Kick-off event of AIRTEC 2015 in Munich was exceptionally successful

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Successful kick-off in Bavarian atmosphere 100 national and international participants from aerospace industry suppliers met buyers chances for SMEs of aerospace industry future market of unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAV)

AIRTEC 2015 Kick-Off-Veranstaltung in Mnchen (Source: DEMAT GmbH)

Frankfurt am Main, March 6, 2015 On February 26th, 2015, the AIRTEC 2015 kick-off event 10th Anniversary of AIRTEC and Premiere in Munich With joint forces and spirit to its success took place from 11 am to 4 pm at the exhibition center Munich. The positive feedback was overwhelming. Around 100 representatives from the national and international aerospace supply industry, system suppliers, and engine manufacturers, as well as from institutions, associations, and foreign governments visited the exhibition center Munich to inform themselves about AIRTEC 2015 at its new fair venues whilst enjoying the Bavarian atmosphere.

The 10th AIRTEC will be hosted under the auspices of the Bavarian State Ministry in cooperation with the bavAIRia e.V. Aerospace Cluster. Through this cooperation AIRTEC will be significantly strengthened and expects a recognisable growth in terms of exhibition space, number of exhibitors, B2B-meetings, technical experts, congress attendants and the level of internationality for 2015.

The numerous guests from Germany, the United States, France, Canada, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Turkey, and South Korea experienced impressive and exciting presentations at the event. The guests were welcomed by the president and CEO of AIRTEC, Diana Schnabel, who in her welcoming speech expressed her delight about having moved AIRTEC to Munich since the state of Bavaria and bavAIRia e.V. are competent partners, who share her enthusiasm and ideas for the aerospace industry.

The Deputy CEO of Messe Mnchen, Dr. Reinhard Pfeiffer, clearly declared AIRTEC as the perfect match to the new location Munich, as AIRTEC fits into Munichs portfolio with its high amount of technology fairs and into the modern fair site. Horst Steinberg, member of the executive board of bavAIRia e.V., outlined the strong innovativeness and the high quality standards of the Bavarian aerospace industry and the visionary leadership of the Bavarian government having already played a significant role in many important projects. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Florian Holzapfel, head of the Institute of Flight System Dynamics of the Technical University Munich, gave a visionary and fascinating speech in which he focused on two main topics: The chances for small and medium-sized enterprises in the aerospace industry and the emerging opportunities for aerospace in the future market of unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAV).

Other speakers, among them representatives from procurement of OHB System, Pratt Whitney, TAI Turkish Aerospace Industries, and numerous exhibitors and suppliers spoke about their positive experiences with AIRTEC and the successful B2B concept, about AIRTECs role for the aerospace supply industry and the expectations towards the trade fair were addressed as well.

After the lectures the guests used the networking opportunities in Bavarian atmosphere. The kick-off event was closed by a tour around the exhibition site and the halls.

I am already looking forward to this years AIRTEC in November, stated one of the enthusiastic exhibitors after the successful kick-off event.

AIRTEC 2015 takes place from 3-5 November 2015 at the exhibition site Munich.

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Aerospace Manufacturing Picks Up in the US

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Aerospace manufacturing has rebounded in the United States with more than $25 billion in investments since 2012.

The consulting firm ICF International released its study analyzing more than 2,000 investment transactions. It showed production jobs and manufacturing work that had been moving to China and other markets, have been moving to the U.S. over the last three years.

ICF aviation consultant Kevin Michaels calls the move rightshoring, as relative costs in the U.S. have come more in line with China. He credits that with more automation in factories, lower energy costs and rising wage rates in China.

"The U.S. has been a magnet for new aerospace investment," Michaels said. "Boeing is looking at doing more of the aero structures in its own factories."

Boeing (IW 500/13), working to keep costs to a minimum, has cut back on what it outsources to make its new 787 Dreamliner, moving more of the production in-house. Meanwhile, rival Airbus (IW 1000/47), along with investment from other foreign companies, is opening a production line plant in Alabama, creating 1,000 new jobs. The first new plane is expected to roll off the line in 2016.

The new work is making an impact in several parts of the U.S., according to Business Insider. Along with the Pacific Northwest and Alabama, Florida wants a piece. State leaders are talking up its proximity to five major aircraft facilities, military bases, along with the hundreds of aerospace and defense companies already in the state, and the tens of thousands of potential employees with experience in aerospace work.

Other countries are still big players in the industry and that wont change, according to Michaels, who noted Chinas huge workforce and Mexicos importance as a supplier of parts.

But when it comes to new investment in the field he said, "The U.S. at this point in time has become the hot spot in aerospace manufacturing. Three years ago it looked like everything was heading to China. Now that's changed."

