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Wesco Aircraft extends integrated supply chain services agreement with GKN Aerospace

09/02/2016

Press releaseIssued by Incora : WESCO Aircraft.

Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc., a leading provider of comprehensive supply chain management services to the global aerospace industry, today announced the extension of an agreement with GKN Aerospace, one of the world's largest independent first tier suppliers to the global aviation industry. The new multiyear agreement extends Wesco's current contract to provide integrated supply chain services for C-class aerospace hardware and expands chemicals services.

Dave Castagnola, Wesco's president and chief executive officer, said, “Our new agreement with GKN deepens our relationship in North America and Europe with a valuable customer, with significant growth in hardware and additional chemical management services. The contract bolsters our position on major platforms and provides opportunities for further expansion in the future. It also represents another successful step in our transformation of Wesco to better reflect our position as one of the world's largest providers of supply chain management services to top-tier global aerospace and defense companies.”

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