Mr Scott Thompson is the Head of Business Development for Caterham Technology & Innovation (CTI), with a specific focus on Engineering Consultancy projects for a range of OEM’s and suppliers across a wide range of industries, as well as collaborative activities to support the development and expansion of the Caterham product range.

Prior to joining CTI in 2012, Scott worked for Group Lotus for 13 years in both a project management and commercial capacity, securing and delivering a wide range of Automotive and Advanced Engineering projects that has included iconic vehicles such as the high-profile Jaguar LimoGreen and Infiniti Emerg-E concept hybrids.  

During his career, Scott has built up an extensive network of contacts and worked with a wide range of automotive companies within the UK, Europe, Japan and the USA, on a variety of technical subjects – from early target setting and concept definition, through the development of high performance derivatives of high volume vehicles, to complete new lightweight low-volume products.  

Mr Armin Krug is a certified Public Accountant. He started his career at Andersen in Germany, and came to Budapest in 1996. He joined PwC in 2004 as an Audit Partner. Within the audit division, he leads PwC’s services for manufacturing companies, and the vast majority of his client portfolio consists of companies in the automotive industry.

As leader of PwC’s Hungarian automotive expert team, he fosters the development of the automotive sector not only by providing services to automotive industry clients but also by identifying challenges, development opportunities and issues of strategic importance to the industry, and by maintaining long-term personal relationships with automotive executives.

He speaks at conferences and lectures at universities on automotive topics, and was recently appointed to the Supervisory Board of the Association of the Hungarian Automotive Industry (MAGE/AHAI). His personal background and strong network with the German Automotive sector enable him to support – at the highest possible standards – German-owned companies that operate in Hungary, or Hungarian companies present on the German market.

since 2010: Director Supply and Logistics, Kecskemét Plant, Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary Kft. Hungary 

2008-2010: Director Quality Management and Logistics, Project Plant Development Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary Kft. Hungary

2007-2008: Head of Supply and Logistc Planning,  Daimler AG, Sindelfingen
2005-2007: Head of Purchasing and Logistics, Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines, Brixworth, United Kingdom

2004-2005: Head of Logistics, McLaren Automotive, Woking, United Kingdom
2000-2004: Manager Supply Chain Management Methods, DCAG, Sindelfingen
1994-2000: Various Functions, DCAG, Sindelfingen

Dávid Schnaider was born in Budapest, in 1983. He graduated from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics in 2006 as an Economist, MSc. During his studies he also performed scientific work at the Vienna University of Economics and Business in 2006 on ’’The importance of Trade Fairs in B2B relations’’, in co-operation with the Association of Hungarian Exhibition- and Fair Organisers (AHEFO).

He started his professional career as a Project Manager at Sales & Marketing department, at VIDEOTON HOLDING ZRt., where he participated in the establishment of long-term, multi-commodity partnerships with selected strategic customers.

In 2011 he was appointed to Business Development Manager to be in charge of the key account management activities, among others, with his team. Currently he holds this overall coordination position, without line responsibilities, but covering the full spectrum of services in electronics, mechanical ass’y and part manufacturing.

He speaks English and German fluently. In his free time he is active in sports like squash and dragon boating.

Laszlo has over 9 year experience in the Aviation industry in various fields at HQs and in Regional Office and in Country Head positions. In his most recent job he has been working as a commercial and sales manager at Qatar Airways and as a Station Head he was responsible for sales and marketing and customer service. Since Qatar Airways' arrival in Hungary he was responsible for the business development in Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic + he worked as a Business and Pricing Analyst as well and managed to establish the one of the best performing route in the entire Qatar Airways European network.

Before joining World's 5-star Airline he worked at Europe's Largest Airline at Ryanair between 2009-2010 as a Sales and Marketing Manager for UK, Ireland and CEE region and his key responsibilities were carrying out sales, media and promotional work in the markets he was directly responsible for. Laszlo was the main press contact for his markets and he was the key driver of PR and promotions to support Ryanair robust growing route network. He also held key relationships with various travel partners.

