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Aerospace

Singapores vision or this industry

Careers@S ngapore

Singapore is well known today as an air

hub. With more than 350 awards, Changi

International Airport is recognised

as one o the worlds best airports. We

are also the leading centre in Asia or

aerospace maintenance, repair and

o v e r h a u l ( M R O ) , m a n u a c t u r in g

and research and development

( R& D ) . S i n c e 1 9 9 0 , S i ngap ore s

aerospace industry has grown at

an average rate o 12% to become

the most comprehensive MRO hub in

Asia. In 2009, the aerospace industry

achieved a record output o S$7 billion

and employed close to 18,000 workers.

There are more than 100 international

companies carrying out MRO in

Singapore. Aerospace-related R&D in

Singapore has also grown signicantly

over the last two years and is set to grow

urther still. Major aerospace companies

have already established R&D centres

here to leverage the capabilities o our

local research institutions and universities.

Our excellent connectivity has made

Singapore the ideal location or Boeing,

Airbus, Embraer and GE to establish

their regional distribution centres (RDCs).

Singapore is also home to the bi-annual

Singapore Airshow, one o the worlds

top three international airshows.

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Seletar Aerospace Park

Singapore is committed to growing the aerospace industry as demonstrated by

the development o Seletar Aerospace Park. Spanning 300ha, this dedicated

aerospace park will host an integrated cluster o activities including MRO;design and manuacture o aircrat systems, components, and light aircrat;

business and general aviation activities; and a regional aerospace campus

or education, research and training. Companies here can reap the benets

o a world-class business inrastructure, complete with runway access and

leverage the synergies rom cluster integration.

Maintenance Repair andOverhaul:

S i n g a p o r e h a s t h e c o m p l e t erange o MRO capabilities or both

passenger and reighter aircrat. The

continued expansion and investment

by aerospace companies urther

augment Singapores position as the

regions MRO centre.

Eurocopters new 8,200 sq-m acility

at the Seletar Aerospace Park will have

twice the hangar capacity o its existing

premises, and will also house its training

and R&D activities.

Safran Electronics Asia and Singapore

Air l ines Engineer ing Companys

(SIAEC) j oint ve nture wi ll es tablish

a dedicated Centre o Excellence &

OEM warranty repair centre or

avionics components.

ST Aerospace has two new hangars

at Seletar Aerospace Park to cater to

narrow-body MRO and Passenger-

to-Fre ighter Convers ion. Able to

accommodate up to three narrow-

body jets such as Boeing 737 andAirbus 320 at a time, these two hangars

will allow ST Aerospace to capture

more MRO work rom the rapidly

growing Asian budget airlines and help

generate downstream MRO work or

the industry as well.

Goodrich has a 530,000 sq-t aircrat

component and systems maintenance

and repair campus in Singapore that

brings together several Goodrich

service businesses under one roo and

represents Goodrichs largest MROcampus worldwide.

Who are the leading players here?

Manufacturing:With a strong manuacturing base,

skilled manpower and ocus on science

and engineering, Singapore is ideal or

aerospace manuacturing activities.

Rolls-Royce established a actory

in Singapore or the manuacture o

hollow titanium wide chord an blades

(WCFBs). Its rst acility outside UK to

manuacture the specialist component,

this actory will be located at Rolls-

Royces Seletar campus alongside the

companys other new acility or the

assembly and test o large commercial

aircrat engines. Rolls-Royces campusat Seletar will create some 500 jobs

when ully operational.

GE Aviation will be manuacturing

engine components at i ts newly

expanded GE Aviat ion Serv ices

Operations acility at Loyang.

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Supply Chain Management:Singapores connectivity and robust

inrastructure have made it ideal or

aerospace companies to site their

regional distribution centres here.

B o e i n g I n t e g r a t e d M a t e r i a l s

Managements (IMM) new IMM Asia

Regional Center in Singapore helps

maintain and manage airlines spareparts inventory, providing items to the

airline as needed.

Embraer chose Singapore or its

regional logistics and spares hub to

provide spares and rotables support to

regional airline customers.

Research & Development:Singapore is ast establishing itsel as

a R&D hub. According to the Agency

or Science, Technology and Research

(A*STAR), Singapores gross domestic

expenditure on R&D increased to more

than S$6.3 billion in 2007. In the same

year, the total number o researchers

in Singapore was more than 27,000,

with the private sector employing closeto 60% o them. Several aerospace

companies have establ ished R&D

centres in Singapore to capitalise on

this vibrant research environment.

EADS has established EADS Innovation

Works Singapore, its rst Research and

Technology (R&T) centre outside o

Europe. The R&T centre undertakes R&D

or EADS wide variety o businesses

ranging rom aerospace to deence

and security systems. In some instances,

some o the R&D will be done in

col laborat ion with our Research

Institutes and universities.

Tha les establ i shed the Thales

Technology Centre Singapore (TTCS), a

global centre o excellence or specic

R&D areas in dual-use technologies

technologies that may be used in

deence or commercial applications.

TTCS is signicant in that it is one o the

our Thales corporate R&D centres in

the world, and the rst outside Western

Europe.

In addition to the company established

research centres, Boeing, EADS,

Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce arecollaborating with A*STAR and its

research institutes under the SERC

Aerospace Programme to conduct

pre-competitive basic-directed and

applied research work.

Where do you t into the picture?The long term prospects o the

aerospace industry remain positive in

spite o the current economic climate.

Air trac and aircrat feet size in Asia is

poised or strong growth, bolstered by

rising demand rom China, India and

ASEAN countries.

The global Aerospace industry is also

in a phase o exciting developments.

There has been a recent surge in new

aircrat types being developed and

brought into service. These include theAirbus A380 and A350, as well as, the

Boeing B787 Dreamliner, to name a ew.

These aircrat employ new technologies,

including the extensive use o composites

in airrames, the development o more

ecient engines and the testing o

environmentally riendly uels.

Singapore continues to invest

in strengthening its capabil i t ies,

manpower resources and inrastructure

to better position its aerospace industry

to capture uture growth. There are

growth opportunities in the areas o

design and manuacturing o aircrat

systems and components, regional

aerospace training, as well as businessaviation. Engineers across all disciplines

are needed to ll positions in the new

exciting investments made by leading

aerospace companies in Singapore.

There is a range o positions in MRO

activities, cutting-edge manuacturing

and R&D, as well as in supply chain

management.

There is no better time to be in

Singapore than now; the city is growing

economically with a constant bustle

o activity. Situated at the heart o the

worlds astest growing economies, the

city is a bridge between the East and

West, burgeoning with diversity and

opportunities. Couple these actors withthe citys superb physical inrastructure,

sophisticated IT network, great variety o

living, dining and entertainment options,

and you have one o the most liveable

cities around.

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About Contact Singapore

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reserved. Every eort has been made to ensure

accuracy o all inormation in this actsheet at

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