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News     2010     August 2010 Continuous Improvement - Aerosud Production System In order to remain competitive in the marketplace while satisfying shareholder expectations, companies needs to improve. This makes continuous improvement a critical element of any company’s success and a key factor in gaining ... >more     July 2010 “Furuhashi” Best Practice Workshop at Aerosud As part of continuous improvement activities, Aerosud was privileged to host the Best Practice Workshop from 26 – 30 July 2010 under guidance of Mr. Takeyuki Furuhashi and the Lean Institute Africa. >more     June 2010 Aerosud’s Logistic Service provider In 2007 UTi was appointed as the preferred Freight Logistics Service provider for Aerosud Aviation for imports and exports utilizing Air and Ocean shipping modes. >more     June 2010 Rolling out the Aerosud Production System Aerosud Aviation (Pty) Ltd was established as the single Production oriented entity within the Aerosud Group in April 2007. During the past three years, the company has integrated a number of specific business solutions ... >more     May 2010 Technology Developmnet and Collaboration and Training On 25, 26 and 27 May, the Aerosud Innovation & Training Centre organized the second composite design course. This time Dr. Harald Bersee and Dr. Otto Bergsma from Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) ... >more     April 2010 Aerosud secures A350 Composites Contract Aerosud has been fortunate to secure its first primary structure contract for the Airbus A350. The contract was awarded by Spirit Aerosystems ... >more     April 2010 Perpetual Innovation - How Aerosud SA emerged as aviation leaders As in flight, to be successful in business, one must be agile and able to respond to changing conditions. It is something the team at Aerosud ... >more     March 2010 Defense Ministers, EADS Close to a Deal on A400M European defense ministers have agreed to inject additional financing into the massive Airbus military transport project. EADS wants a guarantee that participating nations won't reduce their orders. >more     March 2010 Europe's top defence project A400M gets boost PALMA DE MAJORCA, Spain (AFP) Europe’s largest defence project was back on track Wednesday after Spain said aerospace giant EADS ... >more     26 February 2010 Rekord Centurion 26 February 2010 Metro invests in aerospace >more     February 2010 Aerosud secures a renewed Contract for A320 Parts Aerosud has been able to secure a continuation of the contract secured in 2005 from Spirit AeroSystems in the UK for manufacturing wing components for the Airbus A320. >more     January 2010 Aerosud completes Eurofighter Typhoon Industrialsation The BAE Systems Typhoon C Class parts transfer is in the final stages of achieving full production status. Aerosud currently supplies ... >more     January 2010 Aerosud’s PLM solution now fully functional – Jan 2010 Aerosud selected D-S Smarteam as its preferred PLM solution some 2 year's ago, and started a process of gradually rolling out the implementation. >more     January 2010 Business Jet Interiors International BizJet International delivers its first A318 Elite completion >more         2009     23 December 2009 Airbus Military News First A400M Completes second flight >more     November 2009 IASSA 2009 International Aerospace Symposium of South Africa - IASSA 2009 >more     November 2009 IASSA 2009 - UAV Demo Day International Aerospace Symposium of South Africa - IASSA 2009 UAV Demo Day >more     November 2009 AISI Supply Chain Web portal is launced at Aerosud Since May 2006, the Aerospace Industry Support Initiative (AISI) in conjunction with Aerosud and Collaborative Xchange (CX), >more     July 2009 AEROSUD secures first A350 contract Aerosud has been able to secure its first A350 Manufacturing Contract with Spirit Aerosystems in the UK. >more     March 2009 AEROSUD: An inspiring commercial success Aerosud is an established leader in the South African aviation industry and is increasingly recognised as a respected brand in the very competitive international market place. >more     2008     September 2008 Aerospace and Defence Show This year's AAD Air show was unfortunately dampened by the weather for the first 3 days, but at least the public flying days were superb. >more     September 2008 Aerospace Sysmposium - Stellenbosch Without a doubt, this year's Aerospace Symposium could not have been held in a better location than in Stellenbosch, the heart of SA's wine route. >more     8 May 2008 AMTL FOR AVIATION AT AEROSUD INNOVATION AND TRAINING CENTRE The Advanced Manufacturing Technology Laboratory (AMTL) for aviation was formally launched by AMTS and Aerosud in February 2008. This initiative focuses exclusively on applied technological solutions in the aerospace context. >more     22 April 2008 Spotty the Cheetah at Sci-Bono ASci-Bono is a Science Discovery Centre located in a 100 year old power station building located in Newtown in Jo’burg. It is primarily a centre where school going children can interact with science .... >more     4 April 2008 Aircraft Interiors Expo is the world's largest exhibition exclusively concerned with airline interior design and airline cabin systems engineering. The 2008 event included more than 500 exhibitors including Airbus and Boeing. Attendees from over 70 countries and over 200 airlines gathered to see the latest developments in cabin interiors. >more     1 April 2008 Continuous Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastics (CFRTP) Processing Development at the Aerosud Innovation and Training Centre (ITC) Continuous Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastics (CFRTPs) are composite materials consisting of woven glass or carbon fibers in a polymer matrix... >more     2007     20 September 2007 Aerosud supports Sci-Bono by building an interactive aircraft flight simulator As part of the first Aviation focus week at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre in Jo’burg held in September 2007, Aerosud embarked on building a basic flight simulator ... >more     20 September 2007 SCI-BONO DISCOVERY CENTRE The Sci-Bono Discovery Centre is located in Newtown Johannesburg inside the old power station building built in 1906 (and never produced a Watt). >more     23 August 2007 AEROSUD PARTNERS AIRBUS IN SA AEROSPACE TESTING BUSINESS Aerosud Holdings, the South African aerostructures manufacturer, has acquired a 50 per cent share in African Non-Destructive Testing Centre (ANDTC), joining Airbus’s NDT Expert as a co-owner of the Pretoria-based specialist aerospace testing facility...... >more     7 June 2007 MIN. MANGENA OPENS NEW AEROSUD INNOVATION AND TRAINING CENTRE The Hon. Min. Mosibudi Mangena, Minister of Science and Technology, will be opening the new Aerosud Aviation and Training Centre at the Aerosud Campus in Centurion, Pretoria, at 16H00 on Thursday, 7th June 2007..... >more       March 2007 Global Aerospace Marketplace: More Than Adequate Room For Growth. The successes of some Airbus and Boeing aircraft types including the A320 and B737 families have notable contributions from Africa especially by way of parts supply; so also would the top-of-the-range A400M military airlifter billed to enter service in the next few years, thanks to Aerosud in South Africa.... >more     12 March 2007 Press Release - Aerosud Holdings has re-organised. Due to considerable growth in recent years, in military and commercial aviation, as well as manufacturing areas, Aerosud Holdings (Pty) Ltd.... >more     2006     September 2006 AAD - 2006 Aerosud was again present at the Africa Aerospace and Defence 2006 exhibition held at the Ysterplaat Air Force Base, in Cape Town... >more     September 2006 Gabonese AF Acquires ex-SAAF Mirage F1AZs Two Former South African Air Force (SAAF) Dassault Mirage F1AZs have entered service with the Gabonese Air Force... >more     September 2006 Paramount Group and Aerosud – Aquire Mirage F1 Package The Paramount Group and Aerosud have announced that they have acquired the full complement of French designed Mirage F1 fighter aircraft .... >more     21 September 2006 Airbus Partners South Africa on Research & Technology Programmes South Africa and Airbus will cooperate in a new aerospace research and technology initiative which aims to identify and develop new advanced applications for the global aerospace industry. >more     21 September 2006 Brookhouse and Aerosud In South Africa Joint Venture Brookhouse Holdings Ltd, of Darwen, UK, and Aerosud, of Pretoria, South Africa, are to set up a joint venture company... >more     22 May 2006 Boeing and Aerosud sign new parts manufacturing contract. Boeing and Pretoria-based Aerosud have extended their multimillion rands co-operation by signing a new contract worth R12-million... >more     10 April 2006 Interview - News makers on the record, Defense News. "We have a good balance between business vision and anticipation, on the one hand, and a sober and well-balanced approach to technical and operational realities on the other." >more     26 February 2006 SA supplies key parts for giant A380 airliners and world’s latest military planes, writes Roger Makings BILLIONS of rands of foreign work pouring into South Africa’s fledgling aerospace industry ... >more     January 2006 Aerosud completes first phase of building extension During January 2006, phase one of the current facility expansion was completed. This expansion finally fulfilled the need for more floor space .... >more     2005     02 November 2005 Herman Mashaba in empowerment deal with Aerosud Holdings Aerosud Holdings, has concluded a Black Economic Empowerment transaction with Herman Mashaba, chairman of Phatsima Aviation. >more     9 September 2005 Aerospace firm to take lead role in aviation industry One of the fastest-growing aerospace companies in South Africa, Aerosud, is, by design and circumstance, to assume a lead role .... >more     28 April 2005 South Africa joins Airbus Military A400M programme The South African government has today signed a contract with Airbus Military making the country a partner in the A400M airlifter programme .... >more