IAMA Welcomes First Advisory Member to the Alliance IAMA announced that aviation supplier EURO-COMPOSITES® has signed a Letter of Intent to join as IAMA's first Advisory Member. EURO-COMPOSITES, a leading parts supplier and EASA 21J Design Organisation in the aviation aftermarket, has operations in Luxembourg, Germany and the United States.
IAMA, Envoy Aerospace, Etihad Airways Engineering and Lufthansa Technik, advocates for trustworthy STCs (Supplemental Type Certificate) in the aviation retrofit market.
"Our recent achievement as a Design Organisation (EASA Part 21J Certification) was an important milestone for us, and becoming an Advisory Member of IAMA is another key step in our business strategy," said Rolf Mathias Alter, CEO of EURO-COMPOSITES. "With our extensive interiors, machined parts and panels, we are joining IAMA to help advance STC quality. Bringing our valuable know-how, manufacturing capabilities and R&D resources to the alliance will benefit current and future IAMA members and more importantly, aircraft owners and operators."
Once IAMA is a legal entity, at the end of 2019, it will be open to all aviation market participants including aircraft manufacturers, airlines, suppliers and lessors. IAMA offers three primary types of paid memberships: Full, Advisory and Basic. Members have access to specific benefits depending upon their role in the aviation ecosystem, and their membership level. Full and Basic memberships are for organisations with STC capabilities, while Advisory memberships are for airframe and system OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers). Airlines, banks and lessors may join for free. Members can shape the alliance's direction through participation in a variety of working groups. Those already established are: STC Standard, Certification and Authority Affairs, IAMA Community and Aligned Information campaign, and the Intellectual Property working groups.
"We are extremely pleased to welcome EURO-COMPOSITES in its new role as an Advisory member of IAMA. It is gratifying that over a short period of time, our message of transparency, openness, independence and quality resonates with leading aviation industry providers," said Nicole Noack, Head of IAMA. "Since we launched the alliance in April, we are continuing to build our membership, and to understand the pain points of various stakeholders. An important first initiative, driven by our STC working group, is a rule book which starts with addressing airline and lessor concerns. This program includes simplifying an STC project's lifecycle - from the airline operator and lessor point of view, along with rules and standards that independent modifiers must follow to obtain, retain and display an IAMA quality standing." "By establishing and publishing standards, validated by experts and endorsed by IAMA, our goal is to increase the credibility of STCs developed by independent aircraft modifier firms," notes Noack. "Openness and transparency are hallmarks of the IAMA STC brand, and we are committed to delivering predictably high quality STCs which will enhance safety and help preserve aircraft value."
