Thommen Aircraft Equipment, a Swiss manufacturer of mission equipment, displays, air data computers, altimeters, digital clocks and chronographs for helicopters and fixed wing aircraft, has entered into an exclusive partnership with PREO Aerospace for sales and marketing support for Thommen in the US and Canada.

PREO Aerospace is based in Dallas, Texas, and was co-founded by Pete Ring and Kyle Williams. Ring has over 20 years of experience in various leadership roles in the aerospace industry. He also serves as an active board member of the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) as well as an advisor to the Tarrant County College School of Avionics. He is also a Commercial Instrument MEL pilot with various ratings and has accumulated hundreds of hours of flight experience.

Williams is a 15 year industry veteran, specialising in building, managing and growing Part 145 repair stations, MRO facilities and aftermarket resellers for multiple avionics manufacturers including Aspen Avionics, Avidyne and most recently FreeFlight Systems. He is also a Private Instrument SEL pilot with more than 25 years of flying experience.

“The partnership with PREO Aerospace underscores our goal of maintaining and expanding our company's support of our North American customer base,” says Daniel Grosch, Thommen CEO. “Together with PREO Aerospace, we will continue to provide full avionics upgrade solutions to the US market through local support, to overcome avionics obsolescence in legacy rotor and fixed wing aviation.”

Ring adds: “We're excited to partner with such a well established business that has a strong history of producing products that are of the highest quality. PREO is well aligned to deliver high integrity results with a superior focus on customer service for Thommen solutions in both the fixed wing and rotary wing communities at large.”