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Suzanne and Alan share some background history to Saunders Roe as they celebrate the 60th anniversary of the maiden flight of the Princess Flying Boat
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New Isle of Wight Rural SME Fund to boost local economy with capital grants
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News OnTheWight has learned that at least four Isle of Wight BAE engineers have played an active role in BAE cross-company project to build the AirCare in response to the Government’s Ventilator Challenge. Here’s what they’ve been doing
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The government-backed guarantees will help Vikoma deliver on the 25 tenders to export equipment that will help contain and clean-up oil spills in marine and industrial centres across the globe
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Engineers at GKN Aerospace in East Cowes on the Isle of Wight have played a pivotal part in providing one of the key elements of the new Boeing 737 Max, leading to an estimated £400,000 fuel efficiency saving per plane, per year.
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This is great news for the Island.
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Isle of Wight manufacturer of marine hardware, Spinlock, have joined the space race and are working on advanced technology for rescue beacons with the European Space Agency.
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For a second time this month, Isle of Wight MP raises concerns about the jobs of GKN workers should shareholders of the global engineering business accept the unsolicited takeover by Melrose.
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The fund has been extended to include any SMEs in the Solent maritime, defence, aerospace, advanced manufacturing and general services support for the defence and advanced manufacturing cluster supply chains.
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Isle of Wight business is offering to turn usual business machinery to produce equipment to protect NHS staff from Coronavirus. You can donate to help
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Creating 50 new jobs in Fawley, MHI Vestas expands their UK industrial footprint with a new blade painting and logistics facility in the location of the former power station.
