Avcorp Signs Production Contract with Boeinghttps://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/avcorp-signs-production-contract-with-boeing-537291171.html
VANCOUVER, Oct. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ - Avcorp Industries Inc. (TSX: AVP) (the "Company", "Avcorp" or the "Avcorp Group") is pleased to announce that it has received notice of award from The Boeing Company for the production and supply of 767-2C panoramic camera fairings, as part of the KC-46 tanker program.
Each shipset of panoramic camera fairings consist of large and complex composites and metallic components which will be assembled into a fully integrated assembly in the Avcorp Delta facility. These fully integrated fairings attach directly to the 767-2C fuselage and will be delivered direct to the final assembly line in Everett, Washington.
Avcorp has been manufacturing and supplying Boeing with various aircraft components, including 737 wheel well fairings, 737 wing tip panels, metal bond partition panels for various Boeing aircraft and CH47 Chinook Helicopter cockpit nose enclosure assemblies and tunnel covers, for more than 20 years.
"This new contract underscores the importance of our longstanding supply partnership with Boeing. We are proud that our supply partnership with Boeing continues to provide us with opportunities to contribute on yet another key platform with Boeing," said Peter George, Avcorp Industries Inc. CEO.
About Avcorp
The Avcorp Group designs and builds major airframe structures for some of the world's leading aircraft companies, including BAE Systems, Boeing and Bombardier. With more than 50 years of experience, over 388 skilled employees and 340,000 square feet of facilities at our Avcorp location in Delta BC which is dedicated to light weight metal manufacturing and assembly and at our Comtek location in Burlington ON which is dedicated to composites manufacturing and repair, the Avcorp Group offers integrated composite and metallic aircraft structures to aircraft manufacturers, a distinct advantage in the pursuit of contracts for new aircraft designs, which require lower-cost, light weight, strong, reliable structures. Our Burlington location also offers composite repairs for commercial aircraft. Avcorp Industries Inc. is a Canadian public company traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:AVP).
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PETER GEORGE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AVCORP GROUP