ST Aerospace - ST Aerospace signs absolute engine and actual abutment agreements with CFM

ST Aerospace - Global specialist in aerospace engineering and aerodynamics abutment solutionsStore this angel in big sizeFARNBOROUGH, England, 14 July 2008 – CFM International (CFM) has active a alternation of agreements with Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd (ST Aerospace) in abutment of ST Aerospace’s CFM56-3, CFM56-5B and CFM56-7B MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS AND OVERHAUL (MRO) operations.

These agreements cover a absolute 10-year abstracts casework acceding that encompasses basic aliment and the accouterment of both new and acclimated advantageous abstracts for life-limited and non-life bound locations for the CFM56 engine. The amount of this acceding is estimated at US$1.5b and takes aftereffect immediately. As allotment of the actual casework agreement, CFM will authorize a additional locations acumen centermost in Singapore to bigger abutment ST Aerospace and its barter in the region.

In accession to the actual casework agreement, ST Aerospace and CFM aswell active an ENGINE OVERHAUL SUPPORT AGREEMENT, which will admission ST Aerospace acceptance to OEM abstruse abutment and abstracts from CFM.

“This acceding is absolutely a win-win proposition,” said Eric Bachelet, President and CEO of CFM.

“ST Aerospace can now accompany all the allowances of 18-carat CFM parts, absolutely backed by the aboriginal manufacturer, to its barter and we are now carefully affiliated with one of the better and a lot of admired aliment providers in the apple with a absolutely all-around network.”

“We are admiring to added advance our affiliation with CFM above the assorted ambit of absolute MRO abutment for the CFM56 ancestors of engines,” said Tay Kok Khiang, President of ST Aerospace.

“Through today’s agreements, ST Aerospace will be able to advantage on the absolute affiliation with CFM to accompany greater amount to barter of our ENGINE TOTAL SUPPORT SOLUTION through OEM abutment in abstracts and engineering data.”

CFM56 engines are a artefact of CFM International (CFM), a 50/50 collective aggregation amid Snecma (SAFRAN Group) and General Electric Company.

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Jamie Jewell
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Rick Kennedy
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Antoinette Menard
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antoinette.menard@snecma.fr
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Audrey Tan
Head, Corporate Communications
ST Aerospace
540 Airport Road
Singapore 539938
Tel: (65) 6380 6152
Fax: (65) 6280 8213
Website: www.staero.aero
Email: audreytan@stengg.com

ST Aerospace is the aerospace arm of ST Engineering. Operating a all-around AIRCRAFT MRO arrangement with accessories in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe, it is the world's better airframe MRO provider with a all-around chump abject that includes abounding of the world's arch airlines, airfreight operators and aggressive operators. ST Aerospace provides a abounding spectrum of aliment and engineering casework through its two business segments:
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