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Case Study: Cluster Helice. Andalusian Aerospace Sector. Description of Domain: Andalusian Aerospace Sector (1). 700M€ AIRBUS 100M€ OTHERS. Last year Andalusia celebrated the centenary of the first flight .
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Case Study: Cluster Helice Andalusian Aerospace Sector
Description of Domain: Andalusian Aerospace Sector (1) 700M€ AIRBUS 100M€ OTHERS • LastyearAndalusiacelebratedthecentenary of thefirstflight. • Traditionallyproducingaerostructures and final assembly line of conmuteraircraftsLead company: CASA (Headquarters in Madrid). • In 2000 CASA wasintegrated in EADS. CASA products has beenmaintained. • In 2005 EADS locates final assembly line of A-400M in Seville. AndalusianAerospace 2005 figures: • Turnover 800M€ • Workforce 5.500 • Setting up of Helice, AndalusianAeronauticCluster, as foundationwiththe Regional Goverment, Companies, Social Institutions and Academia as partnerships.
Description of Domain: Andalusian Aerospace Sector (2) • 2008: Plan Andaluz Desarrollo Industrial declares as “strategic” theaeronautic sector. Andalusian Industrial Strategybased in strategicclustersdevelopment, and design and introduction of technicalinsfrastructures • FADA starts activities with the colaboration of Helice Foundation. Identifiedscientificand technologicalneedsfordevelopment of andalusianaerospace sector. • KEY PLAYERS in ANDALISIAN AEROSPACE SECTOR: • Regional Government Economics, Science and InnovationDepartment • IDEA Agency InfrastructuresTechnologicalParksR+D Fundingprograms. • HeliceFoundation: AndalusianAerospaceCluster. Startactivities in 2006 • FADA Foundation: Center forAdvancedAerospace Technologies CATEC. • ACADEMIA: Universities, ResearchInstitutions. • COMPANIES: Primes (Airbus), Tier 1, Tier 2, Subcontractors. • 2010 Figures: Turnover: 1.987 M€; Workforce: 10.000
Description of Domain: Andalusian Aerospace Sector (overview) REST OF ACTIVITIES R + T RETA (ANDALUCIA)
Cluster Helice : Challenges • Increasing Operative Volume, financial position and engineering capabilities:Management of the companies growth regarding its necessities of human, technological and financial resources. • Increasing added value and competitiveness:Turning towards higher value products: avionics, on board systems, Unmanned Aerial Systems, Space Applications. • Invest in research, development and innovation: As one of the main tools to assure competitiveness. • Internationalisation: Increase presence in classical European and North American markets as well as in “emerging and low costs regions” (BRIC countries). • New market niches: Aircraft Maintenance and retrofit, General Aviation and Business Aviation.
Cluster Helice : Competitive Advantages • Long Aeronautic Tradition: Dates back to 1910, when First manned flight tooke place in Seville. Andalusia counts on many institutions related and supporting Aerospace. • A synchronised network of subcontractors : Covering all aerostructures and final assembly technologies, allowing primes to cooperate and transfer their expertise, thus increasing cluster competitiveness. A supply chain electronic platform to streamline and synchronise business transactions. • Linked to international main programs: Companies take part in more or less intensity on almost all new big aircraft projects: Boeing, Airbus, Embraer, Bombardier, Eurocopter. • Excellent Industrial and innovation Infrastructure: Dedicated Technological Parks in Seville and Cadiz, Net of Technological Centers, big scientific installations: flight test centers in Villacarrillo (Jaen) and El Arenosillo (Huelva) • Excellent Education infrastructure: Andalucia Tech (international excellence Campus); Aerospace engineering degree in two Universities; very good infrastructure of institutions in professional specialised education, linked with training programs suported by companies.
Cluster Helice: Short and mid-term actions Regional Authorities and social stakeholders (Unions and entrepreneurial associations ) jointly analysed and agreed a sector’s Strategic Programme prepared by the cluster Heliceand covering 2010-2013: PROGRAMA DE ACCION AEROESPACIAL 2010-2013. • Program’s high level Objective: “To convert the Andalusian Aerospace Industry into a competitive knowledge based sector, and one of the main engines of the regional development”. • Program’s operative Objective: “To be regarded as a worldwide reference point in aerial systems (aircrafts) onspecial missions and military transport” • The program’s structure stems from the general Andalusian Plan for Industrial Development (PADI), and defines 22 concrete actions with its budget and targets.
Cluster Helice: Mid and long-term ambitions and strategic actions Andaluciaas wellknowninternationalpole leader in aeronautics and space. EducationSystemfullyadaptedtoAerospace sector needs. Excellent industrial infrastructure, withprivilegesforUniversities, spin offs and technologicalbasedcompanies Intense Public-privatecollaborationgetshighlevels of Research, Development and Innovationinvestments. Highlevels of productivityguaranteesexcellence of sector. Wellstructuredsupplychainallowsdevelopment of higherleveladdedvalueactivities.
Cluster Helice : contribution of the case • The role of the cluster institution as the “lighting rod”, where cluster problems, dilemmas and ideas are discussed: Feasibility studies for mergers, impact analysis of Primes strategies, marketing and communication plans, internationalisation activities, being the SMEs voice for the Administration. • The role of the cluster institution to build complicity between companies, institutions and authorities to articulate the means to strengthen the cluster by their joint implication on strategic projects.
Case Study: Cluster Helice AndalusianAerospace Sector Thank you for your attention Juan P. Vela President direccion@catec.aero