Airborne and Gunnar join forces in automated ply cutting and kitting for composites

JEC World, Paris, March 7, 2018 – Airborne and Gunnar are entering a business partnership for developing and supplying integrated automated ply cutting, handling, stacking and sorting solutions for composites and advanced materials. With this partnership, fully integrated systems can be offered to the composite manufacturing industry, enabling maximized composite material utilization at highest process secureness.

Airborne and Gunnar officially seal their partnership during the JEC World 2018.

Business Partnership
A partnership between the two companies is a logical step in the development of fully integrated systems as Airborne’s and Gunnar’s core competences are very complementary. Airborne’s expertise is the development and supply of automated and digital composite manufacturing solutions whereas Gunnar’s core competence is the process of composites cutting, including the peripherals of material feeding and nesting. Joining their strengths by partnering will enable an overall automated cutting solution to the global composites market, offering their customers significant cost reduction as static and dynamic nesting of plies can be fully optimized while the integrated system will operate at the highest level of process secureness.

Same roadmap for composites manufacturing processes
“Airborne and Gunnar envisioned the same roadmap for automated and digital composite manufacturing processes,” said Arno van Mourik, CEO Airborne. “By partnering we are able to offer our customers turnkey fully integrated cutting and kitting solutions based on a modular and scalable concept for highest process flexibility at a minimized footprint leading to significant cost reductions.”

Andreas Weissenberger, CEO of Gunnar, said: “We are thrilled to partner with Airborne as we got many positive feedback and interest from the market already. Integrated automatic manufacturing solutions are key to ensure maximum process secureness.”

The signing ceremony will take place at 11AM CET at the Airborne stand: F6, Hall 6.

About Airborne:
Founded in 1995 and headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands, Airborne is recognized as a technology leader in advanced composites, focused on the automation and digital manufacturing of composites for the aerospace, automotive, marine, oil & gas and consumer electronics industry. Airborne’s market position is maintained through 150 highly qualified employees working at Airborne’s facilities in the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Spain. Customers of Airborne include directly and indirectly companies such as GE, Alstom and Airbus. More information: www.airborne.com

About Gunnar:
Gunnar, founded in 1970 and based out of Altstätten, Switzerland, globally distributes and services state-of-the-art and highly innovative computer controlled single and low ply flatbed cutting systems and corresponding peripheral hardware and software for the digital cutting process. All Gunnar cutting machines are developed and produced in Switzerland, meeting highest quality and precision standards. Made in Switzerland. And proud of it.
Main customers are based within the Aerospace, Automotive, Wind energy, Construction, Sports, Wall decor and Museum industry. More information: www.gunnar-int.com

Airborne

LOCATION
Laan van Ypenburg 70-78
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The Netherlands

POSTAL ADRESS
P.O.box 24031
2490 AA The Hague
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Tel. +31 70 3017400
info@airborne.com

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