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GE and TAI Extend Tusas Engine Industries, Inc. Joint Venture for Another 25 Years

Written by thomas · Filed Under Aeronautics News 

January 30, 2010

thomas

ANKARA, Turkey – Jan 29, 2010 – GE Aviation has renewed the Tusas Engine
Industries, Inc. (TEI) joint venture with Turkish Aerospace Industries,
Inc. (TAI) for another 25 years.  Under this agreement, TEI will
continue to provide critical parts for commercial, military and marine
engines through 2035, with TAI retaining a majority ownership in the
joint venture.

“We are pleased to extend this valued relationship,” said Jean
Lydon-Rodgers, Vice President and General Manager of GE Aviation
Military Systems.  “Our involvement with TEI goes far beyond parts.
Development of the Turkiye Technology Center in Istanbul, expansion into
the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul arena, plus design and manufacturing
of some of our most critical parts, underscores the growing scope of
value TEI provides.”

GE Aviation’s long-standing relationship with TEI began in 1985 with the
establishment of a facility for production of F110 engines that power
F-16 aircraft for the Turkish Air Force.  TEI now produces more than 560
different engine parts.

Recently, TEI launched parts manufacturing efforts for the GEnx, which
powers both the Boeing 747-8 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner.  More than 1,000
GEnx engines are on order.  TEI has also been selected to provide parts
for the GE Rolls-Royce Fighter Engine Team’s F136 engine for the Joint
Strike Fighter program, and is the only GE supplier to produce “blisk
spools,” a combination of blades and disks cast into a single forging
for significant weight and durability advantages.  TEI is also a
recipient of GE Aviation’s prestigious Brian H. Rowe Research &
Development award for work on the J85 Ejector System.

Since its entry into the Turkish market in 1948 as the first foreign
industrial investor, GE has steadily continued its growth through
investments in technology and services.  Today, GE is a leading player
in finance, energy, consumer & industrial products, water technologies,
media and engineering fields. GE employs 500 people in Turkey, and more
than 18,000 employees through its joint ventures.  GE Aviation’s engines
power the majority of fighters, cargo aircraft, helicopters and ships in
the Turkish Armed Forces inventory, including F-16s, Black Hawks and
Frigates.  GE Aviation and CFM International also power more than 400
civil aircraft in Turkey.

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