New AZL member: Dutch advanced automation and digitalisation equipment manufacturer Airborne | NewsLIGHT #15 | Airborne
Airborne is a Netherlands-based global market leading manufacturer of advanced automation and digitalisation equipment and solutions for composites. Its focus lies on the development and manufacturing of high-end composite components, at high production rates and radically low conversion costs. With over 20 years heritage in composites, Airborne is building up a suite of automated solutions for the manufacturing of composites with the aim to radically reduce costs and touch labour, minimize the footprint and use of material, and improve the time to market for their clients.
Airborne offers solutions in automation equipment and complete solutions for Industry 4.0, including automated honeycomb potting, automated kitting and automated lamination of thermosets and thermoplastics. In order to develop new business opportunities for the end-markets aerospace and automotive, and to see the latest development as well as be involved in cutting-edge developments, Airborne has recently become a member of AZL and will be actively supporting several workgroups. Furthermore, Airborne is commercially cooperating with AMAC to accelerate the process of locating suitable partnerships.
Airborne has a strong background in composite manufacturing at industrial scale and is leveraging this to help composite production companies to improve efficiency with smart and digital automation solutions.
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With their equipment, specialty manufacturer of small-and medium-sized series as well as tailor-made equipment and highly automated solutions, Airborne contributes to significant production time savings, quality improvement and last but not least, weight reductions of the final product, thus improve the energy efficiency while offering a cost-efficient and high- quality solution.
Airborne offers its customers a very flexible business model. Customers can either buy a machine, rent a machine, or outsource their ramp up production to Airborne as a tolling service.
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Founded in 1995 and headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands, Airborne has 130 highly qualified employees working at Airborne’s facilities in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Customers of Airborne include companies such as Airbus, GKN, GE, TATA and Thales.
The entire Airborne team is looking forward to meeting the AZL member companies and institutes for a fruitful cooperation!
