Amar Razali

As-salamu'alaikum,

Below is the summary of LIMA 09; from Aero Composites (the sub-division that I represented) point of view.

LIMA 09: A Journey of AC Success
By: Khairul Amar Razali

The mission of CTRM AC at this biennial event was to showcase the capability of the company to be a market leader in aero composites industry through positive growth, new technology, and ongoing competitiveness.

During LIMA 09, we highlighted the positive growth at CTRM AC through new projects that we received from our partners such as Goodrich US and Spirit Aerosystem (SAE) for A350 XWB (Xtra Wide Body) and B787 Dreamlinear.

This event was also used as a platform to showcase the CTRM AC’s latest and upcoming technologies. Among technologies that were explained and highlighted were Out of Autoclave (OOA) Technology (Quickstep), Same Qualified Resin Transfer Molding Process (SQRTM), Auto Tape Laying Machine (ATL) and Nano Composites.

We took the opportunity to highlight on our ongoing competitiveness in Lean Programs. Key elements of Lean tools such as quality, effort, involvement of all employees, willingness to change, and effective communication were also emphasized to show that the company is rapidly moving towards becoming a competitive industry player in the challenging world.

Three areas within CTRM AC had been emphasized during the event. They were Aerostructure, Composites Testing Laboratory and Engineering & Development. Brochures and slides presentations about those areas were created to provide further explanation. For example the Composites Testing Laboratory, the Joint-Venture (JV) that will be made with Composites Testing Laboratory (CTL) of Eire Composites Teo from Ireland was highlighted.  The capability of test lab in mechanical and physico-chemical tests was also highlighted, and test samples from the lab were brought and displayed at the booth. A microscope was also brought to showcase the cross section at our test panels.

Trade Visitors

We received a lot of trade visitors at our booth, either locally or internationally. Among the visitors were Trade Representatives from Russian Federation, AirTaxi-Service of Russia, France Directorate for International Development, Curtis Wright Flow Control Company of US, SAAB of Sweden, Department of Defense for Australian Government, PT. Dirgantara Indonesia, and Royal Brunei Technical Services to be named but a few. As for local trade visitors we received numerous delegations from government agencies such as Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (MIDA), Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MiGHT), Ministry of Science & Technology (MOSTI), aerospace and marine manufactures such as Boustead Heavy Industry, SMEA Malaysia, Sapura, ATSB, and from higher education institutions such as UniKL, UTM, and UPM.

As for overall achievement everyone was so passionate and work hard in representing the subsidiary throughout the event. We believe this event was a big success for CTRM AC. We got a lot of new and valuable experience, built a wide range of potential customer’s network and learned to understand each other better.

CTRM AC was represented by:
1.    En. Nor Azham Baharin, General Manager
2.    En. Jamari A Ghafar, Assistant General Manager
3.    En. Azmi Omar, Assistant General Manager
4.    Mohd Taufik Nordin, Head of Department, Development & Technology
5.    Zaitun Natha Aien Abdul Ilahi Tan, Head of Department, Commercial
6.    Ainur Sharida Mansor, Head of Section, Material & Process
7.    Khairul Amar Razali, Engineer, Composites Testing Laboratory