Reaching new heights

Posted on 19 Aug 2014 by The Manufacturer

Established as the world's second largest aerospace sector, the UK industry continues to soar to new heights. But will it survive the long haul? James Pozzi reviews.

It is often said that harder than getting to the top is staying there. Never was such a truism as fitting as when applied to the UK’s aerospace sector. As a UK manufacturing force bearing the fruits of sustained research and investment in the 1970s and 80s, the aerospace sector is at the very pinnacle of the country’s output, encompassing areas of civil, defence and space. Second…

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