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Aerospace
Many aerospace- and aviation-related companies have facilities in the Amsterdam Area, ranging from Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) and logistics to European headquarter functions.

Major companies established in the Amsterdam Area, especially around AmsterdamSchipholAirport, include AAR, Aviall, Bell Helicopter, Boeing, CAE, EADS, Jamco, KLM Engineering & Maintenance, Rockwell Collins, and Stork/Fokker Aerospace.

Boeing European Spare Parts Centre at AmsterdamAirport Schiphol
“Boeing has had its European Spare Parts Centre at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol since
2000. From this facility about 70,000 parts per annum are shipped throughout mainland Europe. This is our first Boeing service centre in continental Europe. It differs from Boeing's U.K. centre in a small but crucial way: speed” says Russ Vaughn, General supervisor of Regional Distribution Centres at Boeing Airplane Services.

"Transportation to European airlines is getting difficult from elsewhere, including the U.K.," Vaughn said. Although most parts are shipped by air, usually as belly freight in passenger aircraft, some parts are too large to go by air. They must move by truck or train, and this can add delay. "Getting across the English Channel is now an eight- to 12-hour endeavour," Vaughn explains. And more time is then required for onward movement to final destinations.

Boeing guarantees to ship parts within four hours of receiving an order. Such channel delays thus add significant time to the delivery of heavy parts. From Amsterdam, in contrast, Frankfurt and Brussels are only a few hours by surface modes.

www.aarcorp.com
www.bellhelicopter.textron.com
www.boeing.com
www.cae.com
www.eads.com
www.jamco.co.jp
www.klm-engineering-maintenance.com
www.rockwellcollins.com
stork.com/aerospace

Get in touch with the Amsterdam Foreign Investment Office at afio@ez.amsterdam.nl orsee www.afio.amsterdam.nl for more information.