Aerospace: Lorraine puts on the Aériades cluster

Precision mechanics, metallurgy, foundry, research … The aeronautical industry Lorraine capitalized on high technology and its geographical location to develop the Aériades cluster. This cluster offers a coherent and global industrial offer to major customers in the sector such as Dassault, Airbus, Eurocopter, Zodiac, Safran, EADS, and Thales.

Aériades, a cluster at the crossroads of Europe

The Aériades cluster is located in Lunéville, Meurthe-et-Moselle. It brings together some thirty members, including schools ( Ensam and Supelec in the Moselle, Ecole des Mines in Meurthe-et-Moselle), electronics, composite materials, mechanics, metrology, and control companies. R & D … It represents 2,200 jobs and 300 million turnovers and is part of the GIFAS (Group of French aeronautical and space industries).

Skylander, the cargo plane “made in Lorraine”

Geci International also preferred Lorraine to Portugal to establish its subsidiary Sky Aircraft SAS and joined the cluster with its project ” Skylander “, a cargo plane for cargo, humanitarian and short-haul transport. Geci is based on Chambley Planet’Air in Meurthe-et-Moselle. The first Lorraine aircraft is expected to hit the tarmac in 2011.