Before joining Ryanair's HO Laszlo worked at Deutsche Lufthansa AG's CEE regional office between 2007-2009 in Budapest and had a role of a Regional Marketing and Pricing Manager where he developed, implemented, maintained and improved strategic marketing, pricing and commercial goals throughout the region and achieved and surpassed pre-set revenue targets. Previously he worked at Lufhansa Technik Budapest as a Sales Manager, where he was the key salesperson and driver to contract and win new strategic airline partners for CEE's best in class MRO station.

Laszlo's aviation career started at Wizzair, CEE's largest Airline back in 2004, when Wizzair started its operation and he worked first as a Sales Manager for the Destinations and then later as an Airline Development Manager at the HQ. He was one of the team member along with the Founder Team who was laying the path for the Airline's future success story. Laszlo has an MBA degree from the University of Debrecen (Thesis: “Regional Airports as catalyst of the economic growth”)

Prior his Aviation career Laszlo worked at the World's largest conference company organizer firm, Institute for International Research (IIR) and previously he spent 5 years as a Team Leader at the Cendant Corporation in Cork (Ireland) and in Munich (Germany).

Ms. Marcela Sapáková is the Chairwoman of the Executive Board of Moravian Aerospace Cluster (MLK).  She is also a Grant projects coordinator in the company Aircraft Industries, a.s.. 

She has more than 15 years of experience in aircraft development, production and sales.  She is a representative of Association of the Aircraft Manufacturers of the Czech Republic in European organizations ACARE (The Advisory Council for Aviation Research and Innovation in Europe) and EUROMART (European Co-operative Measure for Aeronautical Research and Technology).  

She is involved in national projects MOSTA (MOdernization of Small Transport Aircraft to increase operation effectiveness and economy),  ADATO (Application of the DAmage TOlerance philosophy for service life extension of small transport aircraft airframe),  INKOM  (Integration of composite materials into small transport aircraft airframe) and FP7 project ALICIA (All Condition Operations And Innovative Cockpit Infrastructure).

Born 17th September, 1956 in Bucharest.
Graduate of Bucharest Politechnical University, Electronics and Telecommunication Studies, specialized in radio communications, 1981 .
Started an engineering career, the very same year, in the AIRCRAFT FACTORY, Bucharest, Romaero of today, department of avionics, 1981 .
Nominated head of the department, 1985 .
1990, after the Romanian revolution the company became Romaero.
Nominated Sales and Marketing Director, 1992, position held till 1998, July .
Different programs Director till 2004, January, among others BAE Systems, Israel Aerospace Industry, SABCA
Commercial Director starting January 2004 till 2005, September.
Head of Procurement from September 2005 till January 2007.
In January 2007, left Romaero working for a private company and representing BAE Systems for a project regarding the conversion of aircraft in Romania.
Became Managing Director of Romaero in 2009.

He was a licensed flight test engineer. He participated in the implementation of all big civil aircraft manufacturing programs in Romania –manufacturing of BN-2 Islander as subcontractor for Britten-Norman, UK, and transfer of the BAC 1-11 regional jet from BAe ( British Aerospace ) to Romania, the biggest transfer of know –how in aerospace industry between a western and an eastern European company.

Romaero is a well–known brand in the aerospace field due to its very successful cooperation with important companies in the field – Boeing Commercial Group (20 years working directly) Airbus, BAE Systems, Bombardier, Britten-Norman (46 years), Israel Aerospace Industry, Sabca, Aerolean. Romaero continue to be the total maintenance support for the transport aircraft of the Romanian Airforce, the company being proud to provide the service for 94 years.

To work in the aerospace field for him it was and it will be a matter of pride and a continuous challenge.

Wing Commander Andy Green, ‘The Fastest man on Earth’, is a serving Royal Air Force Fighter Pilot.

Driving Richard Noble’s Thrust SSC (SuperSonic Car) in 1997, Andy and the team set the world’s first and only supersonic Land Speed Record at an astonishing 763 mph, driving literally ‘faster than a speeding bullet’. After setting the Outright World Land Speed Record in 1997, Andy went on to drive the JCB DIESELMAX car in 2006, setting a Record of 350 mph for the world’s fastest diesel car, powered by JCB digger engines.

