Moritz von Holst, Commercial Specialist, U.S. Commercial Service

“AIRTEC 2012 has strengthened its standing as a focused B2B event for the entire aerospace supply chain, especially from a U.S. perspective.  The increased U.S. presence at the show was complemented by an increased participation of European procurement managers, supply chain managers and technology managers, which led to more meetings at the show, which led to more deals closed.  Building on this simple and effective success formula, AIRTEC 2013 holds special potential for U.S. aerospace suppliers through a cooperation with several U.S. States.  The U.S. Commercial Service Germany believes that AIRTEC 2013 is an excellent venue for U.S. aerospace suppliers to meet and liaise with OEMs and primes.” 

Andrew S. Bicos, PhD, Director, Enterprise Manufacturing Technologies

“2012 was my first year at AIRTEC and I was impressed with the mix of excellent technical presentations and the ample opportunities to connect with people from across the aerospace sector. The combination of exhibition, B2B meetings and technical conferences was an excellent venue for all this to occur. And I was very impressed with the large, and growing, international attendance. I was able to make new business connections and learned about new things due to AIRTEC. I want to give the whole AIRTEC team my thanks for a very enjoyable and successful week in Frankfurt!”

Stephen Cowan, General Manager, Supply Chain, (Northern Ireland)

“Aerospace drives innovations- innovations drive Aerospace', this quote sums up the two days I spent at Airtec. The event was extremely well organised and the quality of lectures and B2B sessions were of a very high standard. This is a must attend event for buyers, engineers, researchers and experts in the Aerospace industry, to see best practice and share experiences. My team of Sourcing managers have made new contacts and found suppliers that meet our requirements."

Pierre Oligny, European Procurement Director, (Canada)

“This was our third participation at Airtec and it impressing to see continuous growing number of exhibitor’s year over year and this is why we are exhibiting at Airtec. Over the 3 days, we participated at more than 50 B2B meeting and that bring us to some interesting discussion with new potential suppliers. It is amazing to see the logistic and professionalism of Airtec team during the event. Looking forward to participate at the Airtec 2013”

Bernard Eby, GM Marketing & Global Sourcing Dpt, (France)

“AIRTEC BtoB 2012 has been a fruitful event for Snecma Sourcing Dpt. The event was as usual very well organized by the Airtec Team, the web for the BtoB is user-friendly and efficient for appointment management. Half an hour for each BtoB appointment is short but we have defined with most of the supplier an action plan in order to make progress together after the event. Safran Group will continue to attend AIRTEC events, in order to find new suppliers AS/EN9100 certified and special process Nadcap approved.”

Phil Dabell, Supply Chain Development Leader – Forward Sourcing, (Great Britain)

“The AIRTEC fairs provide access to a wide range of Global Aerospace supply chains via the Business 2 Business element. This enabled direct and quality meetings which were conducted in a highly professional environment. AIRTEC remains an important event in the supply chain calendar and we look forward to participating again at AIRTEC 2013.”

Halil Atilla, Chief of Subcontracts, (Turkey)

“Subcontracting team of Aircraft Group who leads the role of outsourcing Systems and Major Airborne Equipment for the Turkish Aerospace Industry (TAI) was glad to be represented at Airtec 2012 by increased visitors-participants/members of the Group. This event is becoming an important opportunity for us to meet International Suppliers and Manufacturers for different equipment/systems in the Aerospace world. Because it provides excellent opportunity to meet potential suppliers for different and new equipment/supplies along with innovations that will always be worth to consider for our new programs/products as OEM. I am so happy to see that Airtec is growing and improving from year to year inspite of the current global economic situation. As it was in the past, this year also, the quality of the meetings, the organization and the evening events were very special and of superior level. The organizers and their team are truly professional and the special profile of AIRTEC in comparison to other B2B-meeting events in the aerospace industry was very impressive. Therefore the organizers and their team are worth to be highly complimented. Members of my team and myself look forward to participate in the Airtec 2013 to meet more potential suppliers for our current and future programs. Again, I would like to repeat my big compliments to the organizers who have evidently put big efforts to make this event very efficient and well organized. I do believe that this AIRTEC event will continue to progress and to be one of the most successful events in our industry.”

Jean-Simon Allard, EMEA Strategic Sourcing Manager, (Switzerland)

“In terms of the quality of the event, I must say that this was the best in the three years I visited. The diversity of the companies in terms of capabilities and geography makes Airtec an ideal location to meet current suppliers and discover potential ones. Compared to other events of the same size, Airtec’s B2B platform is by far the easiest to use and to organize meeting schedule with companies that can help in the short and long run. Anyone in the aerospace industry should consider having Airtec in their calendar to help them stay on the edge.”

