Vince Cable visits Bombardier
They were shown the dedicated composite manufacturing facilities which further enhance the capabilities of Bombardier Aerospace in the design, manufacture and certification of advanced composite components, as Bombardier's centre of excellence for composite technologies.
Bombardier’s aircraft programmes, in which Belfast plays a significant role, are the advanced composite wings for the CSeries aircraft and the composite wing skins and spar components for the Learjet 85 aircraft. Since Bombardier announced these programmes, more than 60 companies in Northern Ireland have been involved in the development and test phase of the wing programmes, or in the building or equipping of Bombardier’s new state-of-the-art wing manufacturing and assembly facility in Belfast.
Above: Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills, the Rt. Hon. Dr Vince Cable MP and Minister of State for Northern Ireland, the Rt. Hon. Hugo Swire MP are pictured with David Hendron, Bombardier’s VP of Finance, Customer Services, Programmes & Business Services (left), Colin Elliott, VP of Engineering. Business & Product Development, and Sir George Quigley, Chairman, Short Brothers plc (right).
