Premium AEROTEC

Premium AEROTEC GmbH
Type	GmbH
Industry	Aerospace
Revenue	€1.5 billion in 2012[1]
Owner	Airbus
Number of employees	Over 6000[2]
Website	www.premium-aerotec.com

Premium AEROTEC factory in Nordenham

Aerial view of Premium Aerotec in Nordenham (May 2012)

Premium AEROTEC is an aerospace manufacturing business, headquartered in Augsburg in Germany. It is a subsidiary of Airbus.

History

Premium AEROTEC started as a division of EADS;^[3] it was spun off as a wholly owned subsidiary in September 2008.^[4]

Aerotec has factories in:

Augsburg, Germany, founded in 1916 by Bayerische Rumpler Werke^[5]
Bremen, Germany, founded in 1905 by Deutsche Schiffs- und Maschinenbau AG
Nordenham, Germany
Varel, Germany, founded in 1936 as Motorenwerk Varel; this site includes a close partnership with ThyssenKrupp who provide metal machining and logistics facilities^[6]
Ghimbav, Romania^[7]

The Varel and Nordenham sites were former Airbus factories; the Augsburg site belonged to EADS Military Air Systems.

Products

Premium AEROTEC is a tier-one supplier to Airbus; it produces metal components for all Airbus airliners^[2] and also award-winning titanium parts for the Airbus A400M^[8]

Large composite parts are also made:^[3]

Fuselage sections for the Eurofighter Typhoon are made at Varel, and then assembled in Augsburg.^[9]
Fuselage sections for the Airbus A400M;^[10]
Several composite sections of the Airbus A350 are being produced, including the aft pressure bulkhead^[11] and a 93 square metre panel for the fuselage^[12]
On behalf of Vought and Latécoère, parts are being made for the Boeing 737 and Dassault Falcon.^[13]

Other customers are being actively sought;^[13] Premium Aerotec is positioning itself as a Tier One supplier.^[14]

External links

References

↑ "Premium AEROTEC extends restructuring of the company". Retrieved 2013-05-28.
1 2 "Premium AEROTEC commences aircraft component production in Romania". EADS. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
1 2 "Premium AEROTEC picks FiberSIM for aerospace design work". Composites World. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
↑ "Article: EADS and Airbus spin off three factories". AccessMyLibrary. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
↑ "Premium AEROTEC GmbH - Aerostructures for the Future" (PDF). SAE. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
↑ "ThyssenKrupp: 10-year contract with EADS subsidiary Premium AEROTEC". ASDNews. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
↑ "EADS to expand to Romania". Airline Post. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
↑ "Unique titanium component for A400M received an award". Airframer. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
↑ "Premium AEROTEC makes first 3/2b Eurofighter fuselage section in Varel". EADS. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
↑ "Fuselage". Premium AEROTEC. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
↑ "ILA: Aerotec on course to meet A350 XWB targets". Flight Global. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
↑ "Biggest A350 XWB carbon fuselage panel manufactured". Airframer. Retrieved 2011-03-26.
1 2 "PARIS AIR SHOW: Composite spin-off targets new customers". Retrieved 2011-03-26.
↑ Flottau, Jens (2009). "New EADS subsidiary Premium Aerotec works to become independent Tier 1 aerospace supplier". AVIATION WEEK AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY.

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[1] "Premium AEROTEC extends restructuring of the company". Retrieved 2013-05-28.

[EADS1-2] 1 2 "Premium AEROTEC commences aircraft component production in Romania". EADS. Retrieved 2011-03-26.

[compositesworld-3] 1 2 "Premium AEROTEC picks FiberSIM for aerospace design work". Composites World. Retrieved 2011-03-26.

[4] "Article: EADS and Airbus spin off three factories". AccessMyLibrary. Retrieved 2011-03-26.

[SAE-5] "Premium AEROTEC GmbH - Aerostructures for the Future" (PDF). SAE. Retrieved 2011-03-26.

[6] "ThyssenKrupp: 10-year contract with EADS subsidiary Premium AEROTEC". ASDNews. Retrieved 2011-03-26.

[7] "EADS to expand to Romania". Airline Post. Retrieved 2011-03-26.

[8] "Unique titanium component for A400M received an award". Airframer. Retrieved 2011-03-26.

[9] "Premium AEROTEC makes first 3/2b Eurofighter fuselage section in Varel". EADS. Retrieved 2011-03-26.

[10] "Fuselage". Premium AEROTEC. Retrieved 2011-03-26.

[11] "ILA: Aerotec on course to meet A350 XWB targets". Flight Global. Retrieved 2011-03-26.

[12] "Biggest A350 XWB carbon fuselage panel manufactured". Airframer. Retrieved 2011-03-26.

[flightglobal_customers-13] 1 2 "PARIS AIR SHOW: Composite spin-off targets new customers". Retrieved 2011-03-26.

[14] Flottau, Jens (2009). "New EADS subsidiary Premium Aerotec works to become independent Tier 1 aerospace supplier". AVIATION WEEK AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY.