eccles.co.uk DE12 6DA carbide and polycrystalline diamond. Following Manufacture and design of tooling, jigs and t: 01283 221044 the acquisition of Bardolph Aircraft Tools in 2006 checking fixtures for the aerospace and related w: www.arrowchem.com we are able to offer a comprehensive range of industries. Large capacity 5 axis CNC machining Established over 40 years ago, Arrow forms part aero tools to the UK & European aerospace and CMM inspection. of Reabrook Ltd and is a specialist British industries. manufacturer of both off the shelf (COTS) & Roger Cotton bespoke chemical solutions to the aerospace Sidney Atkins e: [email protected] industry. With partnerships in both the civil and e: [email protected] military theatres, Arrow have one of the most Electroservices (Midlands) Ltd comprehensive range of original equipment CTR-Carbide Dies Ltd The Calibration House manufacturer (OEM) approvals in the MRO 7 Port Hope Road Stafford Park 1 environment, including Defence Standards and Sparkbrook Telford Aircraft Materials Specifications (A.M.S.). Arrow Birmingham Shropshire are accredited to ISO 9001:2008, ISO West Midlands TF3 3BD 14001:2004, BH OHSAS 18001. B11 1JS t: 01952 292784 t: 0121 773 9135 w: www.electroservices.biz John Darbyshire w: www.ctr-uk.com Electroservices offer calibration and repair of e: [email protected] Established in 1973 and located in the heart of electronic, electrical and mechanical test & England, CTR Carbide Dies Ltd manufacture measurement equipment; includes dimensional, Brown and Holmes (Tamworth) Limited carbide and steel machine tooling for the torque, pressure, vacuum, crimp, vibration RF & Unit F Apollo Business Park aerospace fastening industry which we export microwave, non-ionising radiation. Based on Lichfield Road Industrial Estate world-wide. We specialise in the manufacture of three sites offering ISO9001:2000, UKAS & Tamworth complete tool kits and offer a fast turnaround ISO17025 our service meets the stringent Staffordshire service, helping our customers achieve their requirements of the tri-services, defence, B79 7TA own schedules on-time and in full, which is why aerospace, avionics, manufacturing & t: 01827 63591 we are one of the largest fastener tool communications sectors throughout the UK. w: www.brownandholmes.co.uk manufacturers in the world today. Brown & Holmes is an acknowledged leading Judith Smith supplier in the design and manufacture of Jim Blancfield e: [email protected] workholding solutions offering everything from e: [email protected] simple manual to complex hydraulic fixturing to Exmac Automation Ltd many UK blue chip companies. With our depth Cullum Detuners Ltd Units 1a & 1b Gregorys Bank of shop floor machining expertise we also offer Adams Close Worcester a sub-contract machining service for small to Heanor Gate Industrial Park Worcestershire medium batch sizes utilizing the latest CNC Heanor WR3 8AB Derbyshire t: 01905 721500 DE75 7SW w: www.exmacautomation.co.uk t: 01773 544044 Exmac Automation is a part of the Macdonald w: www.cullum.co.uk Humfrey group of companies, and specialises in Cullum Detuners Limited specialise in the the manufacture of bespoke materials handling design, manufacture, installation and commissioning of noise control equipment associated with gas turbines and in particular

27 www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk solutions. Based in Worcester, the company has engineering and component characterisation. pre-treatment plants, chemical machining the in-house expertise to offer a complete Our methods provide full-field measurement plants, NDT systems, associated mechanical service including design, manufacture, information and thus move ahead of feature- handling systems, conveyors, power & free, assembly, test and integrated control systems. specific processes. automatic transporters, fume extraction and environmental systems, plant modifications, Gary Sweeney Andy Cuffley relocation, spares & support services, plastic e: [email protected] e: a.cuffl[email protected] fabrications, stainless steel & mild steel fabrications. Expert Tooling & Automation Ltd Guhring Limited 1 Banner Park Unit C Sean Browne Wickmans Drive Castle Bromwich Business Park e: [email protected] Coventry Birmingham West Midlands West Midlands Industrial Tooling Corporation Ltd CV4 9XA B35 7AG Cyber House t: 02476 428520 t: 0121 749 5544 1 Kepler w: www.experttooling.co.uk w: www.guhring.co.uk Tamworth Design and manufacture of jigs, fixtures, press Guhring is one of the worlds leading Staffordshire tools, special purpose machines and manufacturers of cutting tools and has been B79 7XE automation. established in the UK for nearly 40 years. With a t: 01827 304500 base in Birmingham, Guhring has developed a w: www.itc-ltd.co.uk Angelo Luciano local operation for the production and ITC are the leading UK manufacturer, modifier, e: [email protected] regrinding of cutting tools in HSS, HSCO, re-grinder and distributor of precision round carbide and PCD. A dedicated Guhring team cutting tools in both HSS and carbide. In Faro UK has the resources to design, test and develop addition to possessing one of the most modern 9-10 The Cobalt Centre tools and solutions to meet the rapidly changing and well equipped grinding facilities in the UK, Middlemarch Business Park needs of the aerospace industry. The Guhring with CNC grinding machines from Walter, Coventry capacity and capability extends to hole Rollamatic, Schneeberger, Anca and Deckel, West Midlands production, threading, milling and tool holding ITC is sole UK stockist of Hanita Cutting Tools CV3 4PE solutions. From manufacture right through to (Israel), Metal Removal Industrial Tooling (USA) t: 02476 217690 tool management Guhring is the ideal partner. and Air Turbine Technology High Speed w: www.faro.com/uk Spindles (USA). FARO® develops and markets CAD Michael Dinsdale measurement systems and software. Portable e: [email protected] Peter Graves CMMs and software from FARO allow high- e: [email protected] precision 3D measurements and comparisons Heinrich Georg (UK) Limited of parts and systems within assembly and Unit 8, Dunstall Trading Estate Iscar Tools Limited production processes. Approximately 8,600 Gorsebrook Road Woodgate Business Park customers worldwide with around 18,000 Wolverhampton Bartley Green installations use FARO systems. They can be West Midlands Birmingham found in the production and quality assurance WV6 0PJ West Midlands processes of leading companies such as t: 01902 715110 B32 3DE Airbus, MAN, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens. w: www.geoguk.com t: 0121 422 8585 We are special purpose machine designer and w: www.iscaruk.co.uk Eugene Richer manufacturers; our supply includes: slitting Complete range of cutting tool products and e: [email protected] lines, blanking lines and material handling; cutting tool solutions. Iscar’s product range is aerospace test rigs; the design and build of coil continually being updated with new innovative Fuchs Lubricants (UK) plc process equipment; special purpose machines. products that provide ongoing cost savings for New Century Street The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the metal cutting industries. Engineering project Hanley Heinrich Georg Maschienfabrik GmbH, a work service providing the engineering package Stoke-on-Trent family-owned group of companies based in for prototype and new product work. Including Staffordshire Germany. We have built on our skill base since tooling, programming fixturing etc. A new five ST1 5HU our establishment in late 1994 and can now axis Variaxis 730 Mazak machining centre, t: 01782 203700 offer an extensive range of engineering available for demonstrations, customer trials, w: www.fuchslubricants.com resource. Our team’s primary activity is in the time studies and prove out, is installed in our Fuchs Lubricants (UK) is one of the world’s manufacture of process machinery, providing up Birmingham showroom. largest manufacturers of coolants and cutting to the minute technology coupled with strong fluids and is a leading supplier to the UK robust design. Ian Cutler aerospace industry. Our innovative range of e: [email protected] premium quality metalworking fluids, which Neil Wyke includes specialist aluminium grades, has been e: [email protected] Kuka Automation + Robotics developed in close consultation with leading Hereward Rise manufacturers in the European aerospace Hockley Pattern & Tool Co Ltd Halesowen industry. Our product portfolio is complemented Lodgefield Road West Midlands by a range of tailor-made coolant management Halesowen B62 8AN programmes, designed to maximise fluid life, West Midlands t: 0121 585 0800 cut operating costs, reduce machine downtime B62 8AR w: www.kuka.co.uk and improve efficiency and our customers are t: 0121 361 4665 Kuka Aerospace is the partner for highly supported by an experienced team of w: www.hockleypattern.co.uk innovative robot-based manufacturing solutions lubrication specialists, solely dedicated to Hockley was founded in 1979 and has grown for the aerospace industry. Products and service serving the needs of the aerospace industry. from a background of automotive patterns and range from special machine tools to flexible tooling into one of the leading aerospace robotic cells and complete systems. Jill Cowell toolmakers in Europe. e: [email protected] Gary Taylor Neil Williams e: [email protected] GOM UK Ltd e: [email protected] Units 4-6 Business Innovation Centre MAG Industrial Automation Systems Harry Weston Road Hydrapower Dynamics Engineering Ltd Fourth Floor Coventry Middlemore Lane Fort Dunlop West Midlands Aldridge Birmingham CV3 2TX Walsall West Midlands t: 02476 430230 West Midlands B24 9FD w: www.gom.com WS9 8SP t: 0121 306 5600 Sales and support of optical measurement t: 01922 458760 w: www.mag-ias.com equipment, used for inspection, reverse w: www.hydrapower-dynamics.com MAG is a leading machine tool and systems Turnkey projects & consultancy, paint finishing company serving the durable-goods industry plant, electroplating plant, spray & immersion worldwide with complete manufacturing