Magali Duruble, Equipment Buyer, (France)

“This Airtec event was well organized, with fruitful meetings. This international event has the advantage to be on a 'human size' that makes the exchanges easier. Our plan is to exchange some NDA with exhibitors and to meet our already known suppliers. The possibility to meet contacts that were not forecasted is really a good asset! I will recommend this event to some of my contacts!”

Pierre Le Galiard, Head of Global Sourcing & offset development, (France)

“AIRTEC B toB 2012 has been a very time effective event for SAFRAN HISPANO-SUIZA sourcing. Over 2 days, we had scheduled meetings with 30 selected suppliers, many of them were very little known by us or not known at all. Some of the contacts proved to be very interesting and we will continue further to investigate on the parts that they could manufacture for us. The third and last days of the event, we visited the booths of some companies that exhibited material. We had not noticed those companies at the beginning when we were selecting our meetings through the internet. Here again we found one interesting potential partner. SAFRAN HISPANO-SUIZA will continue to attend AIRTEC events.”

Giancarlo Castellini, Subcontracting Manager, (Belgique)

Congratulations for the organization of this Airtec 2012. It was my first participation to this event where many contacts have been established, some of them very interesting, and that will certainly help us with our current and future projects. Numerous exhibitors present were this year and I have appreciated their high technical level. It will be a great pleasure to come back in the next year’s event and I wish you the same success for Airtec 2013.

Russell Marwood, Senior Buyer, (Great Britain)

“I thought Airtec 2012 was an excellent opportunity to meet potential suppliers in the Aerospace industry. On a personal level it was very rewarding to meet industry experts and share knowledge between our companies. "

Shigeru Yamanobe, Manager of 787 Purchasing Section Material Department, Manufacturing Division Aerospace, (Japan)

“This is the first time for us to attend AIRTEC. AIRTEC BtoB has been a fruitful event for Kawasaki Heavy Ind (KHI). We met more than 30 different supplier and almost all of them were new for us. Those are coming from Germany, Poland, Switzerland, China, Turkey, France, Great Britain, etc… The event was well organized, the web for the BtoB is user-friendly and efficient for appointment management. Half an hour for each appointment is a good for first contact and we will develop those within the next months. KHI will continue to attend AIRTEC events, especially for meeting new AS/EN9100 certified companies.”

Brian R Douglas, Chief Buyer, (Northern Ireland)

"The B2B format was very effective. It gave us the opportunity to not only meet the suppliers we had arranged to see but also to meet others when we had time. I have recommended that Bombardier support this event next year"

Nicolas LAVAL, Global Marketing Manager, (France)

“On behalf of Constellium we are very pleased with our first participation at AIRTEC 2012. We have appreciated the quality of the organisation and the level of participants in the different events. The combinaison of exhibition, B2B meetings and conferences makes AIRTEC a valuable meeting-place for us. The B2B meetings were very efficient and allowed us to have very good discussions with key people from the aerospace industry, showing interest for our advanced technologies. We would like to thanks the whole team of AIRTEC for its professionalism and involvement for succes of the event. ”

Manuel Feberero, CBC Commercial, (Spain)

“Me and my colleagues feel very satisfied with the exhibition result. Really we had a lot of contacts and a lot of B2B meeting, which were very interest. The participant level was high like the organization team. In fact, we can considerate completely successfully.”

Arnstein Solberg, Senior Principal Engineer, (Norway)

“This year was the first time KONGSBERG exhibited at Airtec. Our expectation was moderate but we thought the cost for participating was reasonable compared with other major exhibitions. And the concept of combining B2B-platform and the conference was appealing. It turned out that the B2B meetings would keep us busy for the three days with over 40 B2B meetings booked, for this reason we are not able to comment on the conference part of Airtec. A number of the meetings provided really concrete business possibilities to KONGSBERG, furthermore we got to know a large number of suppliers.”

Ismail Dockrat, Chief Executive Officer, (South Africa)

“This was the first time that Denel Aerostructures participated at AIRTEC and contributed to the “Supply on the Wings” Conference. We found the exhibition and associated B2B meetings to be of tremendous value in identifying new leads and opportunities as we grow our business. The quality of the meetings was excellent, and we felt that we were speaking to the right people in the companies we targeted. We found the conference and associated Supply Chain and Procurement Summit to be of great value too, as it allowed us to understand the major trends influencing our industry, and, importantly, what our customers are looking for from their suppliers. On the whole, the intimate networking afforded by this kind of event was well worth our while. We will definitely be back in 2013.”

