Press release Liebherr at Aero 2021

When Aero India opens its gates this year from February 3 to 5 at Air Force Station in Banglore, Liebherr-Aerospace, as a long-standing partner of the Indian aviation industry, is expecting to receive many visitors at its stand No. A6.5/A6.7 in Hall A.

Bangalore (India), January 2020 – Liebherr-Aerospace displays at Aero India 2021 its capabilities in the product fields of air management, flight control and actuation, gears, gearboxes as well as landing gear systems and electronics. One of the highlights on the stand will be a helicopter nose landing gear, which can be extended and retracted. The company presents also its wide range of customer services including full lifecycle support.

Liebherr-Aerospace offers Indian aircraft manufacturers highly integrated and engineered products in its wide range of products for up-coming aircraft projects. At Aero India, the Liebherr team will explain to potential customers what high-tech solutions are possible.

In fact, Liebherr currently already supplies and maintains many components for aircraft that are built in India by the manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). Among them are heating and ventilation system components for the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) program, the cabin pressure control system for the Tejas and the flap actuation system, landing gear actuators and the nose wheel steering system for the .

Furthermore, Liebherr-Aerospace products are already flying every day in India, operated by airline customers and maintained locally or within the Liebherr service center network.

“We exhibited at the last Aero India 2019, and received overwhelming response. This year, we are very excited to renew this experience. We have already received very positive feedback from customers, partners and suppliers. We are working on enlarging our footprint in India. This footprint will encompass engineering support, manufacturing as well as customer service. In addition, we are continuing to intensify the relationship with our Indian supply base”, explains Awibhawan Dhakharia, Head of the Liebherr-Aerospace Office in .

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About Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation Liebherr-Aerospace & Transportation SAS, Toulouse (), is one of eleven divisional control companies within the Liebherr Group and coordinates all activities in the aerospace and transportation systems sectors. Liebherr-Aerospace is a leading supplier of systems for the aviation industry and has more than six decades of experience in this field. The range of aviation equipment produced by Liebherr for the civil and military sectors includes flight control and actuation systems, gears and gearboxes, landing gear and air management and cooling systems as well as electronics. These systems are deployed in wide-bodied aircraft, single aisle and regional aircraft, business jets, combat aircraft, military transporters, military training aircraft, civil helicopters and combat helicopters. Liebherr’s aerospace and transportation systems division employs around 6,200 people. It has four aviation equipment production plants at Lindenberg (), Toulouse (France), Guaratinguetá () and Nizhny Novgorod (). These production sites offer a worldwide service with additional customer service centers in Saline (Michigan/USA), Seattle (Washington/USA), Montreal (), Hamburg (Germany), Moscow (Russia), Dubai (UAE), Bangalore (India), and Shanghai (People’s Republic of China).

About the Liebherr Group The Liebherr Group is a family-run technology company with a highly diversified product portfolio. The company is not only one of the largest construction equipment manufacturers in the world, but also provides high-quality and user-oriented products and services in a wide range of other areas. The Liebherr Group includes over 140 companies across all continents, employs more than 48,000 staff and in 2019 achieved combined revenues of over 11.7 billion euros. Since its foundation in 1949 in Kirchdorf an der Iller in Southern Germany, Liebherr has been pursuing the goal of achieving continuous technological innovation, and bringing industry-leading solutions to its customers.

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liebherr-helicopter-landing-gear-copyright-liebherr.jpg Helicopter main landing gear on display at Aero India - © Liebherr

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Contact person Ute Braam Corporate Communication Phone: +49 8381 46 4403 E-mail: [email protected]

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