Capabilities of Midlands Aerospace Companies
2017-2018 Midlands capability for the world’s aerospace industry
he Midlands Aerospace Alliance is pleased to present you with the updated 2017-18 edition of our member capability directory T– which marks our fourteenth annual edition. It has been designed to help you identify world-class Midlands partners and suppliers for your aerospace programmes and projects.
The Midlands is home to one of the largest aerospace clusters in the world. Aerospace technologies designed and made in the Midlands can be found on the world’s most advanced aircraft. Leading names such as Meggitt, Moog, Rolls-Royce and UTC Aerospace Systems are major players in a region renowned for its core competency technologies:
• systems that power aircraft – gas turbine engines and other propulsion systems
• systems that control the moving parts of aircraft and engines – electrical, mechanical, electronic, hydraulic and pneumatic
• specialist metal and composite materials that enable these systems to perform with precision in exacting environments
• specialist engineering design services, factory equipment and tooling.
The Midlands business environment fosters the highest levels of innovation. Aerospace supply chains extend deep into our cluster’s world-class advanced engineering economy. We access and invest in a dynamic skills base, with more than 45,000 skilled people working in our aerospace industry.
The mission of the Midlands Aerospace Alliance is to enhance cooperation between customers, suppliers and partners in the Midlands and globally, so that we can improve the performance of all our companies and organisations. We invite you to join us, using this directory to identify the new partners and suppliers you need to make your projects successful.
David Danger Peter Smith MAA Chairman MAA Vice Chairman Managing Director Chairman and Chief UTC Aerospace Systems - Executive Marston Aerospace Nasmyth Group
The Midlands Aerospace Alliance (MAA) website provides further information and access to all MAA publications. The information in this directory is available and constantly updated, as a searchable database on the website. www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk
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DIRECTORY OF COMPANIES PRODUCING Esterline Corporation 11 Pentaxia Limited 17 FLYING SYSTEMS AND PARTS Extrude Hone Ltd 11 PK Engineering Ltd 17 Flextronics Aerospace & Defense 11 Poeton Industries Ltd 17 A & M EDM Ltd 5 Forward Composites 11 Pre-Met Limited 17 Abbey Metal Finishing Co Ltd 5 Future Metals UK 11 Preci-Spark Ltd 17 Accrofab Ltd 5 G & O Springs Ltd 11 Precision Technologies International Ltd 17 Acorn Surface Technology Ltd 5 Gardner Aerospace - Derby Ltd 12 Ricardo UK Limited 18 ActOn Finishing Ltd 5 Glenair UK Ltd 12 Righton Aerospace 18 Advanced Chemical Etching Limited 5 GMT Rubber-Metal-Technic Ltd 12 Rolls-Royce PLC 18 Advanex Europe Ltd 5 Gould Alloys Limited 12 Rotastat 18 AE Aerospace Ltd 6 Graves Aircraft Components Limited 12 Rudd Macnamara 18 Aeromet International Ltd 6 Greene Tweed and Co Limited 12 Schivo Group 18 Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings Ltd 6 Hauck Heat Treatment Ltd 12 Shaw Sheetmetal (Rugby) Ltd 18 Alloy Heat Treatment Ltd 6 Henton Engineering Ltd 12 Sheen Spark Ltd 18 Alloy Wire International 6 Hucknall Sheet Metal Engineering Limited 12 SIFCO Applied Surface Concepts (UK) Ltd 19 Alpha Adhesives & Sealants Ltd 6 Icon Aerospace Technology 13 Sigma Precision Components UK Ltd 19 Aluminium Special Products Limited 6 Ilmor Engineering Ltd 13 SL Engineering Ltd 19 Amphenol Invotec Limited 6 IM Kelly Aerospace 13 Smiths Metal Centres Ltd 19 ANT Industries 6 Impreglon UK Ltd 13 Southwest Metal Finishing Ltd 19 APT LEICESTER LTD 7 Indestructible Paint Limited 13 Spincraft ETG Ltd 19 Arrowsmith Engineering (Coventry) Ltd 7 Investment & Precision Castings Ltd 13 Summit Engineering (Birmingham) Ltd 19 Ash & Lacy Perforators Ltd 7 ITP Engines UK Limited 13 Surface Technology Plc 19 Ashton & Moore Ltd 7 JJ Churchill Ltd 13 Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited 20 Atlas Composites Limited 7 Kepston Limited 13 Tamworth Heat Treatment Ltd 20 Beadlight Ltd 7 Kigass Aero Components Ltd 14 Taylor Engineering Ltd 20 Bodycote Heat Treatments Ltd 7 Knight Strip Metals Limited 14 Technetics Group UK 20 Bohler-Uddeholm (UK) Limited 7 Kugel Motion Ltd 14 Techniswage Ltd 20 British Rema Processing Ltd 8 Lancaster Alloys UK 14 Technoset Ltd 20 Bromford Industries Ltd 8 LGG Charlesworth 14 Tekdata Interconnections Limited 20 Bulwell Precision Engineers Ltd 8 Manthorpe Engineering Ltd 14 The Autins Group 20 Burcas Ltd 8 Maycast Nokes Precision Engineering Ltd 14 Thermofax Ltd 20 C & H Precision Finishers Limited 8 Medley Precision Engineers Ltd 15 Timet UK Limited 21 Chinn Ltd 8 Meggitt 15 Trust Precision Engineering Ltd 21 CN Alloys Limited 8 Mettis Aerospace Limited 15 TT Electronics 21 Columbia Precision Ltd 9 MGS Precision 15 Tufnol Composites Ltd 21 Copper & Optic Terminations Ltd 9 Micro Spring & Presswork Ltd 15 Turnell & Odell Limited 21 Croft Engineering 9 Microjet Precision Services Ltd 15 UTC Aerospace Systems Cube Precision Engineering 9 Micrometric Limited 15 - Actuation & Propeller Systems 21 CW Fletcher & Sons Limited 9 Midland Tool & Design Limited 15 UTC Aerospace Systems - Marston Aerospace 22 D & S Engineering (Coventry) Limited 9 MJ Sections Limited 15 Valbruna UK Limited 22 Danatrol 10 Momentum Engineering Ltd 16 Victoria Drop Forgings 22 Datum Engineering Company Ltd 10 Moog Aircraft Group 16 Wallwork Heat Treatment Limited 22 Davromatic Precision Ltd 10 MP Engineering UK Limited 16 WH Tildesley Ltd (Forging) 22 Destec Engineering Ltd 10 Nasmyth Arden 16 Wheelabrator Impact Finishers 22 Doncasters Aerospace Ltd 10 Nasmyth Group Limited 16 Winbro Group Technologies Limited 23 Doughty Precision Engineering Ltd 10 NMB-Minebea UK Limited 16 WTI Fasteners Ltd 23 Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Limited 10 O.L.D Engineering Limited 16 Wyken Tools Ltd 23 Dynamic Metals Ltd 10 Oerlikon Balzers Coating UK Ltd 16 continued Electro-Discharge Ltd 10 PAB Coventry Limited 16 Energy Tubes Ltd 11 Paragon Engineering & Logistics Ltd 17 epm: technology group 11 Parker Precision Ltd 17 Erodex (UK) Ltd 11 Paul Fabrications Ltd 17
www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk | 3 continued Master Abrasives Ltd 35 Kiwa Ltd 42 Mills CNC Limited 36 Majenta Solutions 42 ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT Mitsubishi Materials UK 36 Mycon Marketing Services Ltd 43 SERVICES 28 NHE 35 Paul Kirk Forming Ltd 42 Orbital Welding Equipment Ltd 36 TBAT Innovation Ltd 43 42 Technology Limited 28 Orchard Environmental Systems 36 TEC Transnational 43 Aircraft Research Association (ARA) 28 Phoenix Calibration & Services Ltd 36 Test and Measurement Experts Limited 43 Altran UK Ltd 28 Pryor Marking Technology 36 The Access Group UK Ltd 43 Axiscades UK Ltd 28 R E Bowers & Freeman Limited 36 Verify Europe Ltd 44 BHR Group 28 Roemheld (UK) Limited 37 VR Aviation Safety Partnership Ltd 44 CNR Services International Ltd 28 Rozone Ltd 37 Cyient Europe Ltd 28 RTC Electronics Ltd 37 HUMAN RESOURCES 44 Frazer-Nash Consultancy 28 Sil-Mid Ltd 37 FTT (UK) Ltd 29 Snap-On Industrial 37 Advantage Resourcing 44 Institute of Materials Finishing 29 Star Micronics GB Ltd 37 Consilium Recruit 44 QuEST Global 29 Surface Finishing Engineering Limited 37 Encore Personnel 44 Romax Technology Ltd 29 Tebis UK Ltd 38 Hays 44 Tata Technologies 29 Teer Coatings Limited 38 In-Comm Training & Business Services Ltd 45 Vector GB Ltd 29 Vacuum Brazing Consultants Ltd 38 Jonathan Lee Recruitment 45 VirtualPiE Ltd 29 Yamazaki Mazak UK Ltd 38 Optima-UK Inc Ltd 45 Resource Group Limited 45 PRODUCT AND MATERIAL MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND OVERHAUL 38 Technical Network 45 TESTING SERVICES 30 CFS Aeroproducts Limited 38 LEGAL AND FINANCIAL SERVICES 45 Exova 30 GJD Aerotech Limited 38 Lucideon Ltd 30 Med-Lab 38 Adamson Jones IP Ltd 45 NDT Midlands ltd 30 Aon Risk Solutions 45 NDT Services Limited 30 RECYCLING 38 BHW Solicitors 45 Smithers Rapra and Smithers Pira Ltd 30 Cooper Parry 46 WDB Limited 30 ELG Utica Alloys Ltd 38 Cowens Survival Capability 46 Westmoreland Mechanical Testing DLA Piper UK LLP 45 & Research Ltd 31 PARTS AND LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT 38 HGF Ltd 46 Investx Ltd 46 AAR International 38 EQUIPMENT, TOOLS AND CONSUMABLES FOR National Westminster Bank plc 46 Active Integrated Supply Limited 39 ENGINEERING, PRODUCTION AND PRODUCT Richard V Wallis 46 Air & Ground Aviation Ltd 39 SUPPORT 31 Vault IP Ltd 46 Amco Services (International) Ltd 39 Withers and Rogers LLP 46 Daher Aerospace Limited 39 Wright Hassall LLP 47 Acres Engineering Limited 31 GEFCO 39 adi Group 31 JJX Logistics 39 OTHER SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS 47 Almor Group 31 Kintetsu World Express (UK) Ltd 39 Argenta 31 MDXpress Ltd 39 Business Birmingham 47 ATS Applied Tech Systems Limited 31 On Logistics Ltd 39 Coventry University 47 Bowers Group 32 Pattonair (Derby) Limited 40 Derby City Council 47 Busch UK 32 Quality Consultancy & Inspection Group 40 Institute for Aerospace Technology Caltherm (UK) Ltd 32 UPS Ltd 40 (The University of Nottingham) 47 Cimcool Europe Bv 32 Wincanton 40 Loughborough University 47 Comar Engineering Service Ltd 32 Manufacturing Technology Centre 48 Computer Controlled Solutions Ltd 32 DISTRIBUTION AND SALES 40 PM Group 48 Craig Tools International Limited 32 Solihull College & University Centre 48 CTR-Carbide Dies Ltd 32 Barnes Aerospace 40 Turner & Townsend Plc 48 Cullum Detuners Ltd 32 Bibus Metals Ltd 40 Unite the Union 48 Delcam Ltd 33 Ed Fagan Europe 40 University of Birmingham - Ecoclean UK 33 EMS-CHEMIE (UK) LTD 41 Birmingham Research Park 48 Electro Optical Systems Limited 33 FTP LP, FST Service Centre UK & Ireland 41 University of Derby 48 Engineering Technology Group 33 Lee Products Ltd 41 University of Leicester 49 Exactaform Cutting Tools Ltd 33 Orscheln Europe 41 Warwick Manufacturing Group 49 Expert Advanced Manufacturing Technologies 33 Stride Supplies Ltd 41 Wolverhampton City Council 49 FMT Tooling Systems Limited 33 WMH UK Ltd 41 Fuchs Lubricants (UK) plc 33 HONORARY MEMBER 49 Georg (UK) Limited 34 SUPPORT FOR MANAGEMENT, PRODUCTIVITY, Heller Machine Tools Ltd 34 ACCREDITATION, INFORMATION 3(F) Squadron, Royal Air Force 49 Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence 34 TECHNOLOGY 41 Hydro Systems UK 34 Industrial Tooling Corporation Ltd 34 AddQual 41 IPG Photonics 34 Aerospace Capability Project Ltd 41 ITI 34 CANDA Systems Ltd 42 Keysight Technologies Ltd 35 CDI Document Management Ltd 42 KG Washford Ltd 35 Coaching For Change Ltd 42 Kuka Systems UK Ltd 35 Consult Avila Ltd 42 Kyocera Unimerco Tooling Limited 35 Gobel & Partner Ltd 42 MA Ford Europe Ltd 35 IngPro Ltd 42 Mapal Ltd 35 IPI Solutions Limited 42
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A & M EDM Ltd Acorn Surface Technology Ltd Advanced Chemical Etching Limited 25 Mornington Rd Clover Street Units 31-34 Smethwick Kirkby-in-Ashfield Hortonwood 33 West Midlands Nottinghamshire Telford United Kingdom United Kingdom Shropshire B66 2JE NG17 7LJ United Kingdom t: 0121 558 8352 t: 01623 753107 TF1 7EX w: www.amedm.co.uk w: www.acornst.com t: 01952 416666 w: www.ace-uk.net A high-quality company specialising in electro Acorn is a specialist surface engineering company discharge machining (wire and spark erosion), CNC providing high-quality processes and service to ACE has a strong background in manufacturing and general machining. aerospace, defence, automotive and industrial custom precision components for defence and markets. We hold a wide range of quality aerospace applications, experience in supplying Kevin Powell accreditations including ISO 9001:2008, BS EN 9100/ many aircraft platforms and is ideally placed to meet e: [email protected] AS9100, NADCAP plus a number of third-party their rapidly changing demands in terms of quality, approvals including Airbus, Boeing, Rolls-Royce, speed, precision and innovation. ACE is well versed Abbey Metal Finishing Co Ltd Bombardier. The range of processes available includes in producing critical components in the majority Unit 2 Dodwell Bridge Industrial Estate NDT, anodising, painting and IVD aluminium vacuum of compliant aerospace grade materials including Dodwells Road coating. We specialise in multi-process and selective beryllium copper, phosphor bronze, inconel, nimonic, Hinckley coating and can advise on design and selection of incoloy, stainless steel, aluminium, aluminium bronzes, Leicestershire surface treatments. titanium and molybdenum. From flat metal profiles United Kingdom to complex formed components we have the in- LE10 3BZ Jonathan Riches house capability to manufacture your prototype and t: 01455 637284 e: [email protected] production requirements to exacting standards, using w: www.amfin.co.uk ACE etching technology and conventional tooling. ActOn Finishing Ltd Abbey Metal Finishing (AMFIN) is a company with 213 Torrington Avenue Gary Marriott tradition forged by experience over the last 67 Tile Hill e: [email protected] years. Our extensive range of finishing processes Coventry includes electroplating, anodising, painting, NDT West Midlands Advanex Europe Ltd (including etch inspection) and thermal spraying. United Kingdom Mill Park Way Our multifunctionality allows us to carry out a CV4 9HN Station Road number of consecutive processes in one location. t: 02476 466914 Southwell A strong, experienced team allows AMFIN to meet w: www.acton-finishing.co.uk Nottinghamshire customer demands in aerospace, defence, railway United Kingdom and other business sectors. We hold a number of Established since 1965, we are the UK leading NG25 0ET quality accreditations: NADCAP, ISO9001:2008 experts in designing and developing machinery and t: 01636 815555 + AS/EN9100, ISO14001:2004, 18001:2007 and consumables for mass finishing applications. Our w: www.advanexeurope.co.uk third-party approvals such as Airbus, Rolls-Royce, products include vibratory finishing machines, high Bombardier and Safran. energy finishing machines, fully automated systems, Advanex Europe is a world leader in the waste water treatment equipment, ceramic, plastic, manufacture of high quality precision products from Brendan Johnston special & agro media and liquid, powders and spring wire and flat strip. We offer creative solutions e: [email protected] pastes compounds. Using our quality products, we using our advanced technical resource, design can achieve a range of finishing applications which capability and leading edge facilities. We provide Accrofab Ltd include deburring, descaling, degreasing, cleaning, support to customers with innovative solutions using Stoney Gate Road smoothening, radiusing, brightening, polishing, drying a lean and agile manufacturing approach to optimise Spondon and corrosion protection. We also offer a complete product and process specifications. We are well Derby range of subcontract services comprising barreling, respected by global manufacturers who represent Derbyshire shot blasting and peening, precision polishing and a wide cross section of industries including medical United Kingdom inspection. ISO 9001, AS 9100 Rev C, ISO 14001 devices, aerospace, automotive and electronic DE21 7RX and Rolls Royce approved supplier for RPS 251, RPS equipment. t: 01332 666878 709, precision polishing. w: www.accrofab.co.uk John Jenkinson Sid Gulati e: [email protected] Accrofab is a class-leading manufacturer of precision e: [email protected] fabricated and machined parts for the aerospace industry. We provide a single point of contact for end-to-end solutions across new product introductions, volume production and aftersales support, working closely with our customers to deliver added value, reduced risk and exacting performance. We operate an agile and flexible approach to managing capacity, providing a quick and comprehensive response to our customers’ specific requirements. Design for manufacture advice forms part of our service. We now offer vacuum heat treatment in-house along with laser cutting, welding and NDT, all to Nadcap accreditations.
Nick Willers e: [email protected]
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Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings Ltd Aluminium Special Products Limited Unit 1 Meridian West Unit 39 Second Avenue Meridian Park The Pensnett Estate Leicester Kingswinford Leicestershire West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom AE Aerospace Ltd LE19 1WX DY6 7UW 5 Dymoke Street t: 0116 223 4123 t: 01384 291900 Highgate w: www.akzonobel.com w: www.aspgroup.co.uk Birmingham West Midlands Manufacture and distribution of structural, exterior ASP is an approved supplier of aluminium, United Kingdom and specialist coatings for the aerospace and defence titanium, and magnesium alloys. Using a global B12 0TA markets. ANAC is approved by all the leading OEMs network of approved material producers, we t: +44 (0)121 773 9911 and is a key supplier to the airline maintenance supply wrought products and bespoke in-house w: www.aeaerospace.com aftermarket (MRO). machined components to a variety of industries with Aerospace as a focus. The company is AS9100 Rev C AE Aerospace is a world-class supplier of high- Richard Marston accredited and is an active member of the Midlands quality precision machined components supporting e: [email protected] Aerospace Alliance as well as ADS (Aircraft Interiors repeater, runner, stranger and alien demands for the Group). aerospace and advanced engineering markets as Alloy Heat Treatment Ltd the core of our business and future strategy. Our Block 6 David Robinson ERP system and infrastructure allow us to manage Grazebrook Industrial Park e: [email protected] our business efficiently and we are dedicated to Peartree Lane, Dudley ensuring that our customers receive the optimum West Midlands Amphenol Invotec Limited performance necessary. Utilising five axis milling and United Kingdom Hedging Lane turning machines, AE Aerospace has achieved the DY2 0XW Dosthill highest industry and customer qualifications including t: 01384 456777 Tamworth SC21 Bronze Award. Based in Birmingham close to w: www.aluminiumheattreatment.com Staffordshire major road networks, airports and rail services, we United Kingdom are ideally situated to support customers locally and Alloy Heat Treatment is the largest and leading B77 5HH internationally. subcontract heat treater of aluminium and its alloys, t: 01827 263000 in any form, in the UK. Cast, forged or wrought w: www.invotecgroup.com Peter Bruch product into a variety of quenchants. e: [email protected] Invotec specialises in the manufacture of high Steve Roberts reliability, complex multilayer, HDI and flex rigid PCBs Aeromet International Ltd e: [email protected] for the European aerospace and defence sectors. Cosgrove Close We have the capability to manage a vast array of Blackpole Alloy Wire International leading-edge materials and technologies, which have Worcester Narrowboat Way been developed in partnership with our customers, Worcs Hurst Business Park to deliver optimum performance under extreme United Kingdom Brierley Hill conditions. Through design support, prototyping and WR3 8UA West Midlands serial production fulfilment, we deliver world-class t: 01795 415000 United Kingdom products from our UK facilities. Unrivalled technical w: www.aeromet.co.uk DY5 1UF capabilities, coupled with innovation and close t: 01384 566775 customer relationships, ensure a comprehensive Aeromet International Ltd is a UK based, world w: www.alloywire.com and competitive service-backed offering. Approvals leader in production of premium quality aluminium include Nadcap (Electronics), AS9100C and SC21 sand and investment castings and magnesium sand Manufacturer of wire (round, shaped and flat) in high Bronze Award. castings. High property castings are available utilising performance nickel alloys. SOPHIA process for conventional materials, and Jeremy Brook A20X for next generation, ultra high property Thomas Mander e: [email protected] applications. A20X material produces the highest e: [email protected] strength aluminium castings commercially available. ANT Industries Registered with the Aluminium Association as Alpha Adhesives & Sealants Ltd Carlyon Road AA205, AMS4471 for investment castings and Llewellyn Close Atherstone AMS4482 for sand castings. FAA approved. The only Sandy Lane Ind. Estate Warwickshire Boeing approved aluminium investment foundry Stourport-on-Severn United Kingdom in Europe. Castings – machining – treatments – Worcestershire CV9 1LQ assembly – design - rapid prototyping. Investment United Kingdom t: 01827 716878 castings up to 1.5m³, sand castings to 1.0m³. DY13 9RH w: www.antindustries.com AS9100: RevC, ISO9001, ISO 14001 and NADCAP t: 01299 828626 approved. w: www.alpha-adhesives.co.uk Established in 1972, ANTools Ltd manufactures a wide range of components and assemblies for Michelle Cox We manufacture adhesives, sealants and coatings the aerospace and its allied industries. We have e: [email protected] with in-house laboratories to develop products the capability to manufacture complex prismatic to suit customers' particular requirements. parts and aero engine "ring" components. We are a Products include approved, one-part water based first-tier supplier to a variety of OEMs and offer the adhesives for aircraft interior trim. One-part and capability to support both prototype and production two-part epoxies for honeycomb and composites, requirements. polyurethanes, silicone sealants. Neoprene, PU and rubber based adhesives for inflatable life rafts, chutes Shaun Rowley and escape systems. Special structural adhesives for e: [email protected] composites. Solutions for aircraft tyre manufacture and also aircraft tyre re-treading adhesives.
David Shaw e: [email protected]
6 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk APT LEICESTER LTD Ashton & Moore Ltd Bodycote Heat Treatments Ltd Rookery Lane 12 Smith Street Thermal House Groby Birmingham Colliery Lane North Leicester West Midlands Exhall Leicestershire United Kingdom Coventry United Kingdom B19 3EX United Kingdom LE6 0GL t: 08456 188196 CV7 9NW t: 0116 287 0051 w: www.ashton-moore.co.uk t: 02476 367786 w: www.aptleicester.co.uk/aerospace/ w: www.bodycote.com Sub-contract special process house offering: NDT With over 60 years experience, APT offers one of services; sulphuric, thin film sulphuric, TSA and Bodycote is the world’s leading thermal processing the most comprehensive subcontract machining chromic anodising; passivation of aluminium and services provider. Offering extensive processing services in the UK. Operating 24/7 and working stainless steel; painting/stove enamel; ceramic anti- capability in the UK, and an international network to the highest levels of AS 9100 and ISO 9001 corrosion coating; cadmium; lead, indium and silver of services with 170 locations in 27 countries, standards, APT is a globally recognised manufacturer plating; phosphating (zinc, manganese, low temp. & Bodycote is a vital provider offering local support to of quality precision turned parts and multi-axis CNC calcium-modified); and electropolishing and ancillary the international aerospace industry. Services include: machined components. Experts in working with a services to aerospace and defence standards. heat treatment; metal joining including vacuum range of exotic materials as well as ferrous steels, brazing and electron beam welding; hot isostatic high temperature alloys, aluminium and plastics, Pat Ash pressing and metallurgical coatings. The world’s APT is a trusted supplier to the aerospace, security, e: [email protected] most respected aerospace companies recognise the automotive, medical and marine sectors. benefits of long-term relationships with Bodycote Atlas Composites Limited – allowing access to the wealth of knowledge, Nick Baller Peregrine House expertise and international quality accreditations that e: [email protected] Merlin Way keep Bodycote at the leading edge of engineering Ilkeston technology. Arrowsmith Engineering (Coventry) Ltd Derbyshire 44- 50 Bayton Road United Kingdom Terry O’Leary Exhall DE7 4RA e: terry.o’[email protected] Coventry t: 0115 930 4058 West Midlands w: www.atlascomposites.com United Kingdom CV7 9EJ Atlas Composites is a dynamic force in the t: 02476 361773 development and manufacture of composite w: www.arrowsmitheng.co.uk structures for a diverse range of aerospace and Bohler-Uddeholm (UK) Limited military applications. We are currently certified to European Business Park Founded in 1967 and specialising in the manufacture AS9100 Revision C standard - the prestigious quality Taylors Lane of components for the aerospace industry. AS9100, management system for aviation, space and defence. Oldbury ISO14001 and Nadcap approved company with Our capabilities include project management, West Midlands highly skilled workforce providing CNC turning, component and tool design, CAD/CAM technology, United Kingdom milling, thread rolling and grinding engineered five-axis machining, autoclaves, press moulding, B69 2BN machining services. Manufacturer of both large and clean room facility, CNC materials preparation, t: 0121 552 5681 small volume production runs in nimonics, titaniums non-destructive testing and AS 9102 compliant w: www.bohlersteels.co.uk and plastics, as well as specialist services of NDT final inspection. We are currently engaged with and pressure testing. Based in Coventry in a newly the Midlands Aerospace Alliance and are working The name BÖHLER is synonymous with top constructed 18,000 sq. ft. HQ with capacity to grow towards SC21 bronze recognition. quality specialty steels in the aerospace and both in size and capability. Blue chip customer base defence industries. As part of Voestalpine AG with and hold SC21 Bronze since 2013. David Gregory manufacturing plants in Austria and subsidiaries e: [email protected] around the world, Bohler Steels UK supplies to a Jason Aldridge demanding and robust supply chain. Now stocking a e: [email protected] Beadlight Ltd complete range of aerospace grades in stainless and 31B Avenue One nickels to British Standard and AMS specifications Ash & Lacy Perforators Ltd Station Lane in Oldbury - at the heart of the West Midlands. A Alma Street Witney purpose built automated racking system (KASTO) Smethwick Oxon provides our customers JIT solutions and support Warley United Kingdom with cutting, machining, bevelling, testing and more. West Midlands OX28 4XZ Contact us now to discuss your needs. United Kingdom t: 01993 868866 B66 2RL w: www.beadlight.com Stephen Heeley t: 0121 558 8921 e: [email protected] w: www.ashlacyperf.co.uk Beadlight is an LED lighting specialist. We design, engineer and manufacture the ultimate aerospace The Ash & Lacy Group manufactures a diverse reading lights using a unique patented diffusion range of engineered products and systems for the system which creates the perfect reading light. We construction, automotive, aerospace and industrial are British manufacturers proud of our quality and markets. We have a strong ethos of innovation design. We work closely with our customers tailoring through engineering excellence. In-house capabilities lights to meet their needs to ensure the best include: metal processing, perforating, expanding, solution is provided. forming, powder coating, tool manufacture, performance testing, quality testing, design & assembly Gina Amies services. In aerospace, Ash & Lacy manufactures e: [email protected] perforated metal components for a wide range of applications, across many aircraft platforms. We operate to BS EN 9001:2008 quality management standards and are proud to have achieved Rolls- Royce, Bombardier, HS Marston and Safran approvals.
