FAC Launches Capabilities Database for UK Aerospace and Defence Companies
Farnborough Aerospace Consortium (“FAC”) www.fac.org.uk, one of Europe’s largest regional aerospace and defence trade associations, is today launching the UK Aerospace and Defence Capabilities Database (“ADCAP”), www.ukadcap.org.uk, an extensive database of aerospace and defence companies in the UK. Along with key partners West of England Aerospace Forum, Aerospace Wales, Northern Defence Industries and Enterprise Europe Network, FAC is launching the website with an initial database of around 800 companies.
The ADCAP website is a free to search, open resource, accessible to web users around the world. It provides an effective vehicle for UK based companies in the aerospace and defence sectors to present their capabilities to the global market. Through the database, companies can promote their services internationally for free as part of their local trade association membership. As the database expands, FAC is in discussion with other UK industry trade organisations representing these sectors so that in collaboration they can offer this service to the whole of the UK supply chain.
Farnborough Aerospace Consortium is a not-for-profit trade association that works to facilitate business between large global primes and the supply chain, offering advice and support to some 300 consortium members and partners. FAC works to deliver national industry strategy on a local level, assisting organisations from SMEs to global primes working in the aerospace and defence industry and furthering the long-term strategic growth of the industry in the UK.
All FAC members are currently included in the database as a free add-on to their membership package. Initially, all members have been allocated a specified amount of web space which they can access at any time to edit their individual profile. Companies included in the database will be able to personalise their listing by uploading logos, images and other media such as video or sound clips. All profiles are open access web pages, providing full connectivity to standard search engines.
John Copley, CEO of Farnborough Aerospace Consortium commented:
“The UK is consistently ranked number two in the global aerospace and defence markets and has a vast range of world-leading capabilities across all subsectors. Many UK companies operate in the global marketplace. ADCAP provides a single entry point for the global market to access the UK’s world class companies and will be a powerful tool for UK companies to present themselves to UK and global customers.”
