Strategic addition to EMTEQ mutually augments product and service offerings to US, Canadian and international aviation markets.
EMTEQ, Inc. welcomed Aero Consulting Services Ltd. (ACS) and Northern Aero Industries Ltd. (NAI), known as ACS-NAI, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada into their family of companies on 27 June 2008. ACS-NAI specialises in OEM and after-market structural and avionic design, interior certification, engineering, fabrication and technical support. Their Transport Canada Design Approval Organization (DAO) and Transport Canada parts manufacturing approval, combined with EMTEQ’s US Federal Aviation Association certification competencies and the product diversity of both companies is highly beneficial to the corporate, regional and air transport markets worldwide. Each company offers unique yet highly complementary expertise which benefits production and aftermarket customers.
Jerry Jendusa, EMTEQ’s chief executive officer, explains the partnership in this way: “ACS-NAI philosophies, capabilities, expertise, and talented employees and customers are synergistic with, and complementary to, EMTEQ’s. ACS-NAI will continue to grow with committed resources and business investments from EMTEQ. Our desire is to foster and enable ACS-NAI’s long-term growth in Canada. We’re quite excited because this partnership allows us to provide more comprehensive aircraft systems and certification solutions for our clients – clients who are mutually similar and, in many cases, known to both ACS-NAI and EMTEQ.”
Lane Helms, who founded ACS in 1976 and acquired NAI in 1996, successfully developed ACS-NAI into a globally recognised and respected entity. He explains the merger with EMTEQ as “…part of a strategic growth plan that enhances and completes ACS-NAI’s technical, certification, engineering and manufacturing expertise capabilities. With ACS-NAI as part of the EMTEQ family, we look forward to enhancing the Winnipeg location for the benefit of our customers with additional product and service offerings, while retaining our existing offerings.”
Helms summarises the new relationship as such: “Combined, our two organisations blend skilled staff, certification and engineering capabilities, engineering designs, manufacturing capabilities, customer base and solid organizational skill sets. ACS-NAI evolved along the structural and mechanical side of the industry while EMTEQ focused more on the electrical side. Together, the two show to be an outstanding fit providing superior service to the aviation market.”
The combined offerings of each company include:
- Interior modifications and design
- Structures modifications and design
- Avionic design engineering and certification services
- Mechanical manufacturing/sheet metal fabrication
- CNC machining/forming
- Aeronautical part and kit assembly
- Ground and flight testing (flight sciences)
- Burn testing
- Avionics systems design engineering and integration
- FAA and Transport Canada certification/EASA/local agency approval coordination
- Interior lighting
- Cabin comfort
- Exterior lighting
