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Aviation News Item: 01063
4th Aug 2009
Comlux Expansion Offers Employment Prospects
Source: fly-corporate.com
 Comlux Completion USA, an international aviation company that refurbishes and completes interiors for corporate aircraft, plans to expand its Indianapolis operations, a move that is expected to create 480 new jobs over the next five years.
Comlux Completion (formerly Indianapolis Jet Center), part of the Switzerland-based Comlux The Aviation Group, operates two hangars at the Indianapolis International Airport. There, the company upgrades, refurbishes, completes and provides maintenance services for jets and other aircraft. The company plans to invest $46.3 million to expand the existing hangars and construct an additional hangar to accommodate wide body aircraft.
The company currently employs 90 at the Indianapolis facility and plans to hire engineers, installation associates and cabinet craftsmen as the hangar expansion is finalized later this year. The 170,000 square-foot expansion will allow the company to work on up to 12 aircraft simultaneously.
"We are very pleased Comlux has chosen to keep its operations in Indianapolis and we welcome the many new jobs they will bring to the city," said Mayor Greg Ballard. "We are confident they will be able to recruit quality engineers and skilled craftsmen from our talented labour pool that will help ensure their success."
The Indiana Economic Development Corporation offered Comlux Completion up to $2.95 million in performance-based tax credits and up to $150,000 in training grants based on the company's job creation plans. The city of Indianapolis will support additional property tax abatement before the Metropolitan Development Commission at the request of Indianapolis Economic Development, Inc.
Comlux Completion's decision to expand its Indianapolis operations came eight months after the opening of the new Indianapolis International Airport complex located off I-70. The eighth largest cargo center in the United States, Indianapolis includes aviation maintenance facilities operated by AAR Corporation and HawkerBeechcraft.
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