Mon, Nov 28, 2011
Handover Marks Start Of Cooperative Effort With Kazakhstan
Engineering
Eurocopter delivered the first of six EC145s ordered to date by
the Kazakh Ministries of Defense and Emergencies. A total of 45 of
the helicopters are to be purchased, and will be assembled by the
new joint venture Eurocopter Kazakhstan Engineering, in which
Eurocopter and Kazakhstan Engineering have a 50/50 share.
This initial delivery comes on the heels of the industrial
cooperation and distribution contract signed last June by
Eurocopter CEO Lutz Bertling and President of Kazakhstan
Engineering Bolat Smagulov, in the presence of the French and
Kazakh prime ministers François Fillon and Karim Massimov,
respectively.
The new joint venture, Eurocopter Kazakhstan Engineering, will
be assembling and customizing EC145s at its facilities near the
Astana International Airport in Kazakhstan. The company will also
enable Eurocopter to provide its customers in Kazakhstan and
Central Asia with better local services for helicopter maintenance
as well as training for pilots and technicians. In addition,
Eurocopter Kazakhstan Engineering will be pursuing sales activities
throughout the region.
Eurocopter Kazakhstan Engineering is scheduled to deliver the
initial six EC145s to the Kazakh Ministry of Defense and the
Ministry of Emergencies before the end of the year for search and
rescue and medical evacuation missions. The remaining helicopters
are to be delivered by the end of 2016.
“The delivery of this first EC145 is very symbolic, as it
marks the beginning of operations as part of our cooperation with
Kazakhstan Engineering,” said Olivier Michalon, Global
Business & Services Vice President for Europe and Central Asia.
“We are very proud to be part of the Eurocopter Kazakhstan
Engineering joint venture, as it will enable us to deploy major
industrial capacities in the Kazakh aviation industry and lay the
groundwork for the development of a new, highly specialized sector
in the country. We are also convinced that the new joint venture
will place Eurocopter in an excellent position for future
development locally, as we are poised to provide operators with
helicopters that are particularly well suited for the oil & gas
industry and parapublic missions, including emergency medical
services, homeland security and patrol, military, corporate and
VIP.”
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