On June 10, 1999, Hamilton Standard and the Sundstrand Corp. merged, forming HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND. The company's heritage spans the course of 100 years, tracing its roots to the founding of the Sundstrand Corp. in 1905 and Hamilton Standard in 1919. With more than 50 major facilities worldwide, Hamilton Sundstrand is among the world's largest suppliers of technologically advanced aerospace and industrial products. Headquartered in Windsor Locks, Conn., the company’s revenues reached $6.2 billion in 2008. Hamilton Sundstrand designs and manufactures aerospace systems for commercial, regional, corporate and military aircraft, and is a major supplier for international space programs. Hamilton Sundstrand's industrial products serve industries ranging from hydrocarbon, chemical and food processing to construction and mining.

BT Fuze Products (BTFP) ensures that shells, bombs, and missiles blow up...but only if and when they are supposed to. The days of lighting fuzes by hand and watching them burn down with growing drama are long gone; today's electronic, mechanical, and electro-mechanical fuzes are highly engineered products used to detonate tank, artillery, and mortar shells with precision timing. BTFP also makes arming and safe devices for artillery, canister munitions, air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground missiles, and anti-ship missiles. BTFP, which traces its roots to the Bulova Watch Company, was acquired by L-3 Communications in 2001.

Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited - better known as HAECO - has provided comprehensive aeronautical engineering and maintenance services to airlines and operators since 1950.When HAECO signed a 20-year Franchise Agreement with Hong Kong's Airport Authority, it was yet another milestone and became the only full service provider at the new Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok offering comprehensive line to heavy maintenance packages including aircraft component overhaul support and AOG/aircraft recovery service.A quality-focused, customer-responsive approach is the cornerstone of HAECO's philosophy and its scale of operation complemented by highly trained, skilled staff allows it to offer tailor-made, value-for-money packages to its customers worldwide.HAECO has, over the years, expanded beyond the boundaries of Hong Kong SAR into other cities in China with Taikoo (Xiamen) Aircraft Engineering Co. Ltd. (TAECO) at Xiamen, Fujian, and Taikoo (Shandong) Aircraft Engineering Co. Ltd. (STAECO) