Premium AEROTEC

Premium AEROTEC GmbH
Type GmbH
Industry Aerospace
Revenue €1.1 billion in 2009[1]
Owner(s) EADS
Employees Over 6000[2]

Premium AEROTEC is an aerospace manufacturing business, headquartered in Augsburg in Germany. It is a subsidiary of EADS.

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History

Premium AEROTEC started as a division of EADS;[3] it was spun off as a wholly owned subsidiary in September 2008.[4]

Aerotec has factories in:

The Varel, Nordenham, and Laupheim sites were former Airbus factories; the Augsburg site belonged to EADS Military Air Systems.

Products

Premium AEROTEC is a tier-one supplier to Airbus; it produces metal components for all Airbus airliners[2] and also award-winning titanium parts for the Airbus A400M[8]

Large composite parts are also made:[3]

Other customers are being actively sought;[13] Premium Aerotec is positioning itself as a Tier One supplier.[14]

External links

References

  1. ^ "ILA: Aerotec shows off its composites bulk". Flight Global. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/06/08/342864/ila-aerotec-shows-off-its-composites-bulk.html. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  2. ^ a b "Premium AEROTEC commences aircraft component production in Romania". EADS. http://www.eads.com/eads/germany/de/news/press.92379b7c-3a14-49ed-b142-56cd7b3b656e.45f3b041-264c-488a-973b-645f729cbad6.html. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  3. ^ a b "Premium AEROTEC picks FiberSIM for aerospace design work". Composites World. http://www.compositesworld.com/news/premium-aerotec-picks-fibersim-for-aerospace-design-work. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  4. ^ "Article: EADS and Airbus spin off three factories". AccessMyLibrary. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-35564311_ITM. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  5. ^ "Premium AEROTEC GmbH - Aerostructures for the Future". SAE. http://www.sae.org/iaqg/meetings/2009munich/2009-10-16_PAG-1st_15_slides.pdf. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  6. ^ "ThyssenKrupp: 10-year contract with EADS subsidiary Premium AEROTEC". ASDNews. http://www.asdnews.com/news/25920/ThyssenKrupp:_10-year_contract_with_EADS_subsidiary_Premium_AEROTEC.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  7. ^ "EADS to expand to Romania". Airline Post. http://www.airlinepost.com/airline-news/eads-to-expand-to-romania.html. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  8. ^ "Unique titanium component for A400M received an award". Airframer. http://www.airframer.com/news_story.html?release=11025. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  9. ^ "Premium AEROTEC makes first 3/2b Eurofighter fuselage section in Varel". EADS. http://www.eads.com/eads/int/en/news/press.691c1abe-0d33-4641-ad05-a0693668031f.70472f39-dd6f-4428-a792-91d82cb9791b.html. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  10. ^ "Fuselage". Premium AEROTEC. http://www.premium-aerotec.com/en/Fuselage.html. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  11. ^ "ILA: Aerotec on course to meet A350 XWB targets". Flight Global. http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/06/09/342924/ila-aerotec-on-course-to-meet-a350-xwb-targets.html. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  12. ^ "Biggest A350 XWB carbon fuselage panel manufactured". Airframer. http://www.airframer.com/news_story.html?release=12067. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  13. ^ a b "PARIS AIR SHOW: Composite spin-off targets new customers". http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/06/17/328337/paris-air-show-composite-spin-off-targets-new-customers.html. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  14. ^ Flottau, Jens (2009). "New EADS subsidiary Premium Aerotec works to become independent Tier 1 aerospace supplier". AVIATION WEEK AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY.