Airbus Innovation Days 2016 Airbus in Stade

Kai ARNDT Head of Stade Plant

Airbus Innovation Days - May 2016

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Airbus in Stade – more than 30 years of experience in composite manufacturing

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• Specialised on composite parts and technologies since 1983

• ~1800 employees deliver essential contributions to all Airbus programmes

Plant layout Portfolio

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Autoclave double loading:

-50% process time and reducing

energy consumption

“NewFlowLine”: assembly

processes like in automotive

industry

State-of-the-art fibre placement

machines increase speed &

precision

Continuously inserting innovation into our production processes

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Collaboration for innovation: world-leading composite eco-system

Vocational Training

Innovation

Skilled workforce

Best practice

Cluster management

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Looking forward to welcoming

you in Stade this afternoon!

Airbus Innovation Days - May 2016