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Malaysia vital SE Asia Industrial Partner: Airbus
Malaysia vital SE Asia Industrial Partner: Airbus
SHAH ALAM: Leading global aircraft manufacturer Airbus SAS sees Malaysia as an important industrial partner in Southeast Asia as it seeks to strengthen its presence in the region.As part of its plans to capture the aircraft services market, the French-based company has partnered with SDMK Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian small-and-medium-enterprise (SME) outfit, as its supplier of jigs.The jigs, a tooling product in the aviation sector, will be used to repair an aircraft’s sharklet, aileron, aircraft rudder and elevator.Airbus head of international cooperation for Malaysia and Singapore senior director, Francois de Bortoli said the locally produced jigs will be exported to Triumph Aviation Services in Bangkok, Thailand for Airbus to carry out its repair activities in its service center there.“We want to ensure that we fulfil the needs of jigs in Southeast Asia. We chose Malaysia as a place to produce the jigs as we feel that there is competency and capability here to do that,” he told reporters at a press conference here today.
Airbus selects SDMK as one of its suppliers
Airbus selects SDMK as one of its suppliers
SHAH ALAM: Aircraft manufacturer Airbus has selected a Malaysian company, SDMK Sdn Bhd as one of its global suppliers of jigs for composite repair of aircraft rudder and elevator for A320 and A330 programmes. Its Head of Airbus International Cooperation Malaysia and Singapore, Francois De-Bortoli said Malaysia is an important industrial partner for Airbus, with suppliers working on various aircraft programmes in composite structures, design and analysis, maintenance, repair and overhaul, as well as aircraft engineering and repair services."This new contract is a key contributor in broadening the capacity and capability of the local aerospace industry and we are thankful to have full support from key Malaysian institutions like the Aerospace Malaysia Innovation Centre, Majlis Amanah Rakyat, and the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology," he said.
Speaking at a press conference after conformity inspection review for the first tool event, De-Bortoli said SDMK had been awarded the job after a selection process managed by Airbus from a list of potential suppliers and final decision was done last year with the signing of a contract between the two parties.He said the selection of SDMK was in line with Airbus overall strategy of developing a broader industrial and services footprint, particularly in Asia and to increase its proximity to its customers in Southeast Asia, enabling it to provide seamless repair and services support.
Meanwhile, SDMK Managing Director Yew Seik Wai said the company was awarded four packages with one jig for each package and the work involved engineering management project to produce a repair station. – Bernama
Speaking at a press conference after conformity inspection review for the first tool event, De-Bortoli said SDMK had been awarded the job after a selection process managed by Airbus from a list of potential suppliers and final decision was done last year with the signing of a contract between the two parties.He said the selection of SDMK was in line with Airbus overall strategy of developing a broader industrial and services footprint, particularly in Asia and to increase its proximity to its customers in Southeast Asia, enabling it to provide seamless repair and services support.
Meanwhile, SDMK Managing Director Yew Seik Wai said the company was awarded four packages with one jig for each package and the work involved engineering management project to produce a repair station. – Bernama
Industrial Partnerships
Industrial Partnerships
Malaysia is one of Airbus’ main industrial partners in Asia, and every Airbus aircraft flying across the globe today has parts produced in Malaysia.CTRM is one of the world’s top five suppliers of composite structures to Airbus. It provides a complete range of manufacturing expertise, most notably the production of wing components for the A320 Family, A350 XWB and A380, nacelles for the A350 XWB and various aerostructures for the A400M military airlifter.SME Aerospace is one of the Airbus’ earliest industrial partners in Malaysia. Since 1998, it has been manufacturing wing components for the A320 Family, the A330 Family, the A380 and the A350 XWB. It also manufactures parts for Airbus Helicopters. Another key partner is Spirit Aerosystems Malaysia, which assembles various wing components for the A320 Family and widebody A350 XWB.Strand Aerospace Malaysia is engaged in engineering services, carrying out design and certification analysis of aircraft structures across almost all Airbus aircraft family types including the A320 Family, A330, A350 XWB, A380 and A400M. Strand also supports the company’s suppliers in Malaysia in the design and certification of parts such as the A380 underwing panels, and new toolsets for the A320 and A350 XWB.In 2016, Airbus underscored its continued support to the development of Malaysia’s aerospace industry with the selection of SDMK Sdn Bhd as one of its global suppliers for the supply of jigs. SDMK reproduces large assembly jigs for the repair of composite aircraft rudders and elevators for the A320 and A330 programmes.