Andy is now involved in perhaps the ultimate Land Speed Record challenge. He is the driver for the new Bloodhound SSC, designed to reach an astonishing 1000 mph. Using his previous Record-breaking experience, and drawing on his first-class Mathematics degree from Oxford and his experience as a Fighter Pilot, Andy is also a member of the design team for this remarkable jet- and rocket-powered Car.

This Project is linked through a major education programme into schools across the UK and (through a hugely successful website, www.BLOODHOUNDSSC.com) to students around the world. The Project aims to inspire the next generation of young engineers and scientists, while setting the most remarkable Land Speed Record of all time – 1000 mph.

Keith Ridgway is the Professor of Design and Manufacture and Executive Dean of the AMRC at the University of Sheffield. The AMRC comprises the AMRC with Boeing and the Nuclear AMRC. The AMRC with Boeing was established in 2001 to carry out research in manufacturing technologies directly related to the aerospace industry.

In addition to Boeing, the AMRC has more than 70 sponsors, including BAe Systems, Rolls-Royce, Messier Bugatti Dowty, Goodrich and Spirit Aviation. Application of the research developed has led to a step change in the manufacturing capability of many of the industrial sponsors and encouraged their on-going commitment and support.

The Nuclear AMRC was established in February 2010 and aims to increase the competitiveness of companies in the Nuclear New Build supply chain. Founding partners include EDF, Areva, Westinghouse, Rolls-Royce, Sheffield Forgemasters International and Tata Steel.

Professor Ridgway is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Royal Institute of Naval Architects and Royal Aeronautical Society and was awarded the OBE for services to UK manufacturing industry in June 2005. In January 2012 Professor Ridgway was awarded the CBE for services to UK Manufacturing Industry. Professor Ridgway has over 160 publications including 57 journals articles.

Will Brown has managed the Radical Group’s external communications, product launches and international events for the last five years, as the company has expanded into the world’s largest race and track car constructor. With experience in automotive manufacturer, agency and journalism positions Will has an in-depth understanding of how to captivate potential buyers and engage national and local media alike, and has brought Radical to the attention of emerging track/race car markets including Latin America, South East Asia and Eastern Europe.

The recent launch of the RXC road and track coupe has also seen him take a hands-on approach to attract publicity and sales ‘on the ground’ in the USA, one of Radical’s biggest markets, as well as Radical’s presence at major international motorshows including the Geneva Motor Show and IAA Frankfurt.

Prior to his appointment at Radical Sportscars in 2009, Will worked for leading automotive full-service marketing agency RSM to co-ordinate special projects and PR events for clients including Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A, the Mercedes-Benz Retail Group, Yokohama Europe and the Eurosport network. Will also held an editorial position with Haymarket Publishing’s motorsport division, creating and managing content for some of Europe’s most influential and best-selling motorsport titles. Will graduated from Falmouth University, UK with a degree in Journalism, specialising in PR and crisis management.

Antony Hall has been a member of Delcam’s Business Development team for more than twenty years. During this time, the company has expanded from 80 staff to over 700 globally and become the world’s largest specialist supplier of machining software and services.

Initially, Antony worked on developing the company’s business in Central Europe, in particular in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. He later played a key role in establishing Delcam’s German subsidiary, Delcam GmbH, and in building up the company’s business with that country’s automotive industry. His recent focus has been on further developing and deepening the company’s technical support and sales infrastructure in Central Europe.

Antony trained as a toolmaker at Morgan Components, before taking a degree in Mechanical Engineering at South Bank Polytechnic and an MSc in CADCAM Engineering at Cranfield Institute of Technology.

Henner was appointed to his current role in 2012 and leads a small corporate group in the UK operating on the boundary between technology opportunities and business development.

His technology strategy activity focuses on long-term research direction setting and matching corporate development and external funding opportunities across both Aerospace and Marine & Industrial Power Systems business divisions of Rolls-Royce.

