Meet the companies that attended
We were delighted to exhibit at Farnborough International Airshow on July 22-26 with eleven Northern Ireland companies. For decades, Farnborough International Airshow has been the cornerstone of British aviation, bringing together the global aerospace and defence communities together to pioneer change.
The Northern Ireland Aerospace and Defence sector is a > £1.9bn industry with a growing Space industry with applications in upstream and downstream built on the aerospace heritage. Today, every major commercial aircraft programme depends on structures, components and expert services from Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland can offer you:
- An established, globally competitive supply chain powerhouse
- Access to a dense concentration of 100+ AS9100 Certified companies with annual sector revenues of >£1.9bn
- Technologies in aerostructures, composite design, manufacture and repair, precision machining, advanced tooling design and manufacture, advanced polymers and injection moulding, seating & interiors, design & stress engineering, contract electronics manufacturing and advanced metal forming
- An award-winning supply chain - Over 70% of the UK's SC21 Supply Chain Excellence Gold awards are held by Northern Ireland companies
- Access to leading research institutions
- Northern Ireland is the only place in the world that offers you tariff-free market access to both Great Britain (GB) and the European Union (EU)
- Sourcing goods from Northern Ireland is easy thanks to our unique market access and regulatory alignment with the EU
- A partner to accelerate supplier relationships – Invest NI, Northern Ireland’s economic development agency, offers a bespoke supplier relationship service.
To find out how Northern Ireland Aerospace can help you, contact us today
Find out more about our Aerospace and Defence sector.
Companies that attended
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ANGOKA is a Smart Mobility and Smart Cities security company headquartered in Belfast with offices in London and The Hague. ANGOKA ensures the safety and resilience of machine-to machine (M2M) communications. ANGOKA’s embedded technology creates trust between devices to allow them to communicate securely over untrusted networks, providing security for their users regardless of the network they use.
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CCP Gransden is an advanced composite parts manufacturer. It offers performance improvement to its customers through the intelligent use of advanced composites. CCP Gransden focuses on lightweighting, speed and quality of production, robotics, automation and data recording. It uses materials such as thermoplastic or snap cure thermoset composites.
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Denroy supplies interior and exterior aircraft parts using high performance thermoplastics. Customers include OEMs and Tier 1s including Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Spirit, GKN & BAE and hold accreditations including Boeing BAC 5321 Class 1&2, AS9100, SC21Gold and JOSCAR.
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Nitronica provides contract electronic manufacturing including PCB manufacturing, cable assembly as well as various box build solutions. From Sales and NPI to a dedicated customer services team, Nitronica provides a relationship of trust to its customers built on a wealth of experience and a history of quality products.
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KX delivers cutting-edge data analytics solutions that provide unparalleled speed and efficiency. Its platform enables real-time insights and decision-making, critical for industries requiring precision and reliability in data analytics. With KX, organisations optimise operations, reduce costs, and enhance performance, leveraging data to its fullest potential for strategic advantage.
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SAM NI is a precision machining sub-contractor based in Portadown, Northern Ireland. The company specialises in supplying complex components and sub-assemblies to the aerospace industry. It has expertise in the machining of medium to large soft and hard metal aerostructures and engine components, sub-assembly capability and supply chain management.
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Moyola is a specialist provider of aerospace and defence complex machined components, kits and sub assemblies and treatment capabilities.
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PAC Group is a leading specialist in the design and manufacture of carbon composite preformers, or Hot Drape Formers (HDFs), used by companies in the aerospace, automotive, and marine sectors. The PAC Composite division's patented and award-winning technology helps future-proof customers’ carbon composite structure and component manufacturing processes.
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RTA is a leading provider of customised manufactured components, supply chain management and consolidation services. It reduces customer supply chain management requirements, and potentially reduces item count, PO frequency, and inventory while improving cashflow. Customs Warehousing - HMRC authorisation allowing imported goods to be stored tax and duty free. It can be combined with other authorisations such as IPR.
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AMIC - a £100m project under Belfast Region City Deal - is a collaborative, innovative powerhouse of advanced manufacturing set to elevate Northern Ireland globally. It is supporting economic growth and prosperity for Northern IreIand by creating high quality jobs and increasing inward investment through high value manufacturing innovation clusters.
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UPM offers an extensive inventory of titanium, nickel alloys, stainless steel, and cobalt alloy products in a variety of forms with both DFARS and non-DFARS designations. Approvals include AS9100D with ISO 9001:2015; NADCAP AS7116 and GE S422 laser cutting approvals, and many major industry approvals.
Centres of excellence
We have a number of world-class centres of excellence: