AU Magazine - Feb 2018 E Magazine

ENGINES SECTOIN
Lufthansa Technik
and Pepperl+Fuchs
found start-up
3D.aero
The two German companies Lufthansa
Technik AG of Hamburg and
Pepperl+Fuchs GmbH of Mannheim have
founded an equally owned joint venture
called 3D.aero GmbH. The aim of this new
company is to research, develop and sell
innovative automation solutions for the
aviation industry. Furthermore, it will work on
solutions for the digitalization of workshops.
Its headquarters are at the ZAL TechCenter
in Hamburg-Finkenwerder, one of the largest
and most modern aviation research centers
in the world. This location will enable 3D.aero
to network with other aviation companies.
Besides industrial workshop and factory
automation solutions, 3D.aero will also offer
the application of optical measuring devices,
digital inspection and image processing
applications and related consulting services.
The company will operate as a modern startup
and have flat hierarchies, with the young
team consisting mainly of Pepperl+Fuchs
employees and graduates of the Institute for
Aircraft Production Technology at Hamburg
University of Technology.
"We are delighted to have won
Pepperl+Fuchs, a leading manufacturer
of electronic components and sensors
for factory and process automation, as a
partner. This will enable us to keep pursuing
our Industry 4.0 strategy and use this knowhow
for our processes and products," says
Bernhard Krueger-Sprengel, Senior Vice
President Engine Services at Lufthansa
Technik. While 3D.aero was founded as part
of a concrete project at the Engine Services
division, it will however serve all Lufthansa
Technik divisions as well as other companies
in the aviation industry.
For Pepperl+Fuchs, this is another
milestone in its expansion strategy. "Thanks
to this joint venture, we are now able to
apply our long-term expertise in industrial
automation in the aviation industry as
well. So we are especially looking forward
to our close collaboration with Lufthansa
Technik," says Dr. Gunther Kegel, CEO of
Pepperl+Fuchs.
The CAAC grants
airworthiness
certification to
SR Technics in
Malaysia
SR Technics, a world leading MRO service
provider is pleased to announce that
in late November, its Malaysia operations
received the airworthiness certification from
the Civil Aviation Authority of China. With
the certification, SR Technics Malaysia will be
able to certify components for customers on
the Chinese market. Additionally, SR Technics
Switzerland renewed the existing CAAC
certification which allows us to continue
to grant Chinese airworthiness certificates
from our Swiss maintenance facilities.
The CAAC certification is an important
milestone for SR Technics, as the company
is expanding its component services in
China and the wider Asia Pacific region.
This certification will enable SR Technics
Malaysia to support both existing and new
Chinese-based customers in component
repair, and more broadly, it evidences the
growth and development of the company’s
facilities and services. The Malaysia
location will now be able to assist carriers,
MROs and third-party customers that
require the certification with component
repairs on their Airbus and Boeing aircrafts
in China, increasing SR Technics’ presence
and capabilities in the Asia Pacific region.
“We are very excited about the new
certification for our component repair
facility in Malaysia, which will strengthen
our position on the Asia Pacific market,”
says Thomas Kennedy, Vice President
Component Maintenance and Managing
Director for SR Technics in Malaysia. “I
would like to congratulate our team on
this landmark achievement for SR Technics
in Malaysia.”
Opened in 2014, the SR Technics
Malaysia facility boasts a component
maintenance service center for the testing,
repair, overhaul and modification of aircraft
and engine components, serving as the
regional customer service center for the
company’s Asia Pacific-based component
services customers.
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