How an Airliner's Composite Wing Is Made in UK

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GKN and aerospace | Word on a wing; A long-established global innovator shows how British firms can make it in modern manufacturing. Economist, June 9, 2012.
http://www.economist.com/node/21556582
("In 2009 GKN bought the Airbus wing factory at Filton, near Bristol.

The firm hopes the new factory at Western Approach, an offshoot of the Filton works, will help it grasp a big share of the world market for carbon-fibre wing spars")

Note:
(a) About "wing spars."
(i) spar (n):
"1: a stout pole
* * *
2b : any of the main longitudinal members of the wing of an airplane that carry the ribs"
www.m-w.com
(ii) Spar (aviation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spar_(aviation)
(b) Bristol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol
(Brycgstow (Old English, "the place at the bridge"))
(c) Toulouse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toulouse
("Toulouse is the centre of the European aerospace industry, with the headquarters of Airbus, Galileo positioning system, the SPOT satellite system, and CNES's Toulouse Space Centre (CST), the largest space centre in Europe. Thales Alenia Space, and Astrium Satellites, EADS's satellite system subsidiary, also have a significant presence in Toulouse")

* History of Toulouse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Toulouse
("The name of the city was Tolosa. Researchers today agree that the name is probably Aquitanian, related to the old Basque language, but the meaning is unknown")

(d) GKN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GKN
(Headquarters Redditch, Worcestershire, England)
(e) For driveshaft, see drive shaft
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driveshaft
(f) Westland Helicopters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Helicopters
(WAS a British aerospace company; Originally Westland Aircraft [founded in 1935 in Somerset, western part of England]; In 2001 it [Weastland Helicopters] merged with Agusta to form AgustaWestland)