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16 May - MB AEROSPACE APPOINTS NEW GENERAL MANAGER

MB Aerospace is pleased to announce that it has strengthened its team with the appointment of Doug Loudon to the position of General Manager – Supply Chain Integration (Rolls-Royce).

Doug joins the company from Rolls-Royce Plc. where he worked for over 20 years and held a series of senior operational and purchasing roles. His most recent position was Purchase Executive – General Machining at Rolls-Royce's Derby facility, where he had responsibility for a supply chain comprising 70 suppliers.

With a degree in mechanical engineering and management, Doug will take up his new role on 4th August 2008 and will be responsible for MB Aerospace’s current Rolls-Royce programme team in Burnley. He will also be charged with overseeing the expansion of the MB Aerospace team in Derby.

Craig Gallagher, chief executive of MB Aerospace Holdings Ltd, said: "Following our MBO in April last year, we have been working hard on strengthening our management team and I’m delighted that Doug has agreed to join MB Aerospace.

"Along with Boeing, Rolls-Royce Plc. is one of our major clients and having spent over 20 years working with the company, Doug will be a great addition to MB Aerospace. He will play a major role in helping us to better integrate MB Aerospace in Rolls-Royce’s processes, particularly in Derby, where we intend to co-locate certain functions."

Following this appointment Ian Lucarz, who is currently the general manager of MB Aerospace’s Burnley facility, will now be responsible for the supply chain integration and assembly functions on the company’s Boeing programme.

Craig Gallagher added: "Ian has made a significant contribution to the early growth of the Rolls-Royce programme and will continue to support our plans for other aspects of this programme as they develop over the course of the coming 12-18 months."

In June 2007, MB Aerospace Ltd secured two substantial contract extensions from Rolls-Royce Plc., totalling £40 million.

MB Aerospace’s Motherwell site was awarded a three year extension worth £12 million to supply Rolls-Royce Plc. with machined ring components for use in a range of its production-built aero engines.

Meanwhile, the company’s Burnley site was awarded a five year extension worth £28 million to the £25 million contract it secured in 2005, to manage the supply chain for aftermarket engine ring components for gas turbine engines on mature platforms.


Notes to editors:



MB Aerospace Holdings Ltd

Headquartered in Motherwell, Lanarkshire MB Aerospace Holdings Ltd specialises in supply chain management, design, integration and the assembly of defence and commercial aerospace systems and components.

The company comprises three main business streams, MB Aerospace Burnley, MB Aerospace Motherwell and MB Faber. MB Aerospace oversees all supply chain management, launch system assembly, component manufacture, precision machining of complex components, inspection and testing, whilst MB Faber specialises in the engineering design of mechanical handling systems.

In November 2006 MB Aerospace became the first company in the UK to receive gold supplier status from Boeing, while MB Faber is widely recognised as a leading mechanical and electrical engineering design company.

MB Aerospace Ltd employs over 110 staff across two sites in Motherwell and Burnley; and MB Faber, which is headquartered in Leyland, Lancashire, employs 80 staff.


For further information please visit www.mbaerospace.co.uk and www.mbfaber.co.uk.

Issued by The BIG Partnership on behalf of MB Aerospace Holdings Ltd


For further information please contact:
Brian McClean, The BIG Partnership
Tel: 0141 333 9585 / 07754 390 160


21 Dec - MB AEROSPACE HOLDINGS LTD APPOINTS NEW CHAIRMAN
One of Europe’s most senior aerospace figures has been appointed to the position of non-executive chairman at MB Aerospace Holdings Ltd.

19 Dec - MB AEROSPACE SISTER COMPANY LANDS AIRBUS CONTRACT
MB Faber Ltd, one of the main subsidiaries of MB Aerospace Holdings Ltd, has secured a significant contract from one of the world’s leading aircraft manufacturing companies.

19 Jun - MB Aerospace secures contract extension
substantial contract extensions from Rolls-Royce plc with predicted values of up to £40m

19 May - MB AEROSPACE MANAGEMENT TEAM COMPLETES MBO
The management team of MB Aerospace Ltd and MB Faber Ltd has announced that it has completed a management buyout.

01 Dec - MB AEROSPACE STRIKES GOLD WITH MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR BOEING CONTRACT
MB Aerospace Limited has announced details of a major order from The Boeing Company

15 Jun - MB Aerospace lands Boeing contract extension
MB Aerospace Ltd are delighted to announce the award of an additional $3M contract

05 Jan - MB Aerospace lands RR contract
The Aerospace division of MB Engineering Solutions has won a contract worth upto 25 million GBP