The industrial park in Stara Pazova is located only 25 kilometers from Nikola Tesla Belgrade international airport and boasts good transport connections
28 January 2021: MTU Aero Engines will be expanding its global network of locations with a new engine parts repair shop in Stara Pazova, Serbia. Last year, MTU and the government of the Republic of Serbia signed a declaration of cooperation to establish close collaboration on the dual-track training of skilled workers as practiced in Germany. This guarantees the technical foundations required for aviation. On-job training will be conducted exclusively in the new facility from 2024. In the initial stages this training will be given at MTU locations in Germany and Canada. By 2027, the new repair location is expected to grow to around 440 employees.
Managing Director and Project Manager of MRT Maintenance, Serbia said, “We plan to create a working environment in which they can perform at their best. We make targeted investments in the training and development of our talented employees, helping them expand their know-how and develop their potential. MTU Maintenance Serbia will provide many people in the Stara Pazova region with career opportunities.”
Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić praised MTU’s commitment. He said, “MTU is playing a pioneering role, and the conditions here are excellent. The industrial park in Stara Pazova is located only 25 kilometers from Nikola Tesla Belgrade international airport and boasts good transport connections.”
Holger Sindemann, head of MRO operations, Serbia said, “In the first phase, we plan to have capacity for 470,000 repair hours per year. We were able to incorporate know-how from our maintenance locations worldwide into the planning for the new site.”
MTU Maintenance’s worldwide locations perform about 1.9 million repair hours annually. The new shop in Serbia is a further reinforcement.
A team of about 30 MTU specialists in repair technologies, quality, logistics, finance and human resources is already working to establish the new maintenance location. The MTU office in Belgrade is now up and the project team has defined the plant and process technologies. This means it will be possible to place early orders for particularly complex machinery with long delivery times.
