- OGMA joins Pratt & Whitney's Authorized Maintenance
Center network, one of the world's largest aircraft engine
manufacturers
- OGMA invests 74 million euros
and starts to maintain GTF (Geared Turbofan) engines, used by the
new generation of commercial aircraft, namely Airbus A320neo
family, the Airbus A220, and the Embraer E190-E2 and
E195-E2
- Project reinforces OGMA's range of engine maintenance
services, generates around 300 jobs over the next few years and
allows OGMA an Embraer Group Company, turnover reach almost
600 million euros annually
SÃO PAULO, Nov. 12, 2020
/PRNewswire/ -- OGMA is the new authorized maintenance center for
Pratt & Whitney engines, one of the world's largest aircraft
engine manufacturers. This is the culmination of a project
developed by OGMA, with the support of Embraer, over the past 12
months, which allows it to expand its scope of services in the area
of engine maintenance, marking the entry of Pratt & Whitney
maintenance, repair and overhaul in Portugal.
The contract between Pratt & Whitney and OGMA was formalized
recently. The industrialization and training project to carry out
the maintenance of Pratt & Whitney GTF™ (Geared Turbofan)
PW1100G-JM engine is scheduled to start in 2021 and is expected to
develop for the next two decades. Throughout the project, with
higher incidence between 2022 and 2023, about 300 highly qualified
direct jobs are expected to be created.
OGMA will invest 74 million euros,
mostly in the first four years of the project, in a strategic step
that allows it to broaden its scope of activity in the area of
engine maintenance and to achieve new business over the next
decades, which will triple OGMA's turnover and reach the level of
600 million euros annually.
Alexandre Solis, CEO of OGMA
says: "This is a historic milestone for OGMA, a company with more
than 100 years of existence. By earning the trust of Pratt &
Whitney, we are proving the expertise and experience of our teams,
but we are also enabling OGMA to continue with a lasting operation
in the coming decades. We are motivated and eager to start this
relationship with Pratt & Whitney".
"We are excited to welcome OGMA to the GTF MRO network," said
Dave Emmerling, vice president,
Commercial Aftermarket at Pratt & Whitney. "With OGMA, we add a
highly capable maintenance provider with a long history of engine
overhaul experience. As the GTF fleet continues to grow, the
network will be ready to support our expanding global customer
base."
"This contract is a demonstration of OGMA's high level of
expertise and competence in the maintenance of aircraft engines and
represents an opportunity for the Embraer group to expand its
business in providing services to other manufacturers in the
international market. In line with Embraer's new strategy, it is a
diversification of the businesses that will result in the growth of
the Services & Support area in the coming years.", said Johann
Bordais, President and CEO, Embraer Services & Support.
Pratt & Whitney's GTF engine family is used in the new
generation of commercial aircraft, namely the Airbus A320neo
family, the Airbus A220, and the Embraer E190-E2 and E195-E2.
Pratt & Whitney's GTF engines are a new generation of high
bypass turbofan engines, which started to operate in 2016, which
allow operations with a reduction of up to 16% in fuel consumption,
up to 75% in noise emissions and between 50 to 75% CO2 and NOx
emissions compared to the previous engine generation.
About Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney, a unit of Raytheon Technologies (NYSE:RTX)
is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of
aircraft and helicopter engines, and auxiliary power units.
Raytheon Technologies Corporation is an aerospace and defense
company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial,
military and government customers worldwide. To learn more about
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About Embraer
A global aerospace company headquartered in Brazil, Embraer has businesses in Commercial
and Executive aviation, Defense & Security and Agricultural
Aviation. The company designs, develops, manufactures and markets
aircraft and systems, providing Services & Support to customers
after-sales.
Since it was founded in 1969, Embraer has delivered more than
8,000 aircraft. On average, about every 10 seconds an aircraft
manufactured by Embraer takes off somewhere in the world,
transporting over 145 million passengers a year.
Embraer is the leading manufacturer of commercial jets up to 150
seats and the main exporter of high value-added goods in
Brazil. The company maintains
industrial units, offices, service and parts distribution centers,
among other activities, across the Americas, Africa, Asia
and Europe.
About OGMA – Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal S.A.
Founded on June 29, 1918, OGMA -
Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal S.A. celebrated 100 years of
existence in 2018. The company bases its activity on two business
areas - Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul of Aircraft and Engines
and Civil Aviation and Defense Components, and Manufacturing and
Assembly of Aircraft Structures for civil and military
aircraft.
Since the privatization carried out in 2005, OGMA is 65% owned
by the Airholding SGPS (100% EMBRAER) and 35% by idD Portugal
Defence (100% Portuguese State).
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