News
SABCA at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget, 2013
May 2013
SABCA and its composite subsidiary SABCA Limburg will be at the Paris Air Show, from June 17th until June 23rd, 2013, Hall 2B, Booth G50.
U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium Howard Gutman visits SABCA
Mar 2013
On March 14, 2013 HE the Ambassador of the United States of America, Howard Gutman, visited SABCA’s facilities located in Gosselies, near Charleroi, Belgium.
F-16 Aircraft Depot-Level MRO : SABCA (Charleroi plant, Belgium) delivers its 1200th F-16.
Oct 2012
On Monday 22nd October, like several times a month, the SABCA flight line crew successfully delivered an F16 aircraft to one of its customer Air Forces : this time the Belgian Air Component received back a single-seater F-16, freshly upgraded by the highly skilled technicians of the company to the latest M5 Avionics standards.
Open doors at SABCA Limburg : an overwhelming success !
Oct 2012
SABCA Limburg, SABCA’s subsidiary specialized in high-tech aeronautical composites manufacturing opened its doors to the general public on Sunday 07 October 2012. This operation was part of the Open Bedrijven Dag (Open Businesses Day) organized in the Flemish Region.
A lecture at the KU Leuven University by SABCA’s technical manager for VEGA
Sep 2012
Mr Tillo Vanthuyne will speak about the VEGA program and his experience during a lecture at the KU Leuven (Leuven University) on Thursday, October 4, at 20:00
SABCA at Farnborough 2012
May 2012
SABCA and its composite subsidiary SABCA Limburg will participate in the Air Show that will take place this year at Farnborough, England from July 9 to 15.
SABCA will be at the Marrakech Air Show 2012
Mar 2012
As a major stakeholder of the Aerospace Industry, SABCA will be present at the Marrakech Air Show 2012.
SABCA signs a new contract with DASSAULT Equipements
Mar 2012
The broad know-how acquired by SABCA in the complex techniques needed for these devices has led in early 2012 to the signature of a new contract between SABCA and DASSAULT Equipements.
VEGA : successful launch, the reward of nine years' hard work !
Feb 2012
SABCA is a major actor and partner in the new VEGA launcher that has been successfully launched this 13 February 2012.
SABCA announces a new Facility for Automatic Surface Treatments
Dec 2011
SABCA proudly announces a new automatic surface treatments installation for large parts that will be fully operational at our Brussels plant around Easter 2012.
SABCA to extend co-operation with USAF for another five years
Nov 2011
Depot-Level Maintenance of United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) F-16 Aircraft : SABCA to extend co-operation with USAF for another five years.
SABCA and ELV have signed a contract for the launcher VEGA
Nov 2011
On June 23, 2011, during the Paris Air Show, SABCA and the Italian company ELV , a subsidiary of AVIO, signed an important contract for the production of the first five shipset of the VEGA space launcher.
SABCA delivers its 100-th T-Shape for the A380
Oct 2011
Eight years after the delivery of the first Centre Rear Lower Shell (also known as WP1223 or more graphically “T-Shape”, in relation with its shape), for the giant A380 airliner, SABCA proudly delivers this week the 100-th shipset of this element to our customer Airbus.
SABCA is a partner in the new Dassault SMS Business Jet
Jun 2011
SABCA is proud to announce that it is participating in the new SMS business jet project of Dassault Aviation as a partner for the design, development and production of the Lower Rear Fuselage.
SABCA delivers the first Flap Supports for the A350 XWB
May 2011
SABCA has delivered the first Flap Supports for the new A350 XWB to its client Airbus
SABCA develops highly integrated composite structures using the SQRTM technology
Jan 2011
The SQRTM technology developped by SABCA allows one-shot out of autoclave manufacturing of complex structures, taking advantage of the high mechanical qualities of prepreg UD tape composites and extensive automated processes.
SABCA participates in AERO INDIA 2011 in Bangalore
Jan 2011
SABCA will be present at the AERO INDIA 2011 Air Show in Bangalore (India) during the second week of February 2011
A new powerful Aeromill at SABCA
Dec 2010
A new powerful 5-axes, long bed, high speed milling machine has been installed at SABCA
SABCA paints F-16’s for the RNLAF
May 2010
SABCA has been awarded a contract from the Royal Netherlands Air Force for the painting of thirteen F-16 MLU aircraft.
One of the largest autoclaves in Europe arrives at SABCA Limburg !
Feb 2010
SABCA Limburg, a fully-owned subsidiary of SABCA, has received early this month its new very large autoclave. With an outside diameter of 6,1 m (20 ft) and a length of 17 m (55 ft), the new equipment is one of the largest autoclaves in Europe..