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EWA c/o Union Wallonne des Entreprises Chemin du Stockoy 3 - 1300 WAVRE (Belgique) Tél. +32 10.47.19.44 - Fax : +32 10 45.33.43 pierre-manuel.jacob@uwe.be >> to the Aeronautical Cluster's website
| ...Gate to new business… The Walloon Aeronautical Cluster (Entreprises Wallonnes de l'Aéronautique or EWA) brings 56 companies together, which are active in the global aeronautical supply chain. The aeronautics industry is a key sector in the economic development of Wallonia (south part of Belgium), generating 7,000 jobs (direct & indirect) and a total turnover of about 1 billion Euros. The network gathers seven main regional players (Alcatel Etca, FN Herstal, Forges de Zeebrugge, Sabca, Sonaca, Techspace Aero, Thales Communications Belgium) and a large group of innovative and proactive SMEs working in engines, structures, systems and equipment technologies. The Cluster makes the creation of partnerships easier among its industrial and academic members. CENAERO, a research centre specialised in simulation technology, is an example of privileged collaboration in R&D, as it is managed by local prime contractors, industrial simulation software editors (FFT, SAMTECH Group) and universities. In addition, the Cluster has its own aeronautics training centre (Wallonie Aerotraining Network or WAN) whose purpose is to hold technical and commercial training sessions. The airport management companies are also part of the Cluster and cooperate with industries to develop the aviation business. The Cluster's activities consist of R&D, design, virtual prototyping, manufacturing, MRO and upgrades of aeroplanes, helicopters, UAV and engines subassemblies. Our members work on a wide range of aviation programmes as risk sharing partners of the OEM (Airbus, Airbus Military, Embraer, Boeing, Bombardier, Dassault, GE, Snecma, P&W...) and their customers consider them reliable. The Cluster aims at fostering and promoting the technological advance of the Walloon aeronautics sector and therefore supplying competitive products and services, which are the mainstay of business development. The Clustering process, strongly supported by the Walloon Regional Authorities, is based mainly on : Business development, Setting-up of partnerships, Benchmarking, Technological development monitoring, Creating new activities.