Major wing jig contract awarded to JF Faber
September 23, 2011
James Fisher Faber (JF Faber) was recently awarded a contract for the conversion of a major wing assembly jig at the Airbus (EADS) Aerospace wing factory at Broughton, North Wales.
The JF Faber Aerospace team has been extremely successful securing a multi million pound contract with Airbus for the supply of a main wing assembly jig and associated operational tooling to support the increased build rate of the A330 long range aircraft.
The work includes, the strip down of an existing assembly jig, modification, improvements and rebuild to accommodate the new aircraft wing assembly.
JF Faber are the prime contractors and will engage their in-house design and project management teams along with a number of their approved manufacturing partners within the UK and overseas to undertake this production critical project.
The contract was awarded against strong competition from both UK and European companies.
Ian Eaves: JF Faber Business Development Director stated:
"This is a great achievement for the team and follows a number of contact awards by major aerospace companies that recognizes JF Faber's role as an International Integrator now that they are a part of the James Fisher Group of companies."
Graham Davey: EGP Strategic Buyer. Airbus (EADS) stated.
"JF Faber have been a long established supplier to Airbus and yet continue to develop new and innovative business solutions, to meet the challenges within the Global Aerospace market"