Nippon Express (U.K.) Co., Ltd. ("NEUK"; Kenji Noda, Managing Director) and Nippon Express (Canada) Co., Ltd. ("NE Canada"; Yoichi Satake, President), local subsidiaries of Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (Kenji Watanabe, President), have become the first Japanese logistics companies to be contracted by Canadian aircraft company Bombardier to transport the advanced composite wings for its new CSeries aircraft from the manufacturing plant in Belfast, Northern Ireland to the final assembly plant in Mirabel, Quebec.
"CSeries" is a registered trademark of Bombardier Company and its subsidiaries (photo provided by Bombardier)
Bombardier's new CSeries aircraft have garnered attention from airlines worldwide as highly economical medium-sized aircraft featuring cutting-edge technology, and mass production is already underway.
Final assembly is being carried out at Bombardier's plant in Mirabel, Quebec. NEUK and NE Canada submitted a proposal for through transport of composite wings from the Belfast Plant to the Mirabel Plant - with NEUK overseeing operations at the origin and NE Canada those at the destination - offering the optimal transport means, transport time, and cost model. The Nippon Express Group's global logistics know-how and transport quality as well as the specifics of the proposal met with Bombardier's approval, and the order was awarded to the two Group companies.
Transporting these composite wings for Bombardier's CSeries aircraft will further enhance the Nippon Express Group's aircraft transport know-how. Nippon Express pledges to continue providing its many customers in the aircraft industry with high-quality logistics services and helping optimize their supply chains.