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solutions. We offer a comprehensive line of solutions. Established since 1964, Newbow customers’ competitiveness by reducing set-up equipment and technologies including process Aerospace supplies its equipment to more than times and increasing productivity. Roemheld is development, automated assembly, turning, two hundred and fifty leading airlines, MROs the sole UK supplier of Hilma 5-Aixs vices, Stark milling, automotive powertrain production, and armed forces around the globe. zero point mounting systems, System Bock, composites processing, maintenance, M-TECS magnetic clamping and Kostyrka automation and software, and core Marc Green clamping sleeves. Workholding solutions from components. Key industrial markets served by e: [email protected] Roemheld include: 5-Axis vices; hydraulic these technologies include aerospace, workholding; swing clamps; quick change die automotive and truck, heavy equipment, oil and Phase Vision Limited clamping systems; hydraulic clamping for gas, rail, solar energy, wind turbine production The Innovation Centre bespoke fixturing; power units; zero point and general machining. With manufacturing and Epinal Way mounting; machine vices. support operations strategically located Loughborough worldwide, MAG ranks as a leader in the capital Leicestershire B Neal equipment market. LE11 3EH e: [email protected] t: 01509 223632 John Boyd w: www.phasevision.com RTC Electronics Ltd e: [email protected] Phase Vision’s products provide incredibly Systems House accurate measurement data which can be used Willenhall Lane Mills CNC Limited in a wide range of industries, including helping Coventry Units 2 & 3 to reduce the drag of an aircraft’s wing, West Midlands Tachbrook Link generating enormous fuel savings for airlines. CV2 3AS Leamington Spa They can also help car bodies fit together better, t: 02476 444000 Warwickshire enhancing quality and reducing cost, or w: www.rtcelectronics.co.uk CV34 6SN optimising the manufacturing of jet engines, Supplier of bespoke, turnkey, electro-hydraulic t: 01926 736736 making them quieter and more efficient. The test rig control systems for the aerospace w: www.millscnc.co.uk company’s products are 3D measurement industry. Specialists in customisation, Mills CNC, established over 38 years ago, are systems using a non-contact structured lighting integration and non-standard applications, the exclusive distributor of Doosan CNC technique. They bring several unique supplying test rig system modelling with HIL Machine Tools in the UK and Ireland. Located in advantages which are measurement of very testing services, closed loop servo control a modern 36,000sq ft facility in the Midlands, large objects, 360° measurement of complex systems, control instrumentation with data Mills CNC specialise in providing technical objects, at production line speeds and the acquisition. Complete turnkey solution for engineering solutions to a wide customer base ability to measure “shiny” surfaces such as design, manufacturing and commissioning in all industry sectors. Delivering in excess of machined or composite components. services. Qualification and production test rigs 300 machines every year, Mills employ over 30 designed for primary and secondary flight engineers to provide an industry leading Karen Cureton controls, thrust reverser systems, landing gear, service, spares and training support e: [email protected] utility actuators and other specialist equipment. organisation to over 1,500 individual customers RTC’s main projects are commercial and military with more than 4,000 CNC machine tool Plasticraft aircraft programmes associated with Airbus, installations. Doosan machines are designed Process Plant Technology Group Boeing and Bombardier, plus JSF, Eurofighter, and manufactured by the machine tool division Godiva Place Typhoon, Tornado aircraft. RTC supplies test of Doosan Infracore. This company has a strong Coventry equipment and ground support equipment. global presence and an international reputation West Midlands for research and development, product quality CV1 5PN Nick French and innovation, cost competitiveness and t: 024 7625 3099 e: [email protected] customer focus. The range is impressive with w: www.plasticraft.co.uk over 150 models spanning 2-3 axis lathes and Plasticraft design, manufacture, install and Sil-Mid Ltd sophisticated turning centres, vertical machining commission chemical process and surface 2 Roman Park centres, horizontal machines. treatment plant, effluent and water treatment Roman Way plant, fume exhaust and fume abatement Coleshill Nick Frampton systems, water recirculation equipment and West Midlands e: [email protected] NDT FPI lines both manual and automatic. Most B46 1HG plants supplied today include full computer t: 01675 432850 Nachi Europe GmbH control and data logging with total traceability w: www.silmid.com (UK Branch) features to meet the requirements of NADCAP. Sil-Mid are a leading international distributor of Unit 7 Junction Six Industrial Park adhesives, cleaning compounds, lubricants, Birmingham Will Green oils, greases, sealants, silicones and surface West Midlands e: [email protected] treatment products. We serve a wide global B6 7JJ customer base, specialising in aerospace, t: 0121 250 1880 R E Bowers & Freeman Limited defence, rail, electronics, telecommunications, w: www.nachi.co.uk 15 Saffron Road marine and general engineering. Our extensive Manufacturers of specialist cutting tools, South Wigston stock file, built up over 30 years, list some broaches, endmills and drills. Manufacturers of Leicestershire 15,000 items from over 400 suppliers. Our vast multi-axis robots. Suppliers of cutting tools to LE18 4TG experience means our ability to source products engine manufacturers. Suppliers of robots for t: 0116 278 5311 is available to all our customers, Sil-Mid handling, welding, sealing etc. w: www.bowersfreeman.co.uk provides consignment stock, on-line Suppliers of heading punches and stamps to information, ship-to-shore delivery, technical Ron Saunders aerospace; tooling for packaging of cosmetics, support and training of our customers’ staff. e: [email protected] pharmaceuticals and food. Gary Marriner Newbow Aerospace Limited Contact e: [email protected] Meir Road e: [email protected] Park Farm North Snap-On Industrial Redditch Roemheld (UK) Limited 38A Telford Way Worcestershire Rubery House Kettering B98 7SY The Avenue Northamptonshire t: 01527 518100 Birmingham NN16 8UN w: www.newbowaerospace.com West Midlands t: 01536 413800 World leading manufacturer and supplier of B45 9AL w: www.snapon.com specialist aircraft ground support equipment, t: 0121 453 1414 Snap-on is the leading global manufacturer and maintenance tooling and instrumentation. Key w: www.roemheld.co.uk distributor of hand and power Tools, tools products include nitrogen & oxygen service Specialises in delivering flexible, cost effective, storage and torque equipment for the trolleys, wheel & brake dollies, tyre inflation workholding solutions designed to increase aerospace industry. Our range includes FOD equipment, pressure check tools, wheel service work throughput while also reducing handling prevention products and tool control systems, trailers, strut charging tools, tyre bay equipment, times, raw super alloy material costs per billet from basic shadow concept to a fully advanced access steps and bespoke engineered and overall cycle times. Improving aerospace electronic “asset tracking management system.”

