The Occitanie region has a unique Eco system for the development of your aeronautical and space activities:

• Presence of 3 aircraft manufacturers: Airbus (world HQ) ATR (world HR) and DAHER and new players (Aura Aero, Delair…)

• 76,000 jobs and more than 685 sub-contractors in aeronautics and space

• 9,000 researchers and 19,000 students in the aerospace field

• A complete sector: Design offices, mechanics, avionics, aerostructures, interior fittings, Air Traffic management, MRO and deconstruction. The Occitanie Region is also positioning itself on the technologies of the future: zero emission aircraft, hydrogen, cybersecurity, Industry 4.0, additive manufacturing, artificial intelligence, carbon-free aviation (drones, flying taxis…)

The Supply Chain is currently facing 3 main challenges: Supply Chain issues, high inflation, Sustainability. Therefore the Procurement Strategy must be adapted to these challenges.

AIRBUS and its whole supply chain have been faced with significant challenges over the past few years, from major restructuring to a worldwide pandemic whilst still maintaining an exceptional backlog to be delivered across the next 10 years. The objective is to deliver all these aircraft, On time, On cost and On quality. This represents an industrial, commercial and technical challenge for the global supply chain and requires Airbus to foster its detail parts business around key strategic suppliers. Beyond the industrial excellence which is expected from all our suppliers, some differentiating factors are also critical when selecting Airbus “D2P” strategic partners: globalization, innovation capacity, value creation, sustainable operational and environmental performance and continuous improvement. The presentation aims at presenting the AIRBUS Detail Parts development over the past few years, reviewing its sourcing strategy and its implementation using the D2P processes and what the future strategy looks like for detail parts.

Considered among the most important in Europe, the Aerospace industry in Piemonte boasts more than 20.000 employees, 7 billion€ turnover, 350 SME’s, 6 prime companies, 1 Aerospace District, 4 Universities and several Private and Public R&D centers, S&T Parks, Innovation hubs and incubators. Strategically positioned at the heart of the European development system, right at the crossroads of the main routes between the North-South, East-West, the Piemonte aerospace supply chain is a complete one and offers leading edge technological and business solutions to international key players providing capable suppliers ready to deliver high-quality parts on cost and on time. The Regional Authority is acting through Centro Estero per l'Internazionalizzazione (Piemonte Agency) to develop new strategies beneficial to the SME's and new business models such as the "Supply Chain Integrated Projects" with specifically allocated budgets, methodologies and best practises. In this framework, every two-year Torino becomes meeting point for the international Aerospace community thanks to the organization of the only business convention in Italy for the aerospace industry “Aerospace & Defense Meetings Torino”, capable to gather more than 1.300 participants, 625 companies, 30 countries and during which more than 8.000 b2b meetings take place. From the 28th to the 30th of November 2023 Torino will host the 9th edition of Aerospace and Defense Meetings.

Nadcap is an industry-managed approach to conformity assessment that brings together technical experts from both Industry and Government to establish requirements for accreditation, accredit Suppliers and define operational program requirements. This results in a standardized approach to quality assurance and a reduction in redundant auditing throughout the aerospace industry. The Performance Review Institute is the organization that administers the Nadcap Program and is the global authority in facilitating industry-managed programs and administering critical process accreditation programs.

This workshop will review the programs offered by the Performance Review Institute (PRI) and highlight the Nadcap Program, review the accreditation program operations, critical processes audited, and review of the audit management software, eAuditNet.

Bmax is the leading provider of Magnetic Pulse systems & solutions for Sheet metal processing, occupying a large facility in Toulouse, France. Our technology is based on the high concentration of electrical energy used to manipulate metal at extremely high deformation speeds.

While off-the-shelf simulation software covers many engineering domains, it simply isn’t designed to describe metal’s behaviour in the extreme deformation rates attained by Bmax systems.

Gilles Mazars, Head of Simulation will present Bmax's simulation capabilities through a Case Study related to the forming of a Helicopter Engine Complex Part.

Then Mathieu Fournier, Aerospace Sales Manager will highlight the benefits of Simulation & Magnetic Pulse Forming process and present how Bmax can help your business grow.