Saab wins Renewed Contract for Airbus Single Aisle Ailerons.STOCKHOLM Stockholm (stŏk`hôlm'), city (1995 pop. 692,954), capital of Sweden and of Stockholm co., E Sweden, situated where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. , Sweden -- Saab Aerostructures has won a renewed contract with Airbus UK Airbus UK is a wholly owned subsidiary of Airbus SAS which produces wings for the Airbus aircraft family. When Airbus was incorporated as a joint stock company in 2001 BAE transferred its UK Airbus facilities in return for a 20% share of the new company. valued at over 60 million US dollars, for the supply of ailerons for wings of the Airbus single aisle aircraft family. Since 2000, having delivered more than 1000 units as the long-standing single source supplier of these ailerons, Saab has carried out extensive work aimed at reducing product costs through innovative new design and manufacturing processes for these composite ailerons. "We tell the market that we can provide our customer with the best solutions by using our long experience and expertise. I am of course very pleased now when we are successful together with Airbus, achieving such big savings in real life. It shows that we do what we promise to do," said Pontus Kallen, Senior Vice President and Managing Director at Saab Aerostructures. Saab Aerostructures has developed new state of the art CFRP CFRP Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic CFRP carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer CFRP Conceptual Framework for Reuse Processes CFRP Central Florida Research Park CFRP Consolidated Fuel Reprocessing Program CFRP Chehalis Fisheries Restoration Program monolithic Single object. Self contained. One unit. technologies which fully support Airbus' cost down requirements by saving up to 25 per cent on the product costs. With the concept now having reached maturity, introduction of the technology under this latest agreement will reduce the number of parts on the ailerons by over half. Dave Micklewright, Head of COE See common operating environment. Wing Procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. and VP Airframe Procurement UK at Airbus said: "Saab undertook this work under our drive for continuous product development, adding value as well as reducing cost. Saab has been innovative and successful in both of these areas and we are very confident and pleased with the result". Saab is one of the world's leading high-technology companies, with its main operations focusing on defence, aviation and space. The group covers a broad spectrum of competence and capabilities in systems integration. This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net |
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