ROMAERO SA*

Their core work

ROMAERO is a Romanian aerospace manufacturer and MRO (maintenance, repair, overhaul) company based in Bucharest, with deep involvement in next-generation rotorcraft and advanced aircraft structures. Through H2020, they contribute manufacturing expertise to fast rotorcraft development under the Clean Sky 2 programme, composite wing-box tooling, and friction stir welding for aerospace assembly. They also bring their industrial production capabilities to collaborative robotics research, exploring human-robot co-production cells for assembly tasks.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

ROMAERO's H2020 journey began in 2014 with their first Fast Rotorcraft project under Clean Sky 2, establishing aerospace manufacturing as their anchor activity. From 2018 onward, they diversified into adjacent areas — advanced joining techniques (OASIS), composite tooling (FITCoW), and collaborative robotics (CoLLaboratE) — while continuing their rotorcraft work with the GAM-2020-FRC follow-on project. This signals a company expanding from pure aerospace production toward smart manufacturing methods that could modernize their factory floor.

ROMAERO is moving from traditional aerospace production toward integrating collaborative robotics, advanced welding, and composite tooling — positioning themselves as a digitally-enabled aerospace manufacturer.

How they like to work

ROMAERO participates exclusively as a partner, never as coordinator — consistent with a large industrial company contributing manufacturing facilities and domain expertise to research-driven consortia. With 49 unique partners across 17 countries, they connect broadly rather than repeatedly with the same groups. This makes them an accessible partner for consortia that need a real aerospace production environment to validate research outputs.

ROMAERO has collaborated with 49 distinct partners across 17 countries, reflecting a wide European network built primarily through the Clean Sky 2 Joint Undertaking and collaborative research actions. Their partnerships span major aerospace nations and research hubs across the EU.

What sets them apart

ROMAERO offers something rare in H2020 consortia: a full-scale aerospace production facility in Eastern Europe, with actual assembly lines where research results can be tested at industrial scale. Their combination of rotorcraft manufacturing heritage and growing investment in robotics and advanced joining makes them a practical validation partner. For consortium builders, they bridge the gap between laboratory research and industrial deployment — and at competitive Eastern European cost structures.

Highlights from their portfolio

• GAM-2020-FRC
  EUR 1.8M contribution to the Fast Rotorcraft programme developing tiltrotor and compound aircraft with improved payload and fuel efficiency — their largest recent commitment.
• CoLLaboratE
  Marks ROMAERO's strategic pivot into Industry 4.0, applying collaborative robotics and self-learning systems to their aerospace assembly processes.
• FRC GAM 2018
  Their highest-funded project at EUR 2.77M, anchoring their role in the Clean Sky 2 Fast Rotorcraft demonstrator over five years.