29 www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk All products conform to international standards architecture of the reconfigurable tools, which Birmingham site with a highly skilled workforce and/or aerospace technical specification, SBAC are essentially assemblies of discrete metallic supported by continuous investment in the TS48, JDS1200 and MOD Defstans. elements, each element can become a heating latest CNC machine tools. Around 70% of and cooling zone. production is currently exported. Eric Bright e: [email protected] Andrew Sharpe John Silk e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Spectrum Metrology Ltd Unit 8 Teer Coatings Limited VBC Group Limited Ireton Avenue West Stone House Unit 12 Pavilion Way Leicester Berry Hill Industrial Estate Castle Business Park Leicestershire Droitwich Loughborough LE4 9EU Worcestershire Leicestershire t: 0116 276 6262 WR9 9AS LE11 5GW w: www.spectrum-metrology.co.uk t: 0870 220 3910 t: 01509 218008 w: www.teercoatings.co.uk Electro-optical measurement equipment: w: www.vbcgroup.com accessories for laser tracker systems tripods Teer Coatings Limited (TCL) provides a physical Manufacturer, stockist and distributor of and stands for all types of equipment (CMM vapour deposition (PVD) coatings service, and aerospace grade brazing and welding filler arms, theodolites, trackers etc); alignment manufactures a range of PVD coating and alloys and auxiliary products. Technical support, telescopes – for alignment and straightness associated test equipment. TCL also undertakes training and project consultancy for metal checks; autocollimators – for angle, squareness contract research and development, for joining. Manufacturer of the VBC InterPulse and parallelism checks electronic levels; and example in collaborative projects at the UK and controlled heat power management tig set for clinometers – for level, flatness and twist EC level. welding of crack sensitive materials. measurements. Spectrum is an agent for Taylor Manufacturer of bespoke welding positional Hobson and Brunson Instruments. We also David Loughlin systems. distribute the Schneider Messtechnik e: [email protected] instruments which range from small workshop Paul Wilkinson microscopes for the measurement of intricate Thyssenkrupp System Engineering e: [email protected] precision components up to multi-sensor shaft Limited measurement systems and profile projectors The Cobalt Centre Visioneering Limited large enough to analyse components such as 4040 Siskin Parkway East 12 Herald Way broaching and milling profiles in the tiniest Coventry Binley Industrial Estate detail. West Midlands Coventry CV3 4PE Warwickshire Graham Anderson t: 02476 516890 CV3 2NY e: [email protected] w: www.drauznothelfer.co.uk t: 02476 442777 Thyssenkrupp System Engineering Limited w: www.visioneering.ltd.uk Star Micronics GB Ltd provides concept, design, manufacturing and Visioneering is a supplier of expertise, Chapel Street implementation of automated assembly technology and project management for the Melbourne systems. We are specialists in research, automotive, aerospace rail, defence and nuclear Derbyshire development and implementation of new sectors. The company is vastly experienced in DE73 8JF processes and joining techniques including tooling design and manufacture to produce t: 01332 864455 welding, structural adhesive, laser processing composite parts and has great experience in w: www.stargb.net and drill/rivet systems. Other services include managing comprehensive turnkey programmes. Star Micronics GB is a wholly owned subsidiary provision of equipment lifecycle support with We also design and manufacture checking of machine tool manufacturer, Star Micronics Co on-site maintenance and design and fixtures, assembly fixtures and associated 5-axis Ltd, Japan, which produces multi-axis CNC manufacture of ‘low cost’ press tooling. fixtures as well as aircraft interior mock-ups sliding-head lathes. The GB subsidiary is also which can be built in our secure studios. Being sole agent in the UK and Eire for the FMB range Stephen Ainsworth part of the Envisage group allows us to utilise of short and full-length bar magazines from e: [email protected] resources via our recruitment company CH Germany, as well as for JBS compensating Recruitment and our creative design arm Design guide bush systems. A particular strength of Tower Tool Company Limited FL. Star GB is that it has experienced applications Tower Manufactory engineers able to configure highly efficient, Radnor Road Andrew Webb single-operation mill-turning solutions, enabling Leicester e: [email protected] world class, high added value production of Leicestershire extremely complex parts in exotic aerospace LE18 4XY Wheelabrator Group Ltd materials. t: 0116 278 0000 43-44, Gravelly Industrial Park, w: www.tower-tool.co.uk Tyburn Road Bob Hunt Precision engineers and toolmakers to the Birmingham, e: [email protected] aerospace elastomer industry, specialising in B24 8TG the manufacture of mould tools to produce t: 0121 3266481 Surface Generation Ltd airframe seals, fire seals, annulus filler seals, w: www.wheelabratorgroup.co.uk 7 Brackenbury Court leading edge seals, trailing edge seals, Complete surface preparation (shot blast) Lyndon Barns passenger entry door seals, cargo door seals solutions: air blast, wheel blast, vibratory and Oakham and canopy seals. deburring equipment, painting and peening Leicestershire solutions. LE15 8TW Myles Ball t: 0870 013 1235 e: [email protected] Contact w: www.surface-generation.com [email protected] Surface Generation has developed its new, UK Dies Group Limited re-configurable, subtractive pin tooling process 15 Birchall Street Yamazaki Mazak UK Ltd to reduce lead times and costs for large moulds Birmingham Badgeworth Drive by 90%. The technology uses a hybrid additive West Midlands Worcester and subtractive manufacturing strategy to B12 0RP Worcestershire selectively create only the front face of the tool t: 0121 7735770 WR4 9NF against which the moulding is formed. Capable w: www.ukdiesgroup.com t: 01905 755755 w: www.mazak.eu of producing plastic, metal and ceramic moulds, U.K. Dies Group is a precision engineering this approach reduces the effort and material company specialising in the manufacture of Manufacturer and supplier of CNC machine required to make a tool to a fraction of tooling for either cold, warm or hot forging tools and associated equipment. conventional processes. By using the unique applications. We have extensive facilities at our Tony Saunders e: [email protected]

