AN aerospace firm has become of the first of its kind in the country to receive a new stamp of approval.

Brookhouse Composites, of Darwen, has received a Joint Aviation Authority approval to manufacture aerospace components.

Only five have so far been granted the safety approval and Brookhouse is the only composites structure manufacturing firm to achieve it.

The JAA certification covers 28 countries. More than 60 organisations have so far applied for approval under the scheme.

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