Liebherr-Aerospace Saline expansion continues
Liebherr-Aerospace Saline’s expansion of its industrial campus Michigan continues apace with a groundbreaking ceremony.
Guests, management and more than 300 employees attended the event at the US facility which marks the fifth expansion since 1993.
With the new building the company will be able to meet the growing customers’ demand for MRO services covering the Liebherr products that are on board a wide variety of commercial aircraft and business jets.
Spanning 33,000 ft², the expansion will adjoin the existing heat transfer facility, which commenced operations in 2016.
The facility will cater to Liebherr-Aerospace Saline’s growing heat transfer aftermarket demand of testing, repair, overhaul, and recore capacity for Liebherr products installed on Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, Mitsubishi, and Bombardier aircraft.
Additionally, the new facility will accommodate the internal movement of certain other products, thus increasing the required landing gear processing capacity at the main facility.
Alex Vlielander, chief customer officer at Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation SAS, said: “The positive and overwhelming acceptance by our customers of the heat transfer servicing set-up in Saline has allowed us to expand our offerings worldwide, thus validating our strategy to be close to our customers.
“Furthermore, by expanding the network we are shortening the overall Turn Around Time by eliminating transportation time, cutting down on cost and lowering our carbon footprint”.
Will Dew, managing director commercial at Liebherr-Aerospace Saline added: “It’s also imperative that we recognize the sustaining contributions of our employees.
“This impressive milestone combined with our summer employee appreciation event acknowledges their resilience and innovation which continues to anchor the success of the company.”