Carl Seabridge e: [email protected]
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British Rema Processing Ltd Bulwell Precision Engineers Ltd Chinn Ltd Image Works Wharf Road Industrial Estate Coventry Road Foxwood Close Pinxton Exhall Chesterfield Nottingham Coventry Derbyshire Nottinghamshire West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom S41 9RN NG16 6LE CV7 9FT t: +44 (0)1246 269955 t: 01773 810102 t: 02476 369400 w: www.bulwell.com w: www.chinnltd.com w: www.britishrema.com
Operating from a state-of-the-art facility in Pinxton, Part of the Nasmyth Group of companies, Chinn British Rema is one of the UK’s longest established Bulwell specialises in the manufacture of precision Ltd specialises in the manufacture of machined businesses in powder processing and was a parts, kits, airframe assemblies and sub assemblies and sheet metal components, complex assemblies pioneer in the fields of particle size reduction and using the latest CAD/CAM technology to interface and fabrications for airframe and engine customers particle size control. With expert knowledge and with customer design teams. Excellence in in military and civil aerospace markets. With an experience of the characteristics and behaviour of engineering and cutting-edge up to 5-axis technology extensive range of specialised and precision processes a wide range of particulate materials, British Rema has positioned Bulwell at the forefront of precision undertaken by a highly skilled and motivated specialises in the micronisation, classification and machining, producing quality assured components workforce, including: machining, welding, FPI, X-Ray, blending of powders and resins to tightly controlled in steel, titanium, aluminium, nimonics and super hot and cold metal forming, chemical processing and specifications at the micron scale, either as a alloys. Fine tolerance grinding, water jet cutting, heat treatment. Chinn Ltd also carries out reverse and contract service or the design and manufacture of heat treatment, anodising, non-destructive testing, concurrent engineering on legacy and prototype parts process equipment worldwide. Current aerospace paint and plasma spraying are also undertaken and holds an extensive range of ISO, NADCAP and applications for micronized powders include to manufacture complex airframe and finished OEM approvals. advanced adhesive systems, resin based polymers equipment assemblies. and composites used in component assembly. Stuart Etheridge Eddie Jones e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Simon Abbott e: [email protected] CN Alloys Limited Burcas Ltd 1 Exchange Court Park Lane Cottingham Road, Baines Lane Handsworth Corby Birmingham Northants West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom NN17 1TY B21 8LT t: 01536 400254 Bromford Industries Ltd t: 0121 5532777 Pegasus House w: www.burcasonline.com w: www.cnalloys.co.uk Bromford Gate Birmingham For over 70 years Burcas has been at the leading Our product range covers aluminium, nickel alloys, West Midlands edge of technology and quality, providing innovative special steels, titanium and stainless steel, including United Kingdom machining solutions to the aerospace, defence and grades such as maraging and the precipitation B24 8DW precision engineering markets. Specialising in high hardenable steels. We stock a comprehensive range t: 0121 683 6200 complex critical machined components Burcas of specialised materials in a range of forms - from w: www.bromfordindustries.co.uk is fully equipped with CNC milling, CNC turning ingot to small diameter, flat and hexagonal bar. and importantly CNC grinding including 5-axis We can re-work larger ingot and billet stock with Bromford Industries is a privately owned enterprise capabilities for milling and grinding. This capability excellent lead times to any size or specification supports repeater, runner and speed shop customer trading on a global basis, supplying precision required. With warehouse and office locations in orders and contracts in accordance with our future the UK and the USA we continue to supply our machined components, fabrications and assemblies strategy. Based in Birmingham in a 35,000 sq. ft. to leading OEM’s in the aerospace, defence, worldwide customer base with a level of support facility our robust infrastructure and 70 strong team that has become our trademark. marine, power generation and nuclear markets, is ideally situated to support customers locally and demonstrating an impressive health and safety internationally. Andrew Clark culture. Operating from facilities in the UK, the e: [email protected] company specialises in engineering solutions utilising Brian Cummings core competencies including, complex machining and e: [email protected] fabrication of super alloys, supply chain management expertise, specialist finishes and assemblies, all fully C & H Precision Finishers Limited integrated and supplied to customers requirements. Precision House Derby Road Trading Estate Bill Jones Sandiacre e: [email protected] Nottinghamshire United Kingdom NG10 5HU t: 0115 939 4707 w: www.chprecision.co.uk
CHP has over 40 years of experience in specialist capabilities and production processes for accredited finishing on a wide range of components including: turbine blades and vanes, engine casings, undercarriage landing gear parts, one-off alien parts, blisk polishing. We provide component finishing processes which include: centrifugal high energy barrelling system, de- burring, finish polishing using variable speed spindles, vibro and super polishing, blasting including vapour blast, CMM inspection services, all to meet the most demanding quality levels and approvals. Process methods are carried out using a highly skilled and trained workforce. Superfast turnaround times, often within 24 hours
Jack Oldershaw e: [email protected]
8 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Croft Engineering CW Fletcher & Sons Limited Sawley Grange Sterling Works Sawley Road Mansfield Road, Wales Bar Draycott Sheffield Derbyshire South Yorkshire Columbia Precision Ltd United Kingdom United Kingdom 140 Cheston Road DE72 3QF S26 5PQ Aston t: 01332 872274 t: 0114 2942200 Birmingham w: www.croftengineering.co.uk w: www.cwfletcher.co.uk West Midlands United Kingdom Croft Engineering of Draycott is a company of 60 With over a century of experience in precision B7 5EH employees, specialising in low to medium batch engineering we work within a diverse range of t: 0121 327 1500 production of high precision components. The industries, principally aerospace, nuclear and space w: www.columbia.uk.com company offers three main areas of expertise: 1) exploration. Manufacturers of precision engineered precision grinding, covering cylindrical, centreless, components, we also offer a highly cost effective ‘Ultimate Precision’ is the benchmark Columbia internal and ring grinding, bore honing -- working supply chain management service to reduce risk and has sought to maintain for more than 35 years. routinely to tolerances of .0002" and often to .0001"; maximise your margins. Our manufacturing facility Internationally recognised, its reputation for supplying 2) CNC milling, with eight vertical machining centres, is now split into 3 main value streams covering high quality precision components to aerospace, five of which have 4-axis capability; 3) CNC turning, machined fabrications, machined from solid and nuclear, defence, motor sport, petrochemical with thirteen CNC lathes of which two have live actuator unison rings. All of these value streams and medical industries is unrivalled. Continuous tooling. These areas are supported by manual turning are self managing, operating in size ranges up to 2 metres. We are the safest choice for any customer in investment into innovative technologies ensures and milling. Croft Engineering also offers full CMM whatever market we chose to serve. premium quality at a market competitive price with facilities with 3 full-time inspection representatives. assured due date adherence. Recent acquisitions saw Richard Phillips the arrival of 2 Matsuura machines, a MAM72-35V Ashley Beeden e: [email protected] 32 pallet and MAM72-63V 6 pallet, 5 Axis prismatic e: [email protected] CNC machine, Mazak Megaturn Nexus 900M and a D & S Engineering (Coventry) Limited Studer S33 twin spindle CNC grinder. Cube Precision Engineering 27 Brindley Road Cakemore Road Exhall Ted Yarnall Birmingham Coventry e: [email protected] West Midlands West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom Copper & Optic Terminations Ltd B65 0QW CV7 9EP Unit 1 Stone Road Business Park t: 0121 559 3096 t: 024 7664 4648 55 Stone Road w: www.cubeprecision.com w: www.dseng.co.uk Stoke on Trent Staffordshire Design and manufacture of press, mould and A precision engineering company, established in United Kingdom composite tools for the aerospace, defence and 1973, supplying the aircraft and defence industries. ST4 6SR automotive industries. Specialising in tooling and We are AS9100 revision 'C' & ISO9001 approved, t: 01782 275810 components up to 5m in length and 35T in weight we were awarded SC21 Bronze award in 2013 w: www.copperandoptic.com our tryout facilities range from 400T-1,000T for the second year and are striving to achieve the mechanical presses. We have AS9100 Rev B silver award. We utilise the latest CNC machinery, Copper and Optic are firmly established as one (migrating to C), ISO9001 and are SC21 signatories. including five-axis, and our inspection department of the leading manufacturers of high quality cable includes three CNC CMM machines. We manage assemblies and fibre optic solutions. Providing Neil Clifton outsourced processes such as heat treatment and cable/wiring harness assembly, mechanical assembly, e: [email protected] plating. We are a grade 'A' supplier to major tier one electro-mechanical assembly, printed circuit aircraft and defence contractors. board assembly or fibre optic termination for the aerospace, defence, power and professional Richard Maconnachie electronic manufacturing base we are proud to be e: [email protected] associated with some of the most influential defence and aerospace companies in the industry. We return a first class service, delivering ON TIME, to the highest possible QUALITY, at a COST EFFECTIVE price, communicating progress on a regular basis.
Carol Heath e: [email protected]
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Danatrol Destec Engineering Ltd Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Limited Unit 2 Five Mile Lane 40 Fort Parkway Canal Bank Washingborough Erdington Loughborough Lincolnshire Birmingham Leicestershire United Kingdom West Midlands United Kingdom LN4 1AF United Kingdom LE11 1QA t: 01522 791721 B24 9HL t: 01509 217516 w: www.destec.co.uk t: 0121 384 8800 w: www.danatrol.com w: www.dunlopaircrafttyres.com Destec Engineering Ltd, established for over 47 Danatrol Ltd specialises in the production of years, is a privately owned engineering company Dunlop Aircraft Tyres specialises in the design, precision CNC machined components offering providing product and services to sectors including manufacture and retreading of world class aircraft exceptional levels of quality workmanship and oil & gas, power generation, defence, aerospace, tyres. Manufacturing new tyres in Birmingham UK, customer service since 1977. Our expertise is to nuclear & rail. Our inspection & NDT facilities offer the company offers a retread and distribution machine complex components in a wide range in-house and on-site testing, including fluorescent service from England, the USA and China for of materials for industries including aerospace, magnetic particle up to 1.5m length/400mm dia on popular aircraft from manufacturers like Airbus, security, energy and electronics established as a key our programmable bench, fluorescent dye penetrant Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer and more. supplier to major companies in the UK, Europe, allowing for large or multiple small/medium USA and China. Our range of precision engineering component processing utilising 450 litre capacity Martin Pye and machining services includes: CNC multi-axis tanks, ultrasonic testing, crack depth measurement, e: [email protected] machining, CNC 5 axis CMM inspection, high value XRF positive material identification, hardness testing, complex components, CAD/CAM integrated and Faro arm CMMs. We offer in-house machining machine shop facility, prototype manufacture, and bespoke on-site machining services where finishing processes. we “bring the machine to you”. We are ISO 9001
accredited. Sailesh Chauhan Dynamic Metals Ltd e: [email protected] Mark Lamyman 40 Eden Way Chartwell Business Park Datum Engineering Company Ltd e: [email protected] Leighton Buzzard Whitacre Road Doncasters Aerospace Ltd Bedfordshire Nuneaton Whitchurch Road United Kingdom United Kingdom Shrewsbury LU7 4FY CV11 6BP Shropshire t: 01525 217-556 t: 02476 383032 United Kingdom w: www.dynamicmetals.co.uk w: www.datumuk.com SY1 4DP
t: 01743 454300 Dynamic Metals was set up to provide aerospace Immediate capacity - hot forging and machining of w: www.doncasters.com metals at competitive prices, against tight deadlines high strength fasteners in exotic materials. Machine with no minimum order quantities. Titanium, nickel to print - CNC multi axis precision machined Supplier of fabrications and machined components alloy, stainless steel, alloy steel and other exotic components in all materials, especially exotic and to the aerospace industry, including turbine blades materials are held in a variety of different forms hard materials and ceramics. Capability includes and vanes for aero-derived gas turbines. within our UK distribution centre. We have the CNC profile grinding, thread rolling, hot forging of ability to process them on site and despatch them high strength fasteners. Supported by a full range of David J Baker on our own vehicles. This allows us to control quality, CNC inspection equipment including laser scanning e: [email protected] specification and lead times without needing to and roundness measurement. Specialist forged outsource. We have installed band saws in-house, fasteners in nimonic, inconel, titanium, waspalloy, Doughty Precision Engineering Ltd invested in our own delivery vehicles and established durahete 900 & 1055 for nuclear and aerospace Units 4 - 6 a trusted global supply chain. applications. 100 Sherbrook Road
Nottingham Sam Excell David Hoare Nottinghamshire e: [email protected] e: [email protected] United Kingdom NG5 6AB Electro-Discharge Ltd Davromatic Precision Ltd t: 0115 966 0600 Unit 14 8 Avon Industrial Estate w: www.doughtype.com Bagley Industrial Park Rugby Dudley Warwickshire Using hard, specialist metals and alloys, Doughty West Midlands United Kingdom is a high volume manufacturer of components for United Kingdom CV21 3UY electrical multiple connector components, diesel DY2 9DY t: 01788 561969 engine, marine and motorsport markets. The t: 01384 238451 w: www.davromatic.co.uk company's purpose built factory in Nottingham is w: www.electro-discharge.co.uk
home to over 30 skilled engineers offering a range Davromatic manufacture precision components for of capabilities focused on fast response. Intricately Wire and spark erosion specialist to the aerospace, the aerospace, defence and fastener industries and machined transducer and electrical connector satellite, oil and Formula 1 industries, capable of has AS9100 rev C accreditation. The services include components can be precision engineered from a cutting up to 600mm thick. Also offering CNC difficult-to-machine materials and tight tolerances for wide range of materials, including stainless steels, milling, electrode manufacturing, tool and fixture components and assemblies. non-ferrous metals, titanium, nimonics, hastelloy and design/manufacturing.
high performance plastics. Doughty has also invested Martin Ollis heavily in advanced coordinate measuring and Rupin Vadera e: [email protected] optical profile measuring equipment to manufacture e: [email protected] components to the most exacting industry standards.
Nelash Nagar e: [email protected]
10 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Energy Tubes Ltd Esterline Corporation Forward Composites Energy House Ironmasters Way 9/10 Clifton Road Unit 2 & 3A Bean Road Stockton-on-Tees Huntingdon Tipton County Durham Cambridgeshire West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom TS21 1LB PE29 7EJ DY4 9AQ t: 01740 630461 t: 01480 432623 t: 01902 671222 w: www.esterline.com w: www.forwardcomposites.com w: www.energytubes.com Esterline is a global specialty manufacturer serving Supplying advanced composite solutions into Energy Tubes is a specialist producer of tig welded primarily the aerospace and defence markets with the aerospace and defence markets, Forward highly engineered, reliable, and harsh-environment- tubes in stainless steels, nickel alloys and titanium for Composites has a full range of capabilities. From tolerant components, products, sub-systems industry all over the world. We have manufactured and services. Esterline has a global network of product design and engineering services, to tooling, tubes in the UK since 1974, from gauges of 0.4mm manufacturing, sales, and support resources for manufacture, testing and finishing. From initial briefing to 2mm. In diameter they range from 6mm up to mission-critical products in the aerospace industry through to delivery, all aspects of the process are 42mm. Our services include in-house comprehensive including cockpit electronics and displays, control monitored by a proven, robust quality management testing and inspection, in-line eddy current testing products, power distribution components and system. Our state-of-the-art facilities in Huntingdon and fully annealed coiled tubes up to 250m long. systems, sensors, seals, clamps, thermal protection include CAD design, CNC 5-axis machines (including equipment, interconnect solutions, software and one of the largest in the UK), freezers, kit cutting, John Finnegan surface finishing services and more. clean rooms, autoclaves, curing ovens, spray-bake e: [email protected] paint booths, Faro Arm and Stiefelmayer and Faro Annette Rothwell 'Ion' laser tracker. epm: technology group e: [email protected] Technology Centre Neal Hillier Westside Park Extrude Hone Ltd e: [email protected] Belmore Way, Derby 1 Sovereign Business Park Derbyshire Joplin Court, Crownhill Future Metals UK United Kingdom Milton Keynes Libra, Unit C, Maidstone Road DE21 7AZ Buckinghamshire Kingstone t: 01332 680420 United Kingdom Milton Keynes w: www.epmtechnology.com MK8 0JP Buckinghamshire t: 01908 263636 United Kingdom epm: technology is a high-performance engineering w: www.extrudehone.com MK10 0BD business which specialises in composite component t: +44(0)1908585034 Extrude Hone Ltd. provides surface finish solutions design and manufacture of complex assemblies and w: www.futuremetals.com for aero engine components (blisk, impeller, blade, sub systems for automotive, aerospace, defence nozzle guide vane, turbine disk) for improved airflow and F1 clients. From our purpose-built, 60,000 sq. and removal of stress risers and also deburring Future Metals is the global leader in the supply of ft. technology centre in Derby, we manufacture solutions for hydraulic components. We support our aerospace tubing, and is the premier distributor complex, lightweight, performance-critical and customers from early design phase through ramp-up of aerospace metals worldwide. We earn our environmentally advantageous components, including in our contract shops to supply of capital equipment leading market position by providing our customers patterns, jigs and prototype parts. Our AS9100 - abrasive flow machining (AFM), electrochemical with superior service and quality products from certified quality management system applies across machining (ECM and PECM) and thermal energy world class producers. Through our experienced, all sectors at our technology centre. method (TEM). knowledgeable and dedicated staff of industry professionals, we conduct business in an honorable Andrew Walker Luke Moran and ethical manner. e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Paul Wingfield Erodex (UK) Ltd Flextronics Aerospace & Defense e: [email protected] Tipper Industrial Estate 5, Victoria Estate Park Road Monmouth Halesowen Monmouthshire West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom NP25 5AR B63 2RH t: 01600 719054 t: 01384 892011 w: http://www.flextronics.com/business_groups/ w: www.erodex.com pages/aeroanddefence.aspx G & O Springs Ltd
Broad Ground Road Flextronics understands aerospace and defence. Specialist in: sink erosion, wire erosion, mechanical Managing programmes across life cycles from NPI to Lakeside carbon applications, semiconductor applications, volume. Design and value-engineering. Programme Redditch metallurgical applications, furnace applications, management, quality/IT systems for product, sourcing Worcestershire machining services, carbon brushes, design services. and supply chain requirements. Support entire life- United Kingdom Since its foundation in 1973, Erodex has had a cycle service capabilities, qualifications, certifications. B98 8YP guiding philosophy which has endured throughout Aftermarket logistics, including provisioning of t: +44 1527 523764 the decades. The finest raw materials, when allied spares and repairs. Coordinate capabilities/resources w: www.springs.aero to first class manufacturing techniques and the best offerings into turnkey solutions. End-to-end solutions possible service, will result in a successful business. for rapidly changing marketplaces where quality, Manufacturer of all types of springs and wireforms From the very beginning and continuing up to date, reliability, innovation, cost of products are critical. for the aerospace industry. Approvals held: the finest carbon and graphite materials have been Markets: flex circuits, CCAs, avionics, in-flight AS9100:C & Nadcap (heat treatment and materials provided by Poco Graphite of the USA and Toyo entertainment, radios, thermal solutions, ruggedised testing laboratory). See our website for current Tanso of Japan. devices; UAV; UGV. Vertical integration: machining, performance statistics. metal-stamping, plastics, cables, fabrication/assembly Paula Brettell of multi-layer, high complexity, high density PCBs; Steve Boyd e: [email protected] mechanical assembly/integration of enclosures; e: [email protected] sub-assemblies; racks/systems encompassing multiple levels of test.
Jim Tynan e: [email protected]
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Gardner Aerospace - Derby Ltd Gould Alloys Limited Henton Engineering Ltd Unit 9, Victory Park Markham Vale Faraday Road Victory Road Markham Lane Harrowbrook Industrial Estate Derby Chesterfield Hinckley Derbyshire Derbyshire Leicestershire United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom DE24 8ZF S44 5HS LE10 3DE t: + 44 (0) 1332 274700 t: 01246 263300 t: 01455 238331 w: www.gardner-aerospace.com w: www.gouldalloys.co.uk w: www.hentonengineering.com
Gardner Aerospace Derby is a supplier of Gould Alloys is a leading supplier of high quality Henton Engineering specialises in the machining aerospace detailed parts, sub-assemblies and total metals to the aerospace industry, holding major and fine grinding of large complex sectioned manufacturing services to the aerostructure and aerospace company approvals. The company pursues ring and prismatic components, typically in the aero engine markets. Components are manufactured a policy of understanding the requirements of the 200mm to 2m range, for aircraft engine, marine in soft, hard and exotic alloys and we have all the customer, supplying materials in the most cost- engine, space, satellite and precision engineering required engineering tools, processes and quality effective form. sectors. Employing 65, Henton Engineering has the approvals to support these capabilities. expertise and capability to produce parts in titanium, Jane Bradshaw nimonic, stellite, aluminium and other exotic and Mark Holland e: [email protected] high temperature alloys. Its manufacturing facility e: [email protected] is equipped with CNC lathe technology as well as Graves Aircraft Components Limited full 5-axis continuous path machining equipment; Glenair UK Ltd Lighting Way all testing and assembly is also undertaken at the 40 Lower Oakham Way Alvechurch Road company's Coventry site. Taking advantage of the Oakham Business Park Birmingham most advanced production management technology, Mansfield West Midlands the company is able to import customer schedules Nottinghamshire United Kingdom into its ERP system and react immediately to United Kingdom B31 3PJ changing customer demands. NG18 5BY t: 0121 475 5181 t: 01623 638100 w: www.gravesac.co.uk Chris Summers w: www.glenair.co.uk e: [email protected] Manufacturer of low-volume critical flying parts for Glenair is a manufacturer of interconnect solutions the aerospace industry. Specialists in the supply of Hucknall Sheet Metal Engineering Limited and products - especially for harsh environment and stranger and alien parts for the after-sales market. Occupation Road harsh EMC applications. We manufacture a wide Parts manufactured include nozzles, jets, match Off Cinderhill Rd, Bulwell range of military aerospace qualified circular and ground spools and sleeves and other fuel-line Nottingham Micro-D connectors, harness accessories, backshells, components, small prismatics and actuation unit Nottinghamshire conduit, braiding, heatshrink boots and tooling. parts. United Kingdom Other products include fibre optic components and NG6 8RD assemblies, composite components and enclosures. Dean Banks t: 0115 927 2840 We specialise in the design and manufacture of e: [email protected] w: www.hucknallsheetmetal.co.uk customised wire and flexi-harness assemblies for bespoke applications. We have a large design team Greene Tweed and Co Limited Specialists in 2D & 3D CO2 laser cutting. 5 axis in Mansfield able to support and solve any of your Mere Way waterjet & micro waterjet cutting, YAG laser drilling, interconnection requirements. Glenair is proud to Ruddington Fields, Ruddington electro discharge machining (EDM), CNC machining, hold the SC21 Silver Award. Nottingham routing, punch and brake press, general fabrication Nottinghamshire and assembly. Programmable welding systems. Tim Hall United Kingdom Prior part marking verification & CMM inspection e: [email protected] NG11 6JS with reverse engineering capabilities. NADCAP t: 0115 931 5777 approved for non-conventional machining & welding. GMT Rubber-Metal-Technic Ltd w: www.gtweed.com Thirty years experience as a tier one Rolls-Royce Unit 9 The Sidings aerospace supplier, Rolls-Royce Nuclear Civil & Station Road, Guiseley Manufacturers of high performance sealing systems Marine approved. Rolls-Royce Fuel Cells, renewable Leeds and Xycomp complex thermoplastic composite energy projects. Subcontractor to Rolls Royce West Yorkshire parts. Heritage Trust. All work approved to Rolls-Royce United Kingdom Sabre. LS20 8BX Tony Porter t: 01943 870670 e: [email protected] Tracey Tolliday w: www.gmt-rubber.com e: [email protected] Hauck Heat Treatment Ltd GMT is a global leader in the supply of structure Hortonwood 40 stabilising tie rods, anti-vibration mounts and shock Telford control solutions. GMT's structural tie rods are Shropshire purpose-designed to fix walls, galleys, lavatories United Kingdom and hat racks to the structure of the aircraft. They TF1 7YU are also used in the wings, flaps and undercarriage. t: 01952 677372 Strong lightweight materials such as carbon fibre, w: www.hauckht.com titanium and aluminium are used to optimise weight and performance. GMT's rubber to metal bonded Nitriding Services was the first Nadcap approved anti-vibration mounts are used to reduce harmful plasma nitriding facility in Europe. This development vibration and noise using specially formulated rubber is part of a group-wide extension of aerospace and compounds for use in jet engines and aircraft cabins. defence industry quality accreditation for all the heat treatment and surface engineering services on Dirk Schmid offer, and is in response to the increasing demand e: [email protected] for independent, third-party certification of the manufacturing supply chain within these sectors.
