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Aviation Week features LAI's aerospace products director


 aviation week features LAI aerospace products director
Who's Where featuring Andy Bartle, Aerospace Products Director, LAI International,
superimposed on the March 15 cover of Aviation Week & Space Technology.


SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 25, 2010 — Aviation Week & Space Technology featured Andy Bartle, Aerospace Products Director, LAI International, it the publication's Who's Where section March 15.
   Bartle, who is based at LAI’s corporate headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz., leads strategic business development initiatives for LAI's commercial and defense aerospace markets.
   Bartle, a flight officer with the U.S. Navy, earned a master’s degree in business at Thunderbird School of Global Management, Glendale, Ariz., and a bachelor’s of science degree in aerospace engineering at the U.S. Naval Academy. 

About LAI International, Inc.
   LAI International, Inc. is a leading contract manufacturer of make-complete precision-engineered components and assemblies for aerospace, power generation, defense, medical and other advanced technology industries. The company’s technology, engineering and manufacturing solutions are used to build components for airframes, aircraft engines, power generators, defense systems, medical devices and other industrial applications.
   LAI has developed strategic relationships with leading global OEMs and operates five U.S. manufacturing facilities, with locations in Minneapolis, Phoenix, Tucson, Westminster, Md., and Scarborough, Maine — all of which are IS0 9001:2008 and AS9100 certified. The company also offers NADCAP-certified non-conventional machining processes.
   LAI has developed innovative applications in advanced machining processes, including waterjet cutting and drilling, laser cutting, drilling, welding and heat-treating, EDM drilling, CNC EDM, high-speed EDM, conventional CNC machining, five-axis CNC machining and precision grinding. The company also provides gage calibration, tooling production, air-flow inspection and additional manufacturing services.
   For more information, see www.LAIco.com. 
  
Quick Facts about LAI International
- Five U.S. manufacturing facilities: Phoenix, Tucson, Minneapolis, Westminster, Md., and Scarborough, Maine
- Corporate headquarters located in Scottsdale, Ariz.
- Founded in 1979
- All facilities ISO 9001 | AS9100 certified
- GE Customer Impact of the Year Award winner
- Lockheed Martin Corporate STAR Supplier
- Northrop Grumman Platinum Source Preferred Supplier
- ACE Corporate Excellence Award winner
- An Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private U.S. company, three-time award winner LAI International, Inc.