Fokker Services Group (“FSG”) -a global leader in aircraft maintenance, modifications, completions, and conversions- has been selected by Embraer for the second year in a row as the winner of the prestigious ‘Embraer Best Supplier of the Year’ award in the category ‘Services & Support’. The award recognizes Fokker Services Group’s dedication to excellence in the provision of top-tier component maintenance services for Embraer’s E-Jet family.
Embraer names Fokker Services Group the winner of the 'Services and Support' category for the second consecutive year at the 'Embraer Suppliers Conference'
The Embraer Suppliers Conference took place on April 14th and 15th 2025 at Embraer’s Eugenio de Melo facility in São José dos Campos (Brazil)
The ‘Embraer Best Supplier of the Year’ award represents Embraer's commitment to fostering best-in-class practices within its global supplier network across all business segments, including Commercial and Executive aviation and Defense and Security, The award ceremony, which honored the achievements of Embraer’s suppliers during 2024, was held during the recent Embraer Suppliers Conference (ESC) at the Eugenio de Melo facility in São José dos Campos, Brazil, from April 14th to 15th 2025.
The award reflects the successful collaboration between FSG and Embraer across multiple programs and business lines, fully aligned with Embraer’s core values and supported by demonstrated achievements, among which the most significant include:
- The expansion of FSG’s Component Repair support program, consistently achieving over 95% service levels month after month — with all orders completed right the first time.
- In terms of aircraft completions, FSG signed an agreement with Embraer Defense and Security to support the C-390 Millennium, K C390 NATO modifications for the Royal Netherlands Air Force and Austrian Air Force.
- FSG in Singapore becoming an official Embraer Authorized Service Center for the maintenance services for the E-Jets first-generation family, with a focus on E190 aircraft.
During the ESC, Roberto Chaves – Executive Vice-president of Global Procurement and Supply Chain at Embraer, said: “Collaboration, resilience, and commitment are at the core of Embraer way of doing business. I sincerely appreciate our suppliers for demonstrating these values, partnering with us to achieve excellence and contribute to the sustainable growth of our companies. We’re proud to name you Best Supplier of the Year. Congratulations! It is through this collective effort that we are shaping the future of the aerospace industry”.
Leon Kouters, Vice President Sales & Marketing at FSG, added: “winning in the ‘Services & Support’ category for a second year in a row ratifies that our support vision fully aligns with Embraer and as such we will continue to find opportunities to collaborate. We couldn’t be happier about this outcome, which is the end result of myriad efforts from the entire FSG team towards Embraer in order to enhance the efficiency of the Embraer related programs, and contributing to creating a culture of global excellence, combined efforts of applying lean principles and customer centricity, which hallmarks everything we do at FSG”.
About EMBRAER
A global aerospace company headquartered in Brazil, Embraer has businesses in Commercial and Executive aviation, Defense and Security, and Agricultural Aviation. The company designs, develops, manufactures, and markets aircraft and systems, providing Services and Support to customers after-sales.
Since it was founded in 1969, Embraer has delivered more than 9,000 aircraft. On average, about every 10 seconds an aircraft manufactured by Embraer takes off somewhere in the world, transporting over 150 million passengers a year.
Embraer is the leading manufacturer of commercial jets with up to 150 seats and the main exporter of high value-added goods in Brazil. The company maintains industrial units, offices, service, and parts distribution centers, among other activities, across the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe
About Fokker Services Group
Fokker Services Group is an independent aerospace service company with a global reach. Providing comprehensive solutions from its five facilities in Europe, Asia and the Americas, Fokker Services Group is a key partner for regional, narrow-body and wide-body platforms in the Commercial, VIP, Cargo and Defense markets. The organization offers a unique set of capabilities, products and services: ‘Modifications & Engineering Services’ for the latest technical solutions; ‘Component & Material Services’ such as nose-to-tail programs, exchange services, component repairs, parts manufacturing and spares deliveries; ‘Airframe Services’ for aircraft MRO including lease transitions and painting; and ‘Aircraft Completion & Conversion Services’ for Executive, VVIP and Special Mission aircraft.