Latest news about Midlands aerospace

Harrison Goddard Foote (HGF) Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys have acquired Grant Spencer and will be merging the two firms under the lead HGF brand. 

The government has announced a huge programme of support for the UK aerospace industry -- more than £1 billion of public funding, to be matched by additional funding from industry, over seven years.

The Midlands Aerospace Alliance has been fully involved on behalf of our members in the AGP for the last two years to create a new industrial strategy for UK aerospace which supports companies at all levels of the supply chain.

PCB manufacturer Invotec Group is pleased to announce it has achieved the SC21 Bronze Award at its Tamworth facility. 

Banbury-based tool manufacturer Norbar Torque achieved a three-fold increase in exports to Japan in 2012. Norbar Torque produces torque wrenches and torque calibration equipment.

Tekdata Interconnections is pleased to announce that it has achieved ‘Approved Supplier’ status with helicopter design and manufacturing company, AgustaWestland.

In 2012, Advanced Chemical Etching made the decision to double its manufacturing capacity with an investment of over £1 million.

MAA member Meggitt has won a contract worth more than £115m from French aero-engine giant Snecma. Meggitt will provide a package of thermal management products for the new LEAP engines which will power the Airbus A320neo, Boeing 737 MAX and the COMAC C919 aircraft.

The contract includes fuel oil heat exchangers which perform at extremely high temperatures, helping to optimise engine efficiency and lowering fuel consumption. The thermal management package will be made in Meggitt's facility in Birmingham.

SKY Executive TV channel features BHR Group as a leading UK consultancy for their programme “Engineering: Designing the Future”