David Loughlin e: [email protected]
12 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Icon Aerospace Technology Impreglon UK Ltd ITP Engines UK Limited Thrumpton Lane Kingsbury Link The Whittle Estate Retford Trinity Road, Picadilly Cambridge Road Nottinghamshire Tamworth Leicester United Kingdom Staffordshire Leicestershire DN22 6HH United Kingdom United Kingdom t: 01777 714300 B78 2EX LE8 6LH w: www.iconpolymer.com t: 01827 871400 t: 0116 284 5400 w: www.impreglon.co.uk w: www.itp-engines.co.uk Icon Polymer's portfolio of critical components includes aircraft platform, aerodynamic window UK facility of a world renowned industrial applicator Design, analysis, test and manufacture of aero-engine seals, high and low pressure door and window seals, of fluoropolymer, molybdenum disulphide, components, systems and modules. Partners and electrical connectors, oxygen supply hoses, specialist polyurethane, anti-microbial and thermal spray suppliers to the world's leading aircraft engine ducting, precision mouldings leading and leading coatings. Our systems, experience and high level of makers. Services include: core engine design and edge aerodynamic seals. Aircraft seals produced service can help you solve your surface technology from a range of silicone and polychoroprene analysis, test rig design and manufacture, engine requirements. With decades of experience, airframe integration, engine control systems, space facilitate a wide range of operating temperatures Impreglon UK is the fluoropolymer and thermal and when combined with fabrics such as glass, thermal design tools. The manufacturing site is a spray coating applicator for the UK and Ireland. cloth and polyester, performance is further centre of excellence for small rotating parts within Accredited to ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004, enhanced. Applications include canopy and hatch the wider ITP Group. Components include: blisks, seals, aerodynamic wing fillet seals and inflatable our range includes, amongst others, the full Teflon®, discs, spools and shafts. The test facility contains a seals. Sealing sections are available in a range of Xylan® and Greblon® ranges, PTFE, PFA, FEP, ETFE, large vacuum test chamber and electric drive system configurations, incorporating fabric and metal inserts ECTFE (Halar®), flame spray tungsten carbide and with bespoke controls capability to carry out a for strengthening or for mounting location. Icon chrome oxide, and arc spray zinc, aluminium [TSA], variety of bird strike, over speed and blade off tests. produces the most comprehensive range of aircraft stainless steel and nickel alloy. The new SafeCoat 600 oxygen-supply hose systems in Europe. series is a highly effective anti-microbial decorative Chris Ridley coating. e: [email protected] Tim Pryce e: [email protected] Guy Williams JJ Churchill Ltd e: [email protected] Station Road Ilmor Engineering Ltd Market Bosworth Quarry Road Indestructible Paint Limited Leicestershire Brixworth 19-25 Pentos Drive United Kingdom Northamptonshire Sparkhill CV13 0PF United Kingdom Birmingham t: 01455 299600 NN6 9UB West Midlands w: www.jjchurchill.com t: 01604 799100 United Kingdom w: www.ilmor.co.uk B11 3TA We are a UK based, family-owned private precision t: 0121 702 2485 engineering company founded in 1937 to provide Ilmor has a long established, successful history in w: www.indestructible.co.uk sub-contract machining to the aerospace industry. motorsport and high performance engineering. The company subsequently diversified into We also offer precision subcontract machining Inventors, developers, manufacturers and power generation and defence markets. Our services having an extensive range of machine tools, suppliers of engineering coatings and coatings for comprehensive engineering facility is dedicated to backed up by a full complement of CMM equipped engineering, specifically for aero engine, airframe and the manufacture and supply of finished components inspection department. Having gained AS9100/C aerospace accessories including heat exchangers, and assemblies to a variety of 'blue chip' OEM accreditation in 2013 we have continued to increase undercarriages, propellers, gas turbines; also customers. Products range from diesel-engine our business in the aerospace market. We are very production aids such as laser and acid bath stop offs. proud to have gained a Boeing Silver Supplier status components and assemblies machined from ferrous and non-ferrous castings, through to gas-turbine from our work with this company. Ilmor can offer Richard Banks blades 5-axis milled from bar, oversized and or a fast, flexible service, but with the commercial e: [email protected] sensitivity and qualified working that is a requirement precision forgings or castings in titanium and nimonic of meeting AS 9100 procedures. Investment & Precision Castings Ltd materials. Nari Road Stuart Cooper Bhanvagar Matthew Wilkinson e: [email protected] Gujarat e: [email protected] India IM Kelly Aerospace 364006 Kepston Limited The Moorings Business park Unit 13/15 Channel Way, Exhall t: +91 278 2523301 w: www.ipcl.in Western Way Coventry Wednesbury Warwickshire We have a foundry at Bhavnagar, India with capacity West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom CV6 6RH to supply 1,500 TPA of precision cast parts by lostwax process in ferrous & non-ferrous materials WS10 7BW t: 02476 644202 t: 0121 502 2972 w: www.imkelly.co.uk having air-melt, rollover and vacuum melt induction melting furnaces. Our QMS & HSE practices are w: www.kepston.co.uk I M Kelly was established in 1975 and supplies certified for ISO 9001, TS 16949, AS:9100 & PED Kepston Limited has the ability to provide a a range of interior products into the aviation, 97/23/EC, ISO 14001 & BS OHSAS 18001. We automotive, rail and marine markets. I M Kelly have Type Approval Certification by Center for specialist sub-contract service to the aerospace Aerospace manufactures soft interior and trimmed Military Airworthiness & Certification (CEMILAC), industry. Kepston has the capability to offer heat products for all types of aircraft and all classes, from Defence Research and Development Organisation treatment and brazing using vacuum and protective economy to super first class. The core business is (DRDO), Ministry of Defence Government of India atmospheres, along with the latest generation wire the manufacture of seat covers in leather or fabric for aluminium investment casting for Light Combat eroders with clean cut technology that leaves a as well as curtains, surged carpets and trimmed Aircraft ‘Tejas’. We offer 3D printed rapid prototype zero cast layer and specialised high precision CNC parts such as arm rests, dado panels etc. I M Kelly castings and PMMA patterns (Voxeljet VX500). Our jig, surface and universal grinding, CNC turning and Aerospace can also provide a range of cabin CNN machine shop supplies precision machined milling. interior products like blankets, headrest covers, fire parts from profile bar stocks. containment sacks or bespoke cabin bags. Chris Marsh Saraj Andhariya e: [email protected] Neil Turner e: [email protected] e: [email protected]
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Kigass Aero Components Ltd Lancaster Alloys UK Manthorpe Engineering Ltd Montague Road Unit 9, Millpool Farm Industrial Estate Manthorpe House Warwick Main Road Brittain Drive Warwickshire Worcester Ripley United Kingdom Worcestershire Derbyshire CV34 5LW United Kingdom United Kingdom t: 01926 493833 WR2 6LS DE5 3ND w: no web t: 01905 641 145 t: 01773 514 200 w: www.lancasteralloys.co.uk w: www.manthorpe.co.uk Sub-contract manufacture and assembly of components for the aerospace and autosport Lancaster Alloys Company manufacture and supply Manthorpe Engineering Ltd is a supplier to industry. Kigass has an engineering team to premium quality weld wire filler materials for the the power generation, aerospace, defence and take customer drawings, and, using CAD/CAM, aerospace and defence inustries. Established in processing industries through its impressive precision programme our range of modern CNC machines 1993 by a small group of engineers, the company machining and fabrication facilities. With CNC to produce customer designs. Using our range of has grown and developed its business based on machining capacity including 5 axis milling/turning 3 to 5 axis machining centres we specialise in the product quality, reliability and customer support. up to 3.0 metre diameter and fabrications up to 30 manufacture of components from solid avoiding We manufacture and release materials to AMS, tonnes we can offer a wealth of experience working prohibitive lead times for forged and cast parts. We MSRR9500, OMat, AWS and more. Lancaster Alloys in aluminium, carbon steels, stainless steels and the have 2 to 7 axis CNC turning, CNC EDM and wire is an ISO9001 recognised company and Rolls-Royce exotic alloys including nimonic, inconel, waspaloy and erosion, gun drilling, surface and CNC cylindrical approved. Our products are recognised and used titanium. Manthorpe has chosen UniGraphics NX6 grinding. Test house facility for fuel, oil, water and air by major manufacturers worldwide, including BAE, as its CAD/CAM design and modelling package flow checks, calibration and pressure testing. Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation, General for the most challenging machining operations. We Dynamics Land Systems, Lockheed-Martin, Airbus, can also offer assemblies, testing and site installation Peter Platt Rolls-Royce plc. and more. services. e: [email protected] Matt McLatchy Barry Lomas Knight Strip Metals Limited e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Cumbria Way Saltley Business Park LGG Charlesworth Birmingham Spring Lane West Midlands Malvern United Kingdom Worcestershire B8 1BH United Kingdom t: 0121 322 8400 WR14 1BS w: www.knight-group.co.uk t: 01684 892892 w: www.lggcharlesworth.com Maycast Nokes Precision Engineering Ltd Established for over 70 years, Knight Strip Metals is Factory Lane West a specialist stockholder and processor of precision Precision plastic injection and compression Halstead strip metals, stainless steels, nickel alloys, titanium and mouldings. Over 90 years LGG Charlesworth has Essex non-ferrous materials. Thin strip and foils form the established a unique combination of experience United Kingdom strongest area of our relationship with the aerospace successfully supplying components and assemblies CO9 1EX and defence industries. We combine our specialised, into most technical manufacturing sectors; t: 01787 477021 narrow rotary shearing skills with expertise in aerospace & defence, automotive, petro chemical, w: www.maycast.co.uk handling wide thin gauge strip in the supply of medical, electronics etc. Another strength that aerospace approved materials and services. differentiates LGG Charlesworth in the supply chain Maycast-Nokes Precision Engineering is a privately is the processing expertise across the full range owned company specialised in the manufacture Matthew Lacey of engineering plastics up to top end PPS, LCP, of high quality precision castings. Operating from e: [email protected] PEEK etc. Extra to the core moulding activity LGG a single site our facilities include two modern Charlesworth offer sub-assembly services. Our UK foundries, Nadcap approved NDT and heat Kugel Motion Ltd manufactured products, especially for the aerospace treatment departments, a metallurgical laboratory Unit 7, The Fulcrum and defence sector, form a cornerstone of our cross and a CNC machine shop. In addition to being Lows Lane industry ability to support you. ISO9001:2008 and AS9100 Rev C accredited Stanton-by-dale we also hold a range of aerospace and defence Derbyshire Jo Merrick company approvals. We can work from fully United Kingdom e: [email protected] dimensioned 2D drawings or 3D CAD models and DE7 4RJ using rapid prototyping techniques supply castings t: 01558 377674 on short lead-times for initial trials or fit, form and w: www.kugelmotion.co.uk function tests. We can proceed to supply production quantities, from hard tooling, of machined, finished Kugel Motion is the only UK manufacturer of custom and assembled castings. precision ground ball screws for the aerospace, defence and automotive industries. We have over Dave Blower 60 years’ experience in the design, application and e: [email protected] manufacturing of precision ball screws for use in actuators and linear motion systems; from moving aircraft and missile fin control surfaces, acting as dampers & inerters in motor-sport suspension systems and for the actuation elements of aircraft electronic braking systems. As an AS9100 quality accredited company all of our precision ball screws are built to the highest standards in a clean room environment with controlled axial play or in a preloaded condition.
Alexander O’Neill e: [email protected]
14 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Medley Precision Engineers Ltd MGS Precision Micrometric Limited 20 Hamilton Way Newcastle Street Doddington Road Oakham Business Park Stone Lincoln Mansfield Staffordshire Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom ST15 8JU LN6 3RX NG18 5BU t: 01785 815544 t: 01522 509999 t: 01623 412310 w: www.mgsanders.co.uk w: www.micrometric.uk.com w: www.medleyprecision.co.uk Manufacture of complex precision parts for the Micrometric Ltd provides a sub-contract laser Medley Precision Engineers Ltd is a family owned aerospace, nuclear, power generation, marine manufacturing service including laser machining, business with over three decades of experience and motor-sports markets, with 5-axis machining profiling, drilling, welding, engraving and etching in a wide array of machining disciplines, supplying expertise in speciality metals including MGS's applications. The company has 12 laser systems precision machined components to a diverse propriety Densamet Tungsten alloys. Fast make and including: Fibre, Nd:YAG and CO2, on up to five customer base. Medley's operates to the quality prototype parts specialists. axis CNC control. This activity is supported by a management system AS 9100 Rev C. conventional CNC machining, scanning, small press, Paul Smith wire EDM and grinding capability. Malcolm Hardy e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Neil Main Micro Spring & Presswork Ltd e: [email protected] Meggitt Brookside Holbrook Lane Elizabeth Way Midland Tool & Design Limited Coventry Redditch Barnfield Road West Midlands Worcestershire Tipton United Kingdom United Kingdom West Midlands CV6 4QY B97 6BL United Kingdom t: 02476 294200 t: 01527 69121 DY4 9DF w: www.meggitt.com w: www.microspring.co.uk t: 0121 520 1171 w: www.mtdltd.co.uk Several Meggitt companies are located in the Micro Spring & Presswork is a specialist Midlands including: Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems manufacturers of a wide range of precision springs, With over 40 years' experience, Midland Tool & (Coventry), a leading provider of wheel and braking presswork and assemblies and is accredited to Design (MTD) has the skills to deliver the precision engineering services you need. Our commitment systems products and services; Dunlop Equipment AS9100 Rev C. NADCAP merit status and SC21 to quality now extends to aerospace with our AS (Coventry), a supplier of pneumatic equipment Bronze. MSP makes all parts to drawing and is not 9100 accreditation. Our clients include demanding and sub-systems for many aerospace and defence a 'from stock' supplier. We specialise in the hard and high profile names in industries such as: applications; Meggitt Control Systems (Birmingham), to make parts from difficult to find material. MSP medical, automotive, food, project management, a provider of heat exchanger technologies to celebrated its 50th year in business in 2014, supplying metals packaging, aerospace & defence, housing manage temperature by controlling and regulating aerospace and defence for over half a century. We & construction, consumer products, oil & gas the flow of system fluids; Meggitt Polymer Systems also have the experience and knowledge to offer exploration, precision engineering services. Our (Shepshed), designers and developers of precision- flexible and innovative supply solutions that can add precision engineering services include: progressive engineered sealing systems for multiple engine and real value to your supply chain. tool and die design and manufacture; contract CNC airframe applications; and Meggitt Thermal Systems precision engineering services; high speed precision (Coventry), which produces electro-thermal and Graham Hawes stamping; precision ceramic components; complete engine bleed air ice protection equipment including e: [email protected] tooling services. composite structures such as inlets and nacelles. Microjet Precision Services Ltd Nick Brittle Steve McMulkin Unit 1 Ash Court e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Millenium Way East The Phoenix Centre Mettis Aerospace Limited Nottinghamshire Windsor Road United Kingdom Redditch NG8 6AR Worcestershire t: 0115 927 4748 MJ Sections Limited United Kingdom w: www.mjpsl.co.uk Marriott Road Industrial Estate B97 6EF Cradley Road t: 01527 406400 Manufacturer of components in stainless steel, Dudley w: www.mettis-aerospace.com titanium, brass, copper, composite materials including West Midlands United Kingdom laminates by 2D & 3D water jet cutting. Laser drilling DY2 0JZ Mettis Aerospace is a leading global service provider and welding and CNC machining. t: 01384 217000 of precision-forged and machined components in w: www.mjsections.co.uk titanium, aluminium and special steels. We excel at Kevin Parsons working with a diverse range of alloys and metals e: [email protected] Precision cold and hot formed fabrications for that can be forged and machined into numerous aerospace, including section rolling, brackets and asymmetric and complex shapes. From conceptual assemblies, pressings and fabrications, machined design to test and certification, we provide our parts, sealing rings and wires, airframe stringers, customers with a vertically integrated offering – made from stainless, titanium, nickel and nimonic this approach allows us to heat-treat and test our alloys and aluminium. forged products, with the ability to supply fully machined and processed components straight to Steve Cresswell our customers. We base ourselves on maintaining a e: [email protected] world-class status that revolves around exceptional customer service, engineering excellence, highly experienced management and continuous improvement.
Phil Thornton e: [email protected]
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Momentum Engineering Ltd Nasmyth Arden O.L.D Engineering Limited Unit 50 Coleshill Industrial Estate The Highlands Plot 1 Sketchley Lane Industrial Estate Station Road Maidwell Drive Burbage Coleshill Solihull Hinckley West Midlands West Midlands Leicestershire United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom B46 1JT B90 4QN LE10 3EN t: 01675 465024 t: 0121 683 5200 t: 01455 612521 w: www.ardenprecision.com w: www.momentumengineeringltd.co.uk w: www.oldengineering.co.uk
Momentum Engineering builds on over 40 years of The latest addition to the Nasmyth Group, acquired in 2014, Nasmyth Arden manufactures complex A family owned precision sub-contract machining supplying customers with dependability and reliability company specialising in small to medium batch work, in the automotive, aerospace, railway, construction, machined cases for aerospace applications, including a tier one supplier to a major international blue chip petro-chemical, electronics and defence sectors. We the housing for flight recorders and other critical company. are an accredited ISO 9001 and AS9100 company electronic assemblies such as full authority digital providing high-precision components internationally. engine controls. In addition to precision machining, Our CNC machining projects range from one-off Nasmyth Arden also specialise in CNC turning, CNC Neville Top prototypes through to large batch sizes, requiring 24 milling and up to 5 axis milling and 3D machining. e: [email protected] hour unmanned machining. Continuous investment in the latest technology and machine tools confirms Terry Mansell Oerlikon Balzers Coating UK Ltd we offer exceptional flexibility, versatility, reliability e: [email protected] Bradbourne Drive and efficiency. Our 2014 investment in a Mazak VTC Tilbrook 800/30SR offers our customers outstanding five axis Milton Keynes versatility up to 3m in the X axis, with unsurpassed Buckinghamshire accuracy. United Kingdom MK7 8AT John Ridding t: 01908 377277 e: [email protected] w: www.oerlikonbalzerscoating.com Nasmyth Group Limited Nasmyth House Moog Aircraft Group Coventry Road Oerlikon Balzers is one of the world’s leading Wolverhampton Operations Coventry suppliers of surface technologies that significantly Valiant Way West Midlands improve the performance and durability of precision Wolverhampton United Kingdom components as well as tools for the metal and West Midlands CV7 9FT plastics processing industries. Extremely thin and United Kingdom t: 02476 361156 exceptionally hard coatings, marketed under the WV9 5GB w: www.nasmythgroup.com BALINIT and BALIQ brand names, reduce friction t: 01902 397700 and wear. Oerlikon Balzers operates a dynamically w: www.moog.com Nasmyth Group is a cohesive group of engineering growing network of currently 106 coating centres businesses that consistently provides high quality in 34 countries in Europe, the Americas and Asia. Design, manufacture, assembly and test, servicing and services and products. The Group offers world Oerlikon Balzers is – together with Oerlikon Metco repair of hydraulic, mechanical electrical/electronic class design, manufacturing assembly and product - part of the Surface Solutions Segment of the flight controls, actuation systems and other aircraft support service across the fields of precision Switzerland-based Oerlikon Group. equipment. mechanical and electro-mechanical engineering. A key strength of Nasmyth Group is its ability to Mike Beirns offer customers a flexible and efficient "one-stop Stuart Mclachlan e: [email protected] solution." Our impressive in-house capability and e: [email protected] on-going investment programme ensure that we remain at the forefront of manufacturing technology. PAB Coventry Limited MP Engineering UK Limited For requirements ranging from specialised design Falkland Close 2 Maizefield contracts, which employ a full range of mechanical Charter Avenue Industrial Estate Hinckley Fields Industrial Estate and electro-mechanical skills, to the production of Coventry Hinckley complete assembled products, Nasmyth aims to West Midlands Leicestershire exceed customer expectations every time. United Kingdom United Kingdom CV4 8AU LE10 1YF Nicky Forster t: 02476 694419 t: 01455 636063 e: [email protected] w: www.pabgroup.co.uk w: www.mpengineering.co.uk NMB-Minebea UK Limited At PAB we have a proud history within the M P Engineering is an AS9100 BSI approved Doddington Road aerospace industry. Our customers look for the company. We have recently enrolled onto the Lincoln very best in components quality and when it SC21 programme. Established in 1981, we have Lincolnshire comes to pressings, brackets and welded assemblies over 30 years’ experience in producing precision United Kingdom they rely on PAB to deliver. PAB has longstanding components for a variety of industries. We now LN6 3RA relationships with Serck Aviation and Meggitt. t: 01622 500933 specialise in the simultaneous machining of 5 axis This market sector demands high specifications in w: www.minebea.co.jp components, which, alongside our CNC milling, materials and tolerances to meet safety standards. turning and EDM capabilities ensures that we are NMB-Minebea UK Ltd is wholly owned by Our quality accreditations ensure we are best placed well equipped to handle the reduced lead times Minebea Co. Ltd of Japan and forms one part to meet our clients’ rigorous process controls which and exacting quality requirements expected in of its worldwide rod end fastener business unit. you would expect from this industry. Again, our today's demanding markets. Our new investment in Each factory has its own key area of expertise. investment on the latest manufacturing processes plant enables us to not only maintain our enviable Lincoln's core competence is in landing gear and techniques enables PAB to fulfil our clients’ record of producing small batches for Formula 1 bearings, aerospace bearings of swaged and split requirements. but seriously engage aerospace customers with cost construction, helicopter, tram coupling and special effective contracts for larger batches. vehicle suspension bearings. With the UK factory, Rob Lewis two further manufacturing facilities in Japan and a e: [email protected] Jason Poole sizeable support factory in Thailand, we have the e: [email protected] capability to provide an engineering solution to all of our customer requirements.
Alan Morton e: [email protected]
16 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Paragon Engineering & Logistics Ltd Pentaxia Limited Pre-Met Limited Unit 6 & 7 40-44 Longbridge Lane Studley Road Showell Road Ascot Business Park Redditch Wolverhampton Derby Worcestershire West Midlands Derbyshire United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom B98 7HJ WV10 9LN DE24 8UJ t: +44 (0)1527 510535 t: 01902 789888 t: 01332 574870 w: www.pre-met.com w: www.paragon-eng-log.com w: www.pentaxia.co.uk Pre-met is one of the largest precision engineering Make-to-print low and high volume precision Pentaxia is a rapidly growing advanced engineering companies in the UK and Europe. We specialise machined components. New product introduction business offering a complete "end to end" solution in contract metal presswork and metal stampings through to full production including spares and repair for composite tooling and component manufacturing. which enables us to manufacture precision work incorporating precision and general machining All aspects of tooling design, manufacturing and metal components of a complex nature for capabilities using CNC and conventional machines composite production are undertaken within our aerospace customers around the globe. Based at including all types of turning, milling, grinding, honing, modern facility located in Derby. We supply patterns, Redditch in the heart of England we are able to assembly work, gear manufacture along with moulds, jigs, fixtures and pressed components to offer: prototyping, tool design and in-house tool material procurement, management and control of many high-profile (Tier 1) aerospace, military and production, component design and production sub-contract processing including NDT, EDM, heat defence customers. We offer predictability in a feasibility evaluation, a comprehensive tool transfer treatment and coatings. Ensuring that the resultant demanding aerospace market. We are ISO9001 service, efficient high quality manufacturing, low and service achieves a standard that complies with and AS9100 Rev C certified and offer extensive high volume production, assembly and lead wire customer requirements, the company complies with machining capabilities (with five 5-axis machines), services, moulding and machining. AS9100 accredited all national/international standards and all subsequent combined with autoclave and composite pressing and SC21 Bronze Award holder. revisions, including the Health and Safety at Work facilities; we also have an on-site paint facility Act 1974 and the aerospace standard AS9100 and Steve Haynes BS EN ISO9001. Dan Dececco e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Neil Croft Preci-Spark Ltd e: [email protected] PK Engineering Ltd Chapel Street Foxwood Court Syston Parker Precision Ltd Rotherwas Industrial Estate Leicester Vulcan Works Hereford Leicestershire Vulcan Road Herefordshire United Kingdom Bilston United Kingdom LE7 1HN West Midlands HR2 6JQ t: 0116 260 7911 United Kingdom t: 01432 279373 w: www.preci-spark.uk.com WV14 7HW w: www.pkengineering.co.uk t: 01902 353453 Preci-Spark is a process based company specialising w: www.parkerprecision.co.uk PK Engineering is focused on CNC precision in forming, laser machining, EDM and vacuum brazing. machining of small batches of complex components The company has a comprehensive CNC machining Precision CNC machinists specialising in small in non-ferrous materials, including engineering capability. Core component competences include components manufactured from exotic materials polymers and high nickel content alloys. We have the manufacturing and supply of honeycomb seal using the latest equipment. a strong track record of solving problems for our assemblies, cooling inserts, stator vanes/assemblies customers in the aerospace, medical and scientific together with a very extensive sub-con capability. Phil Parker sectors. PK Engineering Ltd is certified to AS9100 The company holds the UTC Supplier Gold standard e: [email protected] and ISO9001. and meets all class leading performance monitors.
Paul Fabrications Ltd Stephen Cheetham Andre Russell 10 Sills Road e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Willow Farm Business Park Castle Donington Poeton Industries Ltd Precision Technologies International Ltd Derbyshire Eastern Avenue 22 Mariner United Kingdom Gloucester Lichfield Road Industrial Estate DE74 2US Gloucestershire Tamworth t: 01332 818000 United Kingdom Staffordshire w: www.unitech-aerospace.com GL4 3DN United Kingdom t: 01452 300500 B79 7UL Paul Fabrications manufactures complex fabricated w: www.poeton.co.uk t: 01827 315050 and machined assemblies for the aerospace, w: www.precisiontechnologies.co.uk industrial power generation and nuclear power Poeton is a privately owned surface treatments sectors. Operating from a modern 60,000 sq. ft. group based in the UK. Production facilities are Precision Technologies is an accomplished facility it prides itself on exceeding customers based in Gloucester and Cardiff. The group employs manufacturer of precision components, tools and expectations, consistently achieving class-leading 150 across its two UK sites. The business was gauges. We have been supplying leading OEM's quality and delivery performance. Manufacturing founded in 1898. A JV, called ATC Poeton, was and 1st tier suppliers, including UTC Aerospace utilises computer-aided processing, with 6-axis fibre established in 2012 and has treatment capabilities in Systems, Moog and Leonardo Helicopters with high laser cutting and 5-axis CNC machining as core Singapore and Malaysia. Our expertise covers design precision drive components for many years. Products business competencies. With over 40 manufacturing support, research & development and low, medium manufactured in our fully equipped facility include: processes in-house you gain an appreciation of the and high volume processing on a wide range of machine cut or ground gears, splines, threads and breadth of engineering capability available. Approved surface treatments, many trade-marked under the worms. Maximum flexibility ensures we are able to to AS9100 Rev C with five supporting NADCAP Apticote brand name. Our customer base covers offer both full component manufacture or single accreditations and multiple OEM approvals, an all manufacturing sectors and we have a global operation sub-contract processing for small batch ongoing commitment to investment ensures that the customer base. Poeton R&D can provide wear and production. latest manufacturing technologies are utilised. corrosion testing as well metallography and chemical analysis. Patrick Walker Kevin Dexter e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Paul Bennett e: [email protected]
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Ricardo UK Limited Rotastat Schivo Group Midlands Technical Centre Unit 2 Manchester Business Park Unit C Southam Road Tewkesbury Road Mortimer Road Leamington Spa Cheltenham Narborough Warwickshire Gloucestershire Leicestershire United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom CV31 1FQ GL51 9EJ LE19 2GA t: 01926 319319 t: 01242 521998 t: (0) 1162 864898 w: www.ricardo.com w: www.rotastat.com SCHIVO Group has over 35 years’ expertise Ricardo High Performance Transmission Products is Established in 1972, Rotastat is a build to print in the manufacture of high-precision machined an approved sub-contract manufacturing company manufacturer of aerospace quality stators-rotors- components, complex fabrications and complex to the aerospace industry. We are approved to ISO motors/generators, and associated wound magnetic assemblies, operates from four facilities in Ireland and 9001:2000, AS 9100 Revision C, and we specialise components, such as transformers, inductors, toroids, the UK. Serving the medical device, instrumentation, and component level windings and sub assemblies. in the manufacture of high-quality transmission aerospace, process control, electronics, IT/telecom, The company operates in accordance with BS EN products that are produced in all kinds of materials. automotive and oil & gas industries, SCHIVO ISO 9001:2008. We are members of both MAA and We have the added advantage of being able to grind Group has established a reputation for innovation, WEAF. performance and excellence within its customer gear profiles from solid, thus eliminating the lead time required for cutting tools. Added to this we also base. Employing circa 130 qualified, trained and Shane O’Donnell empowered staff, SCHIVO Group operates a fully have in-house "high speed" prismatic machining up to e: Shane.O’[email protected] 1.5 meters long. integrated manufacturing and supply capability with high levels of customer focus, quality and cost competitiveness. James Sundler e: [email protected] David Kidd e: [email protected] Righton Aerospace Righton House, Unit G Nexus Point Rudd Macnamara Shaw Sheetmetal (Rugby) Ltd Elliott Way, Holford Holyhead Road 2-6 Upton Road Birmingham Handsworth Rugby West Midlands Birmingham Warwickshire United Kingdom West Midlands United Kingdom B6 7AP United Kingdom CV22 7DL t: 0121 3561141 B21 0BS t: 01788 536033 w: www.rightonaerospace.com t: 0121 523 8437 w: www.shawsheetmetal.co.uk w: www.nameplates.co.uk
Righton Aerospace is an AS9100 Revision C Sheet metalwork and fabrication including in-house stockist and distributor of aerospace approved Manufacturer of labels and nameplates for use CNC laser cutting, punching, folding, machining and raw materials, which operates from three licensed in aerospace applications such as engines, flight electro powder coat painting. sites. Our aerospace stock range includes stainless controls, actuated systems etc. We also manufacture
steels, alloy steels, copper alloys, aluminium, titanium, specialist branding decals suitable for the exterior of Phil Shaw nickel alloys, bearing steels, bearing bronzes and the aircraft. Fully conversant with documentation and e: [email protected] engineering plastics along with a wide range of procedures required for the aerospace environment. We are certified to AS9100C/ISO 9001:2008, and contract driven customer bespoke stocked items. Sheen Spark Ltd All of our aerospace centres are engaged in the hold customer approvals including: Rolls-Royce Plc - SABRe, Rolls-Royce Deutschland - SABRe and Unit 1, Ewhurst Avenue SC21 programme and we proudly hold two Silver UTC Actuation Systems. We also supply Bombardier, Selly Oak awards and one Bronze. SC21 is the template for Meggitt UTC Marston Aerospace and other Birmingham all our business and process improvements and is aerospace companies. Our broad process capability West Midlands fundamental in all our existing and future thinking includes: etching of stainless steel using either United Kingdom and decision making. chemical etching or laser etching processes, anodising B29 6EY and printing of aluminium, printing polycarbonate t: 0121 472 6241 Andy Gauler labels, fabrication of parts using on site press shop w: www.sheenspark.co.uk e: [email protected] facilities & 2D data matrix marking and bar coding. Sheen Spark Limited is a well-established Rolls-Royce PLC Robert Minors Birmingham based family run business who have PO Box 31 e: [email protected] Moor Lane provided competitive sub contract EDM services Derby to the aerospace industry for over 45 years - Derbyshire specialising in a combination of CNC wire erosion United Kingdom and CNC spark erosion. We employ a team of DE24 8BJ highly skilled, experienced operators with our quality t: 01332 242424 department ensuring we maintain the high standards w: www.rolls-royce.co.uk of work that we pride ourselves upon. We are AS9100 Revision C and Nadcap quality approved; Rolls-Royce is a global company, providing integrated SC21 Bronze accredited, and we also hold approvals power solutions for customers in civil and defence from major aerospace companies including Rolls- aerospace, marine and energy and power markets. Royce, Goodrich/UTC Aerospace Systems, MTU and We support our customers through a worldwide others. MTU and others. network of offices, manufacturing and services facilities. In civil aerospace Rolls-Royce is powering Richard Sheen over 30 types of commercial aircraft. The installed e: [email protected] civil engine base is around 13,000 and in 2014 the Trent XWB, the world’s most efficient aero engine, entered service. In defence aerospace Rolls-Royce is supporting 160 customers in over 100 countries and has 16,000 engines in service. In marine, Rolls-Royce is the leader in clean, efficient power and propulsion systems and has equipment installed on over 25,000 vessels for 4,000 customers.
