Hondo, TX (March 14, 2019) — Texas Aircraft Manufacturing recently celebrated the inauguration of its new development and production facility located at South Texas Regional Airport in Hondo, Texas.
Texas Aircraft Manufacturing CEO, Matheus Grande and company partners Caio Jordão, Diego Jordão, Carlos Barros and Samantha Almeida hosted the invitation-only event, which was attended by company employees and their families as well as key representatives from the Hodo airport authority and local government representatives.
In his opening remarks Grande said, “Thank you very much for being a part of this special, historic moment. It is our honor to have all of you with us. Today, we are here to celebrate the first important step of this company and we are so very proud to present our new facility to you.”
“Soon we will be launching our new light sport aircraft into the world market, and we invite all of you to join us at the EAA Oshkosh AirVenture event in July for that official introduction,” Grande said.
Company partner Carlos Barros cut the ceremonial red ribbon officially inaugurating the new building. “The best words I can say are gratitude and thankfulness for the warm and welcoming reception we have received from everyone here in Hondo,” he said. “We have a phenomenal ambiance, such a beautiful hangar, wonderful airfield and tremendous employees – it is the most peaceful and healthiest environment to perform our duties each day.”
“We cannot thank the people of Hondo enough for the warm and loving welcome we have received since coming here,” Barros said. “The leadership and people of Hondo have made this possible. We are proudly genuine sons and daughters of Hondo. We are confident that we will make Hondo deeply proud of us.”
“We are a company with a clear vision and a very consistent energy. Our mission is to always keep our values and our solid principles of honesty, integrity, service, love and respect,” Grande stated.
“May God give us the reason and humanity to guide us according to his will, so we can really make a difference in this world.”
“Texas Aircraft – one team, one dream, dedicated to excellence,” he concluded. “Thank God and bless all of you.”
At the end of the event, Lyndsey Dennis, a representative from Texas Governor Gregg Abbott’s Office of Economic Development presented a certificate signed Governor Abbott congratulating the Texas Aircraft Manufacturing team with their accomplishment.
About Texas Aircraft Manufacturing
Founded in 2017 and based at South Texas Regional Airport in Hondo, Texas, the team behind Texas Aircraft Manufacturing is solely committed to using modern technologies and materials to design and produce new-generation private aircraft that help pilots achieve their dream of aircraft ownership. The company is the designer and producer of the new Colt 100 Light Sport Aircraft (LSA). Texas Aircraft Manufacturing takes great pride in the fact that many of its skilled assembly technicians are ex-U.S. military aircraft maintainers.
