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News Release from: Reed Exhibitions Deutschland (Aluminium)
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 30 May 2007
Composites meet aviation industry needs
Latest aircraft structural decvelopments indicate a trend towards the comprehensive utilization of composite structures and a reduction in the use of titanium and steel.
'The latest modern developments such as the Airbus A350 or the Boeing 787 point to a trend in the comprehensive utilization of composite structures in the aviation industry and a reduction in the use of titanium and steel to but a few structural elements' This is the outlook for the future according to Franz Eckmann, managing director of Flugzeug-Union Sued (FUS) in Ottobrunn, Germany
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 22 Dec 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The company, which has 64 employees, was founded in 1969 as the logistics and trading company of the former MBB (Messerschmitt Boelkow Blohm) with plants in Ottobrunn and Dachau.
The company provides a wide range of spare parts and auxiliary materials for the civil and military aviation industries, ranging from standard connection elements all the way to complex aircraft equipment and industrial products.
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Beside the sale and marketing of adhesive substances and stripping compounds, as well as the patented FUS Dry Stripping System, the company's portfolio of business activities also includes industrial logistics/open depot filling (just-in-time-supply of assembly lines), special packaging.
That is to say the packaging and conservation of hazardous materials, air and sea freight and industrial commodities, the sale and marketing of spare parts and standard parts for aircraft, as well as the provision of support services for light and antique aircraft.
"We have been active in this area ever since Messerschmitt Boelkow Blohm started manufacturing composite structure elements as one of the first companies in Europe almost 30 years ago," added Eckmann.
In addition, FUS was recently named the official distributor for the entire range of Aerovac products in Germany and other European countries.
Within the scope of these activities, FUS also distributes flexible, three-layered vacuum foil with a width of up to 12m, reusable vacuum systems, as well as resin infusion products.
The recent addition of the Aerovac product portfolio broadens the existing spectrum with products manufactured by Richmond, which FUS has already been distributing in Germany and a number of other European countries for more than 20 years.
According to the FUS managing director, "The combination of Aerovac and Richmond products represents the most complete range of vacuum process consumable materials that is available on the market.".
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