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About Aerospace Wales Forum Ltd

Aerospace Wales is the industry association for Wales. Established in 2001, we have 200 members drawn from industry and academia. Since April 2013 the company has been part of the Industry Wales group along with the Welsh Automotive Forum and Technology Connected and supported by Welsh Government. The aerospace, space and defence industries in Wales employ over 20000 people and include major players such as Airbus, BAE Systems, British Airways, GE, GD, DECA, Raytheon, Airbus Defence & Space, Nordam, Qinetiq, Magellan, Triumph Group, Teledyne Qioptiq, Safran Seats, Teledyne Labtech, IQE, Ascent (Lockheed Martin & Babcock JV), Thales (NDEC), Northrop Grumman and a diverse supply chain of smaller and medium sized companies. Facilities include the Airbus wing plant at Broughton, a range and testing centre for UAVs at Parc Aberporth and Llanbedr and key sub sectors such as MRO and interiors. Llanbedr is also being promoted as Snowdonia Space Centre. Specialist technology clusters include optoelectronics, compound semiconductors and cyber security. The Forum works closely with Welsh Government on development of sector strategy, including the publication of a Wales Space Strategy in 2021, and inward investment campaigns. Aerospace Wales has close links with ADS, the UK's association for aerospace, defence and security, other UK regional associations, and the European Aerospace Cluster Partnership. Linkages to the electronics, software, automotive, rail, energy and nuclear sectors are provided through Industry Wale. Project work includes space sector cluster development, funded by the UK Space Agency and development of a collaborative consortium for MRO products and services.