The U.S. Air Force F-22A Raptor Demo Team arrived Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009, at Chicago Rockford International Airport at Kaney Aerospace. Rockford Area Economic Development Council will discuss the area's aerospace cluster and its implications for the region at a news conference Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. <\/p>\n
Representatives from several Rockford companies are headed to Orlando Oct. 29-Nov. 1 for the National Business Aviation Association, nation's biggest tradeshow for business aerospace and aviation. <\/p>\n
The companies will share space in a Rockford booth include Ardekin Precision, Chem Processing, Inc., Energy Dynamics, Inc., Ingenium Technologies, Kaney Aerospace and Midwest Aero Support, Inc. <\/p>\n
They are members of the Rockford Area Aerospace Network, a committee of the Rockford Area Economic Development Council formed in 2010 to help develop high paying jobs and increase business for a cluster of aerospace companies here. <\/p>\n
Exhibiting at the NBAA will help raise awareness of our regions aerospace strengths, said Dan Bowman, vice president, sales and marketing at Woodward, which will have its own booth at the tradeshow. <\/p>\n
Aerospace industry clusters are emerging and growing globally, so the Rockford region is pursuing the correct strategy, he added. <\/p>\n
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