MTU Aero Engines kicks off GEnx turbine center frame deliveries

MTU Aero Engines kicked off GEnx turbine center frame deliveries on Wednesday, August 24, when it handed the first production module over to GE Aviation. In a last bolt ceremony held at MTU in Munich, Rhonda Sample, Manager Manufacturing Programs at GE Aviation officially took delivery of the module from MTU CEO Egon Behle. Thus, deliveries of this MTU module for the U.S. manufacturer’s fast-selling new engine started on time. Plans are to ramp up production to be able to ship one turbine center frame a day. MTU’s chief executive Egon Behle explained: “The GEnx, which powers the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and has been selected as the exclusive powerplant for the Boeing 747-8, is one of our most important commercial engine programs for widebodies down the road. That’s why we’ve set up highly advanced dedicated production lines for our components at the company’s Munich facility.” So far 1,300 orders and options have been received for the new GE engine.