Airbus A400M Wing Centre Opened By UK Defence Procurement Minister

Left to right: Tom Williams, Airbus SAS; Juan Carlos Martinez-Saiz, Airbus SAS; Charles Paterson, Airbus UK; Iain Gray, Airbus UK and Jeremy Cieslik, Airbus UK meeting with Lord Drayson, UK Minister for Defence Procurement who performed today’s opening ceremony of the A400M Wing Centre in Airbus UK, Filton.

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General view of the opening ceremony in the new A400M Wing Assembly Centre. The first A400M wings can be seen in the jigs behind the stage. Airbus UK Managing Director and General Manager Iain Gray appears on the large screens. Invited guests in the audience include customers, partners, suppliers, politicians and the workforce.

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General view of the opening ceremony in the new A400M Wing Assembly Centre. The first A400M wings can be seen in the jigs behind the stage. Airbus UK Managing Director and General Manager Iain Gray appears on the large screens. Invited guests in the audience include customers, partners, suppliers, politicians and the workforce.

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Juan Carlos Martinez-Saiz, Executive Vice President, Military Programmes, Airbus, pictured on stage beside an A400M model and infront of the first A400M wings during the opening ceremony.

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Filton Plant Manager, Jeremy Cieslik, pictured on stage during the ceremony.

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(Left to right) Airbus UK Apprentice, Matt Yea pictured with Lord Drayson, UK Minister of Defence Procurement and Iain Gray, Airbus UK Managing Director and General Manager with a stereo-lithography 30th scale model of the A400M wing, produced by a group of apprentices to mark the opening ceremony.

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UK Minister for Defence Procurement, Lord Drayson, pictured today with an A400M model as he opened the new A400M Wing Assembly Centre at Airbus UK, Filton.

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Airbus UK apprentices pictured with a stereo-lithography 30th scale model of the A400M wing which they produced to mark the A400M Wing Assembly Centre opening today.

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Airbus UK workers photographed this week working on the first A400M wing set in the main assembly jigs of the A400M Wing Assembly Centre.

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Airbus UK workers photographed this week working on the first A400M wing set in the main assembly jigs of the A400M Wing Assembly Centre.

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Airbus UK workers photographed this week working on the first A400M wing set in the main assembly jigs of the A400M Wing Assembly Centre.

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