PKL Expands International Business In Thailand
April 30, 2020
In early 2020 PKL Services, Inc. expanded its international growth strategy and gained two new contracts in Bangkok, Thailand. Together, these two contracts form the vanguard of what we believe will be more extensive workload in Thailand and Southeast Asia in the coming years.
In January 2020, PKL Services, Inc. teamed with Raydant International Company, LTD and Mustang Services, LLC to form Team PKL and conduct a Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Baseline Assessment for Thai Aviation Industries (TAI). TAI is a significant aviation service center in Bangkok providing a full range of support services to Thai military aviation. During the Baseline Assessment, Team PKL provided a comprehensive survey of two major MRO facilities, including 13 independent lines of operation covering facilities, equipment, maintenance planning and operations, supply chain management, quality management, Depot planning and scheduling, to name a few. More importantly, Team PKL synthesized the assessment results and produced a cohesive MRO Modernization Roadmap; a detailed plan for phased growth to help TAI transform into a regional center of excellence throughout SE Asia.
Leveraging this partnership with TAI and reflecting TAI’s confidence in Team PKL, in March 2020, we were awarded a follow-on contract to support TAI’s C-130H repair line, specifically the T56 Engine Quick Engine Change (QEC) training. For this contract, Team PKL will develop a fully customized T56 Engine QEC Familiarization Course (“QEC Fam Course”) to be presented at TAI’s facility in Bangkok. The QEC Fam Course will teach TAI maintenance technicians the fundamentals and best practices of engine support and QEC processes. Team PKL will also deploy three T56 Engine instructors to Bangkok to present the course and provide on-the-job training in support of T-56 Engine QEC.
PKL’s CEO, Patrick “Paddy” Gough had this to say about the new contract: “We are excited about this new work within Thailand and look forward to a positive relationship working with TAI.”