After more than 20 years in Singapore, aerospace components manufacturing and repair specialist Nordam joined partner China Airlines on January 25 to mark the completion and grand opening of Nordam Asia Limited’s relocated repair facility in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. The move came as part of a 2017 agreement between Nordam and China Airlines to create efficiencies and share access to local resources. China Airlines ranks as Taiwan’s largest airline by frequency and size.

The 44,000-square-foot, two-story facility in Taiwan includes a production floor, warehouse, clean room, and paint booths. Nordam Asia will continue to provide maintenance, repair, and overhaul of fan and inlet cowls, flight controls, radomes, reversers, and other composite or metal-bonded structures for Asia-Pacific airline and air cargo customers.

T. Hastings Siegfried, Nordam chief operating officer of MRO international divisions and chairman of Nordam Asia, said the relocation and JV will simplify logistics that in turn will control repair costs. “Working together with China Airlines, we are improving access for all those in the need of repairs and support in the Asia-Pacific region,” he explained.

China Airlines chairman Su-Chien Hsieh added that Nordam Asia will serve as a cost-effective repair hub, “capitalizing on affordable Taiwanese costs and impressive infrastructure.”

Based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and employing more than 2,500 people at facilities around the world, Nordam’s capabilities extend beyond MRO. The 53-year-old company also specializes in designing, certifying, and manufacturing integrated propulsion systems, nacelles, and thrust reversers for business jets; building composite aircraft structures, interior shells, custom cabinetry, and radomes; and manufacturing aircraft transparencies such as cabin windows, wing-tip lens assemblies, and flight deck windows.