Gate2 Aerospace & Maintenance and Lijmacademie announced to the press today, the constructionworks on the Adhesive Bonding Trainingcenter in Gilze-Rijen, Netherlands will start next month. The center is expected to be officially opened in the first week of December, 2013.
Picture (right): Inspectionworks on the bonding condition of a rotorblade of a Chinook helicopter. Inspection is done by means of knocking, using a special Boeing-hammer. Next to the students, Pierre van Kleef and Arnold Knottnerus shake hands to confirm the cooperation between Gate2 and Lijmacademie B.V.
Download the Press Release (sorry, only available in Dutch language):
Pressrelease LIJMACADEMIE (Dutch).pdf
and
Backgroundinformation pressrelease LIJMACADEMIE (Dutch).pdf
Picture (left): Participants of the European Adhesive Specialist trainingcourse practice their manual skills.