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C-27J engineering partnership
Global IT services provider HCL Technologies represents a first move into a potential
(HCL), has entered into a $15 million growing cooperation between Alenia
contract with Alenia Aeronautica, to provide Aeronautica, including its subsidiaries Alenia
engineering services that will support the SIA and Quadrics, and HCL and also reinforces
improvement of the C-27J Spartan production Alenia Aeronautica’s interest in the Indian
line. aerospace and defence industry.”
Under the terms of the deal, HCL will Rajeev Sawhney, President, Europe
convert most of the existing structural design Operations, HCL Technologies commented
material of the C-27J program into electronic on the deal: “At HCL we are the only Indian IT
format, will migrate it into a PLM system company with transformational expertise in
and will carry out most of the engineering engineering able to meet Alenia’s needs, while
activities that have been planned to support maintaining strategic control in the hands of
the industrial improvement of the aircraft the customer, in line with co-sourcing models.
production line. The work will be undertaken This is a major development in the future
jointly by the Alenia design department and by design and manufacture of aircraft and signals
a team of over 300 mechanical engineers from a new era in the types of services we will be
within HCL. providing to the aerospace industry.”
Alessandro Franzoni, Alenia Aeronautica www.hcltech.com
Chief Technical Officer, said: “This deal www.alenia-aeronautica.it
Expanding composites activity
Innovative win
International provider of supply chain and repair and overhaul
services and advanced composite materials primarily to the Innovation in the use of carbon fibre skins in the construction
aerospace and defence industries, Umeco, has expanded its of aircraft flooring plinths has secured Crewkerne, UK-based
composite materials business with the acquisition of J. D. Tods Aerospace a multi-million Pound order from the United
Lincoln Inc. for $59.5 million. States. The contracts placed by B/E Aerospace, a leading
Lincoln, a privately owned business based at two sites in manufacturer of cabin interior products for commercial and
California, USA formulates and manufactures a range of pre- business jet aircraft, are for almost 3,000 structural flooring
preg materials primarily used by aerospace tier two suppliers plinths for premium class seating to be used aboard a variety of
for the manufacture of composite interior structures of aircraft including Airbus A330 and Boeing 747, 767, 777.
commercial aircraft. It is therefore highly complementary www.tods.co.uk
to Umeco’s existing aerospace composites activities which
are focused on the airframe. Lincoln has a wide range of
qualifications, including those recently added for the Boeing Ministerial visit
787 and the Airbus 380. The UK Minister for Trade and Industry, Margaret Hodge
www.umeco.com MBE MP, recently visited companies in the UK Pavilion at
the Paris Air show, which were there along with seven regional
Entertainment value
trade associations to promote their capability to a global
audience.
The Minister visited, among
Provider of innovative electronics manufacturing services others, the Independent
(EMS), Celestica, has been selected by Thales to manufacture Forging Alloys stand, met
products for the Boeing 787 aircraft in support of the Thales Simon Beech, Chief Executive
TopSeries In-flight Entertainment system. Celestica will of Naysmith Group and
participate as part of the new product introduction team and, received a warm welcome from
ultimately, will provide fully tested new video displays and representatives of WEAF (West
electronic boxes to Thales. of England Aerospace Forum).
www.celestica.com www.sbac.co.uk
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