Pictured: Eamon Lyons, managing director of Midland
Aerospace
A Nottinghamshire aerospace firm has been recognised for its
world class delivery and performance by a major industry
standard.
Midland Aerospace, based in Sutton-in-Ashfield, has achieved and
SC21 Bronze Award because of its commitment to quality and delivery
on behalf of its clients such as Airbus, GKN and BAE Systems.
The firm makes and delivers parts to those companies - and more
- when time is of the essence and they need a very quick turnaround
speed on five-axis parts but when quality must remain extremely
high.
The company committed to achieving SC21, a project managed in
the region by The Midlands Aerospace Alliance (MAA) designed to
improve the competitiveness of companies throughout the supply
chain, helping them compete successfully against overseas
competitors in the global aerospace and defence markets.
By achieving the Bronze Award, Midland Aerospace has proved its
standards are extremely high and managing director Eamon Lyons said
it had added significant value to the business.
He said: "We have always had a commitment to making quality
products and offering the best possible service - that is why we
have continued to win repeat work.
"But SC21 has helped to focus the mind and we have formalised
our processes and the way we record On Time In Full (OTIF), which
has always been a very important measure for us.
"Rather than believing we deliver a very high level of service
to customers, we know it is true now because of the measures we
have in place.
"There is nothing mandatory about having SC21 in our industry
but we are proud to have it and we are pleased to promote it and
when we talk about SC21 in presentations it is certainly being
noticed when we are going for new work in the UK and it may start
to open doors in Europe in the future.
"We now have the procedures to make sure we use our SC21 award
in a more efficient and effective way and I believe it is already
adding value to the business."
Midland Aerospace has also started to diversify into other
industries such as gas and oil.
Tim Holmes, manager for MAA, said: "SC21 gives businesses in
aerospace and defence markets a chance to prove that they meet the
very highest standards and to benchmark themselves.
"When current and potential clients see that they have this
standard, it sends out a signal that they are truly world
class."