Press releases | 11/13/2014

Liebherr-Aerospace China Receives EASA Certification

Liebherr’s Shanghai-based repair station for aerospace products, Liebherr-Aerospace China, has recently obtained its EASA Part-145 approval.

The accreditation enables the station to maintain systems, parts and components in the class “Components other than complete engines or APUs”, and marks an important milestone for Liebherr-Aerospace in China.

The shop offers up to 30 work benches, about 150 m² (1,600 sq ft) storage area for piece parts and line replaceable units as well as areas with state-of-the-art equipment for planning, receiving, cleaning, rework, testing, inspection and shipping.

Liebherr-Aerospace China is located on the site of Liebherr Machinery Service (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. It was set up to offer to airlines based in mainland China repair facilities, and thus to improve component support and repair turn-around times.

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 and air management systems. 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).