Aero Precision Takes Off
As we stare into the eyes of our 22nd year in business and continue efforts toward a $165M sales goal, it’s hard to believe that just a few short years ago we were a small business with only 40 employees striving toward $50M in annual revenue. Three years ago our building was deemed too small for our growing company; our sales and customer service departments became a maze of cubicles latched together in a cluster of chaos and our warehouse was busting at the seams with over $35M of inventory. Today we’re in a 44,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility just down the road from our former location. We now possess over $60M in military aircraft parts inventory and 125 on-site employees in addition to seven overseas offices and representatives in 24 countries. Looking back, we are thrilled to see our exponential growth…and we’re nowhere close to being finished.
None of the aforementioned growth would have been possible had it not been for our loyal customer base. This loyalty is a direct function of the unparalleled customer service we bring to each air force we service. Turkey is a prime example. Our co-founder, Evren Ergin, a Turkey native, started Aero Precision from his home with distribution of Honeywell products to Turkey, our very first customer. We’ll always be grateful to the Turkish Air Force for those early contracts, and we’re equally thankful for the opportunities for support that we provide to Turkey today. Over two decades later, Aero Precision, now a Greenwich AeroGroup company, is an established leader in the supply of OEM systems and aftermarket aircraft spares and repairs in over 60 countries, providing aftermarket support for military aircraft avionics, electronic systems, engines, and a range of other defense products. Aero Precision is ISO 9001:2008 SAE AS 9120:2009 certified.
Located in Livermore, California (just outside of San Francisco), Aero Precision offers extensive support for more than 16 different aircraft and engine platforms with just-in-time spares and repair management services using our unmatched international logistics expertise and world class demand planning systems and processes. We are partnered with over 20 Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) including Hamilton Sundstrand, Honeywell, CEF Industries, Crane Aerospace, Circor Aerospace, Eaton, ESCO, Honeywell Lighting (Grimes), KLX, Pall Aerospace, Parker Aerospace, PPG Aerospace, Texstars, Woodward, and others. As distributors for these OEM partners, we support multiple military aircraft platforms including C-130, F-16, F-15, F-18, F-4, F-5, T-38, C-17, AH-64, CN-235, CH-47 and UH-60 (S-70), among others.
Our company is a full service, support and logistics organization able to work with customers to specify solutions, offer training for repair and overhaul of products and provide professional logistic support. As a stocking distributor and channel partner for the premiere OEMs in the Aerospace Industry, Aero Precision employs best-in-class processes, systems, strategies and analytics to minimize long manufacturing lead times, ensure sufficient levels of inventory and preempt short term support demands from our customers. “We provide one-stop-shop ‘easy button’ solutions that improve the availability of spares and reduce turnaround time (TAT), resulting in increased readiness,” says Frank Cowle, President of Aero Precision.
