Avcorp announces contract extension with Boeing
The composite aerostructure fabricator grows total order backlog to $486 million.
Photo Credit: Boeing, Avcorp
Avcorp Industries Inc. (Vancouver, Canada) has signed a contract extension with Boeing (Chicago, Ill., U.S.) to provide the wheel well fairing assemblies for the Boeing 737 MAX.
“We are proud to support Boeing on programs such as the 737 MAX and look forward to continued growth providing better solutions to all our customers,” says Amandeep Kaler, Avcorp Industries CEO. “This extension represents a tremendous opportunity for even greater collaboration between our companies and fits perfectly with our continuous improvement and strategic growth plans well into the future.”
Avcorp has been manufacturing and suppling Boeing with various aircraft components supporting the 737, 757, 767, 777X, 787 Dreamliner, and CH-47 programs for more than 20 years.
The Avcorp Group designs and builds major airframe structures for leading aircraft companies, including BAE Systems, Boeing, Bombardier, Lockheed Martin and Subaru Corp. Avcorp Structures & Integration located in Delta British Columbia, Canada is dedicated to metallic and composite aerostructures assembly and integration; Avcorp Engineered Composites located in Burlington Ontario, Canada is dedicated to design and manufacture of composite aerostructures and Avcorp Composite Fabrication located in Gardena Calif., U.S. has advanced composite aerostructures fabrication capabilities for composite aerostructures. Comtek Advanced Structures Ltd., at the Group’s Burlington, Ontario, Canada location also provides aircraft operators with aircraft structural component repair services for commercial aircraft.
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