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PARTS AND LOGISTICS MANAGMENT Express Worldwide Pattonair (Derby) Limited 25 Rowe Close 50 Longbridge Lane AAR International Rugby Derby Joint Sentry Support Team Warwickshire Derbyshire RAF Waddington CV21 4DL DE24 8UJ Lincoln t: 0845 116 1828 t: 01332 886200 Lincolnshire w: www.expressworldwide.co.uk w: www.pattonair.com LN5 9NB t: 01522 728734 Express Worldwide deliver high-quality UK and Wherever you are and whatever you need, we w: www.aarcorp.com global freight and courier solutions to quality can provide you with global expertise in and service-led businesses in the aviation, aerospace and defence supply chain Supplier of aviation parts. marine and event sectors. We offer a full-range management services. Pattonair will help you of multi-carrier solutions, deliver a focused enhance your competitive edge through more Andy Murphy personal service to our customers and have effective supply chain management, allowing e: [email protected] over twenty years industry experience – making you to focus on your core business activity and us ideally suited to dealing with the demands of customer needs, whilst increasing efficiency, Air & Ground Aviation Ltd the aerospace industry. We provide logistics reducing costs and increasing profitability. Our Aviation House services to, among others, aircraft operators, strategy, unique in aerospace and defence, is London Road maintenance providers, original and based on operating globally while meeting the Shirleywich replacement equipment manufacturers and needs of individual customers with hands-on Staffordshire suppliers. We have a core competence in local support. We already support leading ST18 0PN facilitating the movement of inbound and companies including Agusta, Airbus, ATK, BAE t: 01889 271777 outbound time-critical AOG parts wherever they Systems, Boeing, Eaton, Finmeccanica, w: www.airandground.com are required in the world. Goodrich, Meggitt, Parker Aerospace, Stockists and suppliers of components for the Rolls-Royce, Thales and Turbomeca. aerospace and defence industry. We also offer David Murray support solutions for all aviation world fleet e: [email protected] Wayne Hollinshead platforms. We have several enabling e: [email protected] agreements with major OEMs allowing us to JJX Logistics trade on the highest level. Units 1 - 2 Bobbington Nurseries LOW-COST SOURCING Stourbridge Andy Eccles Sigma Precision Components Ltd e: offi[email protected] West Midlands DY7 5EG Alan Bray Close Dodwells Bridge Industrial Estate CEVA Logistics t: 01384 221624 w: www.jjxlogistics.co.uk Hinckley CEVA House Leicestershire Excelsior Road JJX Small Haul Logistics specialists provide LE10 3DT Ashby de la Zouch same day courier service delivering and t: 01455 615955 Leicestershire collecting to all parts of the UK and Europe. We w: www.sigmacomponents.com LE65 1NU have a wide range of vehicles with full tracking t: 01530 568500 systems on board. Aerospace, defence and Sigma Precision Components specialises in the w: www.uk.cevalogistics.com automotive are our biggest clients supplying to supply of precision components and services to the aerospace industry. Sigma has a CEVA Logistics provides bespoke logistics the supply chain. Warehousing, distribution, hazardous materials and airfreight carriers are 100%-owned subsidiary company in Chengdu, services to the aerospace and defence sectors. China. Its 35,000 sq.ft. manufacturing facility in The scope of services covers the design and just some of the services we offer to our customers, to the highest standards. China supplies OEM and tier-1 aerospace management of the inbound supply chain, customers with high-quality low-cost precision warehousing activities including inventory machined components. The company also management, kitting and packaging. Outbound John Donovan e: [email protected] provides a range of consulting and sourcing logistics embraces the delivery of engines and services specialising in global aerospace spares worldwide. The after sales activities industry supply chains. include supporting total care packages for both KWE (UK) Ltd the civil and defence sectors with optimisation Unit 7B, Warke Flatt Willow Farm Business Park Mike Andreae of reverse logistics loops to enhance service e: [email protected] and reduce inventory. Castle Donington Derbyshire DE74 2UD Wincanton plc Mel Button 30 First Avenue e: [email protected] t: 01332 817790 w: www.kwe-europe.com Pensnett Estate Kingswinford Daher Aerospace Limited KWE (UK) Ltd provides fully-integrated West Midlands Amberley Drive aerospace, automotive and FMCG global DY6 7UD Sinfin Lane logistics services using a worldwide network of t: 01384 282697 Derby 280 offices in 30 countries. Our supply chain w: www.wincanton.co.uk Derbyshire team are able to offer diverse and innovative DE24 9RE solutions with a full range of forward and reverse Wincanton is the largest UK listed third party t: 01332 274300 logistics at their disposal. logistics operator and a European leader in the w: www.daher.co.uk design and delivery of advanced supply chain DAHER is an aerospace and defence equipment Ian Dunn solutions. Wincanton’s defence business unit and services supplier. With a strong focus on e: [email protected] supports land, sea and air civil defence research and technology, DAHER conceives the platforms ranging from helicopters to jet aircraft, products and solutions of tomorrow, both for its Med-Lab Limited armoured vehicles, communication systems and own use and on behalf of its buyers. From Copeland Street fire and urban rescue vehicles. Wincanton manufacturing services to logistics, DAHER Derby Defence manage the physical logistics including offers a comprehensive package: off-site or Derbyshire storage, distribution and packing serives with in-situ logistics, module assembly, production DE1 2PU in-house design and manufacturing of outsourcing, line-side supply, integration on the t: 01332 349094 packaging in line with UK, NATO and US assembly line, in-service support, with further w: www.med-lab.co.uk defence standards. Wincanton Defence have a services and capabilities to bespoke Distributor and supplier of consumable overhaul proven track record of operating both within requirements. Each service represents a core materials to overhaul bases and airlines world military establishments and off-base and have expertise that DAHER has the knowledge to wide, specialising in low volume niche market relevant accreditations and experience with combine in order to manage the customer’s products. guidelines. supply chain from end to end. Steve King Mark Hodgson Phil Williams e: [email protected] e: [email protected] e: [email protected]

31 www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Xian Aero-Engine (Group) Limited Freudenberg Simrit LP Latrobe Specialty Steel Company c/o Suntimes International Ltd Unit 7 Wycliffe Industrial Park Cottage No 1 Flat 2, The Bank Leicester Road Gailey Lea Lane Derby Lutterworth Penkridge Derbyshire Leicestershire Staffordshire DE1 2TU LE17 4HG ST13 5PT t: 0133252549 t: 01455 204 444 t: 0114 261 5917 w: www.simrit.com w: www.latrobesteel.com Contract manufacture and sub-contract of Freudenberg Simrit are well positioned to offer Producer of high strength, carbursing steels, aero-engine parts and non-aviation products. the global aerospace market a best value bearing steels and high temperature alloys for proposition with our comprehensive range of aerospace applications such as landing gear, Bruce Lee sealing and vibration control components. missile cases, fasteners, gears etc. We currently e: [email protected] Freudenberg Simrit’s product range includes O supply approximately 60% of our production to rings, radial shaft seals, PTFE seals, fire seals, the aerospace industry. DISTRIBUTION AND SALES aerodynamic/environmental seals, anti-vibration mounts and metallic seals. Our comprehensive Mr Martin Drover Apollo Aerospace Components Limited support package extends to material e: [email protected] Stourdale Road development, component modelling, design Cradley Heath and testing. PT Technologies Europe West Midlands Michaelmas House B64 7BG Stuart Campton Cammeringham t: 01384 566666 e: [email protected] Lincoln w: www.apolloaerospacecomponents.com Lincolnshire Harmon Manufacturing Limited LN1 2SH Apollo Aerospace Components supply fasteners 66 Daventry Road t: 01522 730928 and hardware to the aerospace industry, Dunchurch w: www.pttecheurope.com including those difficult-to-locate items which Rugby can take up so much of your time. We can also Specialised chemicals wipes and lubricants for Warwickshire provide a variety of delivery systems including aerospace and power and telecommunications CV22 6NS DLF and kitting. We also offer a fast sourcing industries. t: 07967004886 capability for spare parts and proprietary items w: www.harmon-manufacturing.co.uk which may well have long manufacturing lead David Brannock times, low cost sourcing for machined parts and Representative sales office for Dorset-based e: [email protected] fabrications, and a variety of management Harmon Manufacturing, a family owned services which will reduce your costs and business established in 1964 which has improve profitability. developed into a genuine one-stop-shop SUPPORT FOR MANAGEMENT, operation (comprising CNC machining & PRODUCTIVITY, ACCREDITATION, Martyn Wassell grinding, metal treatments and fabrication) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY e: [email protected] supplying precision machined components to the aerospace, defence and rail sectors in the acQA Limited Bauer Springs Ltd UK and overseas. Harmon hold BS EN ISO Somer Barns Eagle Road 9001:2000 accreditation together with AS9100 & Camp Lane North Moons Moat Industrial Estate TS157 with the treatment division holding Shelsley Beauchamp Redditch NADCAP approval. Harmon have recently taken Worcestershire Worcestershire delivery of their second MAZAK Integrex mill/ WR6 6JQ B98 9HF turn machine and are currently extending the t: 07971 675919 t: 01527 594900 fabrication division. w: www.acqa.co.uk w: www.bauersprings.co.uk Suppliers of TIPQA, the leading quality Jeremy Davenport Bauer Springs is specialising in the designing management system for aerospace e: [email protected] and manufacturing of precision parts with manufacturers. TIPQA augments the capability of an ERP system and enables businesses to exceptionally high tolerances, custom and Hydrastore Limited standard disc springs made from a wide range improve quality, reduce costs and improve Ashwood House of exotic materials. Our parts play a vital role in customer service. Church Street the functionality and safety of products. Quality Grantham is of utmost importance and all parts are Chris Welsh Lincolnshire designed and manufactured in Welzheim, e: [email protected] NG32 1LE Germany, ensuring that our quality control t: 01476 870128 department has an overview of all the Aerospace Contract Services Limited w: www.hydrastore.co.uk production steps and all finished parts. We also 10 The Fairways have the highest award in the production of disc Distributors of world class high quality hydraulic Mansfield Woodhouse springs for the nuclear industry with KT3204, components and systems into the mobile and Mansfield KTA1401 and AVS D100/50. industrial sectors in the UK, servicing original Nottinghamshire equipment manufacturers and end users with NG19 9EW Keith Parker equipment to fulfil their requirements. We offer t: 07875 458280 e: [email protected] systems solutions varying from the supply of w: www.aero-cs.com goods only, to the complete specification, Cost & manufacturing analysis, cost Bibielle Abrasive Technologies supply, installation and commissioning of transparency negotiation, estimating & Unit 10/11 Oaks Industrial Estate hydraulic systems incorporating the latest manufacturing engineering. Manufacturing Coventry Road electrical control protocols. We work very process optimised for cost and if outsourcing, Narborough closely with the National Fluid Power Training advice on which supplier to choose and the Leicestershire Centre based in Worksop, and as such are part minimum required capability. The application of LE19 2GF of their “satellite training centre” scheme. principles and techniques to identify, improve or t: 0116 275 3131 remove manufacturing cost drivers, both from w: www.bibielle.com Steve Owen internal costs and those within your supply e: [email protected] Manufacturer of technical abrasives, specialising chain’s manufacturing processes. Support in in surface conditioning and unitised products for your negotiation with customers/suppliers and if the aerospace industry. Our key area of you purchase products. Having experience of expertise is polishing turbine blades. Our key being both the customer and the supplier with focus is deburring, grinding and polishing of all OEMs and their supply chains, ACS can metal components. confidently navigate through cost transparency parametric models and tools such as QOFs, Neil Smith RateMaker, CCWs, and the new user friendly e: [email protected] cost standard. Dean Wakefield e: dean.wakefi[email protected]