18 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk SIFCO Applied Surface Concepts (UK) Ltd SL Engineering Ltd Units 12 - 14, Aston Fields Trading Estate Temple Road Aston Road Aslackby Bromsgrove Sleaford Worcestershire Lincolnshire United Kingdom United Kingdom B60 3EX NG34 0HJ t: 01527 557740 t: +44 (0)1778 440228 w: www.sifcoasc.co.uk w: www.sl-engineering.co.uk Spincraft ETG Ltd 9 Shelley Road SIFCO Applied Surface Concepts is a global leader in SL Engineering Ltd provides a full in-house solution Newburn Industrial Estate, Newburn the field of selective brush plating. It offers in-house for the manufacture of rigid tube assemblies and Newcastle Upon Tyne or on-site services for brush plating of components precision machined components for the aerospace Newcastle upon Tyne whether it be new part enhancement or repair to and industrial gas turbine markets. Capabilities United Kingdom damaged or worn parts. It is also able to offer brush include CNC tube manipulation, CNC multi-axis NE15 9RT plating chemicals and equipment along with training (5-axis) precision machining, computerised orbital/ t: 0191 267 1011 courses on selective brush plating methods. manual tig welding, brazing, CatiaV5 CAD/CAM w: www.spincraft-etg.com systems directly linked to contact/laser non-contact Andreas Bergman CMMs, pressure testing (nitrogen, hydraulic and air), Part of Standex International Corporation's e: [email protected] and radiographic/dye-penetrant NDT inspection. Engineering Technologies Group, Spincraft ETG Ltd With AS9100 and NADCAP approvals, over provides innovative manufacturing solutions to Tier 50 years experience, and state of the art CNC 1 and OEM level companies, supplying formed metal plant and equipment, we have an internationally components and assemblies used in a wide range of recognised reputation for producing competitively performance critical industries. priced high-quality products used on many of today’s
leading aerospace programmes. Madeline McGee Shaun Stevenson e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Summit Engineering (Birmingham) Ltd Sigma Precision Components UK Ltd Smiths Metal Centres Ltd Unit 31 Monkspath Business Park Alan Bray Close Unit 3 Power Station Road Highlands Road Dodwells Bridge Industrial Estate Rugeley Solihull Hinckley Staffordshire West Midlands Leicestershire United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom WS15 2HS B90 4NZ LE10 3BP t: 01889 576117 t: 0121 733 5410 t: 01455 445500 w: www.smithmetal.com w: www.summit-engineering.co.uk w: www.sigmacomponents.co.uk Smiths Metal Centres is a stockholder and supplier Summit Engineering (Birmingham) Limited is a Sigma Precision Components UK Ltd manufactures of all forms of aluminium, brass, bronze, copper precision engineering manufacturing company, rigid pipe assemblies, precision machined and steel as well as many other metals and plastics. originally formed in 1965 under the name of components and fasteners for aerospace and other Whatever alloy, grade, shape, size or specification, we D.a.Dowler Engineering Limited and established markets. From simple components to complex aim to have it in stock and ready to be dispatched to support the subcontract requirements of the assemblies of rigid pipes and fabrications, we have today. We offer many supply options and processing aerospace industry. Today, still a family business and 100 employees and 50,000 sq. ft. of modern facilities. services that can enable our customers to make under AS9100 and ISO9001, Summit Engineering Our specialist processes include tube manipulation, significant cost savings. continues to produce high quality, tight tolerance, fabrications, machining, welding, brazing, NDT, X-ray precision turned, milled, ground, drilled, assembled etc. Among our approvals are AS9100, NADCAP, Martin Underhill and kitted machined components for the aerospace ISO14001, Rolls-Royce etc. Access to our sister e: [email protected] and defence industries. company Chengdu Sigma Precision Components in China allows us to offer local supply whilst offering Southwest Metal Finishing Ltd Kevin McCormick the highest possible value to our clients where we Alphinbrook Road e: [email protected] hold a leading position in our chosen markets. Marsh Barton Trading Estate
Exeter Surface Technology Plc Michael Andreae Lyons Park e: [email protected] Devon United Kingdom Coventry EX2 8TJ West Midlands t: 01392 258234 United Kingdom w: www.eicgroup.co.uk CV5 9PF t: 0845 450 0870 We are part of the EIC group of companies and w: www.surfacetechnology.co.uk have over 80 years’ experience in offering a very comprehensive range of high quality electro-plating, Surface Technology plc provides specialist surface anodising, chemical conversion coatings, painting and coatings as part of a group of specialised coating non-destructive testing. We hold many aerospace companies comprising Armourcote, Surface prime approvals as well as Nadcap, AS 9100 & ISO Technology, AST and Ultraseal. We are dedicated to 14001. We also carry out work for the defence, providing surface and corrosion resistant coatings. marine and automotive industries. Our latest We provide high performance coatings across the processes include tartaric sulphuric anodising and globe. We provide a range of coating and plating out new patented chemical cleaning of additive layer services, with over 40 years’ experience in the products - Almbrite. We can also offer technical development and application of high performance support on new projects to identify best practices/ surface treatments. We have gained a reputation as applications. a leading global supplier in the development and application of surface coatings for clients across a Chris Smith broad spectrum of industries. e: [email protected] Debbie Reilly e: [email protected]
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Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited Technetics Group UK Tekdata Interconnections Limited Swiftool House Acan Way Innovation House Brookside Way Coventry Road The Glades Huthwaite Narborough Stoke on Trent Nottinghamshire Leicestershire Staffordshire United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom NG17 2NL LE19 2FT ST1 5SQ t: 01623 515544 t: 0116 272 7411 t: 01782 254700 w: www.swiftool.co.uk w: www.techneticsgroup.com w: www.tekdata-interconnect.com
Swiftool Precision Engineering Ltd, preferred supplier Technetics Group UK, formerly Wide Range Turnkey outsourcing capability for avionics, of high integrity precision machined components, Elastomers, provides innovative elastomeric sealing defence, space and autosport. Capabilities are integrated kits and mechanical assemblies. solutions for aerospace and defence applications. An almost unrivalled in breadth, including electric/ Nottinghamshire based, Swiftool support customers extensive range of capabilities, including moulding, electronic cable and harness design, qualification, globally operating within the aerospace, nuclear, hand-fabrication, extrusions and calendaring are rapid prototyping and manufacture (copper, marine and petrochemical markets. Swiftool offer available and produced in a comprehensive range of fibre optic, metal alloys and cryogenic), complex 80,000 hours of manufacturing capacity per annum, synthetic and natural rubber compounds, with the cabinet/box assembly, test, commissioning, repair utilising the latest 5 and multi axis CNC machine ability to incorporate reinforcement textiles, metals and maintenance. With its Cryoconnect products, tools, grinders, EDM, CMM and optical inspection and composites where required. Sub-assemblies, Tekdata is one of very few companies meeting technologies. Further services include NDT, pressure kitting and direct line feed services are all offered NASA's demanding standards for interconnection testing, grade B cleaning and military packing. to provide the most effective means of supply with systems. Tekdata designs solutions to function, size, Swiftool are a SC21 signatory approved to AS9100, solutions being tailored to suit specific customer weight, routing and/or cost. Tekdata operates from Babcock S1 and Rolls Royce 3001 – Sabre. requirements. a UK 40,000 sq. ft. facility on a prestigious industrial site and holds certification to AS9100 REV C and Paul Seagrave Mr Alan James ISO 9001:2008 and approvals (including preferred e: [email protected] [email protected] supplier status) from major aerospace, space and military primes. Tamworth Heat Treatment Ltd Techniswage Ltd 7 Darwell Park Unit 3B Tracy French Mica Close Summit Crescent Industrial Estate e: [email protected] Tamworth Warley Staffordshire West Midlands The Autins Group United Kingdom United Kingdom Central Point One B77 4DR B66 1BT Central Park Drive t: 01827 318030 t: 0121 553 2364 Rugby w: www.tamworth-heat.co.uk w: www.techniswage.com Warwickshire United Kingdom Vacuum heat treatment and surface engineering A leader in tube end forming and tube manipulation. CV23 0WE for aerospace, defence and specialist component Serving several blue chip aerospace companies, we t: 01788 578300 manufacturers. are involved in the manufacture of over 40 different w: www.autins.co.uk aircraft parts, working in metals including stainless Alan Whitehouse steel, titanium, aluminium alloys and most carbon Development of acoustic (NVH) and thermal e: [email protected] steels. insulation solutions, manufacturer of lightweight acoustic absorbers, manufacturer of acoustic and Taylor Engineering Ltd Paul Fellows thermal components. Unit 1 e: [email protected] Glensyl Way Jim Griffin Burton on Trent Technoset Ltd e: [email protected] Staffordshire Unit 3A Roman Way United Kingdom Glebe Farm Industrial Estate Thermofax Ltd DE14 1LX Rugby Block 2, Grazebrook Industrial Park t: 01283 538935 Warwickshire Peartree Lane w: www.taylor-engineering.co.uk United Kingdom Dudley CV21 1DB West Midlands Taylor Engineering is a well established business t: 01788 560522 United Kingdom with over 30 years of experience and knowledge of w: www.technoset.com DY2 0XW development work in aerospace industry. Specialising t: 01384 230214 in producing precision machined and ground Manufacturers of high precision turned and milled w: www.thermofax.co.uk components in a wide range of exotic aerospace components and assemblies using multi axis CNC materials including inconel, nimonic and titanium. turning and machining centres, mainly for aerospace Heat treatment services. Stress relieving: annealing, We also specialise in the grinding of carbide coatings and defence, telecoms, motor sports and medical normalising, tempering, precipitation hardening, HVOF. With Rolls Royce, Messier-Dowty and BS EN industries. solution treatment. From 1 gram to 30 tonne ISO 9001:2008 approvals, we providing an excellent furnace charges, lengths up to 8000mm. 16 tonne and dedicated service, meeting high efficiency whilst Kevan Kane maximum single lift. Maximum diameter 7000mm. maintaining high standards. e: [email protected] Fabricated tools processed in mild steel, aluminium, titanium, stainless steel, invar, other nickel alloys. Craig Parker e: [email protected] Thomas Bullock e: [email protected]
20 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Timet UK Limited TT Electronics Turnell & Odell Limited PO Box 704 Coventry Road Sanders Road Witton Lutterworth Finedon Road Industrial Estate Birmingham Leicester Wellingborough West Midlands Leicestershire Northamptonshire United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom B6 7UR LE17 4JB NN8 4NL t: 0121 356 1155 t: 01455 552505 t: 01933 222061 w: www.timet.com w: www.ttelectronics.com w: www.toengineering.co.uk
TIMET is the world's largest supplier of high Semelab Limited, part of TT Electronics, has been a With over 100 years’ experience in the machining quality titanium metal products. With its unique leading provider of high-end, innovative electronic of precision engineering components, Turnell & combination of strength, light weight, corrosion solutions since 1974. A diverse, worldwide customer Odell Ltd. is one of Europe's leading suppliers to resistance and other metallurgical properties, base benefits from our design innovation, our the engineering and technology sector, offering a titanium is used in hundreds of diverse aerospace, manufacturing strength and our total commitment to comprehensive sub-contract and repair facility. Turnell industrial and emerging applications where no other quality. Customers around the world are using parts & Odell Ltd. offers specialist low volume prototype metal is as reliable or economical, especially on a designed and made in Lutterworth in equipment development as well as high volume manufacturing, lifecycle costing basis. As a fully-integrated titanium such as aircraft equipment (both civil and military), and is equipped with a broad range of modern manufacturer and distributor, TIMET's activities span space vehicles, telecommunications and industrial CNC machinery. Our philosophy is to keep abreast every phase of titanium research, manufacturing and power electronics. The TT Electronics Lutterworth of advanced engineering techniques by continuous sales. We convert rutile ore into sponge; melt and facility specialises in: power modules, discrete investment in the latest technology, embracing CNC refine ingot and slab; manufacture mill products; and semiconductors and high performance RF MOSFETs. turning, milling/machining centres, borers, grinders, distribute our products globally. and other secondary operation machinery. Josh Slater Ben Kitson e: [email protected] Clive Odell e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Tufnol Composites Ltd Trust Precision Engineering Ltd Wellhead Lane UTC Aerospace Systems - Actuation & Propeller Unit 2 Meadowbank Court Perry Barr Systems Eastwood Birmingham Stafford Road Nottingham West Midlands Fordhouses Nottinghamshire United Kingdom Wolverhampton United Kingdom B42 2TN West Midlands NG16 3SL t: 0121 356 9351 United Kingdom t: 01773 719239 w: www.tufnol.com WV10 7EH w: www.trustprecisionengineering.co.uk t: 01902 624 9494 Tufnol Composites Ltd manufactures laminated w: http://utcaerospacesystems.com/cap/systems/ Trust Precision Engineering is a family owned and plastics and composite materials for engineering Pages/systems.aspx run East Midlands based company specialising applications, including phenolic, epoxy, silicone in sliding head machining. A ‘no compromise’ and polyimide resins with glass, cotton and paper Actuation & Propeller Systems (APS) is a global philosophy has been adopted from day one. The aim reinforcements. We have a comprehensive facility leader in actuation and propeller design and is to provide the highest level of service using the for machining these and other high performance manufacturing for commercial and military aircraft. best available machine tools, systems and associated engineering plastics. We have facilities in the UK, Europe, USA and equipment. Accredited to AS9100 Revision C, North Africa, Canada and Singapore which provide Trust Precision Engineering provide a subcontract John Armitage design, manufacture, maintenance and support. Our machining service to the aerospace and associated e: [email protected] products range from single actuators to complete high integrity industries. flight control systems for fixed wing, rotorcraft and missile segments as well as high power propeller Stephen Doyle systems, fly-by-wire cockpit and cabin controls, e: [email protected] THSA and flight safety parts for helicopters. All our products are serviced by a global network including maintenance, repair and overhaul, spare parts, training, logistics and technical support.
Donna Halfpenny e: [email protected]
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UTC Aerospace Systems - Marston Aerospace Victoria Drop Forgings WH Tildesley Ltd (Forging) Wobaston Road Wednesfield Road Clifford Works Fordhouses Wolverhampton Bow Street Wolverhampton West Midlands Willenhall Staffordshire United Kingdom West Midlands United Kingdom WV13 1AG United Kingdom WV10 6QJ t: 01902 605 141 WV13 2AN t: 01902 572777 w: www.victoriaforgings.co.uk t: 01902 366440 w: www.hsmarston.co.uk w: www.whtildesley.com The company has been established for over 100 Design, manufacture and repair of heat exchangers, years and has supplied forged parts to the aircraft W H Tildesley has a long and successful history of ozone converters and fluids management industry since the 1920s. We are dedicated to total supplying forgings to the aerospace industry, for both components and systems (PTFE and metallic hose, quality and service and although we are proud to OE and legacy applications. Continual investment in fuel manifolds, rigid tube assemblies, ducting, lightning have achieved over 94% deliveries on time and people, plant and processes has made our facility the insulators) for the aerospace, motorsport and with over 96% quality right first time, we will not most modern forge in the UK. We combine forging electronics industries. be satisfied until we consistently achieve 100%. expertise with full project support from initial Accredited to AS9100C, we supply many of the design through to finished parts production. We are Peter Law major OEMs and their 1st & 2nd tiers with closed specialists in the manufacture of closed die drop e: [email protected] die forgings in various materials including aluminium forged components from a few grams up to 70kg. alloy and stainless steel for connectors, actuators, We forge in a wide range of ferrous and non-ferrous Valbruna UK Limited levers and general closed die forgings. materials including aluminium, carbon steels, stainless Oldbury Road steels, nickel and copper alloys. West Bromwich Geoff Radford West Midlands e: [email protected] Philip Hobley United Kingdom e: [email protected] B70 9BT Wallwork Heat Treatment Limited t: 0121 5535384 Sydenham Road Wheelabrator Impact Finishers w: www.valbruna-stainless-steel.com Small Heath Unit 5 Sandy Lane Business Park Birmingham Sandy Lane Valbruna Stainless Steel, leader in the steel industry West Midlands Coventry and both supplier and producer of stainless steel and United Kingdom West Midlands special metal alloys, is a privately owned company B11 1DG United Kingdom with over 1,500 employees and production of more t: 0121 6282552 CV1 4DQ than 170,000 tons of special high quality steels. w: www.wallworkht.com t: 02476 258 811 Founded in 1925, Valbruna Stainless Steel maintains w: www.wheelabratorimpact.com its original business strategy of serving niche markets Wallwork Heat Treatment operates a 24/7 fully with high quality products and dedicated service to integrated process house that encompasses a Wheelabrator Impact Finishers is the specialised its clients. comprehensive list of aerospace approved thermal subcontract supplier to industries requiring treatments, such as vacuum harden, age harden, outsourced, controlled, automated shot peening Nick Bate solution, precipitation harden, nitride, Tufftride, case services. Our expertise comprises: shot peen e: [email protected] harden and annealing of components of various forming; correction peening; peen straightening; and materials. All processing takes place to the exacting a full range of fatigue enhancement shot peening. standards set out by Nadcap and OEMs such as Specialising in meeting demanding timescales, Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, Airbus, Bombardier and including emergency turnarounds, our unrelenting AgustaWestland. These high-end processes are emphasis on quality is never compromised.We have complemented by our lab facilities providing testing an extensive list of approvals, including Nadcap, and and quality monitoring. The Wallwork transport are justifiably proud of the high levels of service network also allows work to be collected in the which we provide to our customers. majority of the UK and our in-house metallurgical services support the customer before, during and Tony Grammauro after treatments. e: [email protected]
Howard Maher e: [email protected]
22 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Winbro Group Technologies Limited Whitwick Business Park Stenson Road Coalville Leicestershire United Kingdom LE67 4JP t: 01530 516000 w: www.winbrogroup.com
Winbro is a global leader in providing advanced manufacturing systems and production services for the machining of cooling holes, forms and features in components for the gas turbine industry based upon VIPER creep feed grinding, laser drilling and ablation (milling), high speed EDM (electro discharge machining) and ECM (electro chemical machining) processes. Winbro has installed over 1,000 machine systems in 16 countries on 3 continents. Winbro Advanced Machining (WAM) in the UK and USA provides extensive subcontract component manufacturing services for turbine components using the latest developed technology from all our product areas covered by ISO9001, AS9100C and NADCAP accreditation.
Alan Duffield e: [email protected]
WTI Fasteners Ltd Meridian Leicester Road, New Packington Ashby de la Zouch Leicestershire United Kingdom LE65 1TR t: 01530 416888 w: www.wireinserts.com
Established in 1989, WTI Fasteners is a specialist manufacturer of helically coiled wire thread inserts. Produced from aerospace quality stainless steel, the wire thread inserts provide a high performance internal thread resistant to the effects of temperature and corrosion. With a number of other materials and platings available in an extensive range of sizes, along with complementary tooling, WTI is the source for all your wire thread insert needs, whether fulfilling high volume orders or meeting smaller requirements. Registered to AS9100 revC/ ISO 9001:2008, we strive to uphold our reputation for excellent products, quality customer service, and expert technical advice.
Josephine Mason e: [email protected]
Wyken Tools Ltd Unit 3 Bodmin Road Coventry West Midlands United Kingdom CV2 5DB t: 02476 621515 w: www.wykentools.co.uk
Precision engineering including grinding, CNC turning and milling of motorsport components, small to medium aerospace components for landing gear, braking systems and associated parts.
