Futures Day

Posted by: Lorna Waterworth Category: Farnborough 2010 Date: Friday, July 23, 2010

The NWAA today turned over its pavilion to engaging with engineers of the future at the airshow’s Futures Day (pictured above).

The event is designed to inspire young minds towards a career in aerospace, defence and security, and the NWAA pavilion included a number of bespoke activities including ‘build your own UAV.’

In all, around 300 children visited the pavilion – a significant figure – with more expected on Saturday and Sunday, which are the public show days.

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Engineering magazine

Posted by: Lorna Waterworth Category: Farnborough 2010 Date: Friday, July 23, 2010

The NWAA is featured extensively in the current issue of Engineering magazine, across an eight page spread examining in depth the work of the organisation and its members.

Along with a feature by chief executive Martin Wright, and an extensive interview with ASCE 2 boss Scott Bairstow, there are case studies looking at the work of four NWAA members: CML Group, Kilgour, Regal Precision Engineers, and the Liverpool University Virtual Engineering Centre.

To see the coverage online, click here.

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The week so far in pictures

Posted by: Neil McKay Category: Farnborough 2010 Date: Thursday, July 22, 2010

Today we present a gallery of photographs from the Farnborough International Airshow 2010.

We hope you enjoy them, and we will be posting more once the show has finished.

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International interest at Farnborough

Posted by: Lorna Waterworth Category: Farnborough 2010 Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Martin Wright, NWAA chief executive, and David Bailey, operations director, today met with Clément Gignac, the Québec Minister of economic development, innovation and export trade.

The Minister praised the NWAA’s groundbreaking ASCE (Aerospace Supply Chain Excellence) programme as ‘the most comprehensive he had seen or heard of’ and revealed he would be using it as a basis to secure funding in Canada for a similar project known as MACH.

Meanwhile, Sprint Puglia, a southern Italy aerospace cluster, visited the pavilion to ‘match-make’ a number of its own members to NWAA members including CML Group, Dormer Tools and Hurst Green Plastics, in a bid to increase trade links between the two countries.

In the evening, a delegation of NWAA staff attended a Quebec reception at the Canadian embassy in London.

Press attention

Members of the regional press including representatives of the Lancashire Telegraph and Lancashire Evening Post visited the NWAA stand to learn about the work being done, and chat with NWAA member companies.

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Stop press…

Posted by: Lorna Waterworth Category: Farnborough 2010 Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010

The NWAA’s presence at the Farnborough Airshow is making headlines around the world.
Below are links to some of the coverage available online:
The Blackpool Gazette has covered the issue here and here
The Manchester Evening News here
And the Montréal Gazette, Canada, here

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