U.S-Malaysia plane overhaul

U.S-Malaysia plane overhaul

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): U.S aviation firm Hamilton Standard signed
a deal yesterday with Malaysia Airlines (MAS) to set up a
facility to overhaul aircraft life support systems for the Asia-
Pacific.

Hamilton Standard, a division of Connecticut-based United
Technologies Corp., will hold 51 percent of the joint venture
firm, Hamilton Standard Co. Support Centre Sdn. Bhd., capitalized
at five million dollars. Malaysia's listed national airline will
hold 49 percent.

The facility, which will service equipment associated with
aircraft cabin pressurization and temperature control systems, is
scheduled to be operational by mid-1995, said MAS managing
director Kamaruddin Ahmad.

"A significant feature of the facility will be the compressed
air plant which will be able to simulate the pneumatic
performance characteristics for aircraft such as Boeing's 747-400
and 777," Kamaruddin said.