Aerospace

Meet our Paris exhibitors at Stand G158, Hall 2B
Abbey Metal
Finishing Co Ltd
Abbey Metal Finishing
undertakes a wide range
of finishing operations
on machined and formed
parts at its state-of-theart
Midlands facility. These
operations include plating,
painting, anodising, NDT
and thermal spraying.
The wide process range
available enables multiple
finishing operations to be
undertaken consecutively,
at one location, thereby
minimising lead times and
meeting the increasingly
stringent customer
demands in aerospace
for QCDR.
Contact: Mike Beirns –
mbeirns@amfin.co.uk
Consult Avila Ltd
Consult Avila is a wellestablished
business
consultancy with a
solid reputation for
delivering real solutions,
real results at pace. Its
team of management
professionals has a track
record of achievement in
the aerospace and defence
sectors, providing support
to clients through the
entire process of change.
ConsultAvila specialises
in the following services:
business transformation;
working capital optimisation;
strategic sourcing; sales,
inventory & operations
planning; performance
improvement; and
leadership development.
Contact: Dudley Wood –
dudley.wood@consultavila.
com
Delcam Plc
The aerospace industry
demands the highest
levels of quality and
consistency, plus costeffective
production
and the shortest
possible delivery times.
Delcam’s wide range
of manufacturing
software and services
helps companies meet
those requirements.
Delcam’s CADCAM
systems have been used
on virtually every major
aircraft programme
in recent years and in
many MRO operations.
Our customers have
undertaken projects in all
the areas that go towards
producing a successful
aircraft.
Contact: Sarah Hanson –
sjh@delcam.com
Maycast Nokes
Precision Engineering
Maycast-Nokes Precision
Engineering specialises
in the manufacture of
high quality precision
castings. Operating from
a single modern site, we
are able to work from fully
dimensioned 2D drawings
or 3D CAD models and,
using rapid prototyping
techniques, we can supply
castings on short lead
times for initial trials or
fit, form and function
tests. We can then supply
production quantities, from
hard tooling, of machined,
finished and assembled
castings.
Contact: Dave Blower –
dblower@maycast.co.uk
Osborn Metals Ltd
Osborn Metals is a
UK-headquartered
manufacturer, producing
special extruded solid
and hollow profiles in
all grades of steel and
titanium; sections used
in both airframe and
engine; low-cost tooling
and flexible on quantities;
cold drawn precision
profiles in carbon and
alloy steels; cold drawn
precision tubing in
carbon and alloy steels
used in applications
such as aircraft
structures, helicopter
undercarriage and
driveshafts and roll cages.
Contact: Richard Towers
– rtowers@osbornmetals.
co.uk
Paul Fabrications Ltd
Paul Fabrications
manufactures complex
fabricated and machined
assemblies for the
aerospace, industrial
power generation and
nuclear power sectors.
Operating from a modern
60,000 sq ft facility, the
company prides itself on
exceeding customers’
expectations, drawing
on an impressive
breadth of engineering
capability. In support
of its multiple sector
approvals, Paul Fabs has
an ongoing commitment
to investment that ensures
the latest manufacturing
technologies are utilised.
Contact: Kevin Dexter –
kdexter@paulfabs.com
Pre-Met Ltd
Pre-Met is one of
the largest precision
engineering companies
in the UK and Europe.
We specialise in contract
metal presswork and
metal stampings which
enables us to manufacture
precision metal
components of a complex
nature for aerospace
customers around the
globe. Capabilities include
prototyping, tool design
and production, component
design and production
feasibility evaluation,
tool transfer, assembly
and lead wire services,
moulding and machining.
Contact: Mark Smith –
mark.smith@premet.com
Sigma Precision
Components UK Ltd
Sigma manufactures rigid
pipe assemblies, precision
machined components and
fasteners for aerospace
and other markets. Our
specialist processes
include tube manipulation,
fabrications, machining,
welding, brazing, NDT,
X-ray etc. Access to
our sister company,
Chengdu Sigma Precision
Components in China,
allows us to offer local
supply coupled with the
highest possible value to
our clients where we hold
a leading position in our
chosen markets.
Contact: Peter Griffiths
– peter.griffiths@
sigmacomponents.co.uk
University of
Nottingham Institute
for Aerospace
Technology
The Institute for Aerospace
Technology at the
University of Nottingham
is a major centre for
aerospace research. Our
research base involves
more than 50 academics
and projects valued at
about £50 million and
includes advances in
materials, manufacturing,
more electric aircraft, aero
engines and aerospace
operations. We work with
a range of aerospace firms
to provide access to our
graduates, improve their
innovation capacity and
solve technology problems.
Contact: Rachel Brereton
– rachel.brereton@
nottingham.ac.uk
Westmoreland
Mechanical Testing
& Research Ltd
Westmoreland
Mechanical Testing and
Research is a leading
materials test laboratory
located in Banbury, UK,
the European subsidiary
of WMT&R Inc. WMT&R
specialises in a range of
materials from common
metals and alloys
through to aerospace
alloys, composites and
adhesives. Tensile, fatigue
and other mechanical/
materials tests are
performed at ambient
sub-zero or elevated
temperatures. WMT&R
also specialises in
materials failure analysis.
Contact: salesuk@wmtr.
com
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