“With Bright Spark on board, and with AS 9100, I know we can make this market a big success for us. Aircraft manufacturers require suppliers they can rely on at any time, who can produce the high quality of parts required for such a critical industry” says Managing Director Les Nuttall.

Merc itself has manufactured parts for Rolls Royce for over 15 years and focuses on the military side of the market. It has been involved in the prototyping and development of projects such as the ASRAAM missile and the 1000lb Bomb for Royal Ordnance.

Merc’s capital equipment spending included £766,000 invested in six new CNC machine tool. In addition to this, the company has just finalised the purchase of a second Doosan Puma mill-turning centre.

With tougher competition from Eastern Europe and South-East Asia, Mr Nuttall believes that investments in state-of-the-art machinery and highly skilled people will provide the necessary drive to enabling it to provide customers with the best products and service possible, and secure the company’s future in the precision market.

NWAA (North West Aerospace Alliance) pavilion at Farnborough can be found on stand D14, Hall 1.