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Arvada Strategic Marketing Limited performance matrix. Suppliers can download FactoryMaster Ltd Arvada House orders and RFQs, complete NCRs, view their The Old Grain Store 48 Statfold Lane performance and communicate with ease with 14 The Green Lichfield their customers. Nuneaton Staffordshire Warwickshire WS13 8NY Chris Hayward CV10 0SW t: 01283 790820 e: [email protected] t: 024 76998661 w: www.arvada.co.uk w: www.factorymaster.co.uk Arvada Strategic Marketing Limited is a strategic Consult Avila Ltd FactoryMaster provides a Material Resource marketing consultancy providing tailored Central Boulevard Planning (MRP) software based solution for marketing solutions in the manufacturing, Blythe Valley Business Park manufacturing companies to improve their technology and engineering sectors with Solihull productivity and increase profitability. Our specific experience in the aerospace, defence, West Midlands system is the perfect platform to re-address and motorsport and automotive markets. Arvada B90 8AG optimise the supply chain process. You can gain specialises in developing and implementing t: 01564 711181 complete control over your inventory, enabling growth & diversification strategies, market w: www.consultavila.com you to meet the ever growing needs of your research, product management, UK & Consult Avila is a well-established business customers. We have been providing our ‘cost international business development, marketing consultancy with a solid reputation for delivering effective’ specialist MRP manufacturing system audits and new product/market development. real solutions, real results at pace. Its team of for over 15 years. Our system has successfully management professionals has a track record of been implemented into small sub-contract batch Mike White achievement in the aerospace and defence manufacturers to major aerospace, oil & gas, e: [email protected] sectors, providing support to clients through the medical, plastics, and automotive parts entire process of change. Consult Avila provides manufacturers. Blum Novotest Limited the following services: business transformation; 33 Townfields working capital optimisation; performance Darran Neary Lichfield improvement; leadership development. e: [email protected] Staffordshire WS13 8AA Dr Jose Guzman-Bello IPI Solutions Limited t: 01543 257111 e: [email protected] Units 1 & 2 Kingsway Lodge Business Centre w: www.blum-novotest.com 128 Kingsway Blum Novotest provide solutions for Core Partners Management Consultants Kirkby-in-Ashfield manufacturing companies to assist them with Ltd Nottinghamshire increasing their productivity and reducing their 43 Temple Row NG17 7FJ manufacturing costs from their existing machine Birmingham t: 01623 272500 tool capacity. West Midlands w: www.ipi-solutions.co.uk B2 5LS VisualFAIR® will revolutionise the way you David Mold t: 0121 237 6030 approach First Article Inspection AS9102. e: [email protected] w: www.corep.co.uk VisualFAIR® empowers the Quality Engineer to Core Partners Consulting specialises in focus on improving quality by: reducing the time Bubblequest Associates Limited delivering business improvement across supply to create FAIs by 75%+; mistake-proofing the e-Innovation Centre chain, sourcing, new product introduction and process; delivering highly professional Priorslee operations, providing strategic and practical documentation each time, every time. Telford solutions to meet clients’ needs. Our highly VisualFAIR® data mines your drawings and Shropshire skilled partners and consultants, who have documentation using Optical Character TF2 9FT extensive senior level experience in leading Recognition OCR. It auto-populates all customer t: 01952 288250 national and international companies, take a forms including AS9102. It imports BOMs from w: www.bubblequestassociates.com fresh approach to creating client value. We have your MRP system and result data from the Bubblequest Associates is a business a proven track record in using our consulting CMM. VisualFAIR® has in excess of 1,000 users improvement consultancy providing expertise in and operational expertise to improve and worldwide with many OEMs stipulating the use project management (business improvement, develop businesses across a wide range of of the software as best practice to their supply strategic lean deployment, carbon footprint sectors in the most cost effective way. Core chains. reduction, relocation, capital, cultural) and Partners Development excels in helping clients business turnaround is a speciality. The improve their business performance through the Brian Harvey business offers lean training at all organisational development of processes, people, teams and e: [email protected] levels and lean practitioner courses to transfer entire organisations. ‘how to’ knowledge to the client. We provide Kennametal UK Ltd targeted recruitment and interim management Ian Tidmarsh Pensnett Trading Estate to clients. We also offer visual management e: [email protected] PO Box 29 using ‘FirstLine’; a software package that allows Kingswinford the first line manager of an office or David Hayes Export Controls West Midlands manufacturing business to easily manage PO Box 9169 DY6 7NP performance in their department. Lean Leicester t: 01384 408060 methodology is at the heart of BQA’s services. Leicestershire w: www.kennametal.com LE9 0BJ Kennametal engineers a competitive edge Mark Manning t: 01455 822144 tungsten carbide, and HSS tooling solutions for e: [email protected] w: www.davidhayes-exportcontrols.com the metal and composite cutting industry The company provides cost-effective, world-wide. Kennametal also provides a range CANDA Systems Ltd professional expertise to reduce risk and of associated services including process 244a Lichfield Road maximise profitability for businesses operating optimisation, integrated supply partnerships and Four Oaks in industries which are subject to the tool management. Sutton Coldfield complexities of export controls. Areas of West Midlands expertise include controls on military and Barrie Willis B74 2UD dual-use goods and technical data under UK/ e: [email protected] t: 0121 323 4455 EU and/or US laws, including the International w: www.candasys.co.uk Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export KM&T Limited CANDA have developed the web based supply Administration Regulations (EAR). Our goal is to The TechnoCentre chain portal XACTIO, which provides supplier assist and support you in developing and Coventry University Technology Park data on the web either with manual uploads or implementing policies and procedures which Coventry scheduled uploads by using the link module - suit your business and reduce the business West Midlands automatically sending data from the client’s own risks associated with operating in an export CV1 2TT MRP system directly to the portal. The system controlled environment. t: 02476 236275 provides accurate data on supplier w: www.kmandt.com performance, quality, cost, and responsiveness David Hayes KM&T is an established global organisation with with all data being displayed using easy-to-view e: [email protected] offices and partnerships worldwide. KM&T graphs and tables against the SC21 specialises in lean thinking and six-sigma. Our