Henner also manages Rolls-Royce’s international research network of 31 University Technology Centers in the UK, USA, Germany, Scandinavia and South Korea.

In the early part of his 20 years career with Rolls-Royce, Henner held a number of executive positions in the aero engine control systems business as well as in the engineering function, and worked on the BR700 aero engine program at BMW Rolls-Royce in Germany, and on the AE-series of engines in the company’s Indianapolis plant.

From 2004 to 2009 he was President and CEO of Data Systems & Solutions, a subsidiary company specializing in real-time data management, condition monitoring and predictive maintenance for mission critical equipment.

From 2009 to 2012 Henner headed Rolls-Royce’s North America activities supporting the nuclear power industry and led the company’s manufacturing and engineering services group for civilian nuclear power in the UK.

Henner was born and raised in Washington, D.C. After finishing high school he moved to Germany where he earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Munich, and also received a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Munich.

Henner is married and has two daughters.

Dr Hitendra Hirani is EU Business Development Manager in the Institute for Aerospace Technology, where he has been instrumental in bringing together the broad research base within the University of Nottingham to deliver collaborative projects that go beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries. 

Before taking up this post, Hitendra spent the majority of his career either working on or managing European Projects in the field of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, where he has published papers on the role of requirements in influencing major decisions in production processes and the importance of these requirements in determining flexibility in production and the ability to reconfigure systems to adapt to new production demands. 

Hitendra has been a key player in the establishment of the IAT at the University of Nottingham and delivering the resulting growth in the University’s Aerospace portfolio.

Caterham Technology and Innovation (CTI) is part of the fast expanding and dynamic Caterham Group of companies – including Caterham F1 Team, Caterham Cars, Caterham Composites and Caterham Bikes.

Created in 2011, CTI has an experienced engineering team of approximately 100 people which provides engineering expertise to external clients in the automotive, motorsport, aerospace and marine industries, as well as leading the development of an exciting new range of vehicles for Caterham Cars.

We offer a broad range of specialist skills and test facilities to support your specific project requirements, from initial concept development through to production. Core areas of expertise include:

• Prototype Vehicle Build & Management Demonstration Vehicles
• Dynamic Performance Development – including Ride & Handling tuning
• Powertrain System Integration
• Powertrain Enhancement
• Powertrain and Vehicle Calibration/Emissions – including our own Engine Management System
• Electronic Integration
• Lightweight Structures, including Weight Reduction Consultancy
• Composites Design, Analysis & Production
• Niche Vehicle Development, including Advanced Concepts
• Low Volume Manufacturing Engineering Consultancy

The Leafield Technology Centre also contains a number of specialist motorsport-derived facilities, including Driver-In-The-Loop Simulator, 7-post Rig, Flexible Rig-Test Area, Tyre Characterisation, Race Strategy & Simulation Tools and a CFD-cluster for Advanced Aerodynamics Analysis.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is the largest global networks of independent professional services firms in the world, helping organizations and individuals create the value they’re looking for. A network of firms in 158 countries with close to 169,000 people, who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. PwC Hungary have two locations in Hungary (Budapest and Gyor), with a staff headcount of 572.

Their clients are famous automotive companies like AUDI, Bosch, Bridgestone and IBIDEN and industrial product companies like Alcoa, Bosch, CSI, Electrolux and Samsung. PwC’s automotive competence center has been set up based on automotive practice that deeply understands the industry’s fundamental business and financial issues.

We are one of the world’s most successful automotive companies. With its divisions Mercedes-Benz Cars, Daimler Trucks, Mercedes-Benz Vans, Daimler Buses and Daimler Financial Services, the Daimler Group is one of the biggest producers of premium cars and the world’s biggest manufacturer of commercial vehicles with a global reach. Daimler Financial Services provides financing, leasing, fleet management, insurance and innovative mobility services.

