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Presentation of FLAG To The Italian Mission Brussels - November 2013

Presentation of FLAG To The Italian Mission Brussels - November 2013. Creation & Start of FLAG. Established in 1980. By the (First) Government of the Flemish Region and VEV (now Voka), Flanders Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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Presentation of FLAG To The Italian Mission Brussels - November 2013

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  1. Presentation of FLAG To TheItalianMission Brussels - November 2013 Flag-Italian Mission–nov-2013-V1

  2. Creation & Start of FLAG • Established in 1980. • By the (First) Government of the Flemish Region and VEV (now Voka), Flanders Chamber of Commerce and Industry. • Part of the strategic and historic DIRV (Third Industrial Revolution in Flanders) Action. • History: aeronautics started in Belgium, after WWII, in the Southern region (Wallonia), mainly with offset business. Flag-Italian Mission–nov-2013-V1

  3. Why was the DIRV action (80’s) needed ? Flanders Needed to go International / Global and to higher Value added industries. • Flag strategy: encourage our (young) Industries to step into aeronautics: • Go for the High(-er) Added value (mostly “High Tech…”) in aerospace. • Learn about International QA processes and standards Flag-Italian Mission–nov-2013-V1

  4. V I S I O N Flag creator’s “vision”: “we do not want/need to build planes, but have parts in every plane”. Flag-Italian Mission–nov-2013-V1

  5. Startegie 80’s The FLAG basics : • Involve as many companies as possible in aerospace, by being present in All important planes built, with a lot of (even small) parts, and including our Specialized Small and Medium Enterprises. NOT our Strategy: • have few, large companies, building planes or large parts of them Flag-Italian Mission–nov-2013-V1

  6. Startegie 80’s • Use “Return” for government (example: defense) procurement to allow Flemish companies to penetrate in new markets. • Have a fair share of the Belgian participation (NRC & Business) in International programs, like Airbus. • Increase the share in Space Programs Flag-Italian Mission–nov-2013-V1

  7. F L AG MEMBERS - +/- 50 (2013) • Dimensions. From Large companies (more than 1.000 people) to Small Businesses • Status of our members: From World Leaders to Innovative Start-ups • Where in the life time of the program?From know–how in Concept, Design capacities, to Manufacturing, Users of planes, Maintenance, Services. • R&D Ute 20+% of sales. • Aircraft? 1 (ULM) aircraft designer & manufacturer(again…): Lambert Aircraft (Wevelgem). Flag-Italian Mission–nov-2013-V1

  8. Areas of Activities Building Parts for Aircraft Composite Parts Electronics subassemblies Testing Polymer and metal seals Carpets Special Mechanics Parts Gas Plasma Equipment Polymer and metal seals Special Paint GPS/GNSS receivers Infra Red vision High Thermal Insulation Fire Protection Systems Support Equipment ND Testing & Inspection multi- D.O.F. vision systems For the Users Flight Training Documentation MRO For the Users & industry Specialized Professional training of technicians Flag-Italian Mission–nov-2013-V1

  9. Activities in Aeronautics 9 Flag-Italian Mission–nov-2013-V1

  10. Associated high technologies Septentrio Galileo Test User Receivers XenicS advanced IR detectors Advanced PCB’s Flag-Italian Mission–nov-2013-V1 • Advanced materials: memory alloys, ceramics, composites… • Special tools and sensors

  11. STRATEGY of FLAG - 2013 • Motivate Companies and Governments to increase our share in the growing World Aeronautics market. • Increase our understanding and participation in European programs.Find partners, worldwide. • Adapt Government funding (Federal and Regional) to the new opportunities and challenges: • Be present EARLY in new technology programs • Get funding, despite less guaranties of selection • Attention for SME’s specific funding needs Flag-Italian Mission–nov-2013-V1

  12. TASKS of FLAG - 2013 • Go global: • Be known by new aerospace players, not only TIER 1’s, worldwide. • Improve our “Visibility” in the surrounding European countries. • Our Strong Points: • Technical skills of labor force; • We are a nice market oriented industry, allowing cooperation's for limited, but complex tasks. • High efficiency reduces the total cost of the job done; • Personnel and management, likes and is used to work in international environment; • Nearby European and Nato headquarters; • Easy connections to most countries; Flag-Italian Mission–nov-2013-V1

  13. Support to Aerospace Partners Flag-Italian Mission–nov-2013-V1 • Flag has perfect Introductions to: • the Belgian Federal Governments • The Flemish Regional Governments • Members of the Flag board: • VOKA: Flemish Employers Organizations • AGORIA: the Belgian federation for the technology Industry • UNIZO: Flemish Organization for the Self-Employed and SMEs

  14. SUGGESTIONS…. • Come back and build a network. Understand our “business values”. We are good… • Be clear regarding your long(er) term policies, needs.Flemish managers will not step in vague PPT projects… • Don’t waste time to tell us: • How difficult the business is • We have to be very competitive • We must be risk sharing • We have to invest in processes, technology, people, QA, etc etc; We knowthat …. Flag-Italian Mission–nov-2013-V1

  15. BIO Data FLAGvzw Luchthavenstraat, 1 bus 6, B – 8560 Wevelgem Belgium. Tel: +32 (0) 56 36 30 96 Website: www.flag.be info@flag.be Guy Putman Managing Director Flag + 32 475 66 23 23 guy.putman@flag.be Flag-Italian Mission–nov-2013-V1

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