JBT AeroTech’s GSE business unit welcomed more than 50 customers from countries around the world to their product 'Open House' at the Orlando, Florida manufacturing facility. The company said the 8 May event highlighted JBT AeroTech’s “commitment to providing great products and great servi...

JBT (John Bean Technologies) has signed an agreement for the acquisition of LEKTRO—manufacturer and supplier of high-quality, all-electric towbarless tow and pushback vehicles for business jets and commercial aviation market.    With a price-tag of $48 million, the transaction is ex...

LEKTRO, Inc. reached a new milestone delivering their 5,400th aircraft tug to Airbus at their manufacturing facility in Hamburg, Germany. This milestone breaks LEKTRO’s previous record as the world’s number one producer of electric towbarless aircraft tugs. The sale was brokered by LEKTRO’s a...

LEKTRO, Inc. reached a milestone recently when Southwest Airlines took delivery of its 5,300th towbarless tug ever built. Southwest placed LEKTRO #5300 into service at its San Jose, CA (SJC) operation. To date, LEKTRO has produced more towbarless aircraft tractors than any other manufacturer in the ...