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APR 2014

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IN THE NEWS 4 GROUND SUPPORT WORLDWIDE • APRIL 2014 Major Events in 2014 MAY 18-21 APRIL 14-16 APRIL 27-30 Swissport International , reported an 11 percent increase in revenue for 2013 compared to 2012. Main contributors to Swissport´s growth were the full year impact of the Flightcare acqui- sition as well as new contract wins, including a multi-year contract with Etihad Cargo, a fve-year Pan-European agreement signed with Germanwings, covering 11 countries. Matheson Flight Extend- ers Division has grown by 20 percent with the addition of four new stra- tegic metro area markets in less than four months, bringing the number of total markets served by MFE to 20 across the con- tinental U.S. and Alaska. A new market in Sacra- mento, CA, was acquired when Evergreen EAGLE Aviation fled for bank- ruptcy last December. (Sacramento is also the national headquarters for Matheson Trucking, Inc. and the Matheson Flight Extenders Division.) The other three new markets were obtained during a federal government bid- ding process and include Tulsa, OK; Charleston, WV, and Orlando, FL. Aviation Safeguards announced last month that a U.S. district judge threw out a lawsuit fled in July 2012 by several company workers and United Service Work- ers West, a local of the Service Employees International Union. The case accused company managers of coercing their employees' choice of union representation before a majority of workers voted to termi- nate an SEIU contract in December 2011. Quintessentially Avia- tion Handling , complet- ed its new executive passenger and crew terminal facilities at Shannon Airport in Ireland. Quintessential- ly Aviation Handling, which offcially launched its new FBO at NBAA 2013 in Las Vegas, NV, is a part of the Quintessen- tially Group, a leader in global concierge services for ultra-high-net-worth individuals. LEKTRO, Inc. delivered its 4,300 th tug to Million Air YYC, in Calgary, Can- ada. LEKTRO's Executive Vice President Jesse Long personally visited YYC to deliver the all-electric vehicle. YYC is Million Air's newest FBO. Global Ground Support has renewed the lease for its 112,000-square- foot manufacturing facility in Olathe, KS. In addition, Global Ground Support expects to add 25 new jobs during the next fve years. MCT Industries , which manufactures custom trailers and aircraft ground-support equipment for commercial, military and government use, plans to more than double the size of its manufacturing facility in Bernalillo, NM. Town coun- cilors approved $5 million in industrial revenue bonds to help MCT construct and equip an 80,000-square-foot building to the east of the company's existing facility. As part of the expansion, MCT plans to add up to 40 new jobs. The Champion Compa- ny , a diversifed group of companies with expertise in chemical mixing and com- pounding, metal and plastic fabrication, automation, metal stamping and ma- chining, electroplating and painting, unveiled the new brand identity for its special products division: Champi- on GSE. The name change Business Buzz GSE Buyers & Ramp-Ops Conference Dublin, Ireland 27th IGHC Ground Handling Conference Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 86th Annual AAAE Annual Conference & Exposition San Antonio, TX Advertiser's Index Advertiser Page # A T Juniper ...................... 30 ASIG ................................... 8 Columbus Jack ................ 12 Current Power ................. 32 David Clark Company ....... 9 Eartec ............................... 31 Engine Distributors ........ 36 Flightcom ......................... 26 Global Ground Support ... 27 Hydraulics Intl ................. 25 Lektro ............................... 30 Maxpro Companies ......... 17 Mercury GSE .................... 32 Mototok .............................. 5 Myslik, Inc. ....................... 23 Par-Kan ............................. 29 PF Fishpole Hoists .......... 31 Phoenix Metal Corporation ................... 28 Premier Engineering & Manufacturing .............. 11 Rampmaster ..................... 18 Rotorcraft ......................... 15 U.S. Airmotive GSE ......... 16 Wasp ................................. 13 gsm_4-5_News_V3.indd 4 4/10/14 11:16 AM

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