Meggitt, Lufthansa Technik sign MRO partnership for services in mainland China

Meggitt, Lufthansa Technik sign MRO partnership for services in mainland China:

21 June, 2019:Meggitt PLC, a British engineering business specialising in aerospace equipment has signed an agreement with Lufthansa Technik for the provision of complete component MRO services for commercial aircraft in mainland China.

Under the agreement signed at the Paris Air Show yesterday, Lufthansa Technik Shenzhen (LTS), a joint venture between Lufthansa Technik AG and Beijing Kailan Aviation Technology Co., Ltd., will build local MRO capabilities for Meggitt products including heat exchangers, valves, fire detectors and fire suppression. The partnership will provide customers in mainland China with world-class repair and service levels for a range of products; delivered from LTS's 25,000 square meter facility.

Stewart Watson, President of Meggitt's Services & Support division, said, "This is a long-term partnership for the fastest growing market in the world and combines Meggitt's OEM know- how with Lufthansa Technik MRO expertise. We have invested significantly in all our facilities across Asia as part of our investment programme in the region and have an established Singapore centre of excellence, which opened in 2012."

Ben Scheidel, Chief Executive Officer of Lufthansa Technik Shenzhen, said, "Meggitt provides world-class technologies for a broad range of aircraft types. Hence, we look forward to establishing this new and unique collaboration as the exclusive MRO shop for a wide range of Meggitt products in the Chinese market. Through our high tech facility in Shenzhen with its long standing and successful history, we will provide an excellent MRO quality combined with an impeccable customer service. The close engineering and data exchange between Meggitt and LTS will increase safety, reliability and simultaneously optimise costs for our customers."