Excluding retrofits or airworthiness-directive compliance, the worldwide market for overhauling Rolls-Royce Trent 700-series turbofans is projected at about $2 billion for the next three years, with Asian carriers accounting for the largest share of the work.

Airlines, leasing companies strive for common maintenance data standards for digital records.

1. Ratchet Wrench Manufacturer: Armstrong Industrial Hand Tools Applications: The Flex Head Ratcheting Torque Wrench allows for a 10-deg. ratcheting angle, making it usable in more confined areas. Specifications: The ratcheting torque wrench is made of hardened steel with chrome plating. A locking collar prevents the scale settings from changing during work.

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Kazakhstan's national carrier Air Astana faces two big decisons: It has to select companies to complete interiors for its new Boeing 767-300ERs and provide heavy maintenance for its Airbus A320s. Air Astana usually sends its A320s to ATC Southend in the U.K. for heavy checks, but the carrier's senior VP engineering group, John Wainwright, says it is considering sending some to China for heavy checks because the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) shops there are cheaper.

1. Fiber Optics Manufacturer: Luna Innovations Applications: Luna Innovations' Optical Distributed Sensor Interrogator (ODiSI) can be used in composite manufacturing for load, fatigue and mechanical testing. Specifications: ODiSI uses fiber-optic sensors with thousands of sensing points per fiber to more easily detect defects in composite structures. www.lunainnovations.com

What links the following statements (besides all being subjects covered in this issue)? •British Airways plans to receive its first Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 in 2013 (page MRO18). •Air France KLM Engineering & Maintenance's new engine test cell at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport accommodates big engines such as the GE90 (page MRO32).

Franck Terner discussed strategies in Paris before Aviation Week's MRO Europe conference and exhibition in Amsterdam.