John Sturch has joined Brookhouse, of Darwen, as a project manager responsible for overseeing the work the company is currently involved with in the Airbus A300 and A400 programmes.

John Sturch has joined Brookhouse, of Darwen, as a project manager responsible for overseeing the work the company is currently involved with in the Airbus A300 and A400 programmes. The appointment is seen as a continuation of Brookhouse's commitment to investment in plant, quality and personnel to reinforce its position as the UK's largest independent composites manufacturer for the aerospace sector. John, who has a degree in mechanical engineering and is a chartered engineer, brings a great deal of experience to the new post.

He was previously employed by Doncasters, the leading international engineering group, first as general manager of Doncasters Precision Machines in Shrewsbury and then as team leader for the recent successful bid with Hamilton Sundstrand to manufacture turbo-machinery for the Boeing 787 auxiliary power unit.

Before that, John held various senior management positions in companies throughout the UK, after joining Pilkingtons from university as an industrial engineer, where he devised computer simulations of glass cutting machines.

Married with three children, John lives in Colne.

In his spare time, he enjoys gardening and home computing although he still retains a great interest in scouting being former District Commissioner for Pendle.

Brookhouse is an organisation totally focused on the aerospace sector, providing solutions in composites.

It offers design and manufacturing for composites tooling, a facility for the repair of composite components and a capability for design, prototyping, manufacture, testing and finishing of complete composite components.

As a result, Brookhouse can offer its worldwide customers a global facility to take responsibility for complete parcels of composites' development and manufacture projects.