- 1. GTA Aerospace Cluster By: Joseph Perera
2. Agenda
- Collaboration with Educational Institutions
- Big players in the market
3. Overview
- Evolving each year with new and innovative product lines
and
- 2 ndlargest employing industry in Canada
- Accounts for more than 65% of Ontario's employment
- Manufactures products from aircraft engines to air
conditioners
- Massive growth potential!
4. Market Segments
- Aircraft Assembly/ Integration
- Communications systems such as Satellite/ Space
5. Segment Sales and Market Share 6. Support Structures
- Aerospace Action Partnership (AAP)
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- The AAP is a public-private partnership created to develop and
implement an aerospace cluster strategy called "Flight Path: A
Vision for the Future," which charts a course for the
industry.
- Ontario Aerospace Council (OAC)
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- A not-for-profit, non-share capital corporation governed by a
Board of Directors representing all segments of the Ontario
aerospace industry.
7. Collaboration with Educational Institutions
- U of T Institute for Aerospace Studies
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- Established in 1949, the University of Toronto Institute for
Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) serves as both a premier research
institute and a graduate school.
- RIADI Ryerson institute for Aerospace Design and
Innovation
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- Is a partnership between Ryerson University and leading
aerospace companies of Ontario
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- Strengths in the Space and Engineering program include the
Phoenix Scout Mission selected by NASA to go to Mars; SCISAT, the
Canadian Space Agency mission to research the ozone layer
8. Big Players in the Market
9. Competing Clusters Montreal Aerospace Denver, Colorado
Aerospace
- Building and Aerospace Research
- Employees private workers,
- 2 ndlargest employer in USA
- Located near U of Montreal, able to
- access easy research services
- One of the most successful
- Support by big players such as NRC
10. THANK YOU Questions?