LONDON, FARNBOROUGH AIRSHOW, July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pratt &
Whitney Global Service Partners, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX)
company, has marked a major milestone with the overhaul of its 300th V2500
engine at its Columbus Engine Center facility in Columbus, Ga., USA.
The Columbus Engine Center inducted its first V2500 engine in 2002 and
was quickly named the company's V2500 engine overhaul center of excellence.
Today, the Columbus Engine Center is North America's leading provider of
V2500 engine overhaul.
"We're very proud to reach this important milestone for the company,"
said Mike Mahonski, general manager of the Pratt & Whitney Columbus Engine
Center. "The Columbus Engine Center has the skills and capability to
provide the best maintenance for these great engines, and the market is
responding. Today we serve customers who are based around the world and we
project to grow by 8 to 10 percent each year for the next five years."
The Columbus Engine Center was originally established in 1996 to
overhaul JT8D engines. It transitioned to V2500 engine overhaul in 2002 as
soon as the V2500 line was established.
Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners has a second V2500 overhaul
center in Christchurch, New Zealand.
International Aero Engines, a multinational company in which Pratt &
Whitney is a leading shareowner, manages the development and production of
the V2500 engine. The IAE V2500 engine powers the Airbus A319, A320 and
A321, the Airbus Corporate Jetliner and the Boeing MD-90 aircraft.
Global Service Partners, Pratt & Whitney's maintenance, repair and
overhaul (MRO) services business, is an industry leader in customer
solutions and service excellence. It has more than 500 aviation customers
served by a worldwide network of 24 overhaul and repair facilities capable
of servicing all Pratt & Whitney engines, as well as V2500 and CFM56(R)
engines.
Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and
service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas
turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., USA, is a
diversified company providing high technology products and services to the
global aerospace and commercial building industries.
CONTACT:
Jennifer Arsenault
+1-860-565-9600
jennifer.arsenault@pw.utc.com
SOURCE Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners
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CONTACT:
Jennifer Arsenault, +1-860-565-9600,
jennifer.arsenault@pw.utc.com
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