Coltec Aerospace signs overhaul pact with Northwest Airlines.CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 21, 1997--Coltec Aerospace, a unit of Coltec Industries (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :COT), has been named to overhaul Boeing 757 landing gear systems for Northwest Airlines (NWA NWA Northwest Airlines (ICAO code) NWA Northwest Arkansas NWA National Wrestling Alliance NWA National Weather Association NWA National Works Agency (Jamaica) NWA Network Analyzer ) over the next five years. The contract is valued at more than $10 million. The overhaul work will be done at Coltec's Menasco Aviation Services state-of-the-art facility in Burlington, Ontario Burlington (2006 population 164,415) is a city located in the Golden Horseshoe, across Lake Ontario and Burlington Bay harbour from Hamilton, in Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. , Canada. Northwest's fleet of Boeing 757 airliners is expected to increase from 48 to 73 by the year 2000. Roger Wright, president of Canadian-based Menasco Aerospace, said, "We were able to obtain this contract because our new Burlington facility and highly skilled workforce provide us with the ability to rapidly overhaul landing gear systems and return them to service at a highly competitive price." Coltec Aerospace, with facilities in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Canada, Poland and Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. , engineers, manufactures and overhauls landing gears, fuel control systems, fuel pumps, fuel injection systems, turbine components and coatings, sensors and indicators. Coltec Industries is a diversified manufacturing company serving primarily aerospace and general industrial markets. CONTACT: Coltec Industries Inc., Charlotte Michael Dunn, 704/423-7060 |
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