Aerospace technologies provider, Astronics Corporation has entered into a collaboration with China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CMC), intended to create a channel for Astronics to provide Chinese airlines, OEMs and service providers with state-of-the-art inflight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) hardware and certification services for compliance in China and the USA.
On 6 November, Michael Kuehn, president of Astronics Connectivity Systems and Certification (CSC), and Ruan Guang, chairman of CMC, signed the cooperation agreement at the Second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China. Top executives from Astronics and China Genertec, the shareholder of CMC, witnessed the signing ceremony.
“This agreement enables Astronics to serve Chinese aircraft enterprises with the world’s most advanced IFEC hardware technology and certification services, and strongly positions us in the fastest growing aerospace market in the world,” stated Kuehn.
