The West of England Aerospace Forum’s CEO Colin Turner has been awarded a Fellowship by the Royal Aeronautical Society. A Fellowship in the RAeS is the highest grade attainable and is only bestowed upon those who have made outstanding contributions, attained a...
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Showcase your innovation at the UK’s largest annual engineering event
2 Jul
Advanced Engineering Show - Enabling Innovation Advanced Engineering is on the lookout for start-ups to showcase their inventions as part of its innovation zone. As the UK’s largest annual exhibition for manufacturers and supply chain professionals, the...
New Aviation Minister welcomes industry’s growing commitment to gender diversity
26 Apr
Baroness Vere of Norbiton appointed as new Aviation Minister She will oversee government matters on Aviation, International, Security (not maritime and rail), Legislation in the Lords, EU and EU Exit Her first speech will welcome action taken by more than 100 of the...
Filton company Woodford Engineering Consultancy wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise
23 Apr
A Filton company has been honoured with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade. Woodford Engineering Consultancy is one of only 200 organisations nationally to be recognised with a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise, Britain’s most coveted...
Qualitetch completes renewals for both the AS9100 Revision D aerospace accreditation & ISO 14001:2015 Environmental standard
10 Apr
AS9100 is the internationally recognised quality management system for the aviation, space and defence industry and Qualitetch are the only independent photo chemical etching business within the UK to hold this standard, of which they are very proud. This...
INSPHERE, Innovators of Value-added Metrology to Launch their Rapid Machine Tool Verification System, BASELINE at Nuclear AMRC, March 21st
18 Feb
On March 21st, INSPHERE will be launching their new rapid machine tool verification system at Nuclear AMRC, Rotherham. The company were awarded funding from NATEP to support the product development and have been working over the past year to test and develop the...
WEAF Annual Conference 2019 – UK Industrial Strategy
11 Feb
Join us for the South West Aerospace networking event of the year, the WEAF Pre Conference Dinner, 27th February 2019 and the Annual Conference, 28th February 2019 at Ashton Gate Conference Centre, Bristol. The Theme of this year’s conference is “UK Industrial...
NATEP National Dissemination Event Thursday 30th May 2019
6 Feb
NATEP National Dissemination Event Thursday 30th May 2019 On Thursday 30th May 2019 the year’s first National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme (NATEP) Showcase event will take place at the Old Thorns Country Estate, Longmoor Road, Liphook GU30 7PE...
Win a share of £20,000 for your community group with the Airbus Community Awards 2019
29 Jan
This year Airbus have doubled the amount of award funding. Your community could win an award plus funding from £1,000 to £7,000! Is there a fantastic community group in your area who should be recognised? Do they help support education and learning? Are they making a...
AMETEK SMP Develops New Titanium Strip Products for Ground-Breaking Medical Applications
29 Jan
Hamilton Precision Metals and SMP Wallingford, two of the six businesses that comprise AMETEK Specialty Metal Products (SMP), are delighted to announce that they have added two new Titanium strip grades – grade 9 and 23 – to their product portfolio for medical...
PEMC Industrial Solutions Event Series – Speakers Announced for 7 February 2019 (engineering and aerospace focus)
18 Jan
Following on from the success of the first event of the series held on 15 November 2018, featuring SW Metal Finishing Ltd, Ramer Sponges Ltd and Innovate UK, PEMC is proud to welcome two of our industrial partners from the aerospace sector to explain how they have...
WEAF Annual Gala Dinner Raises Money for Prostate Cancer UK and South West Children's Hospice
18 Dec
The West of England Aerospace Forum's Annual Gala Dinner took place on 28th November 2018 at the Bristol Marriott City Centre Hotel. The evening saw around 300 members of the south west Aerospace and Defence industry congregate to network and enjoy the premier...