Wed, Jul 30, 2008
Will Give Company Access To New Markets
Autopilot manufacturer S-TEC told attendees at EAA AirVenture
2008 this week the company has essentially completed its merger
with Chelton Flight Systems, and the newly-joined companies are
ready to get down to business from a centralized facility.
Chelton's UK-based parent company, Cobham, completed the
purchase of S-TEC in January; in April, the company announced its
plans
to merge the two autopilot manufacturers.
At a press conference at Oshkosh Monday, S-TEC announced the
closing of the Boise, ID location of Chelton, effective July 31.
"All key personnel from the Boise location are now in place at our
Mineral Wells, TX facility," said Greg Plantz, Vice President of
Sales and Marketing.
So what does this mean for S-TEC? The company tells ANN the
consolidated operation now gives them the opportunity to expand
into the Part 27 market, in which Chelton already has a strong
foothold. Part 27 deals with airworthiness certification of
rotorcraft.
Already established in the Part 23 market (airworthiness
certification of aircraft), they are hoping that this new market
will help them expand into airworthiness certification of transport
category aircraft and helicopters (Part 25 and Part 29
respectively). Among other minor changes, this should also allow
S-TEC to get their STCs in about the third of time it normally
does, and they have also realigned their sales division to better
serve their customers.
So what about the customers of S-TEC and Chelton? Plantz says
"So far the transition has been seamless. Chelton customers have
been able to contact Chelton for support and S-TEC customers have
been able to contact S-TEC for support. On top of that, Chelton is
still going to continue working on their other products and
projects.
"We want to affirm to our customers that everything should be
business as usual," he concluded.
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