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Quartz Mountain Aerospace, Inc. Expands Operations to Coffeyville, Kansas
ALTUS, Okla., May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- A tentative lease agreement has been
signed between Coffeyville Industries and Quartz Mountain Aerospace, Inc.
(QMA), an aircraft manufacturer headquartered inAltus, Oklahoma. QMA desires
to expand its aerospace manufacturing operations inCoffeyville by producing
the sheet metal subassemblies necessary to support accelerated production of
their Model 11E single engine piston aircraft at theirAltus manufacturing
facility.
During the past several months, the CEO/President of QMA, Mark Arciero and
Vice President of Operations, Max Trimmell, have been meeting with
representatives from theCity of Coffeyville, the Montgomery County Action
Council (MCAC), theState of Kansas, and Coffeyville Industries. This
agreement will provide immediate manufacturing space for the aircraft maker to
expand its manufacturing operations into theState of Kansas with the lease
officially beginning on July 1, 2008.
QMA has received airworthiness certificates from the FAA on their first
four Model 11E production aircraft and will be steadily ramping up production.
QMA will begin immediate hiring to staff initial start-up operations within
the leased space located on property currently operated by Morgan Trucking.
This property consists of a shipping/receiving area and a separate annex for
placement of aircraft assembly tooling.
QMA has expressed their appreciation of officials with theCity of
Coffeyville, the MCAC, theState of Kansas, Coffeyville Industries, and a
special thanks to Dennis Pruitt, former Director of the MCAC.
SOURCE Quartz Mountain Aerospace, Inc.
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