New 12,000 Sq Ft. Headquarters Near Lee's Summit Regional Airport

To meet the growing demands of a larger staff and the addition of more services and benefits to its members, the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) has moved to a new headquarters offices. The new 12,000-square-foot facility is close to the Lee’s Summit Regional Airport in Lee’s Summit, MO, a suburb of Kansas City.

The AEA plans an official grand opening celebration and open house at its new building and training facilities Wednesday, September 24, prior to the AEA Central Meeting from September 25-27, 2008, in Kansas City.

Last year, the AEA also opened a European satellite office in Cologne, Germany, to better serve the Association’s growing international membership.

"We're setting up offices and unpacking boxes in anticipation of providing even more exclusive benefits and services to our membership," said Paula Derks, president of AEA.

The new AEA headquarters features a state-of-the-art training classroom with a capacity of up to 100 people. The Association will offer customized training classes for members; work with AEA academic members on training classes; and allow AEA member companies to utilize the training classroom for their individual needs.

"AEA and its members will be in a class all their own with this new, state-of-the-art facility," said Mike Adamson, vice president of member programs and education for AEA. "We took advantage of a clean-sheet design, included all of the latest instruction technologies, and developed this classroom to be an extended campus for our members. This will play an important role in growing our instructor-led training offerings as well as our development of online training."

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