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Steve Cookseys fight for free-speech (N.C. editorial from the News & Record of Greensboro, reprinted in The Daily Reflector on Monday) ended in victory. Cooksey should not have been required by the N.C. Board of Dietetics/Nutrition to obtain a license for giving advice from personal experience on his blog. If in the end he was forced to obtain a license, it could mean that other U.S. citizens would have to obtain licenses for expressing opinions or giving advice.

As stated in the editorial, Cooksey did not claim to have professional credentials or to be a doctor or nutritionist. Forcing him to discontinue giving advice without a license invaded his free-speech right. The First Amendment of the Constitution states that Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech. Even though this amendment was ratified in 1791, it still applies today and should be upheld.

There have been many advances in technology and media since the First Amendment was ratified. Because of the Internet, what we say can have an impact on a greater number of people than in 1791. Even though times have changed and our amount of influence has grown, this law is still the law. It is right that the Board of Dietetics/Nutrition subsequently adopted new guidelines stating that people can give ordinary diet advice without a license. This was a constitutional decision.

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'The decision to remove Black Watch from the classroom curtails the right of pupils to study one of Scotland's most …

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They burn hot and bright. Right now, it is Angus that is feeling the heat. Last week, the Sunday Herald reported that one headteacher in Kirriemuir had pulled Black Watch off the Highers syllabus because it is "offensive". Parents are angry at the decision, and have demanded an explanation.

Freedom of expression does not just mean the freedom to write or say what you please, but also the freedom to read and to hear what you choose. The decision to remove Black Watch from the classroom curtails the right of the pupils to read and study one of Scotland's most culturally significant plays. Moreover, the essays that they have already written on the play will not be assessed.

It is entirely right that prominent figures in Scottish literature have written an open letter, urging the head to reverse her decision (in signing the letter they, too, are exercising their right to free speech). This decision may just affect one school, but that is enough to set a precedent. The free speech issues have been raised and must be debated before any more books are removed from shelves and school-bags.

It is particularly important that we challenge 'offence' as the justification for such decisions. If we do not, we run the risk that 'offence' becomes ingrained as a legitimate reason for censorship. We put a veto-power in the hands of whoever says they are upset. Offence, and its sibling, indecency, are the perennial free speech battleground in British society, and often it is literature over which we fight. Think of the fatwa issued against Salman Rushdie for The Satanic Verses; think of Mary Whitehouse's crusading legal actions against plays and poems that depicted homosexuality; think of Lady Chatterley's Lover, prosecuted for obscenity.

During the Chatterley trial, the prosecutor Mervyn Griffith-Jones was criticised for asking whether the book was something "you would wish your wife or servants to read". This paternalism is often at the heart of classroom censorship - the idea that the kids are too young to comprehend the subtleties of art. Scotland had this debate in the 1990s when Edwin Morgan's Stobhill sequence of poems, which depict rape and abortion, were the target of a campaign to have them banned from schools. Down in England, 'Education for Leisure', Carol Ann Duffy's chilling poem about a frustrated young man with a knife, was pulled from the GCSE textbooks after critics said it 'glorified' knife-crime.

The United States, where even the most parochial levels of government are highly politicised, has endured many battles over what books should be read by children. Since its publication in 1900, various public libraries and parents groups have sought to suppress The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and in recent years the Harry Potter series has been attacked because it promotes witchcraft. Another book that is frequently a source of contention is Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It is often described as the first great novel of American literature, and yet it also carries 219 instances of the N word. The characters that use it are undoubtedly racist by modern standards, but the book itself-the story of an escaped slave -is far more humane than the people it describes.

In Black Watch, the contentious word is 'c**t' which the characters use routinely. C-bombs are dropped into conversation with far more regularity than the sound of actual bombs falling on the Basra military compound where the play is set. Sometimes, the word seems benign, as if the soldiers think it is synonymous with 'man' or 'person'. But this is not always the case, and often it is deployed as an insult. The c-word has a sexist history and meaning and there is no escape from that legacy.

Worse, the characters talk constantly about various sex acts with the women they have met, and use derogatory language about gay men. There is no denying that the characters are offensive. Perhaps they will corrupt the morals of our young people? Will the swearing instil negative values in those who read and watch the play?

In all these attempts to shield young eyes from bad words-whether its Huckleberry Finn, or Black Watch-there sits an implication that children cannot grasp the full meaning of the text. For primary school children, there might be some merit to that argument, but it is patronising when applied to teenagers studying for Highers. Last year, 16 and 17 year-olds in Scotland were asked to vote on the complex question of Scottish Independence. To suggest that these same citizens cannot be trusted to read about characters doing offensive things, is just bizarre.

Moreover, drawing a distinction between what a character says in a play, and the playwright's message, is surely the very essence of literature studies. In a classroom, the offensive words are not presented alone, but within a highly specific context that a teacher must explain. Indeed, I would suggest that a school is the best place to uncover that context. Those who say that the kids can always read it at home if they want are denying them the chance of a deeper understanding of the play and the issues it raises.

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