33 www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk specialists mentor in business improvement, qualitative and quantitative surveys, customer reducing costs and assessment-related from strategy through to implementation to satisfaction and attitude tracking, supplier management time. We audit against such achieve active results and bottom line returns. satisfaction and attitude tracking, competitor standards as AS9100, 9120, ISO14001, and KM&T practitioners are experienced monitoring, benchmarking, business appraisals, OHSAS 18001. professionals whose knowledge has been new product/service development. gained by deploying the Toyota business model Luke Williams and tools throughout the worldwide Paul Connor e: [email protected] manufacturing base and its supply chain. The e: [email protected] pedigree and experience of the KM&T lean TBAT Innovation Ltd manufacturing team has enabled organisations Oakwell Management Services Ltd Lockington Hall to achieve unparalleled results in short 8 Oakwell Crescent Lockington timescales. Our pedigree and approach make Ilkeston Derbyshire us unrivalled in any sector or area of business. Derbyshire DE74 2RH DE7 5GX t: 01509 670610 Steve Boam t: 0115 944 5750 w: www.tbat.co.uk e: [email protected] w: www.oakwellmanagement.co.uk A business consultancy that provides advice Training and consultancy. and support for companies seeking growth Lean Education & Development Ltd through the development of new products, Palladium House John Kelly processes, and services or new markets. We 139-141 Worcester Road e: [email protected] assist companies through the full innovation life Hagley cycle from idea generation, assessment, West Midlands Optimized Systems and Solutions Ltd development, commercialisation to launch and DY9 0NW Sinfin D Site evaluation. We help companies identify their t: 01562 720596 Sinfin Lane innovation potential. We have a strong track w: www.leadlimited.co.uk Derby record of assisting companies raise funds for Lean Education and Development Limited Derbyshire investment in innovation and growth. We have (LEAD) specialise in delivering fully funded lean/ DE24 8BJ an in depth knowledge of the broad transport continuous improvement training and t: 01332 771700 and energy sectors with a strong focus on low application for operational, office and w: www.o-sys.com carbon technologies and advanced material managerial employees using a qualification OSys is an application services provider (ASP) applications. framework. We aim to transfer key improvement for the aerospace industry dedicated to driving skills through company chosen lean down costs and enhancing efficiency by Simon Parke transformation projects using a dedicated team providing critical knowledge for airline e: [email protected] of lean coaches at zero cost. This embedded management. It provides unique fleet data team promotes the sustainability of the changes management and predictive services, electronic TEC over a longer period of time and supports flight bags (EFB) and engine health monitoring First Floor follow-on projects. Our approach is aimed at (EHM) and fuel management with accurate data 48 Fentham Road driving bottom line improvements and creating capture at source providing reporting and Solihull a sustainable continuous improvement culture analysis tools to airlines, OEMs, maintenance West Midlands across the client organisation at all levels. organisations, leasing companies and suppliers. B92 0AY The service is provided on the internet via a t: 01926 851403 Max Jones secure server. Data relating to all engine health, w: www.tectransnational.com e: [email protected] utilisation, pilot and maintenance reports, We are the EU’s leading aerospace incidents, despatch events, component activity, implementation and training organisation Midland Group Training Services Ltd warranty, maintenance tasks and direct/indirect providing TPAB (A|D|S) approved AS/EN9100, Gulson Road costs is managed and customised reports are AS/EN9110 and AS/EN9120 training and auditor Coventry available to each customer. certification plus implementation services – West Midlands including the AQAP 2000 series and the new EN CV1 2JG Melanie Kitchener 9135 and MAOS standards for MoD and NATO t: 024 76630333 e: [email protected] aerospace applications. TEC are an SC21 w: www.mgts.co.uk Strategic Partner and SC21 Training Partner. We MGTS delivers education, training and PB Archer Consultancy also cover ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, supply assessment in engineering and engineering 54 Chapel Street chain development, aerospace lean-kaizen and related competences throughout the UK. Spondon six sigma. Extensive multi-site delivery programmes have Derby been completed encompassing customers Derbyshire Dr David Scrimshire located in Dundee, Norwich, Southampton and DE21 7JP e: [email protected] Truro. MGTS’ ability to deliver both training t: 07988 145346 room and practical training at customer An independent consultant offering account, Wetherby Consultants premises has been a key feature of a strategy to business development and commercial Chantry House deliver technical education, training and management, including the preparation of High Street assessment solutions to meet customers’ tenders and enquiry management processes for Birmingham specific needs. Annually, MGTS supplies the aerospace and aligned sectors. West Midlands services to over 3,000 delegates at a significant B46 3BP number of customer sites across the UK. Paul Archer t: 01675 469 040 e: [email protected] w: www.wetherbyconsultants.com Lee Weatherly Wetherby Consultants help you to recruit high e: [email protected] SGS UK Limited calibre executives for your business. We are an SGS House executive search company, working with the Mycon Marketing Services Ltd John’s Lane leaders of industry. With access to the best 1 Victoria Square Birmingham talent in the market, our proven track record Birmingham West Midlands spans more than two decades. West Midlands B69 3HX B1 1BD t: 0121 521 3740 Robert Hyde t: 0844 415 5530 w: www.uk.sgs.com e: [email protected] w: www.mycon.co.uk The world’s leading inspection, test, verification Mycon Marketing Services Ltd provides a high and certification body. SGS also has the quality professional approach to strategic capability to carry out integrated audits against marketing issues facing companies in more than one standard at a visit allowing aerospace, defence, offshore, power maximum benefit to be gained from certification, generation, marine and other high-tech industries. Mycon is a worldwide provider of performance improving market services: environmental scanning, scenario generation, forecasting, industry and market appraisals,