The company’s founders, Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz, made history with the invention of the automobile in the year 1886. As a pioneer of automotive engineering, we continue to shape the future of mobility today: Our focus is on innovative and green technologies as well as on safe and superior automobiles that appeal to and fascinate our customers. For many years now, Daimler has been investing continually in the development of alternative drive systems with the goal of making emission-free driving possible in the long term. So in addition to vehicles with hybrid drive, we now have the broadest range of locally emission-free electric vehicles powered by batteries and fuel cells. This is just one example of how we willingly accept the challenge of meeting our responsibility towards society and the environment.

Daimler sells its vehicles and services in nearly all the countries of the world and has production facilities on five continents. Its current brand portfolio includes, in addition to the world’s most valuable premium automotive brand, Mercedes-Benz, the brands smart, Freightliner, Western Star, BharatBenz, Fuso, Setra and Thomas Built Buses. The company is listed on the stock exchanges of Frankfurt and Stuttgart (stock exchange symbol DAI). In 2013, the Group sold 2.3 million vehicles and employed a workforce of 275,000 people; revenue totaled €118 billion and EBIT amounted to €10.8 billion.

The more than 75-year old Videoton is the largest Hungarian industrial group in local private ownership that offers manufacturing and manufacturing related services to industrial companies. The Székesfehérvár-based, both financially and market-wise stable company has 8 manufacturing locations and 1 office complex in Hungary, one manufacturing location in Bulgaria (Stara Zagora) and a project management office in Ukraine (Mukachevo).

On one hand Videoton is a professional, regional, integrated contract manufacturing company which is considered as a TOP 5 EMS (Electronic Manufacturing Service) provider in Europe and TOP 30 globally. On the other hand – based on its own traditional technologies and competences – Videoton is a multi-commodity supplier of parts, assemblies and modules in the area of electronic assembly, plastic injection moulding, stamping, machining, precision machining, tool manufacturing, surface treatment and assembly.

The 19 subsidiaries of Videoton are able to provide complete solution for business partners in the area of automotive industry, household appliances and the so-called industrial applications. The company’s comprehensive manufacturing service portfolio ranges from full supply chain management and part manufacturing through final assembly to the transportation and distribution of the manufactured products. The competent engineering teams of Videoton can support its partners through a wide-range of design and engineering services including early involvement in the partner’s new product development projects and full-scale industrialization of new products.

Besides the activities related directly to manufacturing, Videoton also provides a wide range of additional services to those companies that are either already present in the region or plan to invest. On one hand, our service package includes the lease of our properties in our Hungarian and Bulgarian industrial parks. While on the other hand the specialized subsidiaries of Videoton can provide customized solutions to both the renters in our industrial parks and external companies in the area of HR, logistics, manpower transportation, facility management, quality management and barcode systems.

WeLoW Aviation Consulting is a boutique consultancy company specialized in aviation. The company was set up recently to meet the ever increasing demand for innovative services in the aviation business. The founders are seasoned airline professionals, representing decades of experience at airlines and blue chip companies. The founders of WeLoW were key members of the Wizz Air founding and development team and served in various senior management positions.

Focusing primarily on the aviation sector:
– Airlines (LCC/legacy/charter)
– Airports

Having a unique experience in starting up businesses from clean sheet of paper. Covering the whole spectrum of services from finance to commercial to operations.

Successfully launched a brand new airline in Europe which became the leading LLC in Central Eastern Europe.

Have a wide range of expertise within the aviation industry. Brings together the analytical capability and financial competency of a strategic consultancy, the value driven spirit of entrepreneurs, and the organizational approach of experienced managers. WeLoW is passionate about the business.

Company Aircraft Industries a.s. is the largest Czech civil aircraft manufacturer, established in 2005, building on the 70-year aviation tradition of LET Kunovice company, over 8000 aircraft produced since 1936. The present core business is production of the L 410 twin turboprop commuter aircraft for 19 passengers. Year production is 16 aircraft. The L 410 aircraft family is successfully operating in more than 50 countries all around the world. So far, over 1100 aircraft have been produced. The L 410 UVP-E20 has been certified on the basis of FAR 23 regulation and also received full EASA Type Certificate valid for all EU (EASA) countries.

