Waikato Specialist Aviation Industry Paint Facility
Waikato Specialist Aviation Paint Facility
The AIC has set out to establish a long term profitable and sustainable specialist aviation paint facility that meets the quality standards, price requirements and throughput requirements of its shareholders and the wider aviation industry and thereby becomes a catalyst for attracting other aviation refurbishment and manufacturing businesses to Hamilton.
A world class quality Aviation Specialist Paint facility established on or near the Pacific Aerospace (PAL) site which:
- Has sufficient preparation space to allow painting and preparation to happen separately and simultaneously
- Can cater for repainting existing aircraft and painting of new aircraft at the same time
- Meets health and safety requirements and environmental requirements
- Has sufficient heat/paint dry capabilities to allow appropriate improved throughput
- Is attractive to other aviation customers from around the country and internationall
- Has sufficient capacity to meet projected throughput requirements of its primary customers and has quality and cost advantages compared to competitors
- Is run by a professional experienced management team
- Is a stand-alone profitable business
The design consists of 3 stages. Stage 1 has been designed to take maximum advantage of the current market that is wide open to a specialist paint facility for aircraft. Stage 1 allows the facility to accommodate PAL, Oceania, CTC, GA aircraft and Eagle air Beech 1900’s, and some light personal jet aircraft. It has a separate parts spray booth and could handle a second manufacture the same size as PAL, catering for anodyne treatment and custom paint jobs. This is a significant market alone.
Stage 2 simply increases the potential output of the current aircraft of stage 1. This stages timing is based around the success of the business and has the flexibility to have stage 3 done before if the market demand called for it before the extension of current capacity of stage 1.
Stage 3 is based around the call to start doing ATR sized aircraft. It also opens the facility up to some midsized passenger aircraft and private jets. The design of this also allows for a moveable wall so it could be split into two smaller bays depending on the demand of the smaller GA aircraft or helicopters. This makes it possible to substitute stage 3 for stage 2 without damaging existing requirements for output.
An alternative to stage 3 has become a major option for future expansion and could be developed earlier than expected or in conjunction with stage 1. There is a building market for painting alternatives for 737 and A320 aircraft in NZ and Australia. A full feasibility study is to be done on this aspect of the business. We have looked into the costs involved to do a 737 sized Spray/Prep booth and building. In particular the potential using the Aquamax stripping system, spray both aerodynamics and paint drying systems could see a 737 stripped prepped and repainted in just 3 days.
The Design has now taken on something quite special that will make this facility stand out around the world. Utilizing NZ developed techniques and aerodynamics for better spray painting, and high quality paint finishes in much faster time frames than currently used by the industry.
The capabilities of this facility will make it a market leader and the productivity levels naturally adopt “LEAN” principals which improve profitability and therefore directly affect return on investment. With a minimum ROI of 28% this is an exciting and profitable venture. With the full support of the Aviation Industry Cluster and industry alike this venture allows for future expansion and increasing profitability.
Stage 1 Development:
