Flying Colours Opens New St. Louis Facility

Flying Colours, the North American MRO, completions and avionics business has officially opened the doors of its new St. Louis, MO (KSUS), facility. Manufacturing at the new facility, which primarily supports the design, build and finishing of woodwork monuments for large business jet cabins, has already begun.

The workshop capabilities mirror the Peterborough headquarters, but also incorporate new equipment for the St. Louis facility. To support working with composite materials a new “Edge Fill” machine fills the voids in composite panels after being cut and shaped by the CNC machine. The addition of two hi-tech paint booths ensures optimal surface appearance before final treatment in the new enclosed curing room. Flying Colours has also invested in a third booth dedicated to painting complex fasteners, and cabinet interiors.

The layout ensures that the manufacturing follows the natural workflow with projects beginning on the CNC, before moving on to the expansive machine room which incorporates a selection of detailing tools for woodwork/cabinetry. Paint, finishing, framing and assembly follow, before the final quality control inspection.

Flying Colours has maximised the footprint to create spaces for upholstery, engineering, and avionics work, as well as production control offices, conference rooms, and client meeting areas. The St. Louis (KSUS) footprint is now close to 100 000 square feet and has required the addition of a further seventy team members, making a total of 180 Flying Colours employees based in the USA.