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MB AEROSPACE APPOINTS NEW GENERAL MANAGER

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May 14, 2008

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.

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