Business Recruiting Delegation Headed To International Air Show Next Week
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Business Recruiting Delegation Headed To International Air Show Next Week
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont will be leading a delegation of state officials and business leaders at the 2025 Paris Air Show. The aerospace industry employs nearly 30,000 people in Connecticut, the third highest concentration of aerospace employment in the U.S. The state also will host its own booth featuring 10 aerospace companies with operations in the state. More than 2,454 aerospace and defense companies from throughout the world will be exhibiting at the show. The Paris Air show is considered one of the most important trade shows of its kind in the world, according to Lamont’s office. He plans to attend industry networking events and meet with several aerospace companies that have expressed interest in establishing operations in Connecticut.
Gov. Ned Lamont will be leading a delegation of state officials and business leaders at the 2025 Paris Air Show as part of a business recruitment mission intended to strengthen and support the state’s aerospace industry and the thousands of local jobs that it supports, according to a statement from Lamont’s office.
The aerospace industry employs nearly 30,000 people in Connecticut, the third highest concentration of aerospace employment in the U.S. The aerospace and defense industry accounts for more than 32% of Connecticut’s total exports, according to the statement.
“Connecticut is one of the top places in the world for aerospace companies to grow and develop, and it is our mission to help our state’s existing aerospace companies thrive and meet with international companies that are looking to establish operations in the U.S. market,” Lamont said. “We want more of the world’s aerospace products to be made in Connecticut, where the world’s best and most talented workforce is located.”
The Paris Air Show is considered one of the most important trade shows of its kind in the world. More than 2,454 aerospace and defense companies from throughout the world will be exhibiting.
Lamont plans to attend from June 15 to June 17 and said he plans to attend industry networking events and meet with several aerospace companies that have expressed interest in establishing operations in the United States. Other officials who are part of Connecticut’s delegation include Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Daniel O’Keefe, Chief Manufacturing Officer Paul Lavoie, and Advance CT President and CEO John Bourdeaux.
The state also will host its own booth featuring 10 aerospace companies with operations in the state:
Air Industries Group
Enjet Aero
Precision Sensors
NE-XT Technologies
Jonal Laboratories
Forecast International
Reno Machine
Production Metals, A Division of Ryerson
Mott Corporation
New England Airfoil Products (NEAP)
Connecticut ranks first among states for aircraft engine and engine parts manufacturing, which contributes more than $6.6 billion to Connecticut’s GDP, according to the statement. Airbus North America Chairman and CEO Robin Hayes called Connecticut the company’s #1 supplier state, with more than one-third of their total U.S. spend going to Connecticut.
Connecticut has been participating in the Paris Air Show and the Farnborough International Air Show in England, which are held in alternating years, since 2006. These two trade shows are considered the two most important events in the world for the global aerospace industry.
At the 2023 Paris Air Show, conversations between Lamont, AdvanceCT, and Hanwha Aerospace resulted in Hanwha relocating its international engines business from South Korea to Cheshire, Connecticut.