Bangkok, Thailand – Jet Parts Engineering (JPE) and TurbineAero, a portfolio company of The Gores Group, joined forces on 13 August 2019 at a private Cost Savings Symposium in Thailand.

The event was held at the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit hotel in Bangkok, Thailand with major South-East Asia based airline representatives and customers in attendance. TurbineAero and Jet Parts Engineering discussed strategy around eliminating extraneous costs without sacrificing quality and productivity within the aviation industry.

The event included morning and afternoon presentations, along with evening festivities at the same venue.

“I am very pleased with the great attendance to our cost savings symposium. All the participating parties ranging from airline representatives to business partners, parts distributors and colleagues in the aerospace industry showed to be really interested in our value proposition and our approachtowards saving cost of ownership of APU operation,” said Peter Gille, Vice President and General Manager of TurbineAero-Asia. “The interaction between participants was superb, the outcome unexpectedly positive and I am looking forward to organizing this conference again next year.”

John Benscheidt, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Jet Parts Engineering commented,“These symposiums are great opportunities for our customers to learn more about what optionsthey have to save costs while maintaining safety and reliability, along with giving more control of their supply chain. Airlines networking with each other and talking about best practices with theirPMA and DER programs is also a benefit that the symposium brings.”