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Press releases | 02/04/2015

Official Opening of Liebherr-Aerospace’s Logistics Center in Dubai

Liebherr-Aerospace officially opened its new logistics center in Dubai (UAE): Festivities marked the event held on February 3, 2015.

Thanks to its logistics center in Dubai, which is located on the premises of Liebherr Middle East FZE in the Jebel Ali Free Zone, Liebherr-Aerospace is in an ideal position to support airlines based in the Middle East offering them optimized spare parts availability.

The logistics center offers 1,000 m² of floor space and houses a storage, an area with state-of-the-art equipment for receiving and shipping as well as offices for the management of piece parts and line replaceable units. Liebherr-Aerospace’s original equipment inventory is also available for sale and exchange there. Storage and logistics processes are managed by OEMServices*.

“We are continuously developing our capabilities in order to further support our customers in the Middle East that operate Airbus, Bombardier and Embraer aircraft as well as other aircraft depending on market needs”, says Charles Thoyer-Rozat, EVP Customer Services Aerospace of Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation SAS. “The opening of our logistics center is an important milestone in our strategy of developing enhanced support for our customers.”

*Founded in 2005 by Diehl Aerospace, Liebherr-Aerospace, Thales Avionics and Zodiac Aerospace, OEMServices is a major player in component support for airlines.

Liebherr-Aerospace is a leading supplier of systems for the aviation industry

Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation SAS, Toulouse (France), is one of eleven divisional control companies within the Liebherr Group and coordinates all activities in the aerospace and transportation systems sectors.

Liebherr-Aerospace is a leading supplier of systems for the aviation industry and has more than five decades of experience in this field. The range of aviation equipment produced by Liebherr for the civil and military sectors includes flight control and actuation systems, landing gear, air management systems as well as gearboxes. These systems are deployed in wide-bodied aircraft, single aisle and regional aircraft, business jets, combat aircraft, military transporters, military training aircraft, civil helicopters and combat helicopters.

Liebherr’s aerospace and transportation systems division employs around 4,900 people. It has four aviation equipment production plants at Lindenberg (Germany), Toulouse (France), Guaratinguetá (Brazil) and Nizhny Novgorod (Russia). These production sites offer a worldwide service with additional customer service centers in Saline (Michigan/USA), Seattle (Washington/USA), Wichita (Kansas/USA), Montreal (Canada), Hamburg (Germany), Moscow (Russia), Dubai (UAE), Singapore and Shanghai (People’s Republic of China).

Contacts

Ute Braam

Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation SAS

Pfänderstraße 50-52
88161 Lindenberg
Germany