Cessna renews long-term agreement with A.E. Petsche Co.

Dallas/Fort Worth based A.E. Petsche Company recently renewed their long-term agreement with Cessna Aircraft to supply high performance electrical wire and interconnect products well into the future. "We are very proud of our long standing relationship with Cessna Aircraft, one that dates back to the mid 1980's. It has been a privilege to be a part of Cessna's growth over the past several years. We are pleased that Cessna has selected A.E. Petsche to provide everything from electrical wire, to tie-wraps, to mil-circular connectors," comments Neil Vitellaro, Midwest Regional Manager.

In January 2008, A.E. Petsche will celebrate the opening a new 12,000 square foot distribution center in the Las Americas Industrial Park in Chihuahua, Mexico. The new facility will provide Cessna's Chihuahua, Mexico plant with the convenience of local inventory and support services. Once up and running, this new A.E. Petsche location will greatly improve the efficiency of the supply chain.

Today, A.E. Petsche utilizes electronic inventory replenishment systems and point-of-use replenishment to provide timely delivery of products to Cessna's Wichita, Kansas manufacturing site. These same services will be available to Cessna's Chihuahua, Mexico facility.

A.E. Petsche provides a broad range of high performance interconnect products utilized by Cessna in its aircraft electronics systems. Cessna, a division of TEXTRON (NYSE: TXT), is the world's largest supplier [units] of business jets and single-engine aircraft.