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Reading welcomes Siren Craft Brew as Official Local Brewing Partner
Reading Football Club is delighted to welcome Siren Craft Brew as their new Official Local Brewing Partner.
Based just down the road in Finchampstead, Berkshire, Siren will have a prominent presence in the Fan Zone at the Select Car Leasing Stadium, giving Royals supporters the chance to enjoy a selection of locally brewed beers ahead of every home fixture.
Founded in 2013, Siren Craft Brew has grown from its Berkshire roots to build a national reputation for innovative, awardwinning beers – making this a natural partnership between two organisations proud to call the county home.
Among the Siren favourites available to supporters will be Lumina Session IPA, alongside Show Your Stripes – a lager created in collaboration with the University of Reading and inspired by its famous Climate Stripes.
The Climate Stripes have become
Siren Craft Brew
recognised around the world as a powerful visual representation of our changing climate, and are a campaign Reading Football Club has also been proud to support and promote over recent years.
Tim Kilpatrick, Chief Revenue Officer at Reading Football Club, said:“ We’ re delighted to welcome Siren Craft Brew as our Official Local Brewing Partner.
“ Siren are a fantastic Berkshire success story and have already built a great connection with many of our supporters, so we’ re really pleased to bring their beers into the Fan Zone on matchdays.
“ We want the Fan Zone to continue developing into a real destination for supporters before kick-off, and having a quality local brewery like Siren involved is another important part of that.
“ We’ re looking forward to working closely with the Siren team throughout the season, including some fun activations for Royals fans along the way.”
Andy Nowlan of Siren Craft Brew added:“ We’ re incredibly proud to be officially connected to Reading FC. Our customers, teams and local community have overlapped for so long, it feels like a very natural fit, and a privilege as an independent brewery to have this opportunity. Royals fans can expect not just brewery-fresh beer on matchdays in the Fan Zone, but plenty of other rewards and surprises throughout the season.
“ We can’ t wait to get started!”
RTX’ s Collins Aerospace and Etihad Engineering create nacelle MRO joint venture
Collins Aerospace, an RTX( NYSE: RTX) business, and Etihad Airways Engineering LLC( Etihad Engineering) announced a joint venture agreement at the Farnborough International Airshow to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul( MRO) services in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The JV will provide nacelle and thrust reverser maintenance solutions, along with asset support services, for Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 widebody fleets across regional and international carriers.
As part of the agreement, Collins will relocate existing UAE nacelle operations to Etihad Engineering’ s 550,000-square-meter aviation maintenance centre of excellence near Zayed International Airport, doubling Collins’ current nacelle MRO footprint in the Middle East. The 3,250-square-meter facility is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2027.
“ By co-locating with Etihad Engineering’ s rapidly expanding heavy maintenance facility, Collins can deliver enhanced service levels and technical expertise to meet the demand of the Middle East region’ s fast growing aviation market,” said PJ Titone, vice president and general manager of
Left to Right: PJ Titone, VP & GM Aerostructures, Collins Aerospace; Daniel Hoffmann, CEO, Etihad Engineering; Daid Doherty, VP Commercial, Etihad Engineering
Aerostructures for Collins Aerospace.“ This joint venture expands our global MRO footprint and supports the rising number of commercial aircraft equipped with Collins nacelles helping carriers across the region reduce costs and improve turnaround times.”
Etihad Engineering, a part of Abu Dhabi Aviation( ADA) group of companies, is one of the world’ s leading aircraft MRO service providers, offering extensive aircraft maintenance and engineering solutions across a range of airframe maintenance and component repair services. The establishment of the JV will complement and expand Etihad Engineering’ s existing aircraft maintenance solutions and provide airline customers in the region and from around the world with enhanced nacelle MRO services.
Mahmood Al Hameli, Group CEO of Abu Dhabi Aviation( ADA), said:“ This new capability aligns with our Group’ s longterm commitment to organic growth through capability enhancement and the development of local expertise. This not only broadens our service offerings but also enhances resilience and provides better responsiveness to our customers.”
“ We offer our global customer base a wide range of industry-leading aircraft maintenance and engineering services in Abu Dhabi as a one-stop MRO solutions partner. The creation of this JV with Collins Aerospace strengthens our world-class value proposition by adding high-quality nacelle maintenance and thrust reverser MRO services to our comprehensive existing portfolio for our customers from all over the world,” said Daniel Hoffmann, CEO of Etihad Engineering.
The JV will operate as part of Collins’ aerostructures aftermarket network supported by a global team.
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