The engineering company Ghenova has carried out a study to identify the possible business opportunities for the development and manufacture by the Andalusian aeronautical industry of a business jet. The start-up of this programme would result in a significant increase in technological and industrial development in the region and a turnover of more than 3 billion euros over the next 20 years The Andalusian aeronautical industry knows no limits and is on the lookout for new horizons and future challenges.
In only six years this Andalusian company specialising in aircraft painting, sealing and basic furnishing has consolidated its status as one of the leading national and European firms i
CATEC offers facilities and scientific and technological resources which are unique to both Spain and Europe, enabling it to develop and participate in R+D projects with major potential as turning points for the international aeronautical industry. Andalusia has emerged as a benchmark in the world sector as a result of the work carried out by its research staff and its focus on technological specialisation in fields such as UAVs, robotics, simulation and software.
Following the inauguration of the Airbus Military Flight Simulator and Crew and Technician Training Centre last October, Andalusia is set to become a benchmark for training in the aeronautical sect
The Centre for Advanced Aerospace Technologies (CATEC) has opened its pioneering
facilities for the research and development of new technologies for the Andalusian
aerospace industry, a centre which will contribute to improve the competitiveness
of the aeronautical industry and meet the RDI demands of companies at a
national and international level.
The company Tecnatom and its associate iPhoton Solutions
LLC has started up a new technological application involving
Laser Ultrasonics for the inspection of composites using
industrial robots which improves the reliability and productivity
of production lines. The company intends to use this new
non-destructive testing technique to improve the validation of
composites, in particular carbon fibre.
The Foundation of Training for Employment (Forpe) has
inaugurated its new telepresence training system using
a virtual campus. This training system with national coverage
and more than 30 offices distributed throughout
Spain offers the vocational training courses which are in
the greatest demand in the sector, facilitating integration
into the job market. In fact, more than 60% of the students
who have received training in the centres run by
Forpe have found employment in less than a year. On the
other hand, the Association of Aeronautical Companies
Jesús Espinosa Ruiz has been appointed director of Airbus Military’s plant at San Pablo. He will assume responsibility for the management of the largest facilities Airbus Military has in Andalusia after Prudencio Escamilla was named director of the Bahía de Cádiz Plant and the transitional period under the leadership of the Head of Industrial Operations and Deliveries for the A400M programme, Rafael Nogueras.
A delegation of 19 Andalusian firms from the aeronautical, security
and defence industry presented their products to a delegation of
buyers from the United States during a trade mission in October at
the facilities of the Business Centre of Aeropolis, the Aerospace Technological
Park of Andalusia. The aim of this meeting organised by
Extenda with the collaboration of the Hélice Foundation was to facilitate
access by the American market to the products of Andalusian
companies, enabling contacts with the companies invited. The Andalusian