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HUMAN RESOURCES Particular strengths include lean/six sigma and training organisation providing maintenance operations management. Additional services training for engineers. Specialist divisions Consilium Group include Integrated HR which offers a full support VIP and Executive aviation, international Mercian House assessment centre design capability including payroll solutions and aircraft ferrying and 16 York Street the provision of psychometric testing. positioning services. Stourport-on-Severn Worcestershire Simon Roberts Adrian Leatherland DY13 9EE e: [email protected] e: [email protected] t: 0845 634 0466 w: www.cgl.eu.com Network Recruitment Partnership Consilium Aerospace & Defence is a specialist Network House LEGAL & FINANCIAL SERVICES 119 Hagley Road division of Consilium Group Ltd - a consultancy Eversheds LLP dedicated to supporting the recruitment and Birmingham 1 Royal Standard Place human capital management requirements of West Midlands Nottingham engineers, managers and executives within the B19 8LB Nottinghamshire global aerospace and defence sectors. Offering t: 0121 450 5020 NG1 6FZ a highly flexible and truly consultative approach w: www.network-recruitment.co.uk t: 0845 4979797 to recruitment, Consilium Aerospace & Defence Network Recruitment Partnership is a specialist w: www.eversheds.com is able to advise on a broad range of industry engineering recruitment consultancy with 25 disciplines, both permanent and interim, backed years experience recruiting permanent and The Eversheds’ aerospace, defence and up by extensive technical industry knowledge. contract/interim professional, technical staff and security team advise many major national and management. Disciplines include: engineering international clients from both the public and Adrian Elwell & manufacturing - design & CAD engineers, private sectors; including leading suppliers of e: [email protected] development, CAE, lean manufacturing, defence products, government departments production, quality, operations, systems, and agencies. We have built a wealth of Encore Personnel electronics, software, maintenance & reliability; knowledge and expertise in this sector across Head Office, Encore House purchasing & supply chain - purchasing, our international network, with legal advisers 32 Millstone Lane material control, planning, supply chain, widely-recognised as leaders in all practice Leicester logistics & distribution. Network Recruitment areas. Our focus on developing long-standing Leicestershire Partnership has experience working across a relationships with our clients means we better LE1 5JN number of sectors including automotive, appreciate the issues facing them and the t: 0116 262 0651 aerospace, defence, manufacturing and energy particular sensitivities that apply to them. We w: www.encoretechnical.co.uk industries nationwide and abroad. Our understand the intricacies of this sector and will deliver clear, straightforward advice. Encore Personnel offer recruitment solutions subsidiary, Network Managed Services, is able across the engineering, industrial and driving to offer recruitment outsourcing, vendor neutral Mark Pipkin sectors for both temporary and permanent and advertising services. e: [email protected] placements. Encore Technical have a speciality aerospace division supporting the Midlands. Robert Wigley e: [email protected] Freeth Cartwright LLP Solicitors Cardinal Square David Boorman 2nd Floor West Point e: [email protected] Precision Recruitment UK Ltd 2-6 York Street Derby Factura Executive Search and Selection Leicester Derbyshire DE1 3QT 6 Mill Pool Leicestershire t: 0845 634 1740 Nash Lane LE1 6NU w: www.freethcartwright.co.uk Belbroughton t: 0116 2545411 Worcestershire w: www.precisionrecruitment.co.uk Full service lawyers with a difference - a top 100 DY9 9AF Precision Recruitment covers the entire firm of solicitors with offices in the East and t: 01527 573939 spectrum of engineering disciplines from design West Midlands - offering strategic pragmatic w: www.factura.co.uk and build to installation and maintenance, at all advice from our advanced manufacturing aerospace team. We are used to advising Tier 1 Executive search and selection, talent search levels of seniority. We hold a large database of and Tier 2 companies including on contracts, and management assessment. Long track reliable engineering candidates who might not disputes, joint ventures, intellectual property, record within the aerospace manufacturing necessarily answer a job advert but will respond real property, corporate mergers and industry. Recruitment for CEO, MD, operations, to our approach regarding temporary, contract acquisitions, AiM and Plus flotations, HR and sales and marketing, finance, technical, R & T, and permanent positions. Our discipline-specific much more - all without City rates. engineering, supply chain director level roles consultants can discuss your engineering plus recruitment of senior lean and 6 sigma vacancies knowledgeably so you can feel Murray Macnab professionals. Active member of SBAC, and confident that they understand your needs. So if e: [email protected] MAA from its inception. We recruit for major you don’t want to waste time on piles of CVs that just aren’t relevant, talk to one of our aerospace groups and SMEs alike. Factura Grant Thornton UK LLP employs consultants who are seasoned engineering consultants. Enterprise House industrialists who understand the business 115 Edmund Street issues. Scott Lydon e: [email protected] Birmingham West Midlands Mr Mike South B3 2HJ e: [email protected] Resource Group Limited Teme House t: 0121 212 4000 Jonathan Lee Recruitment Whittington Hall w: www.grant-thornton.co.uk The Maltings Worcester Business adviser to UK and international Mount Road Worcestershire organisations on a range of matters including Stourbridge WR5 2RY corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, West Midlands t: 0845 375 2500 company disposals, taxation, accounting and DY8 1HZ w: www.resourcegroup.co.uk audit. t: 01384 397555 Resource Group is an international supplier of w: www.jonlee.co.uk scarce skills to the aerospace & aviation Ian Wilson e: [email protected] A specialist technical recruitment consultancy sectors. Manpower supply includes aircrew, covering the following disciplines: professional licensed engineers, production and manufacturing, maintenance, quality, maintenance technicians and other specialist purchasing, supply chain, product engineering, staff. Specialist engineering divisions provide sales and marketing and human resources. outsourced capabilities for real time embedded safety critical software, CAD, CAM, PLM and PDM support for mechanical engineering. Our joint venture with Lufthansa Technical training supports our ‘Recruit, Train and Deploy’ concept. Lufthansa Resource Technical Training (LRTT) is a EASA Part 147 Approved Basic

35 www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Smith Partnership knowledge to meet the demands of the 21st Unite the Union 4th Floor, Celtic House century. Unit 2 Pride Point Drive Heritage Gate Pride Park Derby Peter Rayson Derby Derbyshire e: [email protected] Derbyshire DE1 1LS DE24 8BX t: 01332 225225 Coventry City Council t: 01332 548400 w: www.smithpartnership.co.uk West Orchard House w: www.unittheunion.com 1st Floor An award winning firm, Smith Partnership is one Coventry Trade union of the leading legal practices in the Midlands Warwickshire region, established for over 20 years. We offer a CV1 1GF Tony Tinley comprehensive range of services to a wide t: 024 7683 2887 e: [email protected] range of business clients, including a growing w: www.coventry.gov.uk number linked with the aerospace industry. Our University of Derby, School of services include corporate and commercial, Coventry City Council’s Business, Investment Technology litigation and mediation, debt recovery, and Enterprise Team is leading the drive to Faculty of Arts, Design and Technology employment, commercial property and support the City’s growth plans by encouraging Markeaton Street corporate defence. We pride ourselves on our and supporting business investment. Our sector Derby `no-nonsense approach` and offer honest and development strategy is designed to give Derbyshire pragmatic advice in plain English. Close Coventry based businesses a competitive DE22 3AW working relationships between our various advantage which they can exploit. We actively t: 01332 597739 commercial teams mean that we can offer a encourage and support collaborative working w: www.derby.ac.uk seamless service to meet all your business within our aerospace sector businesses. The School of Technology at the University of needs. Brian Graham Derby offer education to the aerospace industry in mechanical and manufacturing engineering, Peter Smith e: [email protected] electronics and electrical engineering and e: [email protected] Institute of Metal Finishing business improvement techniques at foundation Exeter House degree and honours degree level. We also offer Swindell and Pearson Ltd consultancy, learning through work and short 48 Friar Gate 48 Holloway Head course provision in the same areas. Derby Birmingham Derbyshire West Midlands Angela Dean DE1 1GY B1 1NQ e: [email protected] t: 01332 367051 t: 0121 622 7387 w: www.uk-finishing.org.uk w: www.patents.co.uk University of Leicester As Chartered Patent Attorneys, European Patent The Institute of Metal Finishing (IMF) was Fielding Johnson Building Attorneys and Trade Mark Attorneys, we are founded in 1925, its title then being the University Road specialist advisers in relation to intellectual Electroplaters and Depositors Technical Society. Leicester property of all kinds, including obtaining rights, Its main purpose then was to disseminate Leicestershire enforcing them and defending against the rights technical information on electrodeposition by LE1 7RH of others. means of technical publications, technical t: 0116 252 2437 meetings and conferences. The area of interest w: www.le.ac.uk/business/ebdo Michael Skinner broadened into the total gamut of surface The University of Leicester is one of the world’s e: [email protected] finishing of metals when it assumed the title of the Institute of Metal Finishing in 1951. Such leading universities, with an impressive track processes embrace electro-plating, organic record of delivering cutting-edge research in Withers and Rogers LLP collaboration with our business and public Nicholas Wilson House (paint) finishing, anodising, printed circuitry and sector partners especially in Space based Dormer Place ancillary methods of surface treatment. More research and development, sensors and Leamington Spa recently, the IMF has further broadened its instrumentation providing a rich source of Warwickshrie interest to cover other aspects of surface inventions and innovations. The University of United Kingdom engineering. Leicester is interested in working with MAA CV32 5AE businesses on a range of funded collaborative t: 01926 310700 Ken Hoare leading-edge research and development w: www.withersrogers.com e: ken@instituteofmetalfinishing.org projects. Talk to the Enterprise and Business Withers & Rogers LLP is a leading firm of UK Loughborough University Development team at the University of Leicester and European patent and trade mark attorneys. Dept. of Aero and Auto Eng to identify how we can partner with your A national firm with a strong Midlands presence, UTC in Combustion Aerodynamics business for mutual benefit. our specialist Aerospace group includes Loughborough members with specific aerospace expertise Leicestershire Anjuu Trevedi drawn from our Advanced Engineering Group LE11 3TU e: [email protected] and our Electronics and Physics Group. We t: 01509 227 200 provide a high quality, attentive service with a w: www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/tt/ Wolverhampton City Council commercial focus. Civic Centre The University Technology Centre in St. Peter’s Square Dave Croston Combustion Aerodynamics is a research group Wolverhampton e: [email protected] within Loughborough University that is United Kingdom supported by Rolls-Royce to conduct research WV1 1SH into all aspects of combustion system fluid flows t: 01902 551155 OTHER SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS and the interfacing with engine components such as compressors and turbines. A mixture of Birmingham City University Faculty of Wolverhampton is home to many precision computational (CFD) and experimental work is engineering firms who supply essential Technology Innovation and Development carried out. The UTC make use of fully annular components to the motor and aerospace Millennium Point rigs as well as component facilities for industries. These companies proudly share their Curzon Street combustor flow, heat transfer and acoustic technological innovation and best practice, set Birmingham studies. high standards in training and development, West Midlands and have a strong skills base. The Lightning II B4 7XG James McGuirk Joint Strike Fighter - the latest vertical take-off t: 0121 331 5400 e: [email protected] and landing superjet - would not be able to w: www.tic.ac.uk leave the ground without essential engine A national centre of excellence for learning, rotation and actuation components innovation and technology transfer. The manufactured in Wolverhampton. Many other University supports individuals, organisations aircraft - civilian and military - rely on precision and communities in developing their engineered components from the city. understanding and capabilities within a rapidly developing technology-based society, providing Jay Patel cutting-edge resources and specialised [email protected]

