27 June 2016 | Herpreet Kaur Grewal

Spie UK has won a maintenance contract with aircraft manufacturer Airbus.

The assignment represents the first contract of its kind for Spie UK, the scope of which covers the maintenance and repairs at Airbus’s Broughton plant in Cheshire, which has responsibility for assembling the wings for all Airbus civil aircraft.

The site is where such aviation classics as De Havilland’s Comet and Mosquito were produced.

The contract began on 1 April and includes planned and reactive maintenance works for the manufacturing plant’s mechanical and electrical assets, such as paint booths, compressors, boilers, sealing machines and vacuum delivery systems.

Spie Group has an existing 15-year relationship with Airbus in France, and has recently started delivering support in Germany. But this will be the first time that Spie has worked with Airbus in the UK.