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The HEGAN Aeronautics and Space Cluster member companies increased their turnover by 8% and employment by 6% in 2017

HEGAN - Basque Aerospace Cluster
Second European region in Clean Sky2 with 9 Core Partners Vitoria-Gasteiz, June 4, 2018. The member companies of the Basque Country Aeronautics and Space Cluster (HEGAN) recorded a turnover of €2.425 billion in 2017 , 7.9% more than the previous financial year, and increased employment by 6.2%, bringing the total to 14,457 jobs . The figures were presented today at the press conference given at the Alava Technology Park, following the General Meeting of the Cluster Association, which celebrated its twentieth anniversary. By sub-sectors, aerostructures accounted for 55.5% of the turnover for this period,...
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  • Feb 27, 2019
  • Ana Villate

Clean Sky 2 Infoday Bilbao: Press release

HEGAN - Basque Aerospace Cluster
October 30th 2018. Bilbao hosted the official Infoday of Clean Sky 2, the main European public-private RDT initiative focused on the development of technologies and demonstrators that will give way to the future aircrafts: more efficient and sustainable. The figures that reveal the research magnitude of this program are its budget amounting to 5,600 million euros since its launch in 2008, as well as the participation of more than 600 organizations from 24 countries. Clean Sky 2 aims to be one of the major contributors to the goals of the Flightpath 2050 established by ACARE (Advisory Council for Aeronautics...
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  • Feb 27, 2019
  • Ana Villate