Summit Aerospace and American General Supplies, Inc. Form New Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Alliance

Jan. 23, 2015
Partnership to Take Advantage of AGS Africa Expertise

MIAMI  (Jan. 16, 2015) - Summit Aerospace of Miami and American General Supplies, Inc. (AGS) of Gaithersburg, Md., have formed a new maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) alliance.

“We’ve wanted to expand our product and services offering into Africa for some time,” according to Jorge Fernandez, managing partner of Summit Aerospace. 

“We’ve known AGS Chairman and President Kassa Maru for many years,” said Allan Jiron, Summit’s other managing partner.   “We also knew that AGS has been successfully serving the needs of African commercial aviation for more than 30 years, so it was a no brainer for us to approach AGS about representing us in the African market,” he said. 

“It’s a natural tie-up for both our companies – Summit has the MRO expertise and capability while AGS has the customer relationships, engineering understanding and market experience needed to help us establish a foothold in the African market,” said Mario De La Torre, Summit’s senior vice president, sales and marketing. 

“Companies operating in the commercial aviation space in Africa face daunting obstacles, including regulatory constraints, access to capital and easy access to proven, international MRO support,” said AGS CEO Kassa Maru.  “Since AGS currently operates in the capacity of purchasing and financing agent to a few African airlines, we know our financial strength and experience in the marketplace will work to the benefit of our customers and our MRO partner, Summit Aerospace.”

About Summit Aerospace:

Summit Aerospace was founded in 2001 in Miami.  Since then, Summit has acquired several firms in order to expand their MRO support capabilities to include the full range of IDG’s, CSD’s, Generators, Pneumatic, Hydraulics, APU’s, Landing Gears, Electro-Mechanical and Avionics components.

About American General Supplies, Inc.:

American General Supplies, Inc. (AGS) is an after-market commercial aviation spare parts and aviation related services supplier based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.   

AGS is a proud “partner-level” member of the African Airlines Association.  www.agsusa.com