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CTRM GETS COMPOSITES CONTRACT FROM AIRBUS.

Advanced Materials & Composites News,  October, 2002  

Tags: Airbus

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CTRM (Composites Technology Research Malaysia Sdn Bhd) received a contract valued at RM800 million ($210 million) from Airbus Industrie. CTRM is to design and fabricate fixed leading edge lower panels for A380 commercial jumbo jet. CTRM is to provide the components to Airbus by September 2003.

CTRM chairman Tan Sri Ahmad Zaharuddin Idrus said, "The A380 fixed leading edge lower panels consists of 70 structural wing panels per aircraft. Sixty-six panels are made from advanced carbon composite materials and the remaining from metal. At ...

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