Latest news about Midlands aerospace

Meggitt PLC, the global aerospace, defence and energy group, announces the appointment of David Johnson as Chief Operating Officer, reporting to the Group Chief Executive.

Tufnol Composites, a manufacturer of high-performance laminates, composites and engineering plastics, is introducing new processes to its plant in Birmingham in a bid to widen its product offering and enter new markets.

Meadowbank VAC Alloys have achieved their AS9100 Rev C accreditation after 18 months of hard work by all our staff at our site in Rotherham. Significant changes had to be made to the site including building work, new signage and the purchase of a Radiation Gate.

UTAS announce proposal to develop a new Centre of Excellence on the UTC site on Stafford Road, Wolverhampton. This Centre of Excellence will be formed by the transfer of Military, New Product Introduction and engineering for Heat Exchangers and Fluids Management Products from the UTAS Marston site on Wobaston Road, Wolverhampton.

The Chancellor, George Osborne has announced £60million of new funding for the development of new high-tech aerospace technology at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry. 

Invotec Group, Europe’s leading manufacturer of time critical, high technology PCBs, is delighted to announce that it has been formally awarded ESA approval – the first PCB supplier to achieve such approval in many years.

Recent plant development by Gardner Aerospace, the leading manufacturer of tier 1 and tier 2 aerospace parts and sub-assemblies, is now gaining from a major process line installation from Plasticraft – part of NHE. 

Delcam added more than 50 extra staff to its international workforce during 2013 to give a total of more than 700 employees within the organisation by the end of the year.