{"id":49908,"date":"2014-11-07T13:58:27","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T13:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=d704ab5c82cc4dfab55922f888b01362"},"modified":"2014-11-07T13:58:27","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T13:58:27","slug":"news-story-ukti-dso-flies-the-flag-for-boeing-and-the-aerospace-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=49908","title":{"rendered":"News story: UKTI DSO flies the flag for Boeing and the aerospace industry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UKTI\u2019s Defence and Security Organisation (UKTI DSO<\/abbr>) hosted and delivered a highly successful industry engagement event for the Boeing Company. Boeing<\/a> is one of the UK\u2019s largest commercial and military aerospace businesses. <\/p>\n

The event allowed Boeing to introduce their supply chain policy, practices and processes to a specially invited audience of over 100 UK Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs<\/abbr>). These discussions may lead to future subcontract opportunities.<\/p>\n

The event took place on Monday 3 November 2014 and was jointly promoted by UKTI DSO<\/abbr>\u2019s Small Business Unit (SBU<\/abbr>) and the ADS<\/a> and NDI<\/a> trade associations. <\/p>\n

Richard Paniguian, Head of UKTI DSO<\/abbr> formally opened the event and the keynote address was delivered by Philip Dunne, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology. <\/p>\n

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The audience included Richard Paniguian, Head of UKTI DSO<\/abbr> and a number of Boeing\u2019s senior supply chain officials.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Boeing team was led by Sir Michael Arthur, President, Boeing UK and Ireland and David Pitchforth, MD, Boeing Defence UK and supported by a number of the company\u2019s US and UK supply chain officials. Boeing already has more than 250 UK suppliers, with which it spent \u00a31 billion in 2013.<\/p>\n

The SME<\/abbr> audience received brief summaries from a number of Boeing\u2019s global Tier 1 suppliers:<\/p>\n