A day at the Farnborough Airshow

The day starts with queues. the queue to get the shuttle ….

… the queue to pass the security ….

Today, this was the Belgian day; Denise Bauer, Ambassador of the United States to Belgium accompanied by the Belgian Air Force

Then, the invitees visit the Belgian stands; e.G. SABCA and its composite subsidiary SABCA Limburg.

 

Asco who designs and manufactures of high lift devices, complex mechanical assemblies and major functional components for the aerospace industry.

 

Techspace Aero that designs, develops and manufactures modules, equipment and test facilities for aerospace engines.

 

Bodair that produces Airborne carbon fiber rods

 

Barco Defence and Aerospace  who ensures continuous information availability for safe operations with their high-performance display systems, large-screen visualization platforms, advanced processing modules and network-client applications.

 

(UN)MANNED provides companies that build aircraft, and their suppliers, with software development tools and avionics software for manned and unmanned aircraft, with full DO-178C automated Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) qualification up to Design Assurance Level A.

 

A quick look at SAP presented its SAP HANA solution that digests in real time the football match Germany – Italy during the FIFA WorldCup – Brazil 2014; SAP HANA using “in memory” technologies to fasten the computation of Key Performance Indicators like the distance covered by Mario Götze; the positions strategies, the shots statistics etc.

Note that SIMOGGA uses exclusively “in memory” computations to reorganise the factory layouts of its customers.

 

After hours of walks and discussions with prospects and partners, it is time to come back to the hotel, introduce the business cards into the CRM and enjoy the Elizabeth Tower alias Big Ben at night before a new day at the show.