Mechtronix Inc. was a Canadian company specializing in the manufacture of flight simulation training devices (FSTD) for commercial, general, and

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. The company was founded in 1987 and was based in Montreal, Canada. The company was acquired by Textron in 2013 and was merged into TRU Simulation + Training.

History

Mechtronix Inc. was founded at

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, as an engineering consultancy group specializing in

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industrial applications.

Products & Services

Mechtronix manufactures a line of training devices for general, business, and

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. The product family includes Full Flight Simulators Level D, FNPTs (Flight and Navigation Procedures Trainers), and FTDs (Flight Training Devices). Mechtronix works to manufacture products that meet unmet needs such as the FFT X, an exact replica of the FFS without a motion base. Mechtronix simulated aircraft range from small single-engine training airplanes, such as the Cessna 172 to commercial airplanes, such as the

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, Airbus 320 & 330, ATR 42/72.

Awards

Mechtronix has received numerous appraisals and awards for innovations introduced to the aviation training market through in-house research & development, exporting strategies, and product quality. :- Les Mercuriades - Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec :- Business of the Year (2007) :- Export Award (2007) :- Innovation Award (2006)

References

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