Hobart Ground Systems Combines Hobart, Trilectron/Air-A-Plane And ITW Military GSE

In a challenging economic environment, businesses are looking for solutions to a highly competitive market. GSE Holdings Inc. has a solution that not only combines the resources of several industry leading companies, but streamlines services into one cohesive front.

Rick Hansen, Vice President and General Manager of GSE Americas, is thrilled about the establishment of Hobart Ground Systems, a combination of Hobart Ground Power, Trilectron/Air-A-Plane and ITW Military GSE and their world-renowned engineering, design, sales and service teams. The result is a total systems solution for the commercial and military aviation ground support industries.

"We are pleased to be working together to establish a more unified front for our customers," said Hansen. "We have a proven track record with the design and implementation of innovative solutions for ground support equipment to service the Aerospace Industry."

After careful deliberation and analysis, the three companies have come together to create a single, more streamlined and substantive business.

"Hobart Ground Systems has the track-record, expertise and background to provide improved solutions for our customers worldwide," says Hansen. "Each of these formally separate companies has developed new products launching over the new few months. We have the talent to make this new and improved company the leader in power and PC Air solutions to the industry."

About Hobart Ground Systems: Hobart Ground Power, Trilectron/Air-A-Plane and ITW Military GSE are divisions of GSE Holdings, Inc., an Illinois Tool Works (ITW) Company and a diverse fortune 200 company with more than 825 divisions operating in 52 countries.