The Andalusian Government is promoting the diversification of the commercial activity of almost thirty Andalusian companies in the aeronautical industry, among which is M&M Group, with some of the largest manufacturers and Tier 1 most important in the sector worldwide, through a trade mission involving 19 agents from markets of interest, such as USA, Brazil or India, who have traveled to Seville to develop business meetings; know first hand the capabilities of the Andalusian aerospace cluster and the opportunities and facilities for investment projects in the sector.
Javier Cantero, Business Development and Technical Advisor of M&M Group, who has participated in this event, has highlighted its importance: “This international mission gives us the opportunity to show and offer, through a full agenda of B2B meetings, all the capabilities that M&M Group has to a select group of manufacturers and Tier1 referents in the international market”.
The business meeting, organized by Andalucía TRADE, through Extenda, was inaugurated by the CEO of Extenda, Lorena García de Izarra, who was accompanied by Juan Román Gallego, managing director of the Andalucía Aerospace cluster. Both welcomed the Andalusian companies, as well as the international guests, who will hold more than 150 bilateral business meetings; they will visit technological spaces in the region and will learn about the virtues of the Andalusian Government’s Invest in Andalusia program, aimed at promoting ways to attract investment to the region.
This trade mission has been specially designed to promote the diversification of the Andalusian aeronautics of large EU manufacturers, so that among the major international companies participating highlights the presence of brands such as Boeing, Lookheed Martin, Tata Advanced Systems, Spirit Aero Systems and Turkish Airlines. The aim is to boost the international business of the aeronautical industry of the community, a sector that the Andalusian Government has given the qualification of ‘strategic’, for its role as one of the main actors of the new production model of Andalusia, based on innovation and knowledge.
In this sense, the Andalusian Government launched the pioneering Aerospace Strategy of Andalusia 2021-2027, the result of a strong commitment to the sector, to which are also added the efforts of the Andalusia Aerospace cluster, as well as Airbus, as the great European tractor industry.
An international business forum
The Andalusian delegation that has participated in the mission consists of almost thirty companies, the bulk of them, specifically, 24, come from Seville, while three others come from Malaga and two more from Cadiz, such is the case of M & M Group.
In the framework of this forum will hold meetings with agents of 19 companies in the world, large international companies invited, mainly aircraft manufacturers and Tier 1 of the sector of markets with great business prospects, most of them outside the EU, such as USA, Brazil, India, Turkey, and also Poland and the Czech Republic. These large companies include Boeing, Tata Advanced Systems, Pratt & Whitney, Lockheed Martin, Pilatus, Leonardo and Turkish Airlines. Also present will be Spirit Aero Systems (USA), Aero (Czech Republic), Alestis Brazil, Bae Systems (UK), GA Telesis (USA), Montana Aerospace (USA), Plan-S (Turkey) and Tei (Turkey).
The organization of this action by Extenda will be co-financed with funds from the European Union through the P.O. FEDER of Andalusia 2014-2020, endowed with a Community contribution of 80%, or any other European Program likely to co-finance this action.
Three days of intense work
The aim of this mission is, therefore, to make known to a selection of major international aerospace manufacturers the solvency of the Andalusian industry, its know-how in large international projects and facilitate trade synergies between these firms and major global contractors, to which they are presented the economic and professional environment surrounding the Andalusian industry, conducive to maximize any potential investment in Andalusia, in a sector in which it is highly competitive.
Extenda, a public company integrated in Andalucía TRADE, has launched this mission as an effective business forum, with an intense three-day work agenda that includes meetings between Andalusian industry companies and the multinationals invited to this meeting.