Chris Norch, President, (USA)

“The 2012 Airtec Conference and B2B meetings were a well-organized and informational consortium for aerospace and aviation suppliers and customers. We were first-time exhibitors and viewed our exposure at this conference as a monumental success. The B2B format was very helpful in utilizing time and making key contacts. We look forward to returning in 2013”

Philipp Jerusalem, Director Sales & Marketing, (Germany)

“The Airtec 2012 was a well organized platform for meetings with potential business partners. The time spent was worthwhile and we will surly participate again in 2013.”

Cor Dieleman, Peter Lichthart, (Netherlands)

“This was our second participation at Airtec with two co-exhibitors from India and Pakistan. We experienced again the importance of organizing meetings via the B2B platforms which made the participation for us and our two co exhibitors very successful based on the good leads and contacts made with customers and potential customers. The fair is very focused and much better and more suitable for our participants within CBI's industrial programs on export coaching who supply mainly to the high demanding Aerospace market compared to other industrial fairs in Europe.”

Omar Zaman, CEO & Director, (Pakistan)

"We participated at Airtec 2012 for the second time as co-exhibitor with CBI. This year we had meetings organized with customers and potential customers that have a great portfolio and are Aerospace Industry leaders. We have been able to attract some very important customers who hold a dominant role in the Aerospace Industry in Europe. Consequently, we received some very good visits, an NDA from one customer and invitations to visit several others in the coming weeks with enquiries. It brings our company to a position where it has recognition in the Aerospace Industry in Europe."

Ahmet Fak, CEO, (Turkey)

"We GAGE participated for the first time at AIRTEC 2012 in Frankfurt Germany. We wanted to thank to organizer to this b2b special event and to thank them for the very good meetings we had. We will exhibit again in 2013”

Sven Carstensen, Managing Director, (Germany)

“It was our first time as an exhibitor at AirTec following our last year participation as a visitor and I can truly say that all our expectations have been more than fulfilled. The concept of combining conferences with excellent international keynote speakers and an exhibition supported by a remarkable B2B platform is creating a fruitful and extremely professional atmosphere. On top, this event is very well organised at an easily reachable location. My strong recommendation is to “save the date” for this event in 2013.”

Jaime Serrano Conesa, Head of Power & Ground Segment Products Department, (Spain)

“I want to thank you for the excellent work done in the preparation and execution of the Airtec 2012 fair. I had the opportunity to meet important customers and suppliers and to discuss with colleagues in a nice environment. I had as well the opportunity to meet some interesting potential suppliers I didn’t know before, thanks to the B2B platform. I attended mainly the Space section, and the presentations were all very interesting; several very hot topics of the industry were addressed. It is our plan to attend Airtec 2013 and meet you there again.”

Prof. Florian Holzapfel, Institute of Flight System Dynamics, (Germany)

“The rise of UAV or RPAS has been well visible over the previous years. Mainly driven by military applications and maybe considered to positively with respect to civil applications, the field slowly turns to a realistic and important branch of the aerospace world. The ongoing definition of certification criteria along with reasonable technical solutions to address them, RPAS are developing towards something suitable for real life. The young and promising segment of RPAS deserves an own platform in Europe and particularly in Germany. It should not be hidden behind a multitude of other topics in large events and it should not be given up and it should not be left to others. AIRTEC UAV World has proven to be a professional platform where the RPAS/UAV world can meet and be visible by its own. Established several years ago, it provides the opportunity for stable growth. The basis is there - now the invitation is to all of us to strive for the best and show the European flavour of RPAS to the world.”

Chairman “7th. Int. Conference Supply on the Wings”, German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Private University of Applied Sciences (PFH), (Germany)

“Every year this conference is improving and growing. However, there was a significant step-forward in 2012. The high lights were 16 keynote presentations from high level speakers from Hitco, Boeing (2x), Airbus, Premium Aerotec, European Commission, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Fokker Aerostructures, PAR, SGL, Embraer, MAG Composites, Denel SAAB Aerostructures, Structural Composites and Web Industries. In total the conference programme combined more than 90 presentations from more than 20 countries. All in all I got a very positive feedback from the participants.”

Dr Leslie Jay Cohen, Senior Vice President, (USA)

“AIRTEC continues to ascent to be the composites supplier conference the global supply chain. Its B2B networking is the global standard for excellence. If you want to meet the leaders of the business and their technical specialist on core competency subjects that will take your company to the next level you must be at AIRTEC.”

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