Gaetan Guibert, Director of North America for Mapaero has signed a contract with Michael Thatch, Vice President of Atlanta Aviation International (AAI) to act as interior coatings distributor for North America with a focus on airlines, MRO and VIP completion markets “With our newly created partnership, we both look forward to offering unmatched service to our customers with US stock, short lead time, and color matching capability.” Guibert explained, adding “We are also expanding our technical support capability in the US with a new East Coast office”. Mapaero has specialized in manufacturing water based coatings servicing the Aerospace market for 25+ years and AAI has been a FAA repair station with expertise in refurbishing interiors using paint technologies, application of coatings and Tedlar for 25 years. This partnership offers the airlines and MRO’s a unique source to purchase the Mapaero interior coatings plus the application of these coatings. AAI will have a full tint line in Atlanta Georgia to make top coat colors ondemand, including Mapaero’s best-selling FR2-55 water based fire retardant topcoat for use on aircraft cabin interiors. AAI is targeting to have this tint line operational by November of 2018. In the meantime, orders placed with Atlanta Aviation will be shipped from Mapaero corporate office located in Pamiers France. Mapaero coatings hold more than 50 qualifications with Airbus, Boeing, Dassault, Embraer, Bombardier, ATR, and Airbus Helicopter among others. Mapaero FR445 is the only primer qualified by both Airbus and Boeing. With AAI setting up this tint line, we can offer quicker turn-around times on custom colors plus Airlines and MRO’s will see a cost savings by shipping from Atlanta Georgia. AAI offers interior cabin painting to Airlines and MRO’s under FAA Part 145 utilizing the Mapaero coatings. AAI has experience preparing FAA certification paperwork to paint sidewall panels, bin doors and ceiling panels covered with decorative film (Tedlar) and/or previously painted parts. After the refurbishment,
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AAI will issue a FAA 8130 return to service tags allowing the airline or MRO to reinstall the interior back into the aircraft. If you have questions or need more information on Mapaero coatings, please call Atlanta Aviation International at 678-904-1110 or email sales@atlantaaviation.com. More information about AAI services is at www.atlantaaviation.com or Mapaero paint products at www.mapaero.com.