Construction of new facility in IJmuiden »

Airborne has announced the choice for the sea harbour of IJmuiden, the Netherlands, as location for its new design and manufacturing plant for Airborne Composite Tubulars. A brand new facility will be build, directly next to the quay of the harbour to allow for directly offloading to offshore sea...

Published: 2011-06-23 04:21 pm

Airborne supplies Driving Simulator Dome »

Airborne Composites has designed, built and installed the dome structure for FKFS (Forschungsinstitut für Kraftfahrwesen und Fahrzeugmotoren Stuttgart) and was the main contractor for the projectors, air-conditioning and electrical systems. The dome is produced from carbon fibre reinforced plastic...

Published: 2011-06-10 03:28 pm

Winner IRO Oil & Gas Innovation Prize »

This year Airborne Composite Tubulars won the prestigious Innovation Prize of the Association of Dutch Suppliers in the Oil and Gas Industry.On Thursday 7 April 2011 the IRO Oil & Gas Innovation Seminar took place at the Shell Exploration & Production International Centre in Rijswijk. During this...

Published: 2011-04-13 02:51 pm

EN 9100 qualification »

As of March 7, 2011 Airborne Composites in Spain is EN 9100 qualified. The Quality Management System was approved by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Limited,  Operaciones España. With this another important milestone is completed for the business unit in Spain and the Airborne International...

Published: 2011-03-23 11:56 am

Multiple contracts for solar array panels »

Airborne has been awarded with the contracts to manufacture the solar array panels for the first 14 satellites of the Galileo programme, and for two flight models of AstroTerra which is based on the AS250 platform, a recurring commercial satellite from Astrium. Combined with the running...

Published: 2011-01-11 12:00 am

Composite propeller for Dutch minehunter »

PRESS RELEASE EURONAVAL Paris, October, 25th – 29th  2010 Composite main propeller for Dutch minehunterAirborne Composites has supplied the Royal Netherlands Navy with a composite main propeller for an Alkmaar-class minehunter. This is the first time in the world that composite materials have...

Published: 2010-10-25 08:22 am

Airborne partner SmartFiber project »

The Airborne Technology Centre is partner in the European FP7 funded project SmartFiber, in a consortium lead by IMEC and with Ghent University, FBGS Technologies, Xenics, Fraunhofer and Optocap. This consortium will develop a smart miniaturized system for continuous health monitoring of composites...

Published: 2010-10-14 08:39 am

Service Intervention Line for Chevron Australia »

This summer Airborne has commenced with the manufacture of a large bore high-pressure line for subsea excavation. The pipe will be used by Airborne’s clients flexlife, AGR and Van Oord, for subsea excavation in preparation for a pipeline to be installed afterwards, as part of Chevron’s Gorgon...

Published: 2010-09-16 08:08 am

Applus and Airborne team in Aircelle project »

Last month Applus awarded a contract to Airborne Composites in Girona, Spain, to produce sandwich panel samples as part of their testing program for Aircelle, France. This work is a continuation of the partnering between the companies in aerospace sample and testing that started in 2008. Aircelle...

Published: 2010-09-03 01:39 pm

Airborne attracts growth capital »

The Hague, The Netherlands 19th August  Airborne has attracted nine million euros in the capital market to accelerate growth and expansion of the company. Netherlands-based  Airborne has the ambition to become a top player in Europe in  the field of development and production of composite...

Published: 2010-08-18 08:46 pm