Gez McDonald e: [email protected]
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Altran UK Ltd CNR Services International Ltd ENGINEERING AND Business Innovation Centre 6 Spencer Avenue DEVELOPMENT SERVICES Binley Business Park Mapperley Coventry Nottingham West Midlands Nottinghamshire 42 Technology Limited United Kingdom United Kingdom Meadow Lane CV3 2TX NG3 5SP St Ives t: 02476 430300 t: 0845 009 8633 Cambridgeshire w: www.altran.co.uk w: www.cnrdesign.co.uk United Kingdom
PE27 4LG Altran is a trusted innovation and engineering CNR has provided a range of engineering and t: 01480 302700 partner of leading businesses throughout the design services for the automotive and aerospace w: www.42technology.com aerospace and defence sector world-wide. We sectors since 1989 with 15 years specific experience also work closely with organisations in the energy, in helicopter transmission design, analysis and 42 Technology is a technology innovation and life sciences, automotive, rail and telecoms sectors. Our mission is to enable organisations throughout testing. Our team of qualified and experienced product development company that has been these sectors to develop and deploy leading-edge specialist engineers provide complete design and working with clients to create products and systems, products and services. We add unique value build services, from concept generation, design manufacturing processes in the aerospace, industrial, to our clients by constantly pushing the boundaries optimisation, validation through to production consumer and medical sectors since 1998. Our of technological innovation, minimising development integration. We have a strong track record of team has particular strengths in addressing complex cost and time to market, and assuring the highest understanding our customers' business objectives system level problems often requiring in-depth levels of safety and integrity. and developing industry leading solutions on time analysis and modelling and has established an and budget. We build and are proud of our long- impressive track record in sensor development, Denton Clutterbuck lasting client relationships. wireless, fluid handling and thermal management. The e: [email protected]
in-house team of engineers, physicists, designers and Chris Reckless project managers is supplemented by an extensive Axiscades UK Ltd e: [email protected] network of associates and partner companies to The Pump House assemble the right project team for our clients. Unit 15, Narborough Wood Park Cyient Europe Ltd Enderby Leicestershire 43/44 Martingale Way Zane van Romunde United Kingdom Marine View Office Park e: [email protected] LE19 4XT Portishead t: 0116 238 8840 Bristol Aircraft Research Association (ARA) w: www.axiscades.com United Kingdom Manton Lane BS20 7AW Bedford AXISCADES offers solutions that range from t: 01454 809700 Bedfordshire concept generation phase to manufacturing support w: www.cyient.com United Kingdom and certification, making us the preferred choice
MK41 7PF of engineering partner for aerospace OEMs and At Cyient, we deliver aerospace engineering t: 01234 324600 tier 1 suppliers. Our deep domain expertise across solutions from concept to qualification, with w: www.ara.co.uk commercial, business and military aircraft both in system-level ownership for engines, avionics fixed wing and rotary aircraft segments has enabled systems, structures, aero systems and interiors. We ARA is a research and development company us to adopt a customer centric approach and an also manage aftermarket value streams such as providing aerodynamic research, design, development ability to co-create innovative solutions resulting repair engineering, reliability engineering, technical and analysis services to the aerospace industry. in AXISCADES becoming a trusted value partner. AXISCADES provides integrated solutions for documentation and performance monitoring on Working with the world’s leading OEMs and system and sub-systems including primary and behalf of OEMs worldwide. We use a collaborative academia, we provide research and technology secondary structures (metallic and composites), engineering approach that combines domain capability to take products and capabilities from electrical wiring harness design, aircraft interiors, expertise, process rigour, design automation, basic research through to industrialised products. manufacturing engineering, technical publication, and program management skills to deliver large Our aerospace business activities centre on the reports on non-conformances and avionics. system-level designs – on time and within budgets. design and development of new aircraft and defence Our track record includes the co-creation of 25 systems from initial design through to in-service Malcolm Moore patentable design solutions and an improvement in updates, specialising in aerodynamic, aero-elastic e: [email protected] our engineering productivity by 3%-5% annually. We and acoustic analysis of external and internal flows. help our customers design tomorrow’s aerospace Our services are high speed wind tunnel testing, BHR Group products today wind tunnel model design and manufacture and BHR Group
aerodynamic design and analysis. The Fluid Engineering Centre Denise Riddell Cranfield e: [email protected] Nigel Corby Bedfordshire United Kingdom e: [email protected] MK43 0AJ Frazer-Nash Consultancy t: 01234 750422 Cayman House First Avenue, Centrum 100 BHR Group is a UK company providing independent Burton-On-Trent consultancy, research and product development Staffordshire services based on expertise in fluids technology. United Kingdom We provide integrated solutions on many aspects DE14 2WN of engineering design and operation covering aero- t: 01283 505680 structures, turbo-machinery, actuation and sealing systems, fluid distribution systems and combustion. w: www.fnc.co.uk Our team of multi-disciplinary experts and external consultants employ advanced modelling tools, Frazer-Nash Consultancy is a multi-disciplinary analytical techniques and test facilities to deliver engineering consultancy that excels at solving some solutions tailored to your needs. A well established of today's most complex challenges in engineering. company, we have built a loyal customer base in Our experience of working in diverse industries many industrial sectors and across the globe based enables us to transfer unique skills across different on a reputation for providing effective solutions to markets to benefit our clients. complex engineering challenges. Lewis Farrimond Gerry McNulty e: [email protected] e: [email protected]
28 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk FTT (UK) Ltd QuEST Global Vector GB Ltd 21 Sadler Bridge Road Derwent House, RTC Business Park 1320 Solihull Parkway Bold Lane London Road Birmingham Business Park Derby Derby Birmingham Derbyshire East Midlands West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom DE1 3NT DE24 8UP B37 7YB t: 01332 258371 t: 01934 421500 t: 0121 788 7926 w: http://www.fttinc.com/ w: engineering.quest-global.com w: www.vector.com
FTT specialises in the engineering, development, QuEST Global is a focused engineering solutions Vector provides aircraft OEMs and suppliers an and testing of gas turbines, propulsion components, company catering to the product development, open development platform of tools, software turbopumps, and systems for military and introduction and service support needs of a components and services for the development commercial aircraft, space propulsion, and industrial diversified clientele. QuEST is headquartered in and testing of embedded avionic networks. Our applications including clean power generation and oil Singapore with more than 4,200 global employees customers appreciate Vector as a reliable and and gas. FTT’s extensive working knowledge of the distributed across engineering centres in USA, technically competent partner when seeking efficient detailed design process and our expertise – more Europe, and Asia Pacific. A leader in offshore solutions for electronic networking. Customers from than 4000 years of turbomachinery and combustion aerospace engineering services, QuEST Global across the globe - in the automotive, heavy-duty experience – gives our customers industry-best facilitates increased scalability and cost optimisation vehicle, aerospace, transportation and control durability and performance for their products. We through flexible business models, giving customers engineering fields - rely on solutions and products leverage our cross-industry capabilities to deliver the freedom to enhance their engineering from the independent Vector Group. innovative, cost-saving solutions for our customers. requirements. With over 17 years of engineering Our extensive supplier base and continuing excellence, we have served leading aerospace Simon Davies education programmes further add value to our companies including Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, e: [email protected] services. GKN, Pratt, Rolls-Royce and UTAS amongst others. VirtualPiE Ltd Julie-Anne Hull Alison Tanner 11 Broadwells Crescent e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Westwood Heath Coventry Institute of Materials Finishing Romax Technology Ltd West Midlands Exeter House University Innovation Park United Kingdom 48 Holloway Head Triumph Road CV4 8JD Birmingham Nottingham t: 07917804630 West Midlands Nottinghamshire w: www.VirtualPiE.co.uk United Kingdom United Kingdom B1 1NQ NG7 2TU VirtualPiE Limited (trading as BHR Group) is a t: 0121 622 7387 t: 0115 9518877 UK company providing independent consultancy, w: www.materialsfinishing.org w: www.romaxtech.com research and product development services based on expertise in fluids technology and fluid-structure The Institute of Materials Finishing was founded Romax Technology is the global leader in software, behaviour. We provide integrated solutions for in 1925, its title then being the Electroplaters and analysis and services for gearbox, bearings and many aspects of engineering design and operation Depositors Technical Society. Its main purpose driveline systems. Providing engineering services and covering aero-structures, turbo-machinery, actuation was to disseminate technical information on solutions for product and process design, enabling and sealing systems, fluid distribution systems and electrodeposition by means of technical publications, the world’s largest OEMs and suppliers to achieve combustion. Our team of multi-disciplinary experts meetings and conferences. The area of interest right first time design. and external consultants employ advanced modelling broadened into all aspects of surface finishing on tools, analytical techniques and test facilities to metal when it assumed the title of the Institute Jeff Hewitt deliver solutions tailored to your needs. A well of Metal Finishing in 1951. In 2013 the name was e: [email protected] established company, we have build a loyal customer changed to the Institute of Materials Finishing to base in many industrial sectors and across the embrace all technologies of surface finishing on a Tata Technologies globe based on a reputation for providing effective much wider variety of materials European Innovation & Development Centre solutions to complex engineering challenges. Olympus Avenue, Tachbrook Park Helen Wood Warwick Gerry McNulty e: [email protected] United Kingdom e: [email protected] CV34 6RJ t: 08443 759685 w: www.tatatechnologies.com
Tata Technologies, a company of engineers, led by engineers, helps manufacturers design and build better products. Through the company’s comprehensive portfolio of engineering/IT services and solutions, manufacturers can better manage product development throughout the full manufacturing cycle. With over 8,000 employees, the company’s delivery model is formulated specifically to offer a unique blend of deep, local expertise for global engineering and product development IT engagements. Tata Technologies currently serves clients in 25 countries with eight global delivery centres. Tata Technologies covers every aspect of the value chain starting from product conceptualisation to aftermarket maintenance repair and operations.
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NDT Midlands ltd PRODUCT AND MATERIAL Unit 17 TESTING SERVICES Planetary Road Willenhall West Midlands Exova United Kingdom Smithers Rapra and Smithers Pira Ltd Unit 1, Blackbrook WV13 3XA Shawbury Business Park, Narrowboat Way t: 01902 724371 Shrewsbury Dudley w: www.ndtmidlands.co.uk Shropshire West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom NDT Midlands is an independently owned company SY4 4NR DY2 0XQ offering high quality non destructive testing solutions t: 01939 250383 t: 01384 455880 for all industry sectors across the UK. Based centrally w: www.smithersrapra.com/ w: www.exova.com in the West Midlands within the industrial heartland
of the UK we provide a quality, competitive and Smithers Rapra has been a trusted partner of the With 13 Nadcap approved laboratories, conducting efficient non destructive testing service for the UK plastics and rubber industries for over 90 years. accredited testing to ISO 17025 standards, Exova manufacturing industry and are ideally placed on the Our business is built around delivering a complete is qualified to deliver a full range of services to nation's motorway network to serve our customers portfolio of rubber and plastic testing services to meet aerospace testing requirements. Whether nationwide. Our vastly experienced personnel offer support a wide range of industry sectors including your requirement is in metals or composites, we a high degree of expertise and product knowledge aerospace, automotive, oil and gas, medical device, provide solutions across mechanical, non-destructive which allows us to support all industry sectors pharmaceutical, transport, packaging, industrial and chemical testing, wear properties, structural including: fastener, engineering, oil/petrochemical, and consumer products. By integrating science, and failure analysis. At Exova Dudley, our NDT power & energy, automotive, aerospace, construction technology and business expertise, Smithers’ goal is personnel are qualified specialists, holding approvals and defence. to add value throughout the life cycle of our clients’ to ASNT Level III. We carry out a wide range of products. non-destructive testing, from the development Stewart Dudwell process through to end products and products in e: [email protected] Jenny Cooper use. We test a wide range of materials, from raw e: [email protected] such as sheet, plate, bar, and pipelines, to finished NDT Services Limited components. Unit 10 Victory Park WDB Limited
Victory Road Unit E1 Don Mann Derby Coombswood Business Park East e: [email protected] Derbyshire Halesowen United Kingdom West Midlands Lucideon Ltd DE24 8ZF United Kingdom Queens Road t: 01332 275700 B62 8BH Penkhull w: www.ndtservices.co.uk t: 0121 561 4615 Stoke-on-Trent w: www.wdbgroup.co.uk Staffordshire NDT Services Ltd is now part of the Intertek Group United Kingdom PLC and is one of the most approved materials Specialist balancers of rotating equipment to ST4 7LQ testing organisations in Europe covering all aspects aerospace, automotive, power generation, t: 0845 0260902 of non-destructive testing and supported by a petrochemical and general engineers worldwide. w: www.lucideon.com comprehensive mechanical and metallurgical facility. Dynamic/static precision balancing, high speed
Company approvals include: UKAS, NADCAP, CAA testing, cadmium brush plating, mass moment Materials testing, analysis and consultancy. Metals, and FAA. NDT Services operates from purpose- weighing of turbine blades, machining (turning and advanced ceramics, composites, polymers, powders. designed test laboratories in Derby and works with milling), fabricating, vibration services, condition Materials selection, development of lightweight many industry sectors including; aerospace, nuclear, monitoring, on-site balancing, laser alignment, non- materials, computational modelling, novel processing, defence, power generation, oil and gas, transport destructive testing, bearing analysis, site testing and components/systems verification, depth profiling etc. A comprehensive site service to support our commissioning, 24 hours breakdown service, repair of coatings, tribological analyses in lubrication and customers anywhere in Europe and covering all non- and spare services. wear, components cleanliness validation, QC testing, destructive testing disciplines is also offered. contamination and bonding analyses of electronic Muzaffer Turan devices, failure analysis. Ian Tomlinson e: [email protected]
e: [email protected] John Cotton e: [email protected]
30 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research Ltd adi Group Westmoreland Building 66 Melchett Road 19 Wildmere Road Kings Norton Business Centre Banbury Kings Norton, Birmingham Oxfordshire West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom OX16 3JU B30 3HX t: 01295 261211 t: 0121 451 2255 w: www.wmtr.co.uk w: www.adiltd.co.uk Argenta Westmoreland Mechanical Testing and Research The adi Group is a large, multi-disciplined, privately 435 Stratford Road Ltd (WMT&R) is a leading materials test laboratory owned, Midlands based engineering company, Shirley located in Banbury UK. WMT&R, accredited to offering a single source fully integrated service to Solihull UKAS 17025 and Nadcap, specialises in testing provide totally engineered solutions. Founded in West Midlands a range of materials from common metals and 1990, the group currently employs 450 people who United Kingdom alloys through to aerospace alloys, composites, and specialise in supporting the aerospace manufacturing B90 4AA adhesives amongst others. Tensile, fatigue and other sector in the UK and Ireland, through each of the t: 0121 318 6363 mechanical/materials tests are performed at ambient 14 limited companies and 22 service divisions. The w: www.argentaconsult.com sub-zero or elevated temperatures. WMT&R also depth and breadth of the adi Group enables us specialises in metallographic and materials failure to self-deliver varying sized mechanical, electrical, Our team of engineers have wide experience analysis. WMT&R is the European subsidiary of automation, civil, heating and cooling, environmental, of developing test, measurement, control and WMT&R Inc: for further information see www.wmtr. compressor and plant efficiency projects, without automation solutions in the aerospace industry. We co.uk or contact [email protected] the need for additional resource from external can provide either a software-only solution or, in contractors. conjunction with our strategic partners, a turnkey Alan Cooper solution. All of our solutions are based on National e: [email protected] James Sopwith Instruments' hardware and software, LabVIEW. We e: [email protected] are a National Instruments Alliance Partner and all of our engineers have current National Instruments EQUIPMENT, TOOLS Almor Group certification up to Certified LabVIEW Architect. Daleside Road We also have experience of developing simulation AND CONSUMABLES Nottingham models and bespoke planning and scheduling FOR ENGINEERING, Nottinghamshire solutions to support lean manufacturing process United Kingdom improvement projects in a wide range of sectors. PRODUCTION AND NG2 3GJ t: 0115 986 8773 Chris Woodhams PRODUCT SUPPORT w: www.almor.co.uk e: [email protected]
Acres Engineering Limited Almor is a group of specialist alloy fabricators and ATS Applied Tech Systems Limited Unit A furnace engineers supporting the needs of processes ATS House Castle Lane where high temperature and corrosive environments 59a Coton Road Melbourne are encountered. Wellman Furnaces, now a division Nuneaton Derbyshire of Almor, has the capability to build new furnace Warwickshire United Kingdom equipment (standard and bespoke), service and United Kingdom DE73 8JB upgrade existing furnaces and supply a large range of CV11 5TS t: 0844 209 0006 furnace parts. t: (+44) (0) 2476 352 481 w: www.acresengineering.co.uk w: www.ats-global.com Ashley Morrell-Swain Acres Engineering Ltd specialise in providing e: [email protected] Experts in industrial and process automation, bespoke fabricated production support equipment. quality and IT Solutions. ATS offers solutions for Our products look to challenge current working industrial and process automation and information practices, methods and processes. We apply best technology users world-wide. We provide products practice acquired from serving a multitude of and services for all three levels of the automation industries during the last 70 years. Our products pyramid - control, execution and information. Our are designed for safety, integration, standardisation, business activities have been specifically designed low maintenance, easy use and low cost life cycle. to support the full life-cycle of automation and IT In addition we have embraced digital solutions systems, and include: consultancy, project/programme developing many cloud based E-Systems / apps for delivery, system service and support, ATS products the use of tracking media or storing maintenance and partners, software development, training and activities. Just like our engineered products these workshops. systems are custom to specific client requirements. Review our recent projects on our website! Christopher Biddle e: [email protected] Luke Parker e: [email protected]
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Bowers Group Cimcool Europe Bv Craig Tools International Limited Unit 3 Albany Court Desford Hall Unit 6 Riding Court Albany Park Leicester Lane Riding Road Camberley Desford Brackley Surrey Leicestershire Northamptonshire United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom GU16 7QR LE9 9JJ NN13 7BH t: 08708 50 90 50 t: 01455 824326 t: 01280 700101 w: www.bowersgroup.co.uk w: www.cimcool.net w: www.craigtools.co.uk
A world leader in precision measurement. As a Fluid Technology is more than just a slogan; it is Craig Tools International Limited manufactures leading supplier of quality metrology instruments and has been our business and culture for more and distributes aerospace rotary cutting tools and the Bowers Group has developed into a respected than 65 years. Our metalworking fluids are the associated aircraft tooling. Our primary focus is on global leader in the field of measurement. Our premier choice in automotive, aerospace and the airframe manufacturing industry and aircraft first-class reputation has been built on the continuing industrial metalworking applications. Worldwide, MRO facilities. Craig Tools is the prime source for group ethos of striving for excellence in both the our customers enjoy productivity gains with the 'Microstop' cutting tooling and manufacture tools in comprehensive range of products that we supply technology provided from Cimcool's complete line high speed steel, cobalt, carbide tipped, solid carbide and the many quality services that we provide to our of metalworking products: precision metal removal and polycrystalline diamond PCD. Following the customers. The Group’s aim is to build on its hard- fluids, rust preventatives, innovative metal forming acquisition of Bardolph Aircraft Tools in 2006 we are won reputation and continue to exceed customers’ fluids, HVAC specialty fluids, productive process and able to offer a comprehensive range of aircraft tools expectations with brands from Bowers, Moore and maintenance cleaners, specialty fluids. from our USA based partner, suppliers to the UK Wright, Baty, Trimos, Sylvac and Gaugemaker. and European aerospace industries. Paul Jackson Martin Hawkins e: [email protected] Sidney Atkins e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Comar Engineering Service Ltd Busch UK Unit D, Key Industrial Park CTR-Carbide Dies Ltd Hortonwood 30 Planetary Road 7 Port Hope Road Telford Wolverhampton Sparkbrook Shropshire West Midlands Birmingham United Kingdom United Kingdom West Midlands TF1 7YB WV13 3YA United Kingdom t: 01952 677432 t: 01902 383000 B11 1JS w: www.busch.co.uk w: www.comarfluidpower.com t: 0121 773 9135 w: www.ctr-uk.com Busch Vacuum Pumps and Systems is one of the Design and manufacture of special purpose test largest manufacturers of vacuum pumps, blowers equipment, suppliers of hydraulic and pneumatic Established in 1973 and located in the heart of and compressors in the world. Our product range equipment. Test rigs for proof pressure, fatigue, England, CTR Carbide Dies Ltd manufactures comprises the largest selection of solutions for endurance, impulse testing. General hydraulic carbide and steel machine tooling for the aerospace vacuum and overpressure technology in all industry component sales, repair and installations. Comar fastening industry which we export world-wide. sectors worldwide. Within the UK our customers works with many tier 1 manufacturers and has We specialise in the manufacture of complete tool receive the highest possible service levels - with produced full iron bird systems as well as individual kits and offer a fast turnaround service, helping our three service centres, in Shropshire, East Kilbride in unit level machines. customers achieve their own schedules on-time Scotland and Portadown in Northern Ireland - we and in full, which is why we are one of the largest are a global company but we provide the best local Stuart Martin fastener tool manufacturers in the world today. We attention. e: [email protected] produce tools like forming-, extrusion-, heading-, drawing-, trimming dies, punches, cases & sleeves, Julian Humpidge Computer Controlled Solutions Ltd transfer fingers & KO pins, ejectors & cut off knives. e: [email protected] Unit F5 & 6 Holly Farm Business Park Jim Blanchfield Caltherm (UK) Ltd Honiley e: [email protected] Rowhurst Industrial Estate Warwickshire Chesterton United Kingdom Cullum Detuners Ltd Newcastle-under-Lyme CV8 1NP Adams Close Staffordshire t: 01926 485532 Heanor Gate Industrial Park United Kingdom w: www.ccsln.com Heanor ST5 6BD Derbyshire t: 01782 563865 Currently, CCS Ltd. provides first class LabVIEW United Kingdom w: www.caltherm.co.uk based software, signal conditioning and turnkey DE75 7SW solutions to a number of high profile customers t: 01773 544044 Caltherm is a world-class designer and manufacturer in a wide spectrum of industries, particularly w: www.cullum.co.uk of industrial ovens, furnaces and dryers, plus aerospace. By maximising the expertise of our associated product handling and automation. We certified LabVIEW architects and the rest of our Cullum Detuners Limited specialises in the design, manufacture to Nadcap AMS2750E for processes development team, CCS is always ready to take on a manufacture, installation and commissioning of noise including heat treatment, composite curing, NDT new engineering challenge. In addition, we specialise control equipment associated with gas turbines and drying, paint curing, reticulation, etc. in LabVIEW consultancy services and bespoke in particular has over 60 years’ experience supplying training for those who prefer to design their own jet engine test facilities, hush houses, silencers and Ian Dawson testing in house. other bespoke testing equipment associated with e: [email protected] the aircraft industry. One of our most significant test Alex Rolph cell projects was the turnkey design and supply of e: [email protected] a new 155,000 lb. thrust development test bed at Rolls-Royce Derby (58 Bed).
Kevin McEneny e: [email protected]
32 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Delcam Ltd Engineering Technology Group Small Heath Business Park Rhodes House Talbot Way Northfield Road Birmingham Southam West Midlands Warwickshire United Kingdom United Kingdom B10 0HJ CV47 0FG t: 0121 766 5544 t: 01926 818418 FMT Tooling Systems Limited w: www.delcam.com Repton House Exclusive UK distributor of high speed 5-axis Chiron Bretby Business Park The aerospace industry demands the highest machining centres and multi-spindle Nakamura- Burton on Trent levels of quality and consistency, plus cost-effective Tome turning centres. As part of ETG, Hyfore Staffordshire production and the shortest possible delivery times. Engineering designs and manufactures bespoke United Kingdom Delcam's wide range of manufacturing software workholding and clamping devices for metal cutting DE15 0YZ and services helps companies both large and small applications. t: 0114 293 9750 to meet those requirements. Delcam's CADCAM w: www.fmttooling.co.uk systems have been used on virtually every major Graham Thomas aircraft programme in recent years and in many e: [email protected] Manufacturer of special cutting tools into various MRO operations. Our customers have undertaken industries including aerospace, automotive, F1, projects in all the various areas that go towards Exactaform Cutting Tools Ltd medical, power generation to name a few. The producing a successful aircraft, from developing more Unit G2 company provides the optimum solution to its fuel-efficient engines, to manufacturing airframe Little Heath Industrial Estate clients for solid carbide, carbide tipped, HSS and components more effectively and even in designing Coventry through its parent company Frezite Metal Tooling more comfortable and more attractive interiors. West Midlands (FMT) PCD tooling, as well as a refurbishment and
United Kingdom regrind facility for all the aforementioned. With over Lisa Bigge CV6 7ND e: [email protected] 45 years’ experience, we have developed a client t: 02476 665823 partnering ethos where "Your tooling problem is our Ecoclean UK w: www.exactaform.co.uk problem to solve." Whatever the application, Frezite No 2 Hiron Way Metal Tooling (UK) Ltd will offer the most cost Budbrooke Road Industrial Estate A premium manufacturer of advanced PCD cutting effective solution to the customer. Warwick tools since 1979, primarily supplying the aerospace Warwickshire industry with solutions for abrasive applications. We Martin Johnson United Kingdom supply blue chip OEMs through all tiers of the supply e: [email protected] CV34 5WF chain. Exactaform has a proven track record of t: 07799 346611 innovation in composite machining and CRFP stack Fuchs Lubricants (UK) plc w: www.durr-ecoclean.com machining and has developed a leading range of New Century Street one-shot solutions for high volume applications. This Hanley Dürr Ecoclean delivers products, systems and service is complemented by one of the largest production Stoke-on-Trent solutions for technical cleaning applications and facilities for PCD tooling in the UK and supported by Staffordshire surface treatment processes. Aerospace industry a team of experienced aerospace engineers. United Kingdom customers and their suppliers, as well as part and ST1 5HU component manufacturers from the wider industrial Jamie White t: 01782 203700 market – from the medical and optical equipment e: [email protected] w: www.fuchslubricants.com sectors to automotive and aircraft construction – appreciate our technology and our services. Expert Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Fuchs Lubricants (UK) is one of the world’s largest Equipment for the most diverse parts' cleanliness Banner Park manufacturers of coolants and cutting fluids and is a requirements, ultrafine cleaning, loading, unloading Wickmans Drive leading supplier to the UK aerospace industry. Our equipment, surface activation systems, fluid-based Coventry innovative range of premium quality metalworking surface treatments prior to coating or painting, West Midlands fluids, which includes specialist aluminium grades, has as well as high-pressure paint stripping, cavity United Kingdom been developed in close consultation with leading preservation, phosphating and deburring applications. CV4 9XA manufacturers in the European aerospace industry. Medias include aqueous, solvent, modified alcohols t: 02476 428500 Our product portfolio is complemented by a range and steam. w: www.expert-amt.com of tailor-made coolant management programmes, designed to maximise fluid life, cut operating Matthew Cooper Design and manufacture of industrial solutions for costs, reduce machine downtime and improve e: [email protected] the aerospace industry. With 40 years of experience, efficiency, and our customers are supported by an we develop the most suitable systems to match experienced team of lubrication specialists, solely Electro Optical Systems Limited our clients’ specification. We have in-house teams of dedicated to serving the needs of the aerospace The Innovation Centre designers, project managers, fitters and inspection industry. Warwick Technology Park, Gallows Hill engineers for all aerospace needs. Expert also Warwick provide contract manufacture services to aerospace Dave Atkin Warwickshire clients. We are global aerospace suppliers with e: [email protected] United Kingdom headquarters based in Coventry, West Midlands. CV34 6UW Expert's aerospace brochure is available to view on t: 01926 675 110 our website. Find us on LinkedIn!
EOS is the world’s leading technology supplier in the Andy Bools field of industrial 3D printing of metals and polymers. e: [email protected] Formed in 1989, the independent company is a pioneer and innovator for comprehensive solutions in additive manufacturing. Its product portfolio of EOS systems, materials, and process parameters gives customers crucial competitive advantages in terms of product quality and the long-term economic sustainability of their manufacturing processes.
Gary Taylor e: [email protected]
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Georg (UK) Limited Hydro Systems UK IPG Photonics Unit 8, Dunstall Trading Estate Trent Lane Axis 1, Hawkfield Way Gorsebrook Road Castle Donington Hawkfield Business Park Wolverhampton Derby Bristol West Midlands Derbyshire City of Bristol United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom WV6 0PJ DE74 2PY BS14 0BY t: 01902 715110 t: 01332 815466 t: 01179 358 948 w: www.georg-uk.co.uk w: www.hydro.aero w: www.ipgphotonics.com
Specialist in custom built special purpose equipment HYDRO Systems provides world class design and IPG are transforming the industrial materials and total solutions provider, incorporating design manufacture of aircraft airframe and engine tooling, processing landscape with fibre lasers that deliver manufacture, installation and after sales. Complete ground support equipment and transportation a dramatic difference to manufacturing industries, turnkey solutions in aircraft component testing. stands. HYDRO Systems are a preferred supplier including aerospace, automotive, marine and energy In-house disciplines of design and manufacture of Rolls-Royce and licensees of Airbus, Boeing, provision. IPG Photonics is the world's leading encompassing high speed electronics, qualification, BAE Systems, Goodrich and other various OEMs. provider of industrial high power fibre lasers and data acquisition and system proving test rigs. HYDRO Systems UK Ltd is part of the HYDRO fibre amplifiers that are revolutionising performance Systems Group. HYDRO is a company of over 600 and utility in a remarkable array of materials Neil Wyke employees, based in multiple sites across Europe, processing, micro-machining, telecommunications, e: [email protected] North America and the Middle and the Far East. medical and other advanced applications. Our Currently around 60 people work in HYDRO UK fibre lasers are compact and rugged, meeting the Heller Machine Tools Ltd (Derby), providing design and manufacture solutions demands of the most challenging applications with a Acanthus Road and equipment servicing for Rolls-Royce and maximum of efficiency and a minimum of size. Ravensbrook Business Park numerous airlines and MROs. Redditch Mark Thompson Worcestershire Jon Farnfield e: [email protected] United Kingdom e: [email protected] B98 9EX t: 0121 275 3300 Industrial Tooling Corporation Ltd w: www.heller.biz Cyber House 1 Kepler, Lichfield Rd Ind. Estate Heller Machine Tools has produced high quality Tamworth machines and delivered complex projects from Staffordshire ITI its Midlands facility in Redditch for over 40 years. United Kingdom 4 Carisbrooke Court, Anderson Road We employ 150 people and deliver 200 machines B79 7XE Buckingway Business Park, Swavesey annually. In addition to our production, our t: 01827 304500 Cambridge engineering department has all the skills required w: www.itc-ltd.co.uk Cambridgeshire to help deliver your complete engineered turnkey United Kingdom solution. With our aerospace customers demanding ITC is the leading UK manufacturer, modifier, CB24 4UQ high accuracy and performance machines for the life re-grinder and distributor of precision round t: 01954 234300 of their programs Heller operates an apprenticeship cutting tools in carbide, PCD and HSS. In addition w: www.iti-global.com program, providing the ongoing knowledge required to possessing one of the most modern and well to ensure this. Service cover comes from our highly equipped tool grinding facilities in the UK, with CNC ITI is the global leader providing reliable skilled team supported by over £2 million spares grinding machines from Walter, Rollamatic, Anca and interoperability, validation, translation and migration stock giving 24 hour response. Deckel, ITC is the major UK stockist of Widia solid solutions for engineering product data and carbide and indexable cutting tools, and is sole UK related systems. ITI solves complex product data Steve Malone stockist for BIG / KAISER spindle and boring systems. interoperability problems so that the world’s leading e: [email protected] High performance production tools are available manufacturers can focus on core competencies. from our extensive stocks. Special-to-product tooling ITI’s solutions support key areas of PLM and MBE Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence can be designed and manufactured to suit the most implementation for aerospace manufacturers Metrology House demanding applications. and their supply chain including: product design Halesfield 13 and computational analysis, engineering change Telford Andy Boyles management, legacy aircraft modifications and Shropshire e: [email protected] restarts, FAA certification, ITAR regulatory United Kingdom compliance, long term data archival solutions, TF7 4PL technical data packaging, and secure engineering t: 0870 446 2667 information transfer. w: www.hexagonmetrology.co.uk Andrew Chinn Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence, in the UK, e: [email protected] operates from a purpose-built base in Telford from where it sells and supports all of the Hexagon MI brands - including Leitz, Quindos, DEA, Optiv, Romer, SIMS 360, Aicon, Q-DAS, Leica Geosystems, Cognitens, Tesa and PC-DMIS. The product portfolio covers every measuring application with CMMs, multi-sensor and optical machines, portable measuring arms CMMs, laser trackers, white-light scanning systems, automation turnkey solutions, softwares and hand tools. A large service, support and applications team underpin all of our products to ensure complete customer satisfaction.
