Midlands Aerospace Cluster Midlands Aerospace Alliance Dr. Andrew Mair Chief Executive Midlands Aerospace Alliance 1 Midlands aerospace cluster 2 1
Midlands aerospace systems: guts of the aircraft gas turbine engines aircraft wing controls control systems for engines 3 Midlands aerospace cluster Marine Medical Motorsport Industrial gas turbine Mechanical & structural parts Automotive Systems for engines/ airframes (e.g. fuel) Airframe Materials suppliers: metals, composites Metals processing Fluids Wiring, connectors Major mechanical components Gas turbine propulsion Electronics Control systems Equipment for design, engineering, testing Manufacturing equipment Support services design, training, IT Research organisations Midlands Core aerospace Support sector Diversified market 4 2
Midlands aerospace cluster geography 5 Setting out member capabilities member capability directory helps you identify world-class Midlands partners and suppliers for your aerospace programmes and projects 6 3
The aircraft and engines driving Midlands cluster performance Boeing 787/ Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 Airbus A350/ Rolls-Royce Trent XWB Eurofighter Typhoon/ EJ200 Airbus A380/ Rolls-Royce Trent 900 Pratt & Whitney Purepower Airbus A320 neo 7 Midlands aerospace growth performance Growth keeps pace with Airbus and Boeing, significantly faster than UK Strong productivity growth 2005-16 8 4
Midlands Aerospace Alliance 9 Midlands Aerospace Alliance (MAA) one of five regional aerospace alliances in the United Kingdom ADS Scotland ADS Northern Ireland North West Aerospace Alliance Midlands Aerospace Alliance Aerospace Wales Forum West of England Aerospace Forum Farnborough Aerospace Consortium 10 5
Who we are 300+ member companies: 80% flying parts makers are members a regional cluster body: encompass entire supply chain and all stakeholders companies outside the Midlands are welcome as associate members. 50 member representatives on Board and three working groups which govern our activities business development (new business) innovation and technology supply chain performance (productivity) MAA board 11 What we do we are all about working together we promote collaboration to help companies in the Midlands develop new technologies, improve productivity performance, develop required skills, win new business and generate good jobs Conferences Networking Exhibiting Trade missions Technology roadmapping Technology projects & funding 6
Focus on new technology in supply chain 13 Aerospace supply chain tiers Bottom-up innovation 7
MAA bottom-up technology development trajectory MAA bottom up innovation model applied in three major programmes we have found funding for Collaborative R&D projects Projects emerge from clusters Every project industry-led Project budgets 300k to 500k Expert mentoring and customer advice through project lifecycle Boost SME R&D capabilities for future 2005 Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme (ATEP) 1 (regional funding 2006-08 five projects) Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme (ATEP) 2 (regional funding and ERDF 2009-12 five projects) National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme (NATEP) (national funding 2012-17 100 projects) 2017+ New bottom-up and horizontal technology projects... 15 8