Cobham opens Singapore office in
Asia Pacific market expansion
New facility will bring together five Cobham companies in the Communications and Connectivity sector
SINGAPORE – Cobham Communications and Connectivity has today opened a new facility in Singapore, to drive further growth of its business activities across the Asia Pacific market. This new office brings together the Cobham Group’s Antenna Systems, AvComm, SATCOM, Tactical Communications & Surveillance (TCS) and Wireless business units. The region contributes significant revenues annually, making Asia Pacific one of Cobham’s most important and rapidly expanding markets.
To mark the opening of its new Singapore headquarters, Cobham Communications and Connectivity Sector President, Fred Cahill, will be joined by the British High Commissioner to Singapore, HE Scott Wightman, and dignitaries from key customers, which include some of the largest public and private sector organisations in the whole of the Asia Pacific region.
“The opening of this facility demonstrates our firm commitment to support organisations in the Asia Pacific market with the latest in wireless technological innovation,” said Fred Cahill, Sector President, Cobham Communications and Connectivity sector. “This is a key market for Cobham and an area of huge innovation and potential. To meet the needs of our wide customer base in the area, we will continue to develop new products specifically aimed at the unique challenges felt by our local customers.”
Stephen Hire, APAC Sales Director, Cobham Wireless added: “Many of the largest communications companies in the region already utilise the extensive portfolio of products available from the Cobham Group’s Antenna Systems, AvComm, SATCOM, TCS and Wireless businesses. By ensuring the complete portfolio of solutions and full range of expertise is available from one central location, we have greatly improved our ability to drive our footprint further in the region and build on the tremendous growth we have already achieved.”
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We protect lives and livelihoods with our differentiated technology and know-how, operating with a deep insight into customer needs and agility. Our innovative range of technologies and services solve challenging problems in harsh environments across commercial, defence and security markets, from deep space to the depths of the ocean, specialising in meeting the growing demand for data, connectivity and bandwidth.
We employ more than 12,000 people on five continents, and have customers and partners in over 100 countries, with market leading positions in: wireless, audio, video and data communications, including satellite communications; defence electronics; air-to-air refuelling; aviation services; life support and mission equipment.
Previously, these five Cobham Communications and Connectivity businesses were spread across sites around Singapore. Bringing the individual businesses and 50 staff together into one building, increases collaboration on projects and harnesses the expertise of the whole group. It will also offer the opportunity for each business to expand its services into customer segments where other units already have a foothold.
Cobham Communications and Connectivity can provide customers with a complete range of communications services across its wide portfolio. It currently supplies public sector and commercial wireless equipment to some of the largest enterprises and governments in the world, including many major corporations in Singapore, and the Asia Pacific region as a whole.
