Manitoba Aerospace Week

2 WINNIPEG FREE PRESS - THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2017 CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE JUNE 5-9,2017 A.ADAMS SUPPLY (1969) LTD. Industrial • Construction • Safety Machinist Supplies and More... www.AdamsSupply.com Congratulations Manitoba Aerospace! A proud supplier to the aerospace industry for the past 20 years. • VMI - managed programs & computer vending available • Milwaukee Power Tools • Unbrako Socket Products • Abrasives & Lubricants - Pferd & Walter • Cutting Tools - Seco, WIDIA, Dormer/Pramet, Greenfield, Niagara, M.A Ford, SGS • Workholding Solutions - Jergens TEL: 204-786-7481 FAX: 204-772-8131 MANITOBA: 1-800-224-0377 8 7 9 WA L L S T R E E T, W I N N I P E G , M A N I T O B A , C A N A D A R 3 G 2 T 9 MANITOBA AEROSPACE ON SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK facebook.com/ManitobaAerospace TWITTER twitter.com/mbaerospace LINKEDIN linkedin.com/company/manitoba-aerospace INSTAGRAM instagram.com/ManitobaAerospace WWW.ACS-COMPOSITES.COM MANITOBA AEROSPACE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2017 Paul Heide, Chairman of the Board, MA Magellan Aerospace Wendell Wiebe, Chief Executive Officer Manitoba Aerospace Leslie Galbraith Argus Industries Bob Hastings PointMan Canada Mike McCartan KF Aerospace Defence Program Wayne McLeod Keewatin Air Kim Olson StandardAero Udaya Silva B/E Aerospace Canada Leo Sousa Cormer Aerospace Daniel Verreault GE Aviation Kim Westenskow Boeing Canada Operations Leslie Yakimishyn, Chair, MA Marketing and Communications committee Magellan Aerospace I t's been more than 100 years since the companies that would become the main anchors for Manitoba's aerospace industry were first launched. It's safe to say they've soared. Today, the aerospace sector significantly contributes to the Manitoba economy. It provides direct employment for 5,300 Manitobans with a total payroll of $340 million and generates more than $1.9 billion in products and services. Vendors in the supply chain are among the beneficiaries of the industry's success. In 2015, about $412 million went to Canadian suppliers, including $103 million that was spent in Manitoba. The industry also spent about $32 million on research and development activities. Manitoba is the third-largest aerospace cluster in Canada and the largest in Western Canada. Eighty per cent of the industry's products are exported to customers on six continents. The three biggest aerospace companies in our province – Boeing, Magellan Aerospace and StandardAero – have long histories in Manitoba, and two of them are fully homegrown successes. StandardAero was launched in 1911 as Standard Machine Works, a repair shop for vehicles. Today the company excels as a world leader in aircraft engine repair, overhaul and maintenance. Magellan Aerospace started out in 1930 as MacDonald Brothers Aircraft, and now manufactures complex components and advanced assemblies for commercial aerospace, defence and space sectors. Boeing is the relative newcomer among the big three. While the company celebrated its centennial in 2016, Boeing Winnipeg landed in Winnipeg in 1971. Manitoba is also home to two impressive test sites for the world's largest aircraft engine manufacturers — General Electric, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce. GE engines are tested at GE Aviation Test Research and Development Centre at the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, while Rolls- Royce and Pratt & Whitney invested in testing facilities at the Global Aerospace Centre for Icing and Environmental Research (GLACIER) in Thompson, Manitoba. Manitoba Aerospace members are invested in the community and in the workforce of the future. For the past decade, Grade 6 students have been invited to Aerospace & Aviation in Manitoba (AAiM) Day each year to get acquainted with aircraft, composites, rocketry and space science. Students at Tec Voc High School have an opportunity to learn about aircraft repair, maintenance and manufacturing in the Aviation and Aerospace Technologies program, and there's a post-secondary option to continue studies in multiple programs offered at Red River College's Stevenson Campus or in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Manitoba. Aerospace in Manitoba has a proud past and a strong future. ❚ THE SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR MANITOBA'S AEROSPACE INDUSTRY

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