Business Sector – Commercial Aviation

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  • Commercial Aviation – Aero-structures, Systems and Interiors

  • Advanced Manufacturing (and Design & Engineering)

  • Sector in South Africa – (CAMASA):

›› 50 companies active

›› Export R3.0b annually

›› 40% Added Value (Local content)

›› Employ 3 000+ people in high skill jobs

›› Train 600+ people annually

›› 90% of activity in Gauteng and Cape Town region

ABOUT US

Outcomes for the Commercial Aerospace Manufacturing Sector

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  • Doubling manufactured Exports over a period of five years

  • Localisation of imports of materials and components

  • Growing Sector employment by 60% in high-tech jobs

  • Transformation of the Sector including Ownership, Skills- and Supplier Development with particular emphasis on Black Industrialisation;

  • Leveraging and deploying the Advanced Manufacturing Skills

  • Driving the industrialization and commercial deployment of leading edge Technologies such as Additive Manufacturing

  • Establishing a Best-Practice Advanced Manufacturing Hub by applying Advanced Manufacturing Best Practices to the CAV  and possibly other regional off-shoots;

  • Promote direct partnerships with international OEM’s and/or Technology partners, to demonstrate and showcase local industry capabilities and capacities to collaborate

  • Forging stronger ties with global Aviation and Advanced Manufacturing companies.

Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Industry in South Africa

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IPAP 2017

Establishment of the South African Commercial Aviation Framework and Implementation Plan (IPAP) 2017

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Nature and Purpose of the Intervention


The SA Aviation sector is an established sector, already exporting hi-tech parts and components to leading international OEMs and Tier 1 and 2 companies to the value of R3:0bn per annum. It has a strong and global international order book, at approximately 2,000 airplanes per year for the next 19 years. This sector has a potential to further support economic development and industrialisation by means of exports, R&D and localisation of selected bought-in technologies and processes; creating a conducive environment; and partnering with global companies to spread R&D costs and expand the client base. The intervention is intended to significantly boost SA commerical aviation manufacturing exports through application of an intergrated Industry Growth Plan – and achieve this by growing the country’s aerospace capabilities in support of future-orientated competitiveness.

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The purposes of the intervention are the following


Doubling of the sector’s manufactured exports over a period of five years as well as the localisation of imports of components (including manufactured goods required for the servicing and overhauling of airplanes);
Growing sector employment by approximately 60% in hightech jobs from the current base;
Transformation of various aspects of the sector, including ownership, skills- and supplier development, with a particular emphasis on black industrialists;
Establishing the necessary conditions to create and maintain process and product qualifications and certifications to international criteria.

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Targeted Outcomes


A solid commercial aviation manufacturing framework, aligning and integrating the key enablers towards establishing a blueprint for future success of the aerospace sector.