FLAG - Flemish Aerospace Group

Cluster description

Role
Description of your aviation region

North of Belgium

Vision/ Missons

Double turnover and increase employment with 50% by 2030 (2014 base).

Year of creation

1981

Region

Flanders

Facts & Figures of regional aerospace
Number of companies

62

Number of research institutes

9

Number of employees of all aerospace actors

3,200

Cluster Management
Organizational form

Non-profit organization

Financing

Membership fees

Main Actors
Main industry actors
  • ASCO 
  • BMT 
  • ScioTeq 
  • SABCA 
  • Safran 
  • Engine Center 
  • ADB Safegate 
  • SIEMENS 
  • Intersoft Electronics 
Main research institutes
  • VITO 
  • Imec 
  • Von Karman Institute 

Cluster Competence and Strategy

Product worlds
  • Systems 
  • Sub systems 
  • Services 
Cluster management services for members
  • Networking 
  • Setting up collaboration between members 
  • Support for R&D 
  • Access to public support (regional/national programmes, innovation support, etc.) 
  • Internationalization support (= Access to foreign markets)
  • Direct advisory services 
  • Lobbying 
Best practice of International collaborations of cluster management

Organization of and participation in missions/events/study visits 

Contact Information Cluster Management

Director / President
International relations
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