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18.01.08

Rojac at Farnborough 2008

Once again Rojac will be exhibiting at Farnborough Airshow which this year takes place from 14 – 20 July 2008.

Farnborough is again set to be the biggest, most internationally attended aerospace event in the world – a globally renowned showcase of aerospace equipment and technology. As such it provides the perfect venue for the world’s civil and military aerospace suppliers and their customers to meet and discuss, finalise and announce their business transaction. At Farnborough 2006, there were over 1,480 exhibitors with record breaking order figures of US$42 billion.

This year also marks a double anniversary celebration in the UK aviation calendar. The Farnborough International Airshow will celebrate its diamond anniversary, marking 60 successful years at the Farnborough Aerodrome. It will also be 100 years since Samuel Franklin Cody made the first successful sustained, powered flight in the UK from Farnborough Airfield on 16 October 1908.

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12.12.07

New Composites Facility

Wednesbury Aerospace, Automotive, Marine, Defence and Formula One technology specialist Rojac Tooling Technologies Ltd, designers and manufacturers of advanced tooling and components, has embarked on a major investment programme to sharpen its edge competitively in producing a new generation of tooling equipment and carbon composite parts.

Rojac’s latest acquisition is an £80,000 autoclave supplied by Autoclaves Ltd of Yorkshire.

The 7 x 2.1metre autoclave cures carbon fibre composites under high pressure and heat. The new machine forms part of a brand new composites facility within a state-of-the-art environmentally controlled clean room and will be in production next month.

The facility will enhance the worldwide services already provided by Rojac in carbon composite pre-impregnated tooling, and low volume and prototype parts for the aerospace, automotive, marine, rail and civil engineering industries.

Duncan Blakemore, managing director of Rojac said: “Components made of advanced carbon fibre composite materials are lightweight, have a high strength to weight ratio”.

“Aerospace and Formula One are leading the way in their use. The market price of carbon fibre reinforced plastic saw a 150 per cent increase during 2005 primarily due to increased use in the civil aerospace industry.”

He added: “I believe something like 80 per cent of the working parts the wings and fuselage of the new Boeing 787 are made using carbon composite materials. Our new facility will give us a stronger edge competitively in high technology sectors such as these.”

Rojac has extensive experience in the manufacture of mould tooling, jigs and fixtures, master models, patterns and prototypes for a diverse variety of tooling components. Market demand is growing for carbon fibre composite materials because they are also recognised as ideal for manufacturing consumer goods such furniture, motorcycles, bicycles, laptop computers, and sporting equipment.