Aircraft Industries a.s. is a holder of following Certificates and Approvals:
•Production Organization Approval Part 21, POA No. CZ.21G.0043
•Maintenance Organization Approval Part 145, MOA No. CZ.145.0038
•Training Organization Approval Part 147, MTO No. CZ.147.0010
•Design Organization Approval Part 21, DOA No. EASA.21J.119
•Approval Certificate for Testing of Aircraft CAA-TI-012-3/99, No. L-3-059/6
•Certificate of quality system comliance by ČOS 051622 (AQAP 2110)
•Certificate of Quality Management System according to ISO 9001:2008

Romaero is an aerospace company that integrates two major activities: aerostructure manufacturing and maintenance and repair for civil and military transport aircraft. It is the largest company in the Romanian Aerospace Industry with 90 years of tradition in this field and is located near the Baneasa Airport platform.

In 1994, the contract with Boeing for the manufacture of B 737 and B 757 components has opened new business opportunities for Romaero, as a Boeing approved supplier. This contract was part of an offset arrangement between Romaero and the United Stated of America.

Since 1994 and up to the present, Romaero has largely involved itself in the manufacture of aircraft parts and sub-assemblies for various Western aircraft programs and providing aircraft maintenance and repair services to several operators.

As of 2003, Romaero is a “National Service Center for Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules” and signed a strategic partnership with Lockheed Martin and Decro for the maintenance and modernization of the Romanian MoD C-130 Hercules Fleet.

 The University of Sheffield’s AMRC with Boeing is widely regarded by UK manufacturers as the most successful industrially focused research organisation to have emerged in recent years. Established in 2001 to improve the competitiveness of the UK’s aerospace supply chain, it has achieved spectacular success, transforming manufacturing practices in international companies such as Boeing, Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems and Messier-Bugatti-Dowty and throughout the UK’s advanced manufacturing sector.

Its emphasis on following a research agenda driven by its industrial partners, providing the tools technologies and techniques in machining, composite manufacturing and automated assembly that enable them to successfully compete in today’s global marketplace is unique, though others throughout the world are now investing huge sums attempting to replicate the model.

With such an industrial drive AMRC research is unashamedly focused on wealth creation, which invariably means manufacturing quicker, cheaper and greener whilst always striving to improve quality. Another aspect that sets the AMRC apart from other research centres is that its equipment is industrial scale and its research is ready for immediate implementation in production.

Through continual product development, expansion into new markets and with a customer support framework previously unseen in the motorsport and track car industry, Radical Sportscars has now grown to become the world’s largest producer of racing and track cars. Over 250 units leave Radical’s Peterborough, UK manufacturing base each year destined for customers in Europe, the Far East, Latin America, Australia and almost everywhere in-between.

During the company’s short but very full 17-year life it has written its own very successful chapter in race and road car manufacturing. This has included designing the world’s favourite racing car, the SR3 RS (900 units sold over 11 years), designed and constructed its own racing-spec V8 engine (up to 520bhp yet weighing only 92kg), contested Le Mans five times (Radical SR9) and driven around the Nürburgring Nordschleife faster than any other road registered and road-legal car (6 minutes 48 seconds). This, in addition to a host of other lap records and accolades from the global motoring press.

The launch of the EC Type Approved SR3 SL in late 2011 put Radical on the extreme road car map, immediately scooping Evo magazine’s Trackday Car of the Year prize and obliterating Autocar magazine’s test track lap record at MIRA. EC Type Approval was an ambitious step but though considerable investment and time the SR3 SL has become a European success story, opening up wide-scale Radical ownership to markets such as France, Germany, Switzerland and Eastern Europe.

There is now a sportscar racing ladder that can take drivers from trackdays all the way to Le Mans and now the RXC V8 joins this extraordinary range of cars, adding something new and attracting a wider audience to the Radical brand than ever before enhancing the ‘spirit’ of Radical by continuing to produce the most focused yet accessible and affordable track and road cars available anywhere in the world.