Christopher Ivory e: [email protected]
34 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Keysight Technologies Ltd Kyocera Unimerco Tooling Limited Mapal Ltd The Calibration House Nanscawen Road Old Leicester Road Halesfield 7 Fradley Park Industrial Estate Swift Park Telford Fradley Rugby Shropshire Staffordshire Warwickshire United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom TF7 4QL WS13 8LH CV21 1DZ t: 0845 519 6724 t: 01543 267777 t: 01788 574700 w: www.electroservices.biz w: www.kyocera-unimerco.co.uk The MAPAL Group is one of the leading Keysight Technologies Ltd is one of the leading Global manufacturer and distributor of high- international suppliers of precision tools for the calibration and repair companies in the UK. We performance standard and customised tools for machining of practically all materials. The company provide full customer support and satisfaction your industry. Reducing your costs is our specialty; founded in 1950 supplies leading customers from throughout the UK for on- and off-site calibration optimised tooling solutions for the machining of the automotive and aerospace industries and from and repair of test equipment including: air velocity, applications within many typical aerospace segments, machine and plant engineering. With its innovations crimp, dimensional, HV, optical, pressure, RF & such as airframes, avionics and missiles, aerostructure, the family-owned company sets trends and standards microwave, temperature, torque, vibration and control systems and aero engines; wide range of in production and machining technology. MAPAL non-ionising radiation. Accreditations – UKAS, advanced, customised tools for the aerospace considers itself a technology partner, supporting ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and SC21 Silver industry, for example veined tools, PCD tipped customers with the development of efficient Award. A Tier 1 prime contractor to the MoD and tools and solid carbide tools; an extensive range and resource-conserving machining processes defence agencies, support to avionics, aerospace, of high-precision chucks suitable for any situation; using individual tool concepts. The company communications, media and manufacturing sectors. with RE•NEW™ tool maintenance your old tools has production facilities, sales subsidiaries and Micro Movements is a recent acquisition to Keysight become as good as new - or even better. Efficient representatives in 44 countries worldwide with the Technologies group providing data acquisition, signal tool management gives you complete control over UK manufacturing facility centrally located in Rugby conditioning, recording, analysis and bespoke test rigs. tool consumption and reduces costs of procurement and processing. Eugene Nugent Judith Smith e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Jason Chodynicki e: [email protected] Master Abrasives Ltd KG Washford Ltd High March Unit 41 Crossgate Road MA Ford Europe Ltd Long March Ind Estate Park Farm Industrial Estate Unit 38, Royal Scot Road Daventry Redditch Pride Park East Midlands Worcestershire Derby United Kingdom United Kingdom Derbyshire NN11 4PG B98 7SN United Kingdom t: 01327 703813 t: 01527 525390 DE24 8AJ w: www.master-abrasives.co.uk w: www.kgwashford.co.uk t: 01332 267960 w: www.mafordeurope.com Master Abrasives is a leading supplier of abrasives KG Washford specialises in the design and and tools, offering abrasive products, tools, tool manufacture of hydro-mechanical test and control We design and manufacture advanced high servicing and training for different grinding and rigs for aircraft fuel system components - mainly performance cutting tools for the aerospace industry, finishing applications in various markets - particularly fuel pumps, fuel metering units and actuators. A full with a clear focus on performance and precision. the aerospace industry. We manufacture a service support is offered for the life of the rig after Our extensive experience within this sector has comprehensive range of abrasive belts, unitised initial installation. Complementing the work we carry enabled us to introduce a range of innovative tooling products, convolute wheels, quick change discs, out on test rigs we also design and manufacture solutions to meet demanding high performance grinding wheels and other abrasive products under assembly/dis-assembly tools for the aforementioned cutting specifications on aluminium and specialised the MASTER brand. Working to provide solutions units, vibration test fixtures for EEC and fuel system aerospace alloys together with composite and for you, our partners include Standard Abrasives, components, fire test fixtures and pressure test stacked composite materials. Our expertise also Cratex, Urma Rolls and Darmann. Master Tool fixtures. With its high quality engineers and vast goes beyond the high performance tooling within Services department offer a range of tools and full knowledge KG Washford are ideally positioned to our range and incorporates precision ‘non-pull out’ support (HAV testing, training etc.) and servicing of meet your engineering requirements. tool holding solutions, optimised tool path software tools, plus “safe use of abrasives” training. and cutting tool performance enhancement systems Ian Waters to give a unique suite of machining solutions for Abigail Charlton e: [email protected] aerospace applications. e: [email protected]
Kuka Systems UK Ltd David Ward Hereward Rise e: [email protected] Halesowen West Midlands United Kingdom B62 8AN t: 0121 585 0800 w: www.kuka.co.uk
Kuka Aerospace is the partner for highly innovative robot-based manufacturing solutions for the aerospace industry. Products and service range from special machine tools to flexible robotic cells and complete systems.
Dave Burns e: [email protected]
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Mills CNC Limited Phoenix Calibration & Services Ltd Units 2 & 3 Unit 8, The Wallows Industrial Estate Tachbrook Link Fens Pool Avenue Leamington Spa Brierley Hill Warwickshire West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom CV34 6SN DY5 1QA t: 01926 736736 Orbital Welding Equipment Ltd t: 00 44 (0)1384 480 545 w: www.millscnc.co.uk Unit E22 w: www.phoenixcalibration.co.uk Sandy Business Park Mills CNC, established over 38 years ago, is the Sandy Phoenix leads the way in specialist test machines exclusive distributor of Doosan CNC Machine Tools Bedfordshire and sub-contract testing services for a diverse range in the UK and Ireland. Located in a modern 36,000 United Kingdom of sectors; aerospace, automotive, pharmaceutical sq. ft. facility in the Midlands, Mills CNC specialises in SG19 1SA and energy are just some of the sectors we work providing technical engineering solutions to a wide t: 01767 682759 with. Phoenix offers a complete end-to-end service: customer base in all industry sectors. Delivering in from bespoke design, manufacture and installation excess of 300 machines every year, Mills employ Direct supplier of high quality orbital welding, cutting of machines and control systems, to ongoing over 30 engineers to provide an industry leading and bevelling equipment to the aerospace industry. support, refurbishment and re-purposing of existing service, spares and training support organisation Sales, hire, service, calibration and welder/operator equipment. The specialist in-house, sub-contract, to over 1,500 individual customers with more than training. We can bring true value to your company, materials testing lab allows us to collaborate fully 4,000 CNC machine tool installations. Doosan through our wealth of experience and knowledge with our customers, offering development of testing machines are designed and manufactured by the of the orbital welding process. OWE Ltd offers the techniques and technologies, as well as added machine tool division of Doosan Infracore. latest Orbitalum and Orbital Service orbital welding capacity for overflow or bespoke work. machines, backed up by the whole range of cutting, Kevin Gilbert facing, tube squaring and bevelling equipment. We Vicki Wilkes e: [email protected] are also fully qualified to install and train you in all of e: [email protected] our products. Mitsubishi Materials UK Pryor Marking Technology Mitsubishi House Andrew Brace Egerton Street Galena Close, Amington Heights e: [email protected] Sheffield Tamworth South Yorkshire Staffordshire Orchard Environmental Systems United Kingdom United Kingdom Unit 2c, Webner Industrial Estate S1 4JX B77 4AS Ettingshall Road t: 01142 766044 t: 01827 312312 Wolverhampton w: www.pryormarking.com w: www.mitusbishicarbide.com West Midlands United Kingdom Pryor Marking Technology designs and manufactures Mitsubishi Materials UK is an advanced materials WV2 2LD the widest range of permanent marking systems in & tools business. The entire production process t: 01902 408766 the world. We offer manual punches, handstamps, of every tool is carried out in-house – from raw w: www.orchardenvironmetalsystems.co.uk engraved dies, dot peen marking machines, scribe material selection to the end product – therefore, machines, laser marking and chemical etching and we we offer our customers optimised solutions Process engineers, we specialise in the design and are a world leader in the manufacture and design that derive from our leading carbide technology. manufacture of automatic and manual chemical of innovative marking, identification and traceability Mitsubishi tools are created for a vast range of process plant, fume extraction systems and solutions. applications; our drills and milling tools are used scrubbers to meet the latest clean air regulations, extensively in the aerospace and automotive sectors, together with the handling and treatment of Dan Stephenson for example. Making full use of our knowledge in the chemical effluent to meet customer's consent e: [email protected] areas of cutting materials and coatings, we constantly conditions. We are able to offer a total service, improve our successful products by introducing new including: environmental assessment of your present R E Bowers & Freeman Limited technologies and expanding our portfolio. system, provision of a new turnkey system, operator 15 Saffron Road training, and maintenance. We offer a 24-hour South Wigston Melanie Drayton breakdown service to all our established clients. Leicestershire e: [email protected] We also manufacture one-off fabrications in all United Kingdom thermoplastic materials, tanks etc. We undertake on- LE18 4TG NHE site maintenance and repair on all of the above. t: 0116 278 5311 Godiva Place w: www.bowersfreeman.co.uk Coventry Ray Smith West Midlands e: [email protected] R E Bowers & Freeman are suppliers of heading United Kingdom punches for forging aerospace fasteners and stamps CV1 5PN for second operation marking. Our products have t: 024 7625 3099 very high quality character definition which results w: www.nhe.uk.com in good production rates and gives excellent tool life. Our continued investment in research into NHE -- through its well known brands of Plasticraft, new materials and the development of production Ardrox Engineering and Lancy Technology -- designs, methods and procedures is helping us to supply manufactures, installs and commissions chemical our customers with new ideas to further improve process and surface treatment plant, environmental punch longevity and character definition on difficult protection equipment, effluent and water treatment materials. plant, fume exhaust and fume abatement systems, water recirculation equipment and NDT FPI lines John Bowers both manual and automatic. Most plants supplied e: [email protected] today include full computer control and data logging with total traceability features to meet the requirements of NADCAP.
Will Green e: [email protected]
36 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Roemheld (UK) Limited Snap-On Industrial 28 Knowl Piece 38A Telford Way Wilbury Way Kettering Hitchin RTC Electronics Ltd Northamptonshire Hertfordshire Systems House United Kingdom United Kingdom Willenhall Lane NN16 8UN SG4 0TY Coventry t: 01536 413800 t: 01462 459052 West Midlands w: www.snapon.com w: www.roemheld.co.uk United Kingdom CV2 3AS Snap-On is the leading global manufacturer and Specialises in delivering flexible, cost effective, t: 02476 444000 distributor of hand and power tools, tools storage workholding solutions designed to increase work w: www.rtcelectronics.co.uk and torque equipment for the aerospace industry. throughput while also reducing handling times, raw Our range includes FOD prevention products and super alloy material costs per billet and overall RTC is a solution provider for turnkey electro- tool control systems, from basic shadow concept cycle times. Improving aerospace customers' hydraulic test rigs and ATE equipment covering to a fully advanced electronic “asset tracking competitiveness by reducing set-up times and all market sectors. Specialists in customisation, management system.” All products conform to increasing productivity. Roemheld is the sole UK integration and non-standard applications, supplying international standards and/or aerospace technical supplier of Hilma 5-Axis vices, Stark zero point avionics hardware in the loop systems, closed loop specification, SBAC TS48, JDS1200 and MOD mounting systems, Jergens vice systems, M-TECS servo control systems, control instrumentation with Defstans. magnetic clamping and Kostyrka clamping sleeves. data acquisition. With 30 years' experience in the Workholding solutions from Roemheld include: aerospace industry, RTC has gained an impressive Eric Bright 5-Axis vices; hydraulic workholding; swing clamps; customer base including Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, e: [email protected] quick change die clamping systems; hydraulic Safran, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Missile clamping for bespoke fixturing; power units; zero Systems. RTC strongly believe in delivering 'Right Star Micronics GB Ltd point mounting; machine vices. First Time' solutions, designed and built to the Chapel Street highest reliability and quality standards. Full 24/7 Melbourne Bill Neal customer support and service are provided on Derbyshire e: [email protected] critical programmes. United Kingdom DE73 8JF Rozone Ltd Nick French t: 01332 864455 Queen Street e: [email protected] w: www.stargb.com Darlaston Wednesbury Sil-Mid Ltd Star Micronics GB is a wholly owned subsidiary of West Midlands Units 1 & 2 Roman Park machine tool manufacturer Star Micronics Co Ltd, United Kingdom Roman Way Japan, which produces multi-axis CNC sliding-head WS10 8JF Coleshill and fixed-head lathes. The GB subsidiary is also t: 0121 526 8181 West Midlands sole agent in the UK and Eire for the FMB range of w: www.rozone.co.uk United Kingdom short and full-length bar magazines from Germany, B46 1HG as well as for JBS compensating guide bush systems. Rozone supplies innovative solutions to complex t: 01675 432850 A particular strength of Star GB is that it has cleaning problems that have traditionally been w: www.silmid.com experienced applications engineers able to configure the preserve of hazardous chemical products. highly efficient, single-operation mill-turning solutions, Rozone uses effective water-based or safer Sil-Mid Limited is an international distributor of enabling world class, high added value production solvent-based solutions, protecting technicians and specialist consumables which includes adhesives, of extremely complex parts in exotic aerospace offering environmental benefits. Rozone’s bio- lubricants, silicones, PPE, cleaning agents and many materials. remediating, self-recycling parts cleaning machine, more. Our core business has traditionally been the Smartwasher®, reduces the use of harsh toxic within the aerospace industry which now extends Mark Anson chemicals, helps technicians work more safely and to include automotive, rail, marine, renewable e: [email protected] also benefits the environment. It emits no fumes and energy, engineering, defence, electronics and oil and assists with ISO14001 compliance. The demand for gas exploration. Our expertise includes contract Surface Finishing Engineering Limited our range of sustainable solutions has developed management, export packing and shipping of Unit 16 Webner Industrial Estate significantly and we are proud to work with a wide hazardous goods as well as a custom product Ettingshall Road range of customers including defence, aerospace, repackaging service. With over 35 years of trading, Wolverhampton automotive, plant hire, government and municipal Sil-Mid Limited has built an extensive product West Midlands and many more. listing of over 14,000 products from more than 400 United Kingdom vendors. We have a dedicated multi-lingual customer WV2 2LD Beth Jones service team. Order 24/7 from our website. t: 01902 409186 e: [email protected] w: www.sfeuk.com Liam Tuft e: [email protected] We design and build electroplating and surface treatment equipment in partnership with the end user. Equipment is selected to specifically fulfil all operational requirements. Our flexibility is paramount in achieving our ongoing success, with trained and experienced engineers available to service, modify or relocate existing equipment. Our constant pursuit of perfection in satisfying the increasing demands of the EC machinery directive, environmental legislation and health and safety keeps us at the forefront of the surface finishing industry.
David Addison e: [email protected]
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Tebis UK Ltd Yamazaki Mazak UK Ltd Med-Lab The Techno Centre,Coventry University Technology Badgeworth Drive Copeland Street Park Worcester Derby Puma Way Worcestershire Derbyshire Coventry United Kingdom United Kingdom West Midlands WR4 9NF DE1 2PU United Kingdom t: 01905 755755 t: 01332 349094 CV1 2TW w: www.mazak.eu w: www.med-lab.co.uk t: 024 76 236410 w: www.tebis.com Yamazaki Mazak is the world's largest manufacturer Distributor and supplier of consumable overhaul of metal cutting machine tools. Products include materials to overhaul bases and airlines world For over 30 years, Tebis has ensured process multi-tasking machines, CNC turning centres, vertical wide, specializing in low volume niche market efficiency and a technological edge in international and horizontal machining centres, CNC laser cutting products. Distributor and service centre for range die, mold and aerospace manufacturing, in industrial machines, flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), of instruments for testing aviation and mid-distillate design and in machinery and equipment. Tebis is CAD/CAM products and factory management fuels, particularly conductivity. the only software and consulting company for software. Yamazaki Mazak UK Ltd is based at the manufacturing operations that introduces innovative European manufacturing plant in Worcester, which Steve King processes comprehensively and successfully – and also houses the UK Technology Centre and gives e: [email protected] we can do this just as well in a family-owned and customers direct access to support from the UK's operated business as in a major international largest and most expert team of engineers, with vast corporation. We are able to do this because we experience in machine tool applications for almost RECYCLING effectively mesh all enterprise levels with our every industry sector. outstanding consulting, software and implementation ELG Utica Alloys Ltd expertise: strategy, goals, standardisation, process Richard Smith Unit 1 Adwick Park reliability, automation, planning, information flow and e: [email protected] Manvers tool technologies. Rotherham South Yorkshire Jill Brennan MAINTENANCE, REPAIR United Kingdom e: [email protected] S63 5AB AND OVERHAUL t: 01709 765900 Teer Coatings Limited w: www.elguticaalloys.com West Stone House CFS Aeroproducts Limited Berry Hill Industrial Estate The Alvis Works ELG Utica Alloys Limited provides recycling solutions Droitwich Bubbenhall Road for all scrap/redundant materials from within the Worcestershire Coventry aerospace industry. Our in house sorting/processing/ United Kingdom West Midlands mutilation capabilities ensure that our partners WR9 9AS United Kingdom realise absolute maximum value for their scrap t: 01905 827 550 CV8 3BB material. As we are often the final consumer of w: www.teercoatings.co.uk t: 02476 305873 materials, we are able to give the very best market w: www.cfsaero.com pricing. ELG Utica Alloys Limited can also provide a Teer Coatings Limited (TCL) provides a physical toll processing revert service. We are interested in vapour deposition (PVD) coatings service, CFS Aero is an EASA and FAA Part 145 component all nickel base and cobalt base materials in all physical and manufactures a range of PVD coating and overhaul facility based in Coventry supporting forms. associated test equipment. TCL also undertakes the GA, commercial and military market in repair contract research and development, for example in and overhaul of a wide range of propellers, Craig Wilkes collaborative projects at the UK and EU level. undercarriage, piston and turbine engines. CFS Aero e: [email protected] holds Level 3 NDT capability and offers both an in Andrew Murray house and field service. e: [email protected] PARTS AND LOGISTICS David Newhouse MANAGEMENT Vacuum Brazing Consultants Ltd e: [email protected] Unit 12 Pavilion Way AAR International Castle Business Park GJD Aerotech Limited Joint Sentry Support Team Loughborough The Main Hangar, Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome RAF Waddington Leicestershire Bruntingthorpe Lincoln United Kingdom Lutterworth Lincolnshire LE11 5GW East Midlands United Kingdom t: 01509 218008 United Kingdom LN5 9NB w: www.vbcgroup.com LE17 5QS t: 01522 727483 t: 0116 2799 195 w: www.aarcorp.com Manufacturer, stockist and distributor of aerospace w: www.gjdaerotech.com grade brazing and welding filler alloys and auxiliary Supplier of aviation parts. products. Technical support, training and project Line maintenance, AOG support, ad hoc consultancy for metal joining. Manufacturer of the maintenance, AD & SB compliance, short/long term Steve Higgins VBC InterPulse controlled heat power management parking, storage maintenance, aircraft partout and e: [email protected] tig set for welding of crack sensitive materials. disposal. Manufacturer of bespoke welding positional systems. Gary Spoors Sales e: [email protected] e: [email protected]
38 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Active Integrated Supply Limited Daher Aerospace Limited Kintetsu World Express (UK) Ltd The Genesis Centre Amberley Drive Unit B1, Langham Park Industrial Estate Innovation Way Sinfin Lane Maple Road Stoke-on-Trent Derby Castle Donington Staffordshire Derbyshire Derbyshire United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom ST6 4BF DE24 9RE DE74 2UD t: 0870 243 0969 t: 01332 274300 t: 01332 817790 w: www.activeintegrated.co.uk w: www.daher.com/en w: https://www.kwe.co.jp/en/
We have real hands-on experience and insight Daher is an equipment manufacturer that develops KWE (UK) Ltd provides fully-integrated aerospace, in the aerospace sector, identifying opportunities integrated industrial systems for aerospace and automotive and FMCG global logistics services using and solving challenges in your indirect and MRO advanced technologies. By linking its know-how a worldwide network of 280 offices in 30 countries. operations. Our pedigree? We have helped one of in industrial manufacturing, product and process Our supply chain team are able to offer diverse and our aerospace clients save over £6 million on their engineering, logistics and transport, and industrial innovative solutions with a full range of forward and indirect maintenance spend. Our services cover services, Daher designs and develops value-added reverse logistics at their disposal. maintenance parts procurement, stores and stock solutions for its industrial partners, who benefit from management and the provision of maintenance this convergence of industry and services. Daher Richard Leeds services. We have an extensive supplier data base has established itself as a leader in 5 fields of activity: e: [email protected] covering machine parts, PPE, consumables and aircraft manufacturer, aerostructures and systems, tooling. Active deliver resilient, responsive and robust integrated logistics, nuclear services, and valves. MDXpress Ltd solutions, providing a competitive edge to the Daher posts turnover of nearly a billion euros, and Station House aerospace sector. its order book stands at around three and a half Station Road years of turnover. Shenstone, Lichfield Richard Bennell Staffordshire e: [email protected] Mark Mee United Kingdom e: [email protected] WS14 0NW Air & Ground Aviation Ltd t: 01543 484346 Aviation House GEFCO w: www.mdxpress.co.uk London Road Central Boulevard Shirleywich Prologis Park MDXpress Ltd specialises in just in time express Staffordshire Coventry deliveries throughout the EU. We cater for urgent United Kingdom West Midlands requirements within the aerospace, automotive and ST18 0PN United Kingdom machinery sectors where time is critical, utilising our t: 01889 271777 CV6 4BX own vehicles and approved partners. We carry AOG, w: www.airandground.com t: 02476 339944 cover scheduled dedicated loads and last minute w: www.gefco.co.uk shipments. Our express vans, available within 1-2 Stockists and suppliers of components for the hours of your enquiry, are monitored 24 hours a day aerospace and defence industry. We also offer Reliable and secure international logistics with and regular updates are sent to customers up to and support solutions for all aviation world fleet GEFCO. GEFCO has been operating in the UK including delivery. In addition we offer air freight and for over 30 years and is part of a global integrated platforms. We have several enabling agreements with courier, ocean and conventional trailer services. network. In the UK, GEFCO offers national and major OEMs allowing us to trade on the highest international transport and logistics solutions which level. Miles Drinkwater encompass the whole supply chain. GEFCO has e: [email protected] six key areas of expertise that cover the complete Matthew Powell supply chain; finished vehicle logistics, overland, e: [email protected] On Logistics Ltd overseas, warehousing, reusable packaging, customs Unit 13 Drayton Manor Business Park and tax representation. GEFCO’s heritage and Amco Services (International) Ltd Coleshill Road, Fazeley expertise lies in the automotive industry but we Unit 16a Blackpole Trading Estate Tamworth have also successfully expanded and diversified into Blackpole Road Staffordshire other industrial sectors which include aerospace, Worcester United Kingdom industrial, high and heavy, FMCG, 2Wheelers, Worcestershire B78 3XN electronics and automotive. United Kingdom t: 01827 251222
WR3 8SG w: www.on-logistics.co.uk Maria Holmes-Keeling t: 01905 758005 e: [email protected] w: www.amcoservices.co.uk On Logistics Ltd has been serving the civil and JJX Logistics defence aerospace sectors for a number of years Founded in 1983, AMCO Services (International) Units 1 - 2 providing a best-in-class solution that covers inbound Limited has provided reliable, cost-effective logistics Bobbington Nurseries and outbound logistics. We specialise in a number services across a wide range of business sectors for Stourbridge of solutions covering: on site packaging and release, over 30 years. Our highly experienced team also West Midlands warehousing of raw material to include direct line specialises in the supply of high-quality sequencing United Kingdom feed (DLF), AOG support, reverse flow solutions and logistics services to the defence, automotive, DY7 5EG and tracked domestic and international delivery. aerospace and FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) t: 01384 221642 We are also procurement experts of aerospace industries. AMCO has developed sophisticated w: www.jjxlogistics.co.uk packaging to include refurbishment and re-sale back and robust systems in order to satisfy our clients’ into the aerospace supply chain. Our expertise adds demands and to deliver a full, integrated range JJX Logistics specialists provide same day courier value to the companies we serve, saving them time of services to the highest standards possible. We service, delivering and collecting to all parts of the and money. achieve this through the use of ISO standard work UK and Europe. We have a wide range of vehicles processes, investment in our staff and technology, with full tracking systems on board. Aerospace, Nick Bennett and the employment of reliable distribution and defence and automotive are our biggest clients e: [email protected] warehousing systems. supplying to the supply chain. Warehousing, distribution, hazardous materials and airfreight Nigel Piercy carriers are just some of the services we offer to our e: [email protected] customers, to the highest standards.
