CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Farnborough International 2006 -- Goodrich Corporation has launched construction of a new component and systems maintenance and repair campus in Dubai to serve its Middle Eastern, African and south Asian customers. The new site adds to the company's existing global MRO presence. Goodrich currently has facilities in North America, Australia, China as well as Singapore and provides critical MRO services to the worldwide fleet of both commercial and military aircraft.
Ramp up for the facility in Dubai will take place over the course of this year with initial capabilities in place by year-end. Repair services at the site will encompass components and systems such as cargo and sensor systems as well as aircraft evacuation systems. By the completion of the facility in 2007, Goodrich expects to have a customized, 115,000-square-foot facility, in which spares and assets will be managed, and component and system repair work will take place for products and systems which span Goodrich's diverse original equipment manufacturing expertise.
On the defense side of the industry, Goodrich's strategic locations across the globe will allow opportunities for the company to assist the U.S. Department of Defense as well as foreign military fleets.
According to N.S. (Pandri) Pandarinath, Vice President MRO, Europe, Middle East and Africa for Goodrich's Customer Services team, "Our Dubai facility is an extension of our ability to provide our global customer base with the right assets in the right place at the right time. It's all about speed and ease of doing business. The new site allows our customer services team to provide localized support and enables us to bring multiple Goodrich MRO capabilities under one roof, thus creating 'one face to the customer' across all areas of Goodrich's expertise."
A high-resolution artist's rendering of the Dubai campus is available at http://www.goodrich.com/presskit/pressReleases.html.
Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of systems and services to aerospace, defense and homeland security markets. With one of the most strategically diversified portfolios of products in the industry, Goodrich serves a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and service facilities. For more information visit http://www.goodrich.com/.
