An aviation high-flyer

The JadeBay Region's tradition as a production location for the aviation industry goes back a long way. It has contributed to the construction of Airbus aircraft for decades. In 2008, as a result of restructuring measures within the Airbus group, the Airbus factories in Nordenham and Varel merged with Premium Aerotec GmbH. This provides the works' locations and their component suppliers with tremendous opportunities to develop their core expertise in the areas of machining, jig and flume construction, the production of large steel sheets and shell construction. Research and development will also be stepped and look, for example, into the areas of processing new materials such as titanium or carbon fibre reinforced composites, which are to be increasingly employed as a substitute for aluminium in future.

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The State of Lower Saxony and also its local municipal partners support this development and are planning to construct technology centres in Varel and Nordenham. Furthermore, a national training centre is to be set up in Varel to ensure the availability of top-class specialist staff that can operate the superior quality machinery. This centre will offer apprenticeships as CNC cutting-machine operators specialising in milling and lathe systems, as industrial mechanics and mechatronic engineers.

The State of Lower Saxony's aerospace initiative

The aerospace industry is a growth industry. With its innovative products, the industry makes a considerable contribution towards maintaining and increasing Lower Saxony's technological competence. The State of Lower Saxony's aerospace initiative safeguards Lower Saxony's aerospace location and develops it by strategically pooling existing strengths. Further information is available at: www.niedersachsen-aviation.de