Airborne Systems Announces Realignment Initiative

Airborne Systems Announces Realignment Initiative

April 02, 2007

    PENNSAUKEN, N.J., April 2 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Airborne Systems Group, which has combined the world's
leading parachute brands specializing in aerial delivery,
rescue and survival equipment, and engineering services
announced the organizational realignment of its operation
centers.  The new structure will align the company brands
of Irvin Aerospace, Irvin-GQ, Irvin Canada, Para-Flite and
AML into two divisions; Airborne Systems North America and
Airborne Systems Europe.

    "Airborne Systems remains a market leader in each
of its primary business segments and each segment has a
positive long-term outlook," said Elek Puskas, CEO of
Airborne Systems.  "Due to our growth in the space,
military parachute and aerospace businesses and with the
evolution of these markets, we have initiated a
company-wide organizational realignment to support the
changing needs of our customers.  We expect the realignment
of our business units to have a positive impact on
productivity, quality and customer service.  These changes
are intended to improve our global competitiveness and
provide our customers with the highest quality of products
and services." 

    Airborne Systems has manufacturing facilities in
Pennsauken, NJ, Santa Ana, CA, Belleville Ontario Canada,
and Llangeinor, Wales in the U.K. According to Puskas, the
realignment will not have any affect on the number of
manufacturing facilities and was implemented to eliminate
duplication of activities currently performed at each of
the sites.  As a result of these actions, the company
expects to further increase cross fertilization between the
research and engineering teams and improve its customer
account focus through the realignment of its sales
organization.  

    "Our newly aligned organization will allow
Airborne Systems to operate as a single global company with
a customer centric focus," said Puskas.  "For
almost a century, our company has compiled an unprecedented
track record of setting milestones that demonstrate scope of
capability, quality of product and successful performance,
and the future looks even brighter." 

    About Airborne Systems

    Airborne Systems has combined the core technologies of
four of the world's leading parachute brands; Irvin
Aerospace, GQ Parachutes, Para-Flite and AML (Aircraft
Materials, Ltd).  Airborne Systems is a world leader in the
design, development, and manufacture of best-of-class
parachutes for military, personnel, and cargo systems,
space and air vehicle recovery systems, and deceleration
systems for high-performance aircraft.  The company also
provides ordnance flare chutes, airbags, and weapons
delivery systems.  Airborne Systems' North American
headquarters is located in Pennsauken, NJ and Airborne
Systems Europe is headquartered in Llangeinor, Wales in the
U.K.  Information about the various Airborne Systems
products and services can be found on the World Wide Web at
http://www.airbornesystemsgroup.com 


    For more information, please contact:

     Gary Calvaneso, Executive Vice President
     Marketing, Airborne Systems Group
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]