Posted to News on 10th Jul 2008, 19:31
Kuka joins Next Generation Composite Wing project
Kuka Automation + Robotics will play a major role in a 100million aviation research and technology programme that aims to develop the next generation of aircraft wing design in Britain. The will share its robotics expertise to help produce innovative technologies that will lead to the rapid automated assembly of components.
Over the next three years Kuka will contribute a substantial figure to the Next Generation Composite Wing project, which represents one of the most significant aircraft research programmes launched in the UK for several decades.
Kuka Automation + Robotics, part of Kuka AG, which claims to be Europe's largest robot manufacturer, has extensive experience in the aerospace sector and supplies automated systems to leading aircraft makers in the UK and overseas. The company will be exhibiting at Farnborough International Air Show in Hall 4, Stand A4, from 14-20 July 2008.
Gary Taylor, Kuka's aerospace sales manager and NGCW programme manager, comments: "Kuka is looking forward to developing and sharing its expertise in this substantial project, which will not only bring benefits for the aerospace industry, but will further secure and enhance Britain's reputation as a centre of manufacturing excellence."
The project, headed by Airbus, brings together 16 British companies and organisations including Kuka Automation + Robotics. Around half of the programme has been funded privately by industry, with the remainder provided by various Government agencies.
