Midlands Aerospace Alliance

Cluster description

Role
Description of your aviation region

Big aerospace manufacturing region focused on engines, control systems, deep supply chains.

Year of creation

1910

Region

Midlands, UK

Facts & Figures of regional aerospace
Number of companies

400

Number of research institutes

8

Numbers of public authorities

2

Other cluster members

1 (trade union)

Number of employees of all aerospace actors

45,000 full-time-equivalent ülus 25,000 at 2 airports & 8 RAF military bases

Cluster Management
Organizational form

Private company limited by guarantee

Financing

Subscription, plus private & public projects

Main Actors
Main industry actors
  • Meggitt 
  • Moog 
  • Rolls-Royce 
  • UTC 
  • Aerospace Systems 
Main research institutes
  • University of Nottingham 
  • University of Birmingham 
  • Manufacturing Technology Centre 
  • Loughborough University 
  • University of Leicester 

Cluster Competence and Strategy

Product worlds

Two main technology focuses in aerospace: 

  1. Gas turbine engines
  2. Actuation & control systems 

Also, the related supply chain technologies (machining hard metals, hydraulic, mechanical, electrical and electronic control systems). Relatively small activities in these technology areas: aerostructures, avionics, general aviation, composites, aircraft interiors, space.

Cluster management services for members
  • Networking 
  • Business development & marketing 
  • Technology funding & technology project management 
  • Productivity support 
Best practice of International collaborations of cluster management
  • Participant in Interreg North West Europe project TransNetAero 2012-15
  • Good bilateral links to other clusters: Ceipiemonte Agency, Connecticut, for example. 
  • Lead partner in H2020 project CLASSIC (Clusters of Aerospace Suppliers Share Innovation Capabilities), 2018

Contact Information Cluster Management

Director / President
Lead Aerospace (Main contact point)
Get in touch with us

E-mail: info@eacp-aero.eu

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