AEROSPACE WALES FORUM
Hempel Special Metals UK Hempel Special Metals provides the best solutions for the aviation & aerospace industry where material quality and service is a paramount to our clients. As an independent family-owned group of companies with head-office in Switzerland, operating globally, our focus is on utilising our partnerships with approved mill sources for material procurement. We offer bar, sheet, plate, strip, tube and profiles in a range of exotic materials and alloys. With our well-equipped service centres we are able to supply semi-finished products bespoke to our client’s needs. HMM are the preferred partner for many OEMs as we hold the relevant aerospace accreditations such as EN/ISO 9100 & SC 21 which gives the assurance of quality and JIT deliveries.
Services We offer : • 24-hour delivery service • Call-off orders and consignment stocks • Material testing and consulting • E-commerce platform (www.econoxx.com) • Ultrasonic cleaning Our in-house processing of material: • Laser- and water-jet cutting machines • Shears and saws • Precision slitting • Bending • Machining equipment • Chamfering and bar-marking machine We arrange:
• Forging and rolling • Tailor made parts • Precision grinding • 3D-printing
All are aided by the ideally placed Spaceport Snowdonia on the west coast of Wales, with a unique reach-out to the Cardigan Bay Danger Area. Over £20 million has been allocated for improvements to infrastructure in and around the site, to be completed by 2023. It is also being proposed as a spaceport and a spaceflight experience, training and aeromedical facility delivered by Spaceflight Academy. Universities in Wales collaborate on Space related research through the Wales Academic Space Partnership, meeting regularly to explore the challenges and solutions available. We also reach out to universities and networks throughout the UK to
ensure that we are sharing and collaborating wherever possible to grow the impact of the space sector. Opto-Electronics North Wales is the home of our Optics-electronic cluster: with research at The Optic Centre of Glyndwr University and links to companies like Qioptiq/ Excelitas, we produce a significant proportion of the world space glass market. Earth Observation Exploiting data from Space is a key activity in and around Aberystwyth where Aberystwyth University’s Living Wales captures the state and dynamics of Wales’ landscape, in near real time, historically and
Commitment Quality Added-Value Innovation
Expertise Independence International
Solutions in special metal supply
404/403 Bretton Industrial Estate, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, WF12 9BS, UK +44(0)1924 488585 UK@hempel-metals.com www.hempel-metals.co.uk
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