Fokker, TenCate and partners enter next stage in innovation partnership with Airbus

Airbus, Fokker and TenCate will tonight sign the contract for the next stage of the Thermoplastic Affordable Primary Aircraft Structure innovation program (TAPAS), in the presence of the French President François Hollande, the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister of Economic Affairs Henk Kamp. This program exists since 2010, and is a highly successful tool for project-based innovation partnership.