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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001018164-25-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WLFC"
cik: "0001018164"
company_name: "WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP"
filed_at: "2025-03-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T11:33:01.237096+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Willis Lease Finance JV with Global Engine Maintenance to build engine test facility in Florida

## Summary
- Subsidiary WERC and GEM form JV Willis Global Engine Testing (WGET) for engine test cell in West Palm Beach, FL.
- Facility to initially service CFM56-5B and CFM56-7B engines; capable of accommodating future engine types.
- JV to address shortage of test cell capacity in North America, improving turnaround times for WLFC, GEM, and third parties.
- Groundbreaking expected in late 2025; combines WLFC leasing expertise with GEM MRO specialization.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001018164-25-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WLFC
- cik: 0001018164
- company_name: WILLIS LEASE FINANCE CORP
- filed_at: 2025-03-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018164/000101816425000036/0001018164-25-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1018164/000101816425000036/wlfc-20250317.htm

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