OEMServices SAS (formerly ''SAVE GIE''), or OEMS for short, is a French company involved in the maintenance, repair, overhaul, logistics and customer support of commercial aircraft. It is a

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between aerospace giants

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, Diehl and

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, acting as their AOG and MRO subsidiary for Aircraft Component Maintenance and spillover support. The company was established in 2009 with

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and

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each owning 25%. Zodiac Aerospace was purchased outright by Safran in 2018. The purchase of

by the

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made OEMServices part of the new ''Safran'' conglomerate. __TOC__

Services and clients

OEMServices, being the Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul front office for its 4 Parent Companies, is considered a services provider. Its primary service is concentrated in the

aircraft maintenance Aircraft maintenance is the performance of tasks required to ensure the continuing airworthiness of an aircraft or aircraft part, including overhaul, inspection, replacement, defect rectification, and the embodiment of modifications, compliance ...

, AOG Desk Support Reliability & Performance Monitoring, as well as the Inventory & Pool Access sub-categories of the aviation industry. As a direct competitor of Lufthansa's MRO Subsidiary,

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, Airbus FHS, and

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's Engineering & MRO branch, OEMServices offers airlines maintenance on ''Repair-by-the-Hour'', Time & Material and Flat Rate basis. It has exclusive contracts with both

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s and

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s. Some of OEMServices' fleets on an exclusive basis include: *

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* Asiana * BeOnd * Egyptair *

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* Etihad *

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* Starlux Airlines Apart from having contracts with different airlines for the subcontracting of their component maintenance support, OEMServices also provides maintenance under general terms & conditions. Since 2020, OEMServices also provides a tax representation offer to various international OEM, supporting them in their expansion into France and Europe. As of 2021, OEMServices has an ongoing development of its

predictive maintenance Predictive maintenance techniques are designed to help determine the condition of in-service equipment in order to estimate when maintenance should be performed. This approach claims more cost savings over routine or time-based preventive maint ...

capabilities.

Location

OEMServices is as of 2022 capable of providing worldwide services. While growing in France, transferring its operations from

Orly Airport Paris Orly Airport (, ) is one of two international airports serving Paris, France, the other one being Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG). It is located partially in Orly and partially in Villeneuve-le-Roi, south of Paris. It serves as a sec ...

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Roissy CDG, OEMServices has also established subsidiairies overseas, having set up capabilities in

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( NJ) then in

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( GA) in 2017, in

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

in 2019 and an office in

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

via its parent company

. As of 2021, OEMServices has set up facilities in

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Media appearance

In 2019, OEMServices was awarded at the Trophées PME RMC, 10th edition, a recognized French prize honoring the ambition and innovation of its business.

References

External links

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