[1] Most of the company's production is outsourced, with Superior ensuring that the parts meet their engineering and testing standards.

Tim Archer, the former marketing and sales VP for Superior became the new CEO for the US subsidiary and oversaw the establishment of a piston engine production facility in Beijing.

[4][5][6][7][8] At AirVenture 2012 CEO Tim Archer announced that the company was recovering from its bankruptcy and that the Chinese investment had been critical in that turn around.

The company was at that time able to ship almost 90% of parts in its catalog and was training Chinese technicians in Vantage engine production for the Asian market.

The company made this decision based on detonation problems found in some XP-400 engines that could not be resolved.