Aerospace Industries Association
The Aerospace
Industries Association (AIA) is a non-profit trade association that represents the
nation's leading manufacturers of commercial, military, and business aircraft,
helicopters, aircraft engines, missiles, spacecraft, and related components and
equipments.
AIA believes regulators should adopt a more integrated, "holistic" approach
than is currently being used to foster innovative technical solutions to environmental
problems and requirements.
Safety, Health, and the Environment is considered to be one of AIA's top 10 issues for
1994. An intensive search is underway in aerospace companies for "environmentally
friendly" materials and processes. The Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S.
Air Force are leading the effort to find a replacement for halons, the chief firefighting
chemicals used in aviation. AIA monitors this research effort and continues to provide
technical advice. A report on how this effort is proceeding was published in the form of
several articles in a special issue of the October 1994 "AIA Newsletter".
The Annual Aerospace Materials Management Conference often includes such topics as: (1)
pollution prevention in paint stripping, metal finishing, and chemical processing of
aluminum; (2) innovative environmental management strategies; (3) life cycle analysis; and
(4) design phase hazardous materials management.
For more information contact:
Glynn
Rountree
Director of Environmental Affairs
Aerospace Industries Association
1250 Eye Street, N.W. Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 371-8401
fax (202) 371-8470