Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a segment of Crane Co., has been selected by Shanghai Aircraft Design and Research Institute (SADRI), a subsidiary of COMAC, to be its only C919 supplier from the United States to participate in a project aimed at improving supplier management. Entitled, "Improving the supplier management system and process control system for the China Civil Aviation Industry," the objective of the project is to research and understand best-of-class process control and supplier management systems and use the information to develop an optimized system for COMAC.

The supplier management improvement project is expected to take place over 15 months. The results of the project will help to shape existing supplier management system and methodologies for the China Civil Aviation Industry. Assisting in the project is COMAC's third party consultant group from Tsinghua University, the top university in China. Members of Tsinghua University visited Crane's Lynnwood, Washington site in October 2012 to begin their research and information gathering.

"We are very pleased to be considered a key contributor and trusted partner for the China civil aviation industry by receiving the honor from COMAC to be part of this research project," said Eddy Wong, Vice President of Business Development for Crane Aerospace & Electronics in China. "With more than 60 years of experience, Crane is not only a technology leader in its fields with the highly proven solutions, but also a professional organization with robust process control systems that provides the lowest risk solution for customers."