The Andalusian Aerospace Cluster and the Washington Aerospace Cluster strengthen ties of cooperation and explore business avenues

Andalusia is presented as a foreign investment destination

The Andalusian companies participating in the trade mission organized by Extenda visited the Boeing factory in Everett and learned about its production processes.
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El Andalusian Aerospace Cluster and the Washington State Aerospace Cluster developed in Seattle a meeting within the framework of the direct commercial mission of the sector organized by extend, which has led 19 Andalusian companies to Canada and United States, in order to establish ties of cooperation and explore business avenues.

 

The opening of the forum between the Andalusian and American Cluster was carried out by the CEO of Extenda, Vanessa Bernard, which he presented Andalucía as a destination for foreign investment, especially in the aerospace field, and the director of Business Development of the government foreign promotion agency Choose Washington, Allison Clark, in addition to the legal consultancy of the sector, K&L Gates LLP.

 

Throughout the day, both clusters They learned about their respective capabilities, projects and collaboration possibilities, and the 19 companies participating in the trade mission presented their capabilities and held dozens of business meetings with their American counterparts. B2B.

 

On what is the last day of the trade mission that began on the 23rd, and the second of the I Meeting of Spanish Boeing Suppliers, Andalusian companies They also visited the plant Boeing in Everett, an aircraft assembly factory, listed as the largest building in the world by volume, with more than 13,4 million cubic meters and almost 400.000 square meters.

 

During his visit, the Andalusian delegation was instructed on the manufacturing, supply chain and assembly processes that are developed in this plant, considered the nerve center of the company, where more than 30.000 people work, and where the wide-body models of Boeing, the 747, 767, 777, and 787 Dreamliner.

 

La direct trade mission, started on the 23rd in Canada, with the presence of Minister of Economy and Knowledge, Antonio Ramírez de Arellano, and which ends in Seattle, is 80% co-financed with funds from the European Union, charged to FEDER Operational Program of Andalusia 2014-2020.

 

 

Both Clusters learned about their respective capabilities, projects and collaboration possibilities, and the 19 companies participating in the trade mission presented their capabilities and held dozens of B2B business meetings with their American counterparts.

 

Boeing in Spain

 

Boeing It is the largest aerospace company in the world, the second largest defense contractor in the world (according to 2013 data) and the largest exporter of United States based on the value of the dollar.

 

The main numbers of Boeing They are: 150.000 employees; 748 aircraft delivered in 2016 (record 762 in 2015); 96.114 million dollars in turnover in 2016 (6% increase); 4.895 million dollars in profits (5,4% decrease); 489.000 billion dollars of order book.

 

Boeing is present in Spain for more than 80 years. It has its European R&D center in Madrid. According to its Managing Director for Southern Europe, Antonio DePalmas, “during all this time Boeing has responded to the needs of airlines, maintaining a solid collaboration with the Spanish aerospace industry.”

 

For the CEO of Extenda Vanesa Bernad, Boeing also represents “a strategic opportunity to diversify its order portfolio, expanding the projects it develops with major global manufacturers.”

 

Aernnova; Aciturri; AlestisAerospace; Airbus; Neotex Industrial; Mtorres They participate in Boeing's main projects in Spain. At an industrial level, in Andalucía There are several companies that manufacture parts for Boeing airplanes: 787, Passenger Door; 737 MAX, Fan cawl (engine cowling); 737, Tail rudder; 777, Flap and flaperons, with an aggregate annual turnover of 51,7 million euros.

 

In addition, Boeing has collaborated and collaborates with Andalusian companies in materials, tests and systems, airworthiness projects, and there is also a collaboration contract with the Atlas Experimental Flight Center, of Villacarrillo (Jaén), for drone testing.