Latest news about Midlands aerospace

Derby-headquartered Gardner Group has boosted its sales by almost 30 per cent to more than £70m as its revenue from Europe jumped by more than £15m.

KMF (Precision Sheet Metal) is reaping the benefits of its investment in Trumpf automation. It is achieving this by integrating two new machines into existing tower storage and parts handling automation systems.

Ten MAA members held a total of over 20 hours of 1-to-1 meetings with 17 procurement leaders at 5 key Italian aerospace customers on the MAA-UKTI trade mission to Turin and Milan.

According to one of the MAA participants, “everywhere we visited we were welcomed with open arms and at levels within the businesses that we would not normally be able to access.”

Delcam has launched the PowerMILL Robot Interface for the programming of robots for multi-axis machining operations.  The earlier VB application that was developed for robot machining has been completely rewritten and fully embedded inside the company’s internationally-renowned PowerMILL CAM system as a plug-in. 

Aeromet have been granted funding from the Government's Regional Growth Fund for research and development into their patented alloy A20X®.

Birmingham-based CADCAM software developer Delcam has become a member of the flagship Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry.  The MTC is a key part of the UK Government’s drive to make the UK the home of advanced manufacturing technologies.

Tekdata have recently completed a two year KTP (Knowledge Transfer Partnership) with Staffordshire University and has been awarded the highest grade of “Outstanding” by the KTP Grading Panel for its achievement in meeting the KTP’s objectives.

Trimite Technologies Ltd has received the SC21 award. SC21 (21st Century Supply Chain) is a supply chain transformation programme designed to accelerate the competitiveness of the aerospace and defence industry in the UK.