GAMECO AND SATAIR SIGN LONG-TERM AGREEMENT FOR
INTEGRATED MATERIAL SERVICES (IMS) SOLUTION
Zhuhai Airshow, November 8 2022 –GAMECO (Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co., Ltd.), a leading MRO in China, and Satair, an Airbus Services company, have signed a multi-year agreement for Integrated Material Services (IMS) program, a comprehensive expendables material solution.
IMS service offers an end-to-end supply chain solution that includes planning, forecasting, sourcing, purchasing and logistics, covering all expendables required in the typical aircraft maintenance lifecycle. The new solution covers a large scope of parts leveraging on Satair’s global capabilities and local competencies to deliver increased flexibility and plannability through consignment stocks, guaranteed service levels and the support of onsite personnel.
GAMECO and Satair have built a strategic cooperative relationship for material services since 2015, when GAMECO became the first customer in China for Satair’s Airbus Managed Inventory (AMI) solution. With the new agreement, the solution is developed in close collaboration with GAMECO as both a partner and a customer.
Marc Szepan, General Manager of GAMECO, says “We are delighted to be Satair’s first IMS customer in China. Working with Satair to integrate their material services will help us manage our stock and supply chain more efficiently to the benefit of our customers. We are excited to expand our relationship with Satair and lay the foundation for joint future growth as strategic long term business partners.”
Andy Lee, Managing Director of Satair China, said “We are very delighted to welcome GAMECO as the first IMS customer in China and strengthen the mutual trust in our strategic partnership. With an Integrated Material Services solution tailored to GAMECO’s needs, Satair is able to secure higher spare parts availability, optimise stock inventory and logistic supply management to enhance GAMECO’s daily operations. IMS is committed to reducing and stabilising GAMECO’s total cost of ownership.
About GAMECO
GAMECO is a leading Part 145 MRO provider in the People’s Republic of China jointly approved by CAAC, FAA, and EASA. GAMECO provides an extensive range of MRO services for B737, B747, B757, B767, B777, B787, A300, A310, A319, A320, A321, A330, A380, EMB 145, EMB 190 & COMAC ARJ 21 operators in the Asia-Pacific region and worldwide. Based at the Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China, GAMECO today has a four wide-body bay Phase I Hangar, an eight narrow-body bay Phase II Hangar and an eleven wide/narrow-body bay Phase III Hangar complex. GAMECO is a 50-50 joint venture between China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd. (CSN) and Hutchison Whampoa (China) Ltd. (HWCL) from Hong Kong, China.
To learn more about GAMECO, please visit www.gameco.com.cn
About Satair
Satair is a global company and world leader in the commercial aerospace aftermarket. The company supports the complete life cycle of the aircraft with a full and integrated portfolio of flexible, value adding material management products, services and tailored support modules across all platforms. As a key part of Airbus customer services, Satair has exclusive or primary distribution arrangements for aerospace component manufacturers, and supplies parts to multi-fleet customer airlines and MRO companies. It also fulfils the material service support obligation for the in-service fleet of more than 11,000 Airbus aircraft. Visit www.satair.com
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