Messier-Dowty, a SAFRAN group company, is the world leader in the design, development, manufacture and support of landing gear systems.

Messier-Dowty landing gear are in service on more than 19,500 aircraft making over 35,000 landings every day. The company supplies 33 airframe manufacturers and supports 2,000 operators of large commercial aircraft, regional and business aircraft, military aircraft and helicopters.

Messier-Dowty is also the majority shareholder of the worldwide MRO network, Messier Services. Messier-Dowty and Messier Services together have 4,300 employees across sites in Europe, North America and Asia, and posted consolidated sales of 738 million euros in 2006.

The company has been successful in being selected to provide landing gear for a number of recent new aircraft programmes: The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Airbus A400M military transporter, Airbus A380, Sukhoi Superjet 100 and the new Airbus A350XWB. The company’s Gloucester facility with over 1000 people has been at the forefront of landing gear technology for over 70 years, dating from the innovative solutions of Sir George Dowty to the advanced landing gears of the world’s most modern aircraft.

For further information, please come and see us at the Holiday Inn Hotel, Filton Road, Bristol for our Open Evening on Thursday 15th November 2007 from 4.30pm – 8pm.