Langa Industrial

Langa Industrial S.A. designs and makes ground support equipment (GSE) for the aerospace and defence industries from its headquarters in Navalcarnero, Madrid. The company began as Hidraulica Langa, a hydraulic workshop founded in Madrid in 1970, and Langa Industrial was founded in 1988. It remains family owned, and the company says it sells in more than 70 countries.

Products

• Aircraft towbars for pushback and towing, attached to the nose landing gear of narrow body and wide body aircraft, regional aircraft and business jets, in standard, universal and multihead lines
• Military tow tractors and helicopter handlers
• Tripod jacks, axle jacks and jack testers
• Service carts, control equipment and aircraft recovery equipment
• Maintenance platforms, access stairs and wheel and brake equipment
• Military ground equipment such as tactical loaders, weapon loader trolleys and aircraft docking systems
• Lifting systems and special cylinders for armoured vehicles, plus special products to customer design

Some products are listed as in stock, and some equipment is available for rent.

Technical support

After sales support covers repairs and overhaul, re-certification, training and OEM spare parts.

Company facts

• The company says more than 32,000 products have been manufactured and 9,500 are in service
• Main products are approved for use on final assembly lines of aircraft makers including Airbus, Boeing, BAE Systems, ATR, COMAC and SAAB, as reported on its website
• Dehesa headquarters of about 4,860 square metres, plus a final assembly site at Pradera opened in 2019