MALAYSIA's
PRIME MINISTER OFFICIAL VISIT
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In line with the national aspiration to achieve status of developed country, AIROD embarked on the manufacture of machined parts for aircraft. Given the blessings and encouragement of the Malaysia's honorable Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, this project was initiated in mid 1997.
On 3rd November 1998, the first batch of locally manufactured machined parts for aircraft were delivered to Shinmaywa of Japan and rocket booster parts to Macnab of USA. These parts would be used in the Boeing 757/767 series and Titan 5 space rocket respectively.
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ShinMaywa, a greatly diversified company in Japan manufactures aircraft such as the US-1A STOL amphibian aircraft and many other aircraft parts for commercial aircraft. In addition, it manufactures industrial precision machines, special purpose trucks, environmental equipment and mechanical car parking system.
Macnab Manufacturing Inc. located in Seattle, USA is a major precision manufacturing engineering company catering to both commercial and military aerospace manufacturers.
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This ceremony further symbolises the high technological capabilities and quality that can be developed in Malaysia given the right entrepreneur leadership. These manufactured parts have been dimensionally checked and found to be of the same high quality as those manufactured in Japan and USA.
These parts are jointly manufactured by AIROD and UPECA Engineering, a local high precision engineering company located in Kinrara, Malaysia.
In addition to the handing over ceremony, the President Tan Sri' Dato' Ahmad bin Johan also submitted AIROD's employee application as Royal Malaysian Air Force Reserve Unit.
