5 January 2011
A recent statement from PIper quotes CEO Geoffrey Berger as saying, ““During 2010, the first full year since Imprimis acquired Piper, the company made memorable and notable
progress in a number of important areas. We delivered considerably moreaircraft, introduced and stepped up development of an all-new single-engine business jet, and readied the
company for an unprecedented global push in 2011.”
This statement is made despite recent news that Piper has laid off 12 more staff recently, which follows 60 lay-offs in September, 2010.
The Piper report goes on to say, ‘While fourth quarter and full-year Piper deliveries will not be publicly announced until an industry-wide event in February 2011, production activity at the company’s Vero Beach, Fla., manufacturing campus during 2010 was up by more than 75 per cent compared to 2009, despite a significant overall decline in industry deliveries by
other manufacturers. This substantial market share increase reflected Piper’s aggressive globalization efforts.
‘The company announced the all-new PiperJet Altaire in October and added more than 140 engineers to the business jet’s development team with planned certification and deliveries set for 2014. Moreover, total Piper employment grew by several hundred employees to support the increased production.
‘Piper opened two new global sales offices: one to serve the Americas region and one in Amsterdam to support the European, Middle East and Africa region. The company’s third regional sales office in Brunei was reinforced with the addition of the company’s director of global fleet sales to enlarge the company’s presence in this expanding segment, particularly in the Asia/Pacific region.’
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