A respective order has been awarded to Dürr by the Russian aircraft manufacturer Irkut during MAKS Air Show in Moscow mid-August. Premium AEROTEC is Europe's number one supplier of aerostructures and possesses a business unit dedicated to the construction of the relevant production systems. In the context of the MS-21 programme, Premium AEROTEC will be in charge for assembly lines for shells, the floor structure and the cockpit section including preassembly.

"The participation of Premium AEROTEC in setting up assembly lines for MS-21 aerostructures is an important step ahead in growing our service business with industrial production systems," said Joachim Nägele, Premium AEROTEC management spokesman and Head of Programmes and Sales. "We are global leaders in terms of our technological quality in the production of aircraft components and our specialised know-how in the areas of production systems for all kin of aerostructures is internationally recommended."

Premium AEROTEC GmbH has more than 7,000 employees and generated revenues of about 1.3 billion euros in 2010. Its core business is the development and manufacturing of metal and carbon composite aerostructures and the associated equipment and production systems. The company has production plants in Augsburg, Bremen, Nordenham and Varel in Germany, and in Ghimbav, Bra?ov County, Romania.