Delcam is the world’s largest specialist supplier of CAM software and associated services, and one of the world’s leading suppliers of advanced product development solutions for manufacturing industry.  The company has grown steadily since being founded formally in 1977, after initial development work at CambridgeUniversity.  It is now the largest developer of product design and manufacturing software in the UK, with subsidiaries in North America, Europe and Asia.  Over 330 people are employed at Delcam’s Birmingham headquarters, with more than 350 in the company’s overseas subsidiaries and around 200 more in its international joint ventures.

Delcam supplies software and services that help manufacturing companies to increase productivity, improve quality and reduce lead times.  Delcam is the world’s largest specialist supplier of computer-aided machining software to program CNC machine tools, and also develops product design, tooling design and inspection programs.  The software is used in over 90 countries by around 45,000 organisations.  These customers range from multi-national corporations to independent designers, toolmakers and sub-contractors, and come from a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive, electrical appliances, footwear, healthcare, motor sport, packaging, toys, sports equipment, jewellery and signmaking.

 

The key to the company’s success has always been a willingness to respond to its customers’ needs.  As well as providing the highest levels of training and support from its network of over 500 Delcam and Sales Partner offices in 80 countries around the world, Delcam devotes over 50% of its software royalties to further development of its software products.  This level of investment ensures that Delcam’s software will always maintain its leading position.

All Delcam staff work closely with their customers to understand their requirements in detail, and to respond quickly and effectively to any changes in their design and manufacturing methods.  Furthermore, Delcam is the only international CADCAM company that operates an in-house engineering workshop, allowing thorough validation of all software before its release.  This facility, coupled with close relationships with suppliers of machine tools and other related equipment, gives Delcam’s staff a unique knowledge of the problems faced by their customers and so allows the development of solutions that are both powerful and practical.

Rolls-Royce's vision is to create better power for a changing world via two main business segments, Aerospace and Marine & Industrial Power Systems (MIPS). Aerospace comprises Civil Aerospace and Defence Aerospace. MIPS comprises Marine, Energy & Nuclear and Power Systems (RRPS). These business segments address markets with two strong technology platforms, gas turbines and reciprocating engines, for use on land, at sea and in the air.

Customers place great faith in our company. We develop strong relationships with them, often over long timescales, and we are determined to deliver on their behalf. Rolls-Royce has customers in more than 120 countries, comprising more than 380 airlines and leasing customers, 160 armed forces, 4,000 marine customers, including 70 navies, and 1,600 energy and nuclear customers.

Rolls-Royce built its reputation by developing and delivering world-class engineering. Today, we continue to invest in innovation. Our R&D creates the high-value intellectual property that allows us to compete globally.

In 2013, Rolls-Royce invested £1.1 billion on research and development. We also support a global network of 31 University Technology Centres, which position Rolls-Royce engineers with the forefront of scientific research.

Annual underlying revenue was £15.5 billion in 2013, around half of which came from the provision of aftermarket services. The firm and announced order book stood at £71.6 billion at 31 December 2013.

Rolls-Royce employs over 55,000 people in 45 countries, of which over 17,000 of are engineers.

 The University of Nottingham has 42,000 students at award-winning campuses in the United Kingdom, China and Malaysia; according to the Sunday Times University Guide 2012, ‘Of all the British universities, Nottingham has embraced internationalism the most.’ It is also the most popular university in the UK by 2012 application numbers, and ‘the world’s greenest university’. It is ranked in the UK's Top 10 and the World's Top 75 universities by the Shanghai Jiao Tong (SJTU) and the QS World University Rankings. More than 90 per cent of research at The University of Nottingham is of international quality, according to the most recent Research Assessment Exercise. 

The Institute for Aerospace Technology builds upon the University's broad research base and international leadership in a number of thematic areas to facilitate increased research and knowledge transfer activity.

We have a substantial research portfolio related to aerospace applications and technologies, with projects valued in excess of £60 million. Our research base is broad and involves over 50 academic researchers working in internationally recognised research groups, often in partnership with leading aerospace companies, including Rolls-Royce; GE; Airbus Group; Boeing; BAE Systems; Bombardier; GKN; Goodrich along with SME's in the supply chain.