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    COVID-19: UAE’s aircraft parts maker also does face masks

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    COVID-19: UAE’s aircraft parts maker also does face masks

    Company has begun manufacturing N95 masks, initially for entities in Abu Dhabi

    Published:  July 13, 2020 17:38 Reuters  and  Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Digital Content Editor
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    Al Ain: Aerospace supplier Strata Manufacturing, a key player in efforts by oil producer Abu Dhabi to diversify into high-tech manufacturing, is chasing new income at a time of uncertainty about demand for plane parts. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Strata was set up a decade ago by Abu Dhabi's sovereign investment fund Mubadala in the oasis city of Al Ain with ambitions to become a top-three player in advanced composite materials. Image Credit: Reuters
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    It won contracts from Airbus and Boeing to supply parts for wide-body jets, such as those ordered in large numbers by Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways, in what many in the industry saw as a quid pro quo. Image Credit: Reuters
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    But with aviation in crisis over the pandemic, Strata is pursuing non-aerospace manufacturing - starting with personal protective equipment (PPE) that is in high demand due to the coronavirus itself. Image Credit: Reuters
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    It has begun manufacturing N95 masks in partnership with Honeywell, initially for entities in Abu Dhabi, part of the United Arab Emirates. Image Credit: Reuters
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    "We are an agile company. We want to ensure we keep a close eye on the future," says Chief Executive Ismail Ali Abdulla. "We want to ensure there are opportunities ... in adjacent markets." Image Credit: Reuters
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    Strata sprang out of the desert in 2009 as part of efforts to broaden the economy and support local employment in a country mostly populated by foreigners. Its workforce is 60% Emirati, mostly women. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Strata builds parts for Airbus A330, A350 and Boeing 787 jets and the future Boeing 777X. A further line for A380 parts is to be removed after Airbus axed the superjumbo. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Around a dozen female workers were assembling N95 masks on the shop floor. Few other workers were present, which the company ascribed to shift patterns as part of pandemic health measures. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Strata aims to renew its Airbus and Boeing contracts and is in talks with Swiss planemaker Pilatus. Image Credit: Reuters
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    Abdulla warned that planemakers could cut back on business with suppliers as their own output slows due to the pandemic - while insisting there would ultimately be a future in aerospace for Strata. Image Credit: Reuters
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    "Our industry is not short-term or medium-term," he said. "The fundamentals of the industry are very strong on the long-term." Image Credit: Reuters
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    "Our industry is not short-term or medium-term," he said. "The fundamentals of the industry are very strong on the long-term." Image Credit: Reuters
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    A worker is seen at the Strata Manufacturing facility, an Emirati factory producing parts for Airbus and Boeing jets, as they make personal protective equipment such as N95 masks, due to shortages of protective gear in some countries after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Al Ain Image Credit: Reuters

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