Bombardier Belfast wins award
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Bombardier Belfast Human Resources representatives, Rory Galway and Wendy Baillie, receiving the award on behalf of the company.
The Embracing Diversity Award, which was sponsored by the European Union Regional Development Fund, was presented at the Newtownabbey Business Awards 2012.
Bombardier Aerospace, Belfast, specialises in major aircraft structures including fuselages, wings, engine nacelles and flight control surfaces in metal and advanced composites. With some 5,000 highly-skilled employees, its operation plays a pivotal role in all of Bombardier's families of commercial and business aircraft. It also produce nacelle components for Rolls-Royce, Airbus and General Electric.
The company is the largest manufacturing employer in Northern Ireland and produces a considerable proportion of Northern Ireland's total manufacturing exports, with an extensive supply chain in the UK, Ireland and beyond.