ThyssenKrupp Aerospace North America signs 3-year aluminum sheet products supplier contract extension with Cessna Aircraft Company

1-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — ThyssenKrupp Aerospace North America is pleased to announce that it has entered into a three-year contract extension with Cessna Aircraft Company to remain its service provider for aluminum sheet products and related supply chain services. The company will service Cessna’s facilities in Wichita, Kansas, as well as Cessna’s key subcontractors throughout the North American region. The just-in-time deliveries and value-added services will be supported from its existing facility in Hutchinson, Kansas.

“ThyssenKrupp Aerospace is committed to our strong and strategic partnership with Cessna. This new contract serves to illustrate our close relationship with one of the premier general and business aviation manufacturers in the world,” says Jeff Luckasavage, President of ThyssenKrupp Aerospace North America. “We look forward to working with Cessna on lowering their material distribution costs and continuing to partner on creative ways to simplify their supply chain.”

“Cessna is excited to have such a strong relationship with a partner like ThyssenKrupp, as evidenced by the contract extension announcement” says Justin Salmans, Cessna vice president of supply chain management. “We look forward to ThyssenKrupp continuing to play a key role in the Cessna supply chain moving into the future.”

ThyssenKrupp is a diversified technology and materials group based in Essen, Germany. It has 150,000 employees in over 80 countries developing ideas and innovations into solutions for sustainable progress. In fiscal year 2011/2012 ThyssenKrupp generated sales of $64 billion.

ThyssenKrupp Aerospace supplies material and supply chain management services to the world’s leading aerospace companies and their supply chains. The multinational company operates from numerous locations throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific and North Africa. Located in all global regions of aerospace manufacturing, the 1,600 employees aggregate demand across a single supply chain on behalf of the world’s leading Original Equipment Manufacturers. At the same time, the ThyssenKrupp Aerospace network provides local service to meet the needs of aerospace subcontractors anywhere in the world.

Contact:

ThyssenKrupp AG
Stefan Ettwig
Corporate Communications
Phone: +49 201 844-535091
e-mail: stefan.ettwig@thyssenkrupp.com