Slingsby Advanced Composites Ltd
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Slingsby Advanced Composites Ltd is thriving with the help of Yorkshire and Humber’s highly skilled workforce and pioneering research and development facilities. Global leader in the design and manufacture of structural composite products, the company supplies the aerospace, defence, mass transit and energy supply industries.
Slingsby Advanced Composites meets the unique specifications of each client, drawing upon expertise in design, analysis, project management, testing, product analysis and manufacturing. This has led to the company acquiring some of the world's largest defence clients, and its portfolio of products includes Naval submarine structures, commercial aircraft parts, Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) and Fast Jet Helmets used in NATO’s European Typhoon Fighter Aircraft.
The company incorporates the latest technologies in design and raw materials, using the region’s established manufacturing capability and expertise in high value advanced engineering and materials research to help drive its business forward.
Slingsby Advanced Composites Ltd also benefits from Yorkshire and Humber’s extensive transport infrastructure, providing excellent national and global transport links. The company also draws on the wealth of expertise and potential innovation available from the region’s universities which attract academic research investment worth £347 million.
Hosting the highest concentration of universities in Europe, there is a large talent pool in Yorkshire and Humber for companies to dip into. Graham Bailey, sales and marketing manager at Slingsby Advanced Composites Ltd, explains: “Our products are extremely complex and require exact precision in design and manufacture, so we need to have the best pick of a highly skilled workforce. Being based in Yorkshire and Humber has meant that we’ve found some great design and engineering minds based locally, as well as having access to outstanding research facilities to develop our products to meet the exceptional needs of our clients.
“Some of our products can be very large scale, so we need to be able to receive large amounts of raw materials and export the products easily. Access to shipping facilities and major motorways means that being based in Yorkshire and Humber is an ideal location for us.”