As the major airframe manufacturers look to systems integration and major assembly as their core areas of expertise, they look for suppliers of such a size to become partners for long-term business, with the capability to provide anything from the smallest, simplest bracket, to full design and manufacture services for major structural sub-assemblies.
Operating from nine sites (five in the UK, two inthe US and two in Central Europe), CAV has positioned itself to support this customer strategy, via the formation of 2 discreet business units, each with its own distinct capabilities. Each business unit has its own dedicated management team, which supports the achievement of business growth via operational excellence:
Aerostructures Division – offers an integrated and comprehensive range of products and services to all sectors of the Aerospace industry.
Ice Protection Division - Design and manufacture of ice protection systems.
Through continued operational performance, CAV has become a respected, fast and agile supplier to the major Aerospace companies worldwide, operating on both a Tier 1 and Tier 2 basis.
Technically focused, CAV has the capability and capacity to deliver new and innovative methods of controlling processes in line 
with the latest cost effective manufacturing principles. Lean operations are embedded in the manufacturing operations and philosophies of all sites.
CAV will seek to gain competitive advantage by offering not just the end product to the customer, but a full supply solution. We do this by listening to what the customer truly requires in terms of the product and the way in which it is presented and supplied, and then providing an appropriate level solution.
