24 hours inside the Midlands for European aerospace suppliers

learn what international aerospace customers really want

promote your company internationally

see how technology centres can give you new capabilities

future-proof your company with cutting-edge skills

Who is this event for?

This event is for European aerospace suppliers that want to:

• learn the latest supplier requirements from major aerospace customers across Europe
• participate in a European networking event to promote their company
• learn how research centres across Europe can help them adopt new product and process technologies
• find out how to access cutting edge training in new technologies for their employees through a new programme to enhance the skills of small aerospace companies
• meet and network with companies like theirs from across Europe

Who will you meet?

This event held at the heart of the UK’s Midlands aerospace cluster will introduce you to two global customers and two aerospace technology development centres (see below) as well as let you meet TransNetAero* participants from regional aerospace clusters in Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK.

Rolls-Royce
heart of Rolls-Royce large civil aircraft engine engineering and manufacture: meet senior engineering managers responsible for developing technology in the Rolls-Royce supply chain

The Manufacturing Technology Centre
UK centre for new manufacturing technologies: high-integrity joining, net shape manufacture, intelligent automation, tooling and fixturing: learn about and see the new technologies the MTC is developing for Aero Engine Controls, Airbus, GKN Aerospace, Rolls-Royce (this is also where the 7th November event will be held)

Draft agenda

Wednesday 6th November

1. Afternoon: arrival for supply chain companies and TransNetAero partners at hotel near Coventry, late afternoon -- via Birmingham Airport (30 minutes), or via Heathrow Airport then train (2 hours).
2. Evening: business-to-business networking reception and supper – local Midlands companies invited.

Thursday 7th November

1. Travel to Manufacturing Technology Centre by bus (30 minutes).
2. Morning: business-to-business meetings with Rolls-Royce and Manufacturing Technology Centre including tour of facilities
3. Networking lunch
4. Afternoon: business-to-business meetings with Aero Engine Controls and Institute for Aerospace Technology.
5. Bus to Birmingham Airport for visitors with evening flights home.

Friday 8th November

1. Return home for visitors who have stayed overnight. 

How to reserve your place at this free event

Please complete the booking form at the bottom of this page.

Travel and hotel arrangements for European visitors

1. Participation in this event is free of charge, thanks to the support of the EU Interreg programme.
2. Participants will be responsible for arranging and paying for their own travel to the Midlands.
3. The closest airport is Birmingham. It is also practical to travel via London Heathrow airport (two hours by train).
4. Your Midlands host, the Midlands Aerospace Alliance, will recommend a Midlands hotel to you or to your local TransNetAero contact.
5. Please get in touch with your local contact who can give you further advice (see below).

Local contacts for Midlands TransNetAero event

* What is TransNetAero?

TransNetAero (Transnational Network for Aerospace) is a network of organisations in six European aerospace regions and small countries which are going to work together and share their resources so that aerospace industry suppliers in each of them can get expert support and knowledge from the others to help them be better prepared to succeed against global scale competition. The participants are Wallonia (Belgium), Normandy (France), Baden-Württemberg (Germany), the Netherlands, Switzerland and the Midlands (United Kingdom). Future events will be held in the other regions during 2013-15, -- focusing on different major customers and technology centres. For more about the TransNetAero project, click here.