ACL Airshop promotes Pieter van Calcar to Director & General Manager – Asia Pacific Operations

GREENVILLE, SC – ACL Airshop, a leader in products and services for the global air cargo industry, announces the promotion of Mr. Pieter van Calcar to the position of Director & General Manager – Asia Pacific Operations, based in Singapore and Hong Kong. Since its original founding in 1983, ACL Airshop, has become a leading worldwide one-stop shop for leasing, sales, repair and management of Unit Load Devices (“ULDs”) and cargo net / strap manufacturing for the aviation industry. Today the company operates around the world on six continents, at more than half of the world’s top fifty air cargo hub airports.

Pieter van Calcar has over 30 years’ business experience in Asia, with over 20 of those years serving the air cargo markets. The Asia Pacific region is considered a strategic priority by ACL’s board of directors due to the long-term growth trends expected there. Mr. van Calcar is now designated as a full member of the Executive Team for ACL Airshop, with broad responsibility and authority across the company’s burgeoning operations in his geographic region. A decades-long resident in Singapore, van Calcar has deep knowledge of the regional air cargo market and the multi-cultural business practices in the Asia Pacific region. His previous role as Regional Sales Manager/Asia Pacific for ACL Airshop allowed van Calcar to contribute to the recent aggressive growth of the company’s offerings in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Hanoi, and soon Japan. Regional plans under van Calcar call for opening a service and repair center soon at Tokyo’s Narita Airport (the busiest air cargo hub in Japan). Mr. van Calcar held senior regional management roles prior to ACL Airshop in air cargo-related companies such as VRR and Zodiac/Driessen. He supplemented his undergraduate studies with the MBA program from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, which is ranked among Europe’s top-tier business schools.

Tony Morgan, President & CEO of ACL Airshop, commented: “Pieter van Calcar is a proven leader in the air cargo business, and our customers will benefit from his knowledge and experience. The strategic growth trends in the Asia Pacific region dictate that we have strong leadership there for the best possible service to our current and prospective clients.

ACL Airshop provides unique products and services to numerous leading air carriers. ACL Airshop operates in five highly complementary business segments: Cargo Control Products Manufacturing, ULD Leasing, ULD Sales, ULD Repairs, and ULD Logistics Management. Cargo pallets, cargo shipping containers, straps, nets, hardware, and other cargo-specific control products are globally available 24/7/365. ACL Airshop also provides innovative leasing programs and management/tracking services, and operates FAA / EASA approved repair stations in multiple locations to repair and overhaul these assets.

ACL Airshop is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranger Airshop Holdings, Inc. of Greenville SC, the latest aviation investment platform created by Ranger Aerospace. Ranger brings additional capital strength and management resources to support ACL Airshop’s continuing growth. Ranger’s experience includes three large-scale, successful aerospace services consolidation platforms since 1997. Growth plans include building the ACL Airshop worldwide network by strategic investments and organic growth, entering new lines of technical capacity, expanding geographically, and possibly acquiring complementary companies.

For more information: www.aclairshop.com, and www.rangeraerospace.com.