PREMIUM AEROTEC GmbH

Their core work

Premium Aerotec is a major German aerostructures manufacturer based in Augsburg, producing large-scale fuselage sections, pressure bulkheads, and wing components primarily for Airbus commercial and military aircraft. Their contribution to H2020 centers on turning research concepts into industrial-scale aircraft demonstrators — specifically fuselage, cabin, and wing integration for next-generation passenger aircraft. They also work on advanced manufacturing automation, including human-robot collaboration on assembly lines. In short: they are the factory-floor partner that takes laboratory aerospace innovations and proves they can be built at airliner scale.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

First half (2014-2018): Clean Sky 2 LPA aerostructures work alongside a distinct strand on collaborative factory robotics (FourByThree). Second half (2020-2024): activity concentrates on the GAM-2020-LPA demonstrator platform, with explicit new emphasis on HLFC wings, multifunctional fuselages, advanced cabins, disruptive cockpits and integration of innovative propulsion concepts. The robotics/automation thread drops off; the profile narrows and deepens around next-generation large-aircraft architecture.

They are positioning themselves as the industrial integrator for Europe's future low-emission large passenger aircraft, with clear interest in hosting novel propulsion and airframe concepts on flyable demonstrators.

How they like to work

They participate rather than coordinate — zero coordinator roles, one participant and two third-party engagements. The 91-partner, 14-country network across only 3 projects shows they plug into very large Clean Sky 2 consortia as the industrial manufacturing anchor. Partnering with them means working inside structured, Airbus-adjacent programs where their role is to industrialize what researchers design.

91 unique partners across 14 European countries, concentrated in the Clean Sky 2 aviation consortium. Center of gravity is Germany and the broader Airbus supplier ecosystem.

What sets them apart

Premium Aerotec is one of a handful of European companies that actually builds large airliner fuselage and wing sections at industrial scale for Airbus. That makes them uniquely valuable when a research concept has to be proven on a full-size aircraft demonstrator rather than a laboratory coupon. Competitors in the same H2020 space are either research institutes or smaller specialist suppliers — Premium Aerotec brings the serial-production credibility.

Highlights from their portfolio

• GAM-2020-LPA
  Flagship Clean Sky 2 Large Passenger Aircraft program covering HLFC wings, multifunctional fuselage, advanced cabin and integration of innovative propulsion — the defining platform for their recent positioning.
• FourByThree
  Only project outside aerospace demonstrators — shows capability in collaborative robotics and safe human-machine assembly, relevant for smart factory deployment.
• LPA GAM 2018
  Earlier Clean Sky 2 LPA wave establishing their continuous five-year presence in Europe's main civil-aviation R&D program.