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With Team Volusia’s Help, SeaMax Begins Assembly Operations in the US The Brazilian Aircraft Manufacturer, SEAMAX Aircraft, announces this month the launch of the company assembly operations in the USA. Team Volusia Economic Development Corporation was instrumental in assisting SeaMax with its site selection and introducing the company to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University officials so that mutual interests could be considered. The company and the university collaborated to form a partnership that includes establishing SeaMax America’s United States Headquarters at Embry-Riddle’s John Mica Engineering and Aerospace Innovation Complex at Embry Riddle Research Park (aka MicaPlex). In pandemic times, while most businesses are holding tight on their seatbelts, SEAMAX moves a step forward and makes a bold statement to the market by adding an “assembled in the USA” tag to their superior performance aircraft, the SEAMAX M-22. This company has been planning this move for the past three years, requiring extensive market research and engineering upgrades. For this task, the company engaged with the world premiere aviation institution, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, where some 100 students, both graduate, and undergraduate students tutored by business professors, prepared comprehensive business assessments were taken seriously by SEAMAX core administration.
voice of the customer and the most prominent aviation experts and connected with the most reputable aviation institutions in the globe before we decided to bring the assembly operations to the United States,” adds Mr. Confessor.
na Bech International AirConcomitantly with the port, Florida. The company market research, SEAMAX brand new assembly line was already developing building is located at Emnew features to the M-22 bry-Riddle Aeronautical to match with the US mar- University’s Research Park ket needs. New instrument with a brand new taxiway panel versions, including a designed to provide convesophisticated all-glass cock- nient access to the facilities. pit, have been introduced. New safety features have SEAMAX M-22, which been added, and the Rotax has been exported to over 912 iS, injected engine, is twenty countries, and holds now offered as an option to a certification in more than the aircraft. With all these a dozen countries, has been variables combined, this manufactured since 2000. year, SEAMAX delivered Today, after 20 years of its first IFR (Instrument continuous engineering imFlight Rules) capable airprovement, the product is craft customized to a veter- mature enough to allow the an fighter pilot and interna- company to transfer techtional Boeing 767 Captain nology to the United States. for a Major US Airline “This has been a very bold company. but conservative, gradual, and very well planned With an already-superior move for our company.” product, now enhanced for advocates Shalom Confesthe USA market, the comsor, SEAMAX Executive pany strengthens its brand Director for the United and presence in the USA States. “SEAMAX is conby adding the assembly tinuously listening to the operations, which brings factory-level support, maintenance, spare parts inventory, and training capabilities to the USA, in a prime location at Dayto-
For the company CEO, Dr. Gilberto Trivelato, the SEAMAX assembly in the US “will allow the company to integrate and leverage the Seamax M-22 aircraft as a business and the company future developments and projects into the USA existing cluster to accelerate further our technology and business capabilities by the exchange of know-how. The SEAMAX M-22 The SEAMAX M-22 is a high-performance amphibious Light-Sport Aircraft with global sales. It has been on the market for over 20 years and received several awards worldwide. Built of composite materials and pursuant of the safest records in the category, this sophisticated aircraft uniqueness relies upon its ability to remain light, granting exceptional performance, broad range, and an outstanding useful load. The SEAMAX is manufactured in Brazil and is now assembled in the USA.
