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Team on 26 January 2004
What makes Airbus fly? Learn about
success
The chance to find how Airbus UK is successful is being offered at a meeting at its GBP 350 million Broughton factory for an industry summit that will ask the question: 'What makes Airbus fly?'
Anyone who thinks British manufacturing is in its death throes should take a look at Airbus, which is now beating the Americans by making more planes than Boeing Britain's leading industrialists will have the chance to find out for themselves how Airbus UK made this happen when they meet at its GBP 350 million Broughton factory on 3rd February for an industry summit that will ask the question: 'What makes Airbus fly?'
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 1 Nov 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The event has been organised by Conquest Business Media on behalf of The Manufacturing Alliance, Britain's forum for senior industrialists.
The Manufacturing Alliance brings together some of the UK's leading business figures to encourage manufacturers to share their knowledge and experience.
Glen White, CEO of Conquest Business Media, said: "If UK manufacturing is supposed to be in decline, how is it that we can secure the cream of the contracts for a multi-billion pound project that is generating work for 100,000 British people and pushing the giant US aerospace industry into second place.
"Britian's aerospace industry can stand up to and beat any competition in the world.
We have a wealth of expertise and talent that should be celebrated.
This event will show how manufacturers of all kinds can learn from the shining examples of best practice that come from a heady mixture of traditional British aerospace excellence and hard-earned world class manufacturing attributes." The event will be hosted by Airbus UK's manufacturing director Brian Fleet MBE, chairman of the North Wales Aerospace Group.
Joining him in the debate will be such influential figures as Derek Simpson, Joint General Secretary of Amicus, Professor Keith Hayward, Head of Economic and Political Affairs at the Society of British Aerospace Companies, and Peter Stokes, CEO of STG Aerospace.
Delegates will also be making their own contributions in an open forum session.
The debate will be chaired by Philip Butterworth-Hayes, who is the editor of Jane's Aircraft Component Manufacturers and writes on airline and aerospace issues for The Wall Street Journal.
'What makes Airbus fly' will be held at 'The East Factory', Airbus UK, Broughton, North Wales, on 3rd February 2004.
Places are strictly limited.
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