AOES Group BV celebrates its membership in the European ISS Business Club (IBC) Bonn/Noordwijk. At the occasion of AOES Group BV ’s cocktail reception celebrating the company’s accession to the European ISS Business Club (IBC), ESA astronaut André Kuipers handed over the IBC Membership Award to Paul Pearson, Director of AOES Group BV. The award distinguishes the company as an “Official Supplier to the European Elements of the International Space Station” and was signed by Daniel Sacotte, Chairman of the IBC Award and Director of Human Spaceflight, Microgravity and Exploration.
“We appreciate the high quality and reliability of AOES Group BV’s engineering services that have contributed to the successful implementation of a wide range of ESA missions,” says Bob Chesson, Head of the ISS Operations Department of ESA, Member of the IBC Board. “We are thus honoured that the company decided to join our industry club, the IBC.” Since the inception of the ISS Programme, AOES Group BV has provided engineering services to the European Space Agency (ESA), its prime contractors and suppliers. The Dutch company’s ISS involvement includes verifying and analysing the structures and mechanisms of ISS parts and instruments for the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV). Moreover, AOES has contributed to ISS payloads, various taxi flights and life-support projects and has analysed ISS instruments. “Our key asset is our excellent and highly qualified staff from all over the world. We have managed to meet the highest quality standards required in spaceflight,” says Paul Pearson, Director of AOES Group BV.
AOES Group BV was established as an independent company in October 2003. Prior to this, AOES Group BV was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Atos Origin organisation. The roots of this Leiden-based company go back to 1980 when, as IKOSS GmbH, Stuttgart, these mechanical engineering specialists were providing support and consulting services to ESA suppliers and to automotive companies in Germany. The Dutch business expanded significantly during the 1990s when specialist engineering skills were required for structures, mechanisms, thermal equipment, CFD, CAE/PLM and IT systems. In 2000, aircraft engineering and Medialab – Technical Visual Communication were added to the AOES service portfolio. Today, space accounts for 75 per cent of AOES’ business portfolio. The firm’s key customers are Airbus, BMW, EADS, ESA and Hyundai. The company has 95 employees, spanning more than 15 different nationalities, and its offices are located in The Netherlands and in Germany. (Source IBC)
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