Leslie Orr, Manager ADS Northern Ireland with Dr Scott King, General Manager NIACE marking their
organisations’ partnership.
NIACE and ADS working together to grow NI Industry
25th April 2013: The Northern Ireland Advanced Composites Engineering centre (NIACE) has
welcomed national trade body ADS as an associate participant, which both organisations hope will
be a mutually beneficial partnership.
ADS is the trade body for the Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space industries, The
organisation is the first of its kind to become an associate participant of NIACE which currently
has eight other participant companies and two university research partners carrying out advanced
research and development.
Leslie Orr, Manager of ADS in Northern Ireland said, “ADS has 55 member companies in
Northern Ireland, which together contribute over £1billion to the Northern Ireland economy.
With ADS working in conjunction with NIACE, we hope to develop long term strategies that will
assist and support the important sectors we represent.”
Dr Scott King, General Manager of NIACE explained, “The vision and values of both organisations
are very similar in that we want the manufacturing sector in Northern Ireland to grow its capabilities
and be able to compete globally. This partnership with ADS has the potential to get so many more
companies involved in research and development of advanced materials technologies across a
range of industrial sectors. There are fabulous business and funding opportunities available and
by taking this joined up approach, we believe we can demonstrate the skills in this sector in
Northern Ireland to the full.”
Leslie concluded, “We want to see this sector grow in Northern Ireland and what better way to do it
than to work collaboratively with other organisations, representing the interests of small and large
companies alike. We look forward to exploring these opportunities with NIACE.”
