MAB Engineering Services and MTU Maintenance Zhuhai Strengthen Collaboration with Support Services Agreement

MAB Engineering Services and MTU Maintenance Zhuhai Strengthen Collaboration with Support Services Agreement

MAB Engineering and MTU Zhuhai deepen partnership to expand OSS capabilities and regional engine maintenance.

(FL) Gert Wagner, President and CEO of MTU Maintenance Zhuhai & Eke Nazri Rahim, Chief Operating Officer, MAB Engineering Services

MAB Engineering Services has signed a Support Services Agreement (SSA) with MTU Maintenance Zhuhai Co. Ltd. (MTU), furthering their collaboration to enhance On-Site Support (OSS) capabilities and reinforce MAB Engineering Services’ position as a leading regional provider of engine maintenance expertise. The SSA builds on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in October 2023, which laid the groundwork for the collaboration. Under the MoU, MTU committed to supporting MAB Engineering Services with project management support for OSS establishment, employee training, and sales pipeline development. It also highlights the mutual confidence both companies have in the partnership and in the growth prospects of the aviation maintenance market in the Asia-Pacific market region. With the agreement now in place, the collaboration is moving into its execution phase. Eke Nazri Rahim, Chief Operating Officer of MAB Engineering Services, said, “This agreement marks an important milestone for MAB Engineering Services. With MTU’s technical expertise and global network, we are accelerating our capability growth, driving long-term value creation, and positioning ourselves as a trusted maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) partner for airlines across the region.” MAB Engineering Services has committed to achieving capability readiness for OSS maintenance on CFM56-5B and CFM56-7B engines by July 2026, supported by approvals from the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM), the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as well as additional approvals from several Southeast Asian regulators by year-end. Readiness for V2500 engines is planned by 2027, followed by LEAP engines by 2028, further cementing MAB Engineering Services’ expertise across some of the most widely used engines in the industry. Gert Wagner, President and Chief Executive Officer of MTU Maintenance Zhuhai , said, “Our location will provide structured project management guidance, a comprehensive training programme for MAB Engineering Services employees, and direct sales support to help MAB Engineering Services develop a robust, long-term sales pipeline in the region. MTU Maintenance Zhuhai is the world’s largest MRO service provider for narrowbody engines by shop-visit volume whose engine experts routinely conduct on-site maintenance workscopes.” “ MAB Engineering Services and Malaysia Airlines Berhad, both part of Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), are close partners of ours and we are more than happy to lend our expertise and insight for this project,” Wagner said. “ The aviation market in Asia is the world’s fastest growing one and demand for maintenance capacities is only expected to increase further. This is exactly what we are addressing with this collaboration. ” In recent months, MTU Maintenance’s ON-SITEPlus service experts from Australia, Brazil and Germany have been conducting a benchmark blade replacement project on the high-pressure turbines of 20 of Malaysian Airlines’ CFM56-7 engines. This collaboration highlights MAB Engineering Services’ commitment to advancing its engineering capabilities, strengthening its competitiveness in a rapidly evolving industry, and building a strong foundation for sustainable growth and enhanced regional presence in engine on-site support. This strategic move taps into an APAC MRO market valued at over USD 25 billion and presents a potential of more than 4,000 in-service and spare engines, including CFM56-5 and -7, as well as V2500-A5 engines, alongside a confirmed order of more than 2,400 LEAP-1A/B engines.