John Donovan e: [email protected]
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Pattonair (Derby) Limited UPS Ltd 50 Longbridge Lane St Davids Way DISTRIBUTION AND SALES Derby Bermuda Park Industrial Estate Derbyshire Nuneaton Barnes Aerospace United Kingdom Warwickshire 4 St George’s House DE24 8UJ United Kingdom Vernon Gate t: 01332 886200 CV10 7SD Derby w: www.pattonair.com t: +44 (0)787 6740019 Derbyshire w: www.ups.com United Kingdom Wherever you are and whatever you need, we can DE1 1UQ provide you with global expertise in aerospace and As one of the world’s largest airlines, we know t: 01332 334505 defence supply chain management services. Pattonair the value of operational excellence and efficiency, w: www.barnesaero.com will help you enhance your competitive edge dependable compliance procedures and proven through more effective supply chain management, reliability at every link in the aerospace supply chain. Barnes Aerospace provides superior technology allowing you to focus on your core business activity UPS is a global leader in logistics, offering a broad based manufacturing solutions and comprehensive and customer needs, whilst increasing efficiency, range of solutions including transporting packages component overhaul and repair services to the reducing costs and increasing profitability. Our and freight; facilitating international trade, and world’s major jet engine manufacturers, commercial strategy, unique in aerospace and defence, is based deploying advanced technology to more efficiently airlines and military. An industry leader in the on operating globally while meeting the needs of manage the world of business. Headquartered in machining and fabrication of complex and difficult individual customers with hands-on local support. Atlanta, UPS serves more than 220 countries and to work with aerospace alloys. An innovator We already support leading companies including territories worldwide. The company can be found on offering a broad range of complex machining and Agusta, Airbus, ATK, BAE Systems, Boeing, Eaton, the web at ups.com® fabrication and MRO technologies with an expansive Finmeccanica, Meggitt, Parker Aerospace, Rolls- component size. A superior solutions provider that Royce, Thales, Turbomeca and UTC. Luke Prokopiuk enables our partners to make better products that e: [email protected] bring higher value to customers and end users. A Jo Read proven manufacturer dedicated to making products e: [email protected] Wincanton that reduce part count, decrease weight and deliver 30 First Avenue higher value. Quality Consultancy & Inspection Group Pensnett Estate Unit 18 Norton Canes Business Park Kingswinford John Hulance Norton Green Lane West Midlands e: [email protected] Norton Canes United Kingdom Staffordshire DY6 7UD Bibus Metals Ltd United Kingdom t: 01384 282698 Three Mills Trading Estate WS11 9SS w: www.wincanton.co.uk Old School Lane t: 07920 481824 Hereford w: www.qci-group.com Wincanton is the largest UK listed third party Herefordshire logistics operator and a European leader in the United Kingdom The QCI group supports the aerospace, automotive, design and delivery of advanced supply chain HR1 1EX rail and power generation sectors providing solutions. Wincanton's Defence Business Unit t: 01432 842904 warehousing, inspection, product sequencing supports land, sea and air civil defence platforms and distribution of customer supplied product. ranging from helicopters to jet aircraft, armoured Specialising in nickel alloys and titanium, providing all Activities undertaken include: product receipt, bulk vehicles, communication systems and fire and wrought forms to a variety of industries including stock holding, inventory management, product urban rescue vehicles. Wincanton Defence manage aerospace. We provide high temperature materials inspection/analysis, product assembly, product the physical logistics including storage, distribution for use in aero and land based gas turbines. kitting, product picking/packing, product relabelling, and packing serives with in-house design and consolidation, returns management, quality rework/ manufacturing of packaging in line with UK, NATO Ian Hedley analysis, distribution/collection. Benefits: electronic and US defence standards. Wincanton Defence e: [email protected] inspection system - direct notification of product on/ have a proven track record of operating both off inspection (5 min response from notification), within military establishments and off-base and Ed Fagan Europe flexible warehouse requirement, daily/weekly/ have relevant accreditations and experience with Unit 3 South Hams Business Park monthly analysis - BOS /KPI format, QCI owned guidelines. Churchstow transportation - no delay in distribution, no product Kingsbridge inspection, sorting, or rework visible at your facility, Dean Bennett Devon no ppm recorded at your customer/receiving facility. e: [email protected] United Kingdom TQ7 3QH David Munday t: 01548 858770 e: [email protected] w: www.edfagan.eu
Since 1965 Ed Fagan has supplied speciality metals, alloys and hard-to-locate materials to high technology industries, aerospace, defence, electronics, magnetics, medical optical and telecommunications. Ed Fagan maintains a broad inventory of the highest quality controlled expansion, soft magnetic and refractory metals and alloys.
Gayle Davie e: [email protected]
40 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk EMS-CHEMIE (UK) LTD Orscheln Europe Darfin House, Priestly Court Unit 1 SUPPORT FOR Staffordshire Technology Park Pelham Road MANAGEMENT, Stafford Rugby Staffordshire Warwickshire PRODUCTIVITY, United Kingdom United Kingdom ST18 0LQ CV23 0PB ACCREDITATION, t: 01785 283739 t: 01788 517602 w: www.emsgrivory.com w: www.orschelnproducts.com INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EMS-GRIVORY is the leading manufacturer of high- Manufacturer of mechanical control and cable performance polyamides recognised worldwide; systems for all types of aircraft - commercial, military, AddQual Grivory®, Grilamid® Grilon®. Our goal is to fixed wing, rotary. Examples: emergency gear release iHub create tailor-made solutions; we not only offer the mechanisms; emergency air, fuel shut off, oxygen; rat Infinity Drive, Infinity Park widest range of polyamides in the market, but also release controls and cables; parking brakes; engine Derby a comprehensive line-up of services with which control cables - power, mixture, propeller pitch; Derbyshire we accompany you and your project from the idea ejection seat control cables/seat adjustment cables. United Kingdom to serial production. Award winning EMS-Grivory DE24 9FU expands the limits of metal replacement, cost and Fraser Simpson t: 07555 085701 weight savings in challenging applications across e: [email protected] w: www.addqual.com all sectors. Your innovative development partner worldwide. www.emsgrivory.com Stride Supplies Ltd Provide qualification, capability and manufacturing Unit 7 Lakeside Ind Estate services for aerospace, power and medical Jane Hemmings Broad Ground Road components. e: [email protected] Redditch Worcestershire FTP LP, FST Service Centre UK & Ireland United Kingdom Ben Anderson Unit 7 Wycliffe Industrial Park B98 8YP e: [email protected] Leicester Road t: 01527 500170 Aerospace Capability Project Ltd Lutterworth w: www.stride-supplies.co.uk Office 17, iHub Leicestershire Infinity Park Way United Kingdom Stride Supplies is the UK’s largest spring wire Derby LE17 4HG distributors supplying all grades of spring wire to a Derbyshire t: 01455 204 444 diverse range of clients throughout the UK, Europe United Kingdom w: www.simrit.com and the Far East. Stride supplies offers a wealth DE24 9FU of industry knowledge and experience combined t: 01332 742570 Freudenberg Simrit is well positioned to offer the with the latest technology to ensure delivery of w: www.aerocapability.com global aerospace market a best value proposition the highest quality Wire products. Offering one of
with our comprehensive range of sealing and the largest levels of stock in the UK from some The Aerospace Capability Project delivers vibration control components. Freudenberg Simrit's of the leading global brands, including KOS and experienced and specialist technical support for product range includes O rings, radial shaft seals, ArcelorMittal, you can be confident that we can help the development of new capability and building PTFE seals, fire seals, aerodynamic/environmental you with all of your wire product requirements. We capacity to enable accelerated business growth. seals, anti-vibration mounts and metallic seals. Our are AS9120 approved. Delivering projects for airlines, OEMs and supply comprehensive support package extends to material chain companies, linking with respected research development, component modelling, design and Simon Moberley and academic institutions, government and industry testing. e: [email protected] groups. ACP offers broad aerospace consultancy and
a wide range of innovative services. We can provide Scott Wilson WMH UK Ltd project management, strategic business development, e: [email protected] 17 The Courtyard Buntsford Drive support for international offset commitments, Lee Products Ltd Bromsgrove technical training, facility design/layout and expertise 3 High St West Midlands in gaining industry approvals. Power systems and Chalfont St Peter United Kingdom engine through-life support, maintenance repair and Gerrards Cross B60 3DJ overhaul is our speciality. Buckinghamshire t: 01527 910947 United Kingdom w: www.wmn-group.com Stephen Boyce SL9 9QE e: [email protected] t: 01753 886664 WMH UK Ltd is the UK sales office for WMH w: www.leeproducts.co.uk GROUP Germany. Aluminium is our business. We offer a unique selection with outstanding warehouse Lee Products Ltd is responsible for the sales and stocks, highly qualified employees, state-of-the-art distribution throughout the UK, Eire, India and tools and machines. We create and deliver optimal the Middle East of The Lee Company's range of solutions in aluminium. We have sheets, plates, miniature fluid control components e.g. Lee Plugs, profiles, tubes, and rods off-the-shelf with some restrictors, nozzles, check valves, relief valves, shuttle unusual dimensions and alloys in stock at all times. valves, flow controls, safety screens and solenoid All our stocks are held at our head office in Essen, valves, which are used extensively in flight controls, Germany. However we are not just a stockholder, we landing gear, fuel and oxygen systems. New products also have in-house waterjet cutting, sawing, drilling, in development include electric motor driven fuel and polycoating. Follow us on Twitter @WMHUKLtd. pumps. Ben Courts Mike Stott e: [email protected] e: [email protected]
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CANDA Systems Ltd IPI Solutions Limited Ashlar House Units 1 & 2 Kingsway Lodge Business Centre 115 Walsall Road, Aldridge 128 Kingsway Walsall Kirkby-in-Ashfield West Midlands Nottinghamshire United Kingdom Consult Avila Ltd United Kingdom WS9 0AX Central Boulevard NG17 7FJ t: 0121 323 4455 Blythe Valley Business Park t: 01623 272500 w: www.candasys.co.uk Solihull w: www.ipi-solutions.co.uk West Midlands CANDA has developed the web-based supply chain United Kingdom IPI Solutions Ltd is a software company that portal XACTIO, which provides supplier data on B90 8AG develops integrated process improvement the web either with manual uploads or scheduled t: 01564 711181 applications for the aerospace and other related uploads by using the link module - automatically w: www.consultavila.com sectors. We solve manufacturing business process sending data from the client's own MRP system issues and improve your performance: FAI (AS9102), directly to the portal. The system provides accurate Consult Avila is a well-established business PPAP, UPPAP, DVI, NPI, APQP, Process Flow, FMEA, data on supplier performance, quality, cost, and consultancy with a solid reputation for delivering PFMEA, DFEMA; control plan, inspection planning, responsiveness with all data being displayed using real solutions, real results at pace. Its team of in-process data collection; CMM data import, BOM easy-to-view graphs and tables against the SC21 management professionals has a track record of data import; supply chain issues including report performance matrix. Suppliers can download orders achievement in the aerospace and defence sectors, submission/approval and process visibility. Our and RFQs, complete NCRs, view their performance providing support to clients through the entire applications are designed to mistake-proof business and communicate with ease with their customers. processes and remove waste. We have developed process of change. Consult Avila provides the 20+ applications including FAI, PPAP, FMEA, Control following services: business transformation; working Chris Hayward Plan, CMM and BOM data import. IPI’s solutions capital optimisation; performance improvement; e: [email protected] are deployed to 2,000+ users including BAe, EADS, leadership development. GKN, Goodrich, HS, Rockwell, Moog, Woodward, CDI Document Management Ltd Sikorsky, AugustaWestland, Martin Baker. Unit 6 District Business Park Jose Guzman-Bello Birchills Street e: [email protected] Carl Andrews Walsall e: [email protected] West Midlands Gobel & Partner Ltd United Kingdom Suite 415 Kiwa Ltd WS2 8NG 4th Floor, Fort Dunlop Malvern View Business Park t: 01922 471870 Birmingham Stella Way, Bishops Cleeve w: www.cdi-docman.co.uk West Midlands Cheltenham United Kingdom Gloucestershire CDI Document Management provides a one- B24 9FD United Kingdom stop-solution for your document management t: 01922 458003 GL52 7DQ requirements. Storing critical documents can be a w: www.gpqm.com t: 01242 677877 time and space consuming problem for companies w: www.kiwa.co.uk of any size. Accessing the files that you need can Gobel & Partner is a quality service provider to the waste valuable working time when searching through aerospace and automotive industry, working with the Kiwa UK is a group of companies in the testing, filing cabinets or storage rooms. Warehousing supply chain to increase quality levels globally. inspection and certification sector. It has a sister solutions are expensive -- if you need to get hold of company called Kiwa UNAVIAcert which is a a file quickly it can be impractical. With 25 years of Laura Watson certification body for aerospace. Utilising the experience you are assured of our excellent quality e: [email protected] ACREDDIA certificated certification body and reputation. CDI take-care of your documents UNAVIAcert, Kiwa UK provides aerospace quality from collection, to scanning, storage, to return or IngPro Ltd management system certification (AS91xx), destruction, making us your document management The Carriage House consultancy and training. solution. Murivance Shrewsbury Adrian Woodridge David Powell Shropshire e: [email protected] e: [email protected] United Kingdom SY1 1JF Majenta Solutions Coaching For Change Ltd t: 07779129664 3 Argosy Court, Scimitar Way Dunston Innovation Centre w: www.ingpro.co.uk Whitley Business Park Dunston Road Coventry Chesterfield IngPro Ltd is a specialist in Central Europe, West Midlands Derbyshire supporting companies to grow business in United Kingdom United Kingdom the region, through establishing and improving CV3 4GA S41 8NG manufacturing presence, building sales and t: 02476 308 500 t: 01246 264965 distribution networks and making acquisitions. w: www.majentasolutions.com w: www.coachingforchange.co.uk Paul Sefton With over 20 years’ experience in aerospace, We are a consultancy practice with a head office in e: [email protected] automotive, manufacturing, and working within Derbyshire and partner office in Doha. Coaching supply chains, Majenta Solutions enables individuals, For Change provide services and products that teams, and organisations create better. Whether significantly reduce cost and improve performance. that assistance allows you to create better designs, You will acquire best practice techniques with in- processes, revenue opportunities or efficiencies, the-workplace coaching, all aimed at developing your Majenta Solutions adds real value to your business. internal capability to lead change, adjust behavior and Majenta Solutions provides tailored solutions that think differently. Our experience in aerospace stems work towards helping you achieve your short and from the founders' work in Rolls-Royce supply chain, long-term objectives. Consultancy, training, and improving delivery performance using a model that software, together with a completely bespoke incorporates lean six sigma tools, leadership coaching approach to understanding your business, allows and governance. your business to reach its potential.
Lee Kemp Martin Boon e: [email protected] e: [email protected]
42 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Mycon Marketing Services Ltd TBAT Innovation Ltd Test and Measurement Experts Limited 1 Victoria Square Unit 3 Bradley Court New Manor Farm Birmingham Trent Lane Harvey Lane, Moulton West Midlands Castle Donington Northampton United Kingdom Derbyshire Northamptonshire B1 1BD United Kingdom United Kingdom t: 0844 415 5530 DE74 2UT NN3 7RB w: www.mycon.co.uk t: 01509 670610 w: www.TestAndMeasureExperts.co.uk w: www.tbat.co.uk Mycon Marketing Services Ltd provides a high Through innovation, and out-of-the-box thinking, quality professional approach to strategic marketing Based in the East Midlands, with clients throughout Test and Measurement experts help aviation issues facing companies in aerospace, defence, the UK, we are a niche independent consultancy manufacturers meet the ever-increasing demand offshore, power generation, marine and other working with technology/R&D focused companies, for product performance improvements and high-tech industries. Mycon is a worldwide provider for nearly 15 years. Our team of highly skilled ensure that you achieve your goals. Our advanced of performance-improving market services: and experienced individuals come together to process control will benefit you by creating a more environmental scanning, scenario generation, deliver exciting grant funding, R&D tax credit streamlined approach to create improvements in forecasting, industry and market appraisals, qualitative and consultancy projects for clients. Our team your manufacturing performance. We work with you and quantitative surveys, customer satisfaction and come from varied backgrounds (mechanical/aero to improve the entire process to do things better, attitude tracking, supplier satisfaction and attitude engineering, opto-electronic research, genetics, faster and at a much lower cost. The bottom line tracking, competitor monitoring, benchmarking, chemistry, economics with organisations like with cost savings are between 5%-20% of turnover business appraisals, new product/service Rolls-Royce, Bombardier Transportation, Toshiba per annum. On average we have helped our clients development. Research, BAE Systems and Alstom Power) so we reduce their manufacturing time by 50%. can effectively support a wide range of projects. We Paul Connor are extremely professional, open and honest with Sammuel Yisrael e: [email protected] clients and genuinely passionate about informing and e: [email protected] supporting people so their organisations succeed. Paul Kirk Forming Ltd Our informal culture allows for strong long-lasting The Access Group UK Ltd 131 Doddington Road collaboration with our clients. Garden Court Lincoln Lockington Hall Lincolnshire James Purdy Lockington United Kingdom e: [email protected] Derbyshire LN6 7HE United Kingdom t: 01522693646 TEC Transnational DE74 2RH w: WWW.PKFORMING.COM 6 Trinity Place t: 0845 345 3300 Midland Drive w: www.theaccessgroup.com Working with the client to develop and deploy Sutton Coldfield solutions for their manufacturing and product West Midlands Manufacturing, logistics and supply chain software. requirements. This is achieved using state of the art United Kingdom ERP Systems, MRP Systems, WMS Systems, technology provided by the world’s leading suppliers B72 1TX production planning and scheduling software. of manufacturing technology systems in forming, t: 01926 851403 Specialising in production software, we write, own, spinning and treatment of metallic and composite w: www.tectransnational.com develop and customise software for UK SME materials. This technology stretches from R&D manufacturing and logistics with four core products: trials through to full turnkey supply of state of the TEC empowers people to achieve excellence FactoryMaster MRP - rapid deployment MRP system art serial production manufacturing facilities. The through accelerated learning - guaranteed! TEC with traceability and cost control for precision companies we proudly represent are the Schuler Transnational specialises in implementing modern engineers; Access ERP - full ERP suite for complex Group metallic and composite forming, FRIMO and effective manufacturing and quality systems production environments; Delta WMS - warehouse Group Composites forming, GFM Radial Forging, and in the process train and 'coach' the people management enabling compliance and logistics WF Maschinenbau Metal Spinning and Flow Forming, who will be operating the systems when we control; Orchestrate - production control and Electrotherm Thermal Solutions. are no longer around. We empower people to scheduling, scenario planning, what-if analysis built for achieve measureable (£) continuous sustainable aerospace and automotive. Paul Kirk improvements in performance and efficiency for e: [email protected] their organisations and customers quickly and Steve Norman efficiently - achieving excellence through accelerated e: [email protected] learning. TEC Transnational are an Approved CQI/ IRCA Training Partner and an ATP Number: 01200706 and an IAQG Training Provider (we train the Certification Body auditors).
David Scrimshire e: [email protected]
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Verify Europe Ltd Encore Personnel Unit 2 Manor House HUMAN RESOURCES Head Office, Encore House Manor Road 32 Millstone Lane Mancetter Advantage Resourcing Leicester Warwickshire Pinewood Leicestershire United Kingdom Chineham Business Park United Kingdom CV9 1TT Crockford Lane, Basingstoke LE1 5JN t: 08456 432501 Hampshire t: 0116 262 0651 w: www.verify-europe.com United Kingdom w: www.encoretechnical.co.uk RG24 8AL Verify Europe is part of the Verify Group. Since t: 01256 365791 / 020 7390 7000 Encore Personnel offers recruitment solutions 1976, we have provided supplier performance w: www.advantageresourcing.com across the engineering, industrial and driving sectors management services to quality critical industries for both temporary and permanent placements. worldwide. Utilising our network of industry Advantage Resourcing has been providing targeted Encore Technical has a speciality aerospace division professionals, Verify delivers outsourced product recruitment consultancy across its core markets supporting the Midlands. Encore is currently working verification, auditing, supplier management and for over 35 years. We specialise in permanent, with leading companies in the UK within light, delivery assurance solutions. Customers are temporary and contract placements of high-calibre medium and heavy engineering process industries supported by over 8,000 technical and quality candidates in: technology; public sector; accounting and engineering services. Encore built its success personnel at more than 6,000 supplier locations and finance; banking and financial services; executive upon supplying skilled and experienced staff where in 40+ countries. These worldwide services are assistants and business support (via our Crone others have failed. Encore provides total engineering managed from offices in America, Europe, and Asia, Corkill brand); human resources; technical and coverage from shop floor engineering, to senior ensuring an integrated approach to programme engineering. Our Engineering division covers management, offering a consultative service to management, resource qualification, technical aerospace, automotive, defence, general engineering many of the UK’s high profile companies, improving oversight and field coordination. Verify’s award and space. Crone Corkill, Advantage Resourcing’s efficiencies and offering cost savings. winning services achieve consistent results, improved executive assistant and business support division, performance, reduced costs and total customer is a market leader in business support recruitment. Ray Metcalfe satisfaction. Advantage xPO is the outsourcing division of our e: [email protected] group. Advantage xPO provides its customers Phil Smethurst recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), managed Hays e: [email protected] service programs (MSP), payroll and functional St Philips House outsourcing for corporate divisions. 4 St Philips Place VR Aviation Safety Partnership Ltd Birmingham 120 Stanton Road Chester Boothe West Midlands Sandiacre e: [email protected] United Kingdom Nottingham B3 2SL Nottinghamshire t: 0121 212 3344 United Kingdom w: www.hays.co.uk NG10 5EP t: 0115 919 1430 Hays is a leading global expert in qualified, w: www.vr-asp.com professional and skilled recruitment. With over 245 offices in 33 countries we are able to support VR is an aviation and airworthiness consultancy our clients both across the UK and internationally and training organisation staffed by former UK Consilium Recruit across the world. Hays Aerospace Engineering CAA airworthiness surveyors with many years Consilium House recruits for expert engineering candidates across of experience in aviation regulation, ranging from Timothy’s Bridge Road quality, design, manufacturing and maintenance, with oversight of approved organisations in the UK and Stratford upon Avon specialist consultants working within each function, worldwide to international rulemaking and joint Warwickshire enabling us to support our clients with unrivaled authority committees. We have provided practical United Kingdom expertise within our markets. Hays currently work in and classroom training to industry and regulatory CV37 9NR partnership with a number of key clients across the authorities. We work with clients to guide them t: 01789 201040 industry, from SMEs and tier 2 suppliers to global tier through the process of regulation compliance w: www.consiliumrecruit.com 1 suppliers into the aerospace and defence market. to achieving full and cost effective compliance. We cover: new approvals and existing approvals, Consilium Recruit is an award winning supplier to Akash Khan regulatory approvals healthchecks, expert advice, aerospace and defence organisations. Since 2001 we e: [email protected] independent quality audit support, airworthiness have been the principal recruitment partner to MAA standards, aircraft airworthiness records surveys, businesses and our recommendations speak for aircraft CAW compliance software. themselves. Recruiting for engineers, management grades and industry executives, our unrivalled Malcolm McMillan technical knowledge coupled with high success e: [email protected] rates result in a comprehensive service that takes the hassle out of recruitment. Put simply we are the aerospace and defence recruitment experts.
James Charlett e: [email protected]
44 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk In-Comm Training & Business Services Ltd Resource Group Limited Vigo Place Teme House LEGAL AND FINANCIAL Aldridge Whittington Hall SERVICES West Midlands Worcester United Kingdom Worcestershire Adamson Jones IP Ltd WS9 8UG United Kingdom Adamson Jones t: 01922 457686 WR5 2RY BioCity Nottingham w: www.in-comm.co.uk t: 01905 368 550 Pennyfoot Street w: www.resourcegroup.co.uk Nottinghamshire Based in the heart of the West Midlands, the United Kingdom In-Comm partnership offers a range of world Resource Group offers aviation, aerospace, rail and NG1 1GF class-leading services to industry and commerce. defence resourcing solutions supporting OEMs, t: 0115 947 7977 In-Comm has over 33 years' experience in the operators and support businesses. Services include: w: www.adamson-jones.co.uk design and delivery of development programmes aviation and aerospace resourcing solutions which to suit a wide range of needs. We also have a provide flight crew services for commercial and With offices at BioCity and MediCity, Nottingham’s specialised training services academy and team to VIP aviation markets as well as flexible maintenance leading innovation centres, AdamsonJones offers offer apprentice programmes. Whether you are an and operational support resourcing solutions. The a comprehensive intellectual property protection owner-managed company looking to develop your Training Solutions division provides high quality, service encompassing patents, trade marks, design workforce, or a multi-national company looking for cost effective UK CAA, EASA Part-66 approved and copyright protection in the UK, Europe and a customised training and development programme, training, UK CAA approved RPAS training (SUA) throughout the world. Our highly experienced our team of highly competent specialists are here and air traffic training services. Systems, Software team of patent and trade mark attorneys provides to help. and Solutions divisions provide outsource solutions technical expertise ranging from chemistry and for software, firmware, and systems engineering. biotech to mechanical engineering and advanced Gareth Jones The Technical Recruitment Solutions division is a physics. AdamsonJones provides commercial advice e: [email protected] security cleared resources provider to multi-national of the highest quality, ensuring that our clients get organisations worldwide. Resource Group also maximum value from their intellectual property. We Jonathan Lee Recruitment provides flexible unmanned aviation service delivery work not only with major multinational companies, The Maltings solutions. like Alliance Boots, Google and Sanofi, but also with Mount Road innovative SMEs in the UK and overseas, such as Stourbridge Hannah Davies Vectura, Intersurgical and Advancis Medical, as well as West Midlands e: [email protected] with internationally renowned universities. United Kingdom DY8 1HZ Technical Network Nicholas Ferrar t: 01384 397555 Network House e: [email protected] w: www.jonlee.co.uk 115 -117 Hagley Road Birmingham Aon Risk Solutions A specialist technical recruitment consultancy within West Midlands Colmore Gate the aerospace, defence and aviation sectors covering United Kingdom 2 Colmore Row the following disciplines: design; manufacturing, B16 8LB Birmingham maintenance, quality, purchasing, supply chain, t: 0121 450 5020 West Midlands product engineering, sales and marketing and human w: www.technical-network.co.uk United Kingdom resources. Particular strengths include lean/six sigma B3 2QD and operations management. Additional services Network Recruitment Partnership Ltd, trading as t: 0121 262 5000 include Integrated HR which offers a full assessment Technical Network, is a specialist engineering and Aon is the leading global provider of insurance/ centre design capability including the provision of technical recruitment consultancy with over 30 years’ re-insurance and risk management solutions to all psychometric testing. experience recruiting permanent and contract/ aspects of the aerospace industry. interim professional, technical staff and management.
Neil Cayley Disciplines include: engineering and manufacturing David Blackburn e: [email protected] - design and CAD engineers, development, CAE, e: [email protected] lean manufacturing, production, quality, operations, Optima-UK Inc Ltd systems, electronics, software, maintenance and BHW Solicitors 2 Smith Way reliability; purchasing and supply chain - purchasing, 5 Grove Court Grove Park material control, planning, supply chain, logistics and Enderby Leicester distribution. Working with a range of customers Leicester Leicestershire including primes, OEMs and manufacturing supply East Midlands United Kingdom chain organisations across automotive, aerospace, United Kingdom LE19 1SX defence, manufacturing and energy industries LE19 1SA t: 0116 303 3560 nationwide and abroad. We are very adept with t: 0116 289 7000 w: www.optima-uk.com identification and transfer of scarce skills across w: www.bhwsolicitors.com industrial sectors. Optima is an innovative provider of recruitment, BHW is the country’s leading law company for training, business advice and consultancy services Robert Wigley aerospace contracts. We have been instrumental specialising in manufacturing, engineering e: [email protected] in defining the latest generation of standard procurement and supply chain, office services and industry contracts with the world’s primary aircraft senior executive appointments. Our work within the manufacturers and have advised on contracts with aerospace industry is largely focused on providing Airbus, Rolls-Royce, GKN, Lockheed Martin, Fokker, permanent and interim staff to tier 1 and tier 2 Spirit, BAE and Eurocopter. We also have particular suppliers achieving optimum return on your people expertise in UK and off-shore managed supply investment. Our team is committed to providing chain solutions including contracts for sub-assembly, bespoke recruitment services by working closely standard parts production, processes and AGS. with our customers to fully understand their needs. Additionally, BHW provides a full range of company, With over 40 years' experience in professional commercial, corporate, property, employment and recruitment and sector expertise, we have dispute resolution services. We provide a cost- experience of recruiting nationally and internationally effective service and have the quickest turnaround including Europe, Asia and EMEA. times in the industry.
