Aerospace industry honours excellence
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THE Manitoba aerospace industry has given out four awards of excellence recognizing industrial production, industrial design, niche product development and education at the seventh annual Aerospace All-Star Awards Banquet.
The provincial aerospace industry boasts $1.5 billion in sales and employs about 5,000 people and despite the fact that airlines around the world are slumping and just this week Boeing announced about 800 layoffs in Kansas, the Manitoba sector remains strong.
Proponents attribute at least some of that success to the track record of excellence among the industry players and the responsiveness between educational institutions and the companies themselves.
Thursday night’s event also served as a fundraiser to help finance an endowment fund that helps cover educational costs for at least five students a year.
This year’s industry award winners are:
“ö MicroPilot — technical innovation and business success. Since 2000 MicroPilot has developed into a global leader in the unmanned aerial vehicle business. Now present at all the major aerospace shows around the world, it has more than 500 customers in more than 60 countries. In addition to its customized avionics suites that are used for civil and military applications, its CropCam division sells ready-to-fly UAV’s with all the equipment installed.
“ö Boeing’s Moonshine Group — shop floor innovation and team work. This team at Boeing Canada Technologies has come up with several quantifiable cost-cutting, time-saving production innovations including efficiencies in developing shear ties for the Boeing 787.
“ö Geordie Wilson — educational partner, builder and program manager. Wilson is a long-time teacher at Tec Voc High School and founder of the school’s Aerospace Manufacturing and Maintenance Orientation Program. Vic Gerden, executive director of the Manitoba Aerospace Association, said the work Wilson has done at Tec Voc is highly regarded around the industry. The varied curriculum of courses in machine shop, precision measurement and blueprint reading includes a three-week work experience with several industry partners.
“ö Brian Lanoway — builder of best business practices in redesign. Lanoway is a former senior vice-president of special projects at Standard Aero and was one of the key architects of that company’s redesign into a cell-oriented production operation. His contributions helped Standard Aero be successful in transforming the massive U.S. Air Force base in San Antonio, Texas, into an efficient engine maintenance, repair and overhaul operation and Standard Aero has marketed his design concepts to other third party customers.
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