17/01/2006
The MBA visits EADS-CASA
On 17 January, the MBA students, accompanied
by the Programme Director, professor Clara
Cardone, and by professor Miguel Ángel
López, who is in charge of organizing
the visits to firms, had the chance to know
the EADS-CASA facilities at Getafe city.
The Public Relations
responsibles of the aeronautic company, Belén Fierro and Alberto Redondo,
welcomed the group, which was guided by Engineer
Mario López de las Barreras. After a
brief company's presentation, thay visited
the Area of Development and Modifications,
where the Airbus A380 structure is tested;
the assembly-line works of the aeroplanes EF-2000
of the Spanish Army and the assembly-line work
of the wings of the all the European EF-2000
models; the Reparation Area where the F-18
aeroplanes and the Airbus prototype A310 are
prepared for their flight tests. The students
also visited the plant for the tailplanes and
other components of the Airbus models.
As a souvenir of the visit,
the companies representatives donated a photograpy
book that commemorates the travels of two historical
models of the company in the 1920's. The book
will be part of the MBA Bibliographical Catalogue.
The visit is part of the activities offered to
the students during the academic year. Every
year, the Programme organizes visits to firms
of different areas located in the province of
Madrid , that has started this year in EADS-CASA. |