Kamaljit Dhinsa Ed Nurse e: [email protected] e: [email protected]
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Cooper Parry HGF Ltd Richard V Wallis Sky View, Argosy Road 39-41 Waterloo Street Ashley House, 1143 Stratford Road East Midlands Airport Birmingham Hall Green Derby West Midlands Birmingham Derbyshire United Kingdom West Midlands United Kingdom B2 5PP United Kingdom DE74 2SA t: 0121 265 7930 B28 8AU t: 01332 411163 w: www.hgf.com t: 0121 778 5751 w: www.richardwallis.co.uk Cooper Parry Group is an accountancy advisory Patent and trade mark attorneys & IP solicitors. firm with an award-winning corporate finance team HGF is a top ranked patent and trade mark firm. It We are an independent firm of general insurance in the East Midlands delivering corporate finance is recommended by all the major legal directories, brokers who were established in 1965. In 2006 advice and related strategic advisory services. We are including managing intellectual property, The our business became part of the Cullum Capital part of an international network, Global M&A, which Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. We advise Ventures Group, which is one of the fastest growing provides unrivalled access to international markets. on all aspects of intellectual property across independent insurance intermediaries in the UK. We all technological sectors including aerospace can arrange all types of general insurance including Sally Saunders engineering (engines, airframe, hydraulics, landing property, liability, motor fleet and professional e: [email protected] gear), avionics, fuel and fuel systems, comms, indemnity. We specialise in advising companies in the components and materials (metals, composites, aviation sector and we can arrange aviation products Cowens Survival Capability coatings, adhesives). liability insurance at very competitive rates. Inbro House Commercial Gate Chris Moore Angelo Cugini Mansfield e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Nottinghamshire United Kingdom Investx Ltd Vault IP Ltd NG18 1EU 15 Church Street Concorde House t: 01623 649931 Stratford upon Avon 24 Warwick New Road w: http://maa-aerocover.com/ Warwickshire Leamington Spa United Kingdom Warwickshire Cowens Survival Capability is an independent CV37 6HB United Kingdom firm of chartered insurance brokers focused on t: 01789 860000 CV32 5JG the management of risk, insurance balance sheet w: www.investx.co.uk t: 01926 203055 protection and business survival. Our role is to w: www.vault-ip.com provide clients with professional expertise, which Investx’s strategy is to create and/or acquire, they deserve and expect. Too many companies build then sell, small to medium sized engineering, Vault IP is a new intellectual property law firm set buy, or in most cases are sold, insurance protection manufacturing and technology businesses operating up to service UK engineering SMEs. The company's that in the event of a serious claim proves to be within specialised, global niche markets. Growth is founder, Phil Sanger, has an MEng from Bath, as inadequate for their needs. The primary purpose of achieved via internal development and acquisitions well as experience as an engineer (working for purchasing insurance protection is that when a loss focused on entities with strong fundamentals whose Arup) before joining the patent profession. He has occurs, your insurers will deliver a speedy and fair performance can be improved. Our chosen industry 10 years experience in IP, and is a Chartered and settlement. Our team works with you to deliver a sectors enable us to supply products and technology European patent attorney and a qualified litigator. tailored service that suits you and your business - a which positions our businesses in markets with high The company is therefore well placed to help truly bespoke offering. barriers to entry and long-term growth. Portfolio engineering SMEs protect their innovations. We companies currently operating in the aerospace understand the problems SMEs face - because we Karl Sutcliffe sector are: Lumenox Ltd, Waveguide Lighting Ltd, are one. Therefore we are focussed on providing e: [email protected] South West Battery Charging Systems Ltd. We are a friendly, commercial and responsive service at a actively seeking further opportunities in the sector. reasonable cost. DLA Piper UK LLP Victoria Square House Peter Edgar Phil Sanger Victoria Square e: [email protected] e: [email protected] Birmingham West Midlands National Westminster Bank plc Withers and Rogers LLP United Kingdom 2 St Philips Place Nicholas Wilson House B2 4DL Birmingham Dormer Place t: 0121 262 5702 West Midlands Leamington Spa w: www.dlapiper.com United Kingdom Warwickshire B3 2RB United Kingdom At DLA Piper we have a dedicated team of specialist t: 0121 262 7419 CV32 5AE aerospace and defence lawyers who have been w: www.rbs.com t: 01926 310700 closely involved in many of the significant issues and w: www.withersrogers.com challenges faced within the industry. The global reach RBS has a team of managers covering the aerospace of DLA Piper - 4,200 lawyers working in 76 offices and defence sectors and is particularly proud to Withers and Rogers LLP is a leading firm of UK in 30 countries - allows us to support clients locally support UK manufacturing. Our activity in the and European patent and trade mark attorneys. and cross-border. Our experience includes advising sector includes the provision of banking services, A national firm with a strong Midlands presence, manufacturers of aircraft, engines and parts through bonds, guarantees, letters of credit, loans, invoice our specialist aerospace group includes members to airlines, airports, aerodromes and government finance, asset finance, cash management, FX risk with specific aerospace expertise drawn from our departments. Services include: projects, outsourcing, management and introduction to equity funding/ Advanced Engineering Group and our Electronics commercial contracts, intellectual property, structured finance. In addition we support firms and Physics Group. We provide a high quality, regulation, liability and risk, disputes and litigation, in the the sector through hosting and attending attentive service with a commercial focus. M&A, employment and pensions, finance and leasing, leadership/networking events and by actively real estate and tax. participating with policy influencers such as the Chris Range MAA, EEF, AGP and ADS. e: [email protected] Gareth Stokes e: [email protected] Rupert Boddington e: [email protected]
46 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Wright Hassall LLP Coventry University Olympus Avenue School of Mechanical Aerospace and Automotive Leamington Spa Engineering Warwickshire Gulson Road United Kingdom Coventry CV34 6BF West Midlands Institute for Aerospace Technology (The University t: 01926 886688 United Kingdom of Nottingham) w: www.wrighthassall.co.uk CV1 2HJ Aerospace Technology Centre, Innovation Park t: 02477 658888 Triumph Road Wright Hassall is a top ranked law firm, based in w: www.coventry.ac.uk Nottingham Warwickshire, which advises clients across the Nottinghamshire aerospace and advanced manufacturing sectors on Coventry University is a forward-looking modern United Kingdom all their legal requirements. Independent directory university with a proud tradition as a provider NG7 2TU Chambers UK - which researches UK law firms and of high quality education and a focus on multi- t: 0115 82 32814 ranks them according to service and experience disciplinary research and has a robust academic w: www.nottingham.ac.uk/aerospace - said of the firm "impressed by their commercial presence regionally, nationally and internationally. awareness, their speed and the top quality of their The School of Mechanical, Aerospace & Automotive The Institute for Aerospace Technology (IAT) at advice. They get things done." An active member Engineering offers undergraduate and post-graduate The University of Nottingham is a major centre for of the Coventry & Warwickshire Local Enterprise courses, post-doctoral research and consultancy in all aerospace research. More than 350 researchers, Partnership, Wright Hassall provides a credible aspects of mechanical and manufacturing engineering, involved with projects worth c.£75 million, provide alternative to any business supplying the aerospace metrology, aerospace and aviation management. world leading research in materials and structures, sector that needs expert, cost effective and efficient manufacturing, electrical systems, engines and legal advice. Jenni Fernando propulsion, and operations. The IAT provides a range e: [email protected] of facilities for aerospace research and technology Vikki Whittemore demonstration. Our Aerospace Technology Centre e: [email protected] Derby City Council houses multi-disciplinary projects that build on our 5th floor Saxon House world-leading fundamental research, strengthening Friary Street relationships with our industrial partners. We work OTHER SUPPORT Derby with both SMEs and multi-nationals to provide Derbyshire access our graduates, improve their innovation ORGANISATIONS United Kingdom capacity and solve technology problems. DE1 1AN t: 01332 643622 Hitendra Hirani w: www.derby.gov.uk e: [email protected]
As the local authority for the City of Derby we are Loughborough University committed to supporting our companies and helping Enterprise Office to achieve economic growth. We work with a huge Hazelrigg Building, Loughborough University Business Birmingham range of local partners to build on Derby's historic Loughborough Ground Floor, Baskerville House success, particularly in manufacturing, and are proud Leicestershire 2 Centenary Square to be home to global brands such as Rolls-Royce United Kingdom Birmingham and Bombardier. In 2012 we officially secured £40m LE11 3TU West Midlands worth of Regional Growth Funding. £20m of this is t: 01509 223178 United Kingdom being used to promote the expansion of business w: www.lboro.ac.uk/enterprise B1 2ND in and around Derby. For more information about t: 0121 202 5115 funding support available see www.derby.gov.uk/degf Loughborough University is internationally w: www.businessbirmingham.com recognised for excellence in research, teaching and Martin Rawson strength of industrial collaboration, with aeronautical Business Birmingham - the city’s inward investment e: [email protected] engineering taught here since 1935. The University programme - is your link to establishing or growing has one of the largest engineering schools in the UK your presence in the city. Birmingham has vast and more than 400 academics and 3,000 students resource to help energise your business and power across advanced engineering and manufacturing, your ambitions. Home to world class companies, electronic, electrical and systems engineering, energy, cutting edge R&D facilities, innovative entrepreneurs big data and design. Loughborough University is and renowned universities, it is a city of real ranked 3rd in the UK for quality of research in creativity that delivers the ideas, entrepreneurial mechanical, manufacturing, aeronautical, and chemical spirit and work ethic needed for business success. engineering. It delivers innovation support to SMEs Well connected and centrally located, Birmingham and challenging research collaborations, including provides the scale and size to service the largest the new £9.8m National Centre of Excellence in of business functions, coupled with its existing and Gas Turbine Combustion System Aerodynamics, emerging talent pool which provides access to a and the Rolls-Royce UTC (a strategic relationship working age population of 4.3m within a 1-hour spanning 3 decades) and is a founding partner of the drive and over 97,000 highly skilled graduates every Manufacturing Technology Centre. year. John Frodsham David Fisken e: [email protected] e: [email protected]
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Manufacturing Technology Centre Solihull College & University Centre University of Birmingham - Birmingham Research Pilot Way Woodlands Campus Park Ansty Park Auckland Drive, Smiths Wood Edgbaston Coventry Solihull Birmingham West Midlands West Midlands West Midlands United Kingdom United Kingdom United Kingdom CV7 9JU B36 0NF B15 2TT t: 02476 701600 t: 0121 678 7000 t: 0121 414 3344 w: www.the-mtc.org w: www.solihull.ac.uk w: www.birmingham.ac.uk
The MTC represents a £40.5 million publicly funded The Aerospace Academy at Solihull College offers The University of Birmingham has been collaborating investment and has been developed in response a wide range of qualifications for people looking to with the aerospace industry for several decades. to the Government's manufacturing strategy which develop a career in the aerospace engineering sector. With world class facilities for materials research in sets out an ambitious new vision for high technology Our Centre of Excellence boasts state-of-the-art our School of Metallurgy and Materials, we have manufacturing. We work with world-class research facilities including access to aircraft components, a developed key expertise relevant to the aerospace partners, transferring cutting edge technologies into wind tunnel and specialist CAD software and prides industry in titanium based alloys, net shape manufacturing processes in industry. From aircraft itself on being the only College in the West Midlands manufacture, composites and casting technology. engines to automotive production we work with to offer specialist aerospace engineering training. We Further expertise includes energy saving and the world’s leading manufacturers to bring their offer provision ranging from Level 2 (Diploma in waste reduction in manufacturing processes and products to life. Aerospace Engineering), Level 3 (Extended Diploma laser fabrication. The University of Birmingham is a in Aeronautical Engineering) and HND (Aeronautical founding partner of the Manufacturing Technology Chris Vowles Engineering). The Academy has strong links with Centre and has announced a partnership with Rolls- e: [email protected] key aerospace manufacturers including Goodrich Royce to build a £60m High Temperature Research Control Systems and Rolls-Royce. Their employees Centre - a unique casting, design, simulation and PM Group have also delivered workshops to our students advanced manufacturing research facility. Trinity Park about careers in the aerospace sector. Bickenhill Lane Richard Fox Birmingham Rosa Wells e: [email protected] West Midlands e: [email protected] United Kingdom University of Derby B37 7ES Turner & Townsend Plc College of Engineering & Technology t: 0121 767 6700 7th Floor, Pearl House Markeaton Street w: www.pmgroup-global.com Friar Lane Derby Nottingham Derbyshire PM Group is an international engineering, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom architectural and project management company United Kingdom DE22 3AW specialising in all aspects of project delivery: NG1 6BT w: www.derby.ac.uk site selection, concept development, planning t: 0115 947 0997 permitting, process integration, facility consolidation, w: www.turnerandtownsend.com The School of Technology at the University of expansion and relocation, program and cost Derby offers education to the aerospace industry management, project and construction management, We are a global professional services organisation in mechanical and manufacturing engineering, commissioning and qualification. Audits, energy that provides consultancy, delivery, operations and electronics and electrical engineering and business saving and efficiencies, HAZOPs, LEED, BREAM, programme management services to clients that improvement techniques at foundation degree and six sigma, process visualisation, BIM 5D, are all PM invest in, own and operate assets. honours degree level. We also offer consultancy, Group competencies. With UK headquarters in learning through work and short course provision in the Midlands and a global work force of 2100 Harry Hayward the same areas. professionals, PM Group have the resources for any e: [email protected] aspect of an aerospace project: R&D, laboratories, Angela Dean mission critical facilities, data centres, composites Unite the Union e: [email protected] manufacture, adhesive and specialty chemical Unit 2 Pride Point Drive production, assembly and test, MRO facilities. We Pride Park provide principal contractor services for Airbus UK Derby at Broughton. Derbyshire United Kingdom Con Murphy DE24 8BX e: [email protected] t: 01332 548400 w: www.unitetheunion.com
Unite is the largest trade union in Britain and Ireland with 1.5 million members.
Tony Tinley e: [email protected]
48 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk University of Leicester Wolverhampton City Council Fielding Johnson Building Civic Centre HONORARY MEMBER University Road St. Peter’s Square
Leicester Wolverhampton
Leicestershire West Midlands
United Kingdom United Kingdom
LE1 7RH WV1 1SH t: 0116 252 2437 t: 01902 551155 w: www.le.ac.uk/business/ w: www.finditinwolverhampton.gov.uk
At the University of Leicester we help companies Wolverhampton is home to many precision improve their products and processes, enabling engineering firms which supply essential components 3(F) Squadron, Royal Air Force them to compete globally. We work with the rail, to the motor and aerospace industries. These RAF Coningsby aerospace, space and automotive industries to companies proudly share their technological Lincolnshire develop innovative new materials, products and innovation and best practice, set high standards in LN4 4SY techniques. We help with advances in materials training and development, and have a strong skills and have a significant impact in technologies such base. The Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter - the latest www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/3squadron.cfm as fuel cells and batteries, superconductors and vertical take-off and landing superjet - would not be hydrogen storage, lightweight structures, smart able to leave the ground without essential engine No. 3 Squadron is one of the UK’s front-line RAF coatings and insulation. We have facilities for the rotation and actuation components manufactured fighter units. No. 3 was one of the three founder testing new and old materials and the modelling in Wolverhampton. Many other aircraft - civilian and squadrons of the Royal Flying Corps, formed in 1912. expertise to predict their characteristics. The UK’s military - rely on precision engineered components In 1917, Sopwith Camels were received and the only robotised 3D laser Doppler vibromter system from the city. squadron became a fighter/scout unit. Just as the is also owned by the University for commercial and Second World War started, the squadron received research applications. We have a complete range of Jay Patel Hurricanes at Biggin Hill, also flying Typhoons and tools for characterising coating performance in our e: [email protected] Tempests. After the war, No.3 Squadron was based laboratories. in Germany, converting to Vampires, Sabres, Hunters, Javelins then Canberras. From the early 1970s, there William Wells followed many years flying Harriers based in Germany e: [email protected] before returning to RAF Cottesmore. In 2006 the squadron moved to RAF Coningsby to become the Warwick Manufacturing Group third RAF and first front-line RAF squadron to be International Digital Laboratory equipped with the Eurofighter Typhoon. University of Warwick Coventry Warwickshire United Kingdom CV4 7AL t: 024 7657 2506 w: www.warwick.ac.uk
The University of Warwick has an outstanding reputation for research and teaching and is the most successful of the recently founded UK universities. WMG is an academic department established in 1980 to reinvigorate manufacturing by applying of value-adding innovation and cutting edge research. WMG is one of the world’s leading research groups, an HVM Catapult partner and an international role model for how universities and business can successfully work together. To see our equipment and capability directory copy this link into your browser: - http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/wmg/ business/capabilities/
Richard Seager e: [email protected]
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3(F) Squadron, Royal Air Force 49 C & H Precision Finishers Limited 8 Extrude Hone Ltd 11 42 Technology Limited 28 Caltherm (UK) Ltd 32 Flextronics Aerospace & Defense 11 A & M EDM Ltd 5 CANDA Systems Ltd 42 FMT Tooling Systems Limited 33 AAR International 38 CDI Document Management Ltd 42 Forward Composites 11 Abbey Metal Finishing Co Ltd 5 CFS Aeroproducts Limited 38 Frazer-Nash Consultancy 28 Accrofab Ltd 5 Chinn Ltd 8 FTP LP, FST Service Centre UK & Ireland 41 Acorn Surface Technology Ltd 5 Cimcool Europe Bv 32 FTT (UK) Ltd 29 Acres Engineering Limited 31 CN Alloys Limited 8 Fuchs Lubricants (UK) plc 33 Active Integrated Supply Limited 39 CNR Services International Ltd 28 Future Metals UK 11 ActOn Finishing Ltd 5 Coaching For Change Ltd 42 G & O Springs Ltd 11 Adamson Jones IP Ltd 45 Columbia Precision Ltd 9 Gardner Aerospace - Derby Ltd 12 AddQual 41 Comar Engineering Service Ltd 32 GEFCO 39 adi Group 31 Computer Controlled Solutions Ltd 32 Georg (UK) Limited 34 Advanced Chemical Etching Limited 5 Consilium Recruit 44 GJD Aerotech Limited 38 Advanex Europe Ltd 5 Consult Avila Ltd 42 Glenair UK Ltd 12 Advantage Resourcing 44 Cooper Parry 46 GMT Rubber-Metal-Technic Ltd 12 AE Aerospace Ltd 6 Copper & Optic Terminations Ltd 9 Gobel & Partner Ltd 42 Aeromet International Ltd 6 Coventry University 47 Gould Alloys Limited 12 Aerospace Capability Project Ltd 41 Cowens Survival Capability 46 Graves Aircraft Components Limited 12 Air & Ground Aviation Ltd 39 Craig Tools International Limited 32 Greene Tweed and Co Limited 12 Aircraft Research Association (ARA) 28 Croft Engineering 9 Hauck Heat Treatment Ltd 12 Akzo Nobel Aerospace Coatings Ltd 6 CTR-Carbide Dies Ltd 32 Hays 44 Alloy Heat Treatment Ltd 6 Cube Precision Engineering 9 Heller Machine Tools Ltd 34 Alloy Wire International 6 Cullum Detuners Ltd 32 Henton Engineering Ltd 12 Almor Group 31 CW Fletcher & Sons Limited 9 Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence 34 Alpha Adhesives & Sealants Ltd 6 Cyient Europe Ltd 28 HGF Ltd 46 Altran UK Ltd 28 D & S Engineering (Coventry) Limited 9 Hucknall Sheet Metal Engineering Limited 12 Aluminium Special Products Limited 6 Daher Aerospace Limited 39 Hydro Systems UK 34 Amco Services (International) Ltd 39 Danatrol 10 Icon Aerospace Technology 13 Amphenol Invotec Limited 6 Datum Engineering Company Ltd 10 Ilmor Engineering Ltd 13 ANT Industries 6 Davromatic Precision Ltd 10 IM Kelly Aerospace 13 Aon Risk Solutions 45 Delcam Ltd 33 Impreglon UK Ltd 13 APT LEICESTER LTD 7 Derby City Council 47 In-Comm Training & Business Services Ltd 45 Argenta 31 Destec Engineering Ltd 10 Indestructible Paint Limited 13 Arrowsmith Engineering (Coventry) Ltd 7 DLA Piper UK LLP 46 Industrial Tooling Corporation Ltd 34 Ash & Lacy Perforators Ltd 7 Doncasters Aerospace Ltd 10 IngPro Ltd 42 Ashton & Moore Ltd 7 Doughty Precision Engineering Ltd 10 Institute for Aerospace Technology (The University Atlas Composites Limited 7 Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Limited 10 of Nottingham) 47 ATS Applied Tech Systems Limited 31 Dynamic Metals Ltd 10 Institute of Materials Finishing 29 Axiscades UK Ltd 28 Ecoclean UK 33 Investment & Precision Castings Ltd 13 Barnes Aerospace 40 Ed Fagan Europe 40 Investx Ltd 46 Beadlight Ltd 7 Electro Optical Systems Limited 33 IPG Photonics 34 BHR Group 28 Electro-Discharge Ltd 10 IPI Solutions Limited 42 BHW Solicitors 45 ELG Utica Alloys Ltd 38 ITI 34 Bibus Metals Ltd 40 EMS-CHEMIE (UK) LTD 41 ITP Engines UK Limited 13 Bodycote Heat Treatments Ltd 7 Encore Personnel 44 JJ Churchill Ltd 13 Bohler-Uddeholm (UK) Limited 7 Energy Tubes Ltd 11 JJX Logistics 39 Bowers Group 32 Engineering Technology Group 33 Jonathan Lee Recruitment 45 British Rema Processing Ltd 8 epm: technology group 11 Kepston Limited 13 Bromford Industries Ltd 8 Erodex (UK) Ltd 11 Keysight Technologies Ltd 35 Bulwell Precision Engineers Ltd 8 Esterline Corporation 11 KG Washford Ltd 35 Burcas Ltd 8 Exactaform Cutting Tools Ltd 33 Kigass Aero Components Ltd 14 Busch UK 32 Exova 30 Kintetsu World Express (UK) Ltd 39 Business Birmingham 47 Expert Advanced Manufacturing Technologies 33 Kiwa Ltd 42
50 | www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk Knight Strip Metals Limited 14 Phoenix Calibration & Services Ltd 36 The Access Group UK Ltd 43 Kugel Motion Ltd 14 PK Engineering Ltd 17 The Autins Group 20 Kuka Systems UK Ltd 35 PM Group 48 Thermofax Ltd 20 Kyocera Unimerco Tooling Limited 35 Poeton Industries Ltd 17 Timet UK Limited 21 Lancaster Alloys UK 14 Pre-Met Limited 17 Trust Precision Engineering Ltd 21 Lee Products Ltd 41 Preci-Spark Ltd 17 TT Electronics 21 LGG Charlesworth 14 Precision Technologies International Ltd 17 Tufnol Composites Ltd 21 Loughborough University 47 Pryor Marking Technology 36 Turnell & Odell Limited 21 Lucideon Ltd 30 Quality Consultancy & Inspection Group 40 Turner & Townsend Plc 48 MA Ford Europe Ltd 35 QuEST Global 29 Unite the Union 48 Majenta Solutions 42 R E Bowers & Freeman Limited 36 University of Birmingham - Birmingham Research Manthorpe Engineering Ltd 14 Resource Group Limited 45 Park 48 Manufacturing Technology Centre 48 Ricardo UK Limited 18 University of Derby 48 Mapal Ltd 35 Richard V Wallis 46 University of Leicester 49 Master Abrasives Ltd 35 Righton Aerospace 18 UPS Ltd 40 Maycast Nokes Precision Engineering Ltd 14 Roemheld (UK) Limited 37 UTC Aerospace Systems - Actuation & Propeller MDXpress Ltd 39 Rolls-Royce PLC 18 Systems 21 Med-Lab 38 Romax Technology Ltd 29 UTC Aerospace Systems - Marston Aerospace 22 Medley Precision Engineers Ltd 15 Rotastat 18 Vacuum Brazing Consultants Ltd 38 Meggitt 15 Rozone Ltd 37 Valbruna UK Limited 22 Mettis Aerospace Limited 15 RTC Electronics Ltd 37 Vault IP Ltd 46 MGS Precision 15 Rudd Macnamara 18 Vector GB Ltd 29 Micro Spring & Presswork Ltd 15 Schivo Group 18 Verify Europe Ltd 44 Microjet Precision Services Ltd 15 Shaw Sheetmetal (Rugby) Ltd 18 Victoria Drop Forgings 22 Micrometric Limited 15 Sheen Spark Ltd 18 VirtualPiE Ltd 29 Midland Tool & Design Limited 15 SIFCO Applied Surface Concepts (UK) Ltd 19 VR Aviation Safety Partnership Ltd 44 Mills CNC Limited 36 Sigma Precision Components UK Ltd 19 Wallwork Heat Treatment Limited 22 Mitsubishi Materials UK 36 Sil-Mid Ltd 37 Warwick Manufacturing Group 49 MJ Sections Limited 15 SL Engineering Ltd 19 WDB Limited 30 Momentum Engineering Ltd 16 Smithers Rapra and Smithers Pira Ltd 30 Westmoreland Mechanical Testing & Research Ltd 31 Moog Aircraft Group 16 Smiths Metal Centres Ltd 19 WH Tildesley Ltd (Forging) 22 MP Engineering UK Limited 16 Snap-On Industrial 37 Wheelabrator Impact Finishers 22 Mycon Marketing Services Ltd 43 Solihull College & University Centre 48 Winbro Group Technologies Limited 23 Nasmyth Arden 16 Southwest Metal Finishing Ltd 19 Wincanton 40 Nasmyth Group Limited 16 Spincraft ETG Ltd 19 Withers and Rogers LLP 46 National Westminster Bank plc 46 Star Micronics GB Ltd 37 WMH UK Ltd 41 NDT Midlands ltd 30 Stride Supplies Ltd 41 Wolverhampton City Council 49 NDT Services Limited 30 Summit Engineering (Birmingham) Ltd 19 Wright Hassall LLP 47 NHE 36 Surface Finishing Engineering Limited 37 WTI Fasteners Ltd 23 NMB-Minebea UK Limited 16 Surface Technology Plc 19 Wyken Tools Ltd 23 O.L.D Engineering Limited 16 Swiftool Precision Engineering Limited 20 Yamazaki Mazak UK Ltd 38 Oerlikon Balzers Coating UK Ltd 16 Tamworth Heat Treatment Ltd 20 On Logistics Ltd 39 Tata Technologies 29 Optima-UK Inc Ltd 45 Taylor Engineering Ltd 20 Orbital Welding Equipment Ltd 36 TBAT Innovation Ltd 43 Orchard Environmental Systems 36 Tebis UK Ltd 38 Orscheln Europe 41 TEC Transnational 43 PAB Coventry Limited 16 Technetics Group UK 20 Paragon Engineering & Logistics Ltd 17 Technical Network 45 Parker Precision Ltd 17 Techniswage Ltd 20 Pattonair (Derby) Limited 40 Technoset Ltd 20 Paul Fabrications Ltd 17 Teer Coatings Limited 38 Paul Kirk Forming Ltd 43 Tekdata Interconnections Limited 20 Pentaxia Limited 17 Test and Measurement Experts Limited 43
www.midlandsaerospace.org.uk | 51 The Midlands Aerospace Alliance (MAA) is the voice of companies in the British Midlands supplying global aerospace. Our goal is to improve wealth creation and employment for companies and people involved in the aerospace industry across the Midlands.
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