Spirit AeroSystems (Europe) Limited (UK) (“Spirit Europe”), a
subsidiary of Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. [NYSE: SPR]
(“Spirit AeroSystems”), has celebrated the official opening of its
state-of-the-art Aerospace Innovation Centre (AIC) in Prestwick,
Scotland today in the presence of Scotland’s First Minister,
government, customers, and our industrial and academic
partners.
The AIC has been established as a centre of excellence for the
research and development of advanced materials, digital
manufacturing technologies and processes, where Spirit Europe will
collaborate with industry and academic partners to innovate, train
and develop skills for today and tomorrow.
“For true innovation to occur, we need a diverse range of ideas
and collaboration from a number of areas across the spectrum of
research and development. As one of the UK’s leading Aerospace
companies, Spirit Europe is proud to establish a collaborative
space where we, with our partners in industry and education, will
work together to develop new technologies that are competitive and
sustainable for aerospace platforms of the future. Today, we are
another step closer to achieving our ambition to become a
diversified design and manufacturing champion,” said Scott McLarty,
Senior Vice-President and General Manager - Airbus, Spirit
AeroSystems.
The 90,000 square foot innovation centre on the Spirit Europe
campus in Prestwick is capable of manufacturing components of up to
20 metres in length. It features 55,000 square feet of
manufacturing space, a materials lab, and office and conference
space to accommodate over 200 people. Spirit Europe’s investment of
circa £25m, together with almost £5m grant funding from Scottish
Enterprise, will help advance technologies and capabilities to
develop next-generation aerostructures.
“This investment from Spirit AeroSystems, at a time of
considerable challenge for the aerospace sector globally, is an
endorsement of Scotland’s engineering and manufacturing capability
and it will complement existing facilities, such as the National
Manufacturing Institute for Scotland (NMIS). As well as improving
the efficiency of aircraft parts, and the way they are
manufactured, this facility has the potential to enable growth for
industry-leading aerospace innovations and create more high-value
manufacturing jobs over the next decade. We are focused on building
a stronger, sustainable and inclusive economy, with new, high
quality, green jobs, and Scotland’s aerospace sector, with the
highly-skilled workforce it employs, is an integral part of that,”
said First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon.
“The AIC brings together all the key ingredients of innovation:
world-class expertise and facilities in a collaborative, diverse
and open environment. This is an exciting time for advanced
manufacturing in Scotland and Scottish Enterprise looks forward to
working closely with Spirit AeroSystems, their partners and
manufacturers across the country to make the most of the
opportunity this centre creates to develop new ideas, products and
sustainable jobs,” said Adrian Gillespie, Chief Executive of
Scottish Enterprise.
The AIC is already facilitating more than 20 industry and
academic collaborations, working to deliver Spirit Europe’s and its
partners’ ambitions. Further enquiries regarding AIC opportunities
are welcome at aicenquirie@spiritaero.com .
On the web: www.spiritaero.com On Twitter: @SpiritAero
About Spirit AeroSystems Inc.
Spirit AeroSystems is one of the world’s largest manufacturers
of aerostructures for commercial airplanes, defense platforms, and
business/regional jets. With expertise in aluminum and advanced
composite manufacturing solutions, the company’s core products
include fuselages, integrated wings and wing components, pylons,
and nacelles. Also, Spirit serves the aftermarket for commercial
and business/regional jets. Headquartered in Wichita, Kansas,
Spirit has facilities in the U.S., U.K., France, Malaysia and
Morocco. More information is available at www.spiritaero.com.
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