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Achieving the Difference LLP Hyde Precision Components Ltd Sorby UK Ltd Maple House Oldham Street 7 Orgreave Close Bayshill Road Denton Handsworth Industrial Estate Cheltenham Manchester Sheffield Gloucestershire Greater Manchester South Yorkshire GL50 3AW M34 3SA S13 9NP t: 01242 421000 t: 0161 3379242 t: 0114 269 3803 w: www.thedifference.co.uk w: www.hydeprecision.com w: www.sorbyuk.co.uk If you’re an organisation looking for ways to Specialist in 3 axis and 5 axis machining of both improve your marketing, you’ve come to the metallic and non metallic components, including Manufacturer of special cutting tools into various right place. Achieving the Difference LLP is a CMM inspection and surface treatments carried industries including aerospace, automotive, F1, UK-based business advisor specialising in out by other group companies. medical, power generation to name a few. The helping clients become successful, market- company provide the optimum solution to its focused businesses: better marketing strategy, Andrew Sharples clients for solid carbide, carbide tipped, HSS compelling brand development, effective e: [email protected] and through its parent company Frezite Metal marketing operations, bespoke market Tooling (FMT) PCD tooling, as well as a research. LATecis UK Ltd refurbishment and regrind facility for all the Business & Technology Centre aforementioned. With over 45 years experience, Clive Lewis Bessemer Drive we have developed a client partnering ethos e: [email protected] Stevenage where “Your tooling problem is our problem to Hertfordshire solve.” Whatever the application, Sorby UK Arnold Magnetics Limited SG1 2DX (FMT) will offer the most cost effective solution Vector 31 t: 01438 791016 to the customer. Waleswood Way w: www.latecisuk.com Sheffield Craig Millward LATecis is the engineering services division of e: [email protected] UK the Latécoère Group. The company is S26 5NU headquartered in Toulouse with offices in SUMITOMO ELECTRIC Hardmetal t: 01909 772021 Bordeaux, Nantes, Paris, Seville, Madrid, Limited w: www.arnoldmagnetics.com Bucharest and Stevenage. It employs Summerleys Road Manufacturer of rare earth magnets and high approximately 400 staff across its activities Princes Risborough integrity magnet assemblies for the aerospace, which include: aerostructures design and FE Buckinghamshire industrial and other high-end markets, including engineering; satellite structures engineering; HP27 9PW machining, grinding, sleeving and dynamic aerospace onboard electrical systems design & t: 01844 342081 balancing. manufacture; aircraft and space assembly and w: www.sumitomo-hardmetal.co.uk transportation tooling; metrology; design & Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal is a world class Martin Satur manufacture of special purpose machines and manufacturer of high performance cutting tools e: [email protected] automated test equipment. LATecis is a leading for turning, milling, drilling, and boring supplier to Astrium, ESA, Airbus, Boeing and applications. A pro-active research and Attwater & Sons Limited Bombardier. LATecis UK is an independently run development programme focused on cutting PO Box 39 wholly owned subsidiary of LATecis. materials, chip breaker, and coating Hopwood Street technologies results in the continuous Preston Martin Hill introduction of new tooling products. The Lancashire e: [email protected] product range includes indexable insert and PR1 1TA solid tools manufactured from our unique t: 01772 258245 PFW Aerospace UK Ltd brands of tungsten carbide, cermet, silicon w: www.attwater.co.uk 19 - 20 Invincible Road nitride, CBN (Sumiboron) and PCD (Sumidia). Manufacturer and machinist of industrial Farnborough Our grades and geometries are suitable for composite sheet and tube. Hampshire heavy roughing, medium cutting, and mirror GU14 7QU finishing both hard and soft workpiece Paul Davis t: 01252 370666 materials. e: [email protected] w: www.uk.pfw.aero PFW Aerospace UK Limited is a world-class Terry Reynolds Encocam Ltd supplier to the aerospace industry, e: [email protected] 5 Stukeley Business Centre manufacturing a wide range of precision Blackstone Road components, from pipes and ducts to airframe Technical Resin Bonders Ltd Huntingdon structures. The company continues to be a 12 Clifton Road Cambridgeshire major player in the various sectors of the market Huntingdon PE29 6EF including, airframe, power plant, fixed and rotary Cambridgeshire t: 01480 435302 wing encompassing extensive civil and military PE29 7EN w: www.encocam.com projects. By utilising their vast experience, skill t: 01480 447400 Encocam Ltd is the parent company of seven base, equipment and people PFW Aerospace w: www.technicalresinbonders.co.uk divisions with over 21 years experience, UK continues to provide the customer with the Manufacturers of honeycomb bonded spanning globally a range of industries from total solution, by discharging their core business assemblies, lightweight panel systems and energy absorption, safety testing solutions, which includes the manufacture of metallic pipe composite components for the aerospace, rail, composite panels, and a range of and duct assemblies, welded sub assemblies, marine, defence and motorsports industries. manufacturing and engineering services . airframe sub assemblies and detail parts and Encocam prides itself on being a leader in kitting. Terry Mayston innovation and creativity whilst being forward e: [email protected] thinking in technology and manufacturing, Brian Cummings believing strongly in continuous improvement. e: [email protected] COREX-honeycomb, one of Encocam’s divisions, manufactures and distributes aluminium honeycomb worldwide, providing a light-weight to high-strength solution using a wide range of cell-sizes, materials, and strengths for core material and complete panels to customers’ exact requirements.

Malcolm Byers e: [email protected]

37 www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk The University of Sheffield AMRC with Boeing Wallis Way Advanced Manufacturing Park Rotherham South Yorkshire S60 5TZ t: 0114 222 1747 w: www.amrc.co.uk The internationally acclaimed University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) with Boeing is a £100 million collaboration between world-leaders in the aerospace supply chain, key government offices and international academic institutions. Our world-class facility is dedicated to developing the new, technology-driven solutions for materials-forming, metal-working, and castings that help ensure UK manufacturing remains competitive in the world.

Denzil Lawrence e: [email protected]

Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research Ltd Westmoreland Building 5 Beaumont Road Banbury Oxon OX16 1RH t: 01295 261211 w: www.wmtr.co.uk WMT&R established the UK subsidiary in Banbury, Oxfordshire in 2003 as part of its expansion programme. Equipment is housed in a 16,000 sq ft building, with tensile, fatigue, metallography, adhesive pre-treatment and bonding, corrosion and heat treatment laboratories. An additional machining centre provides customers with material cut up and test specimen manufacturing.

Mr Vinay Vaghela 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. The MAA is supported by Advantage West Midlands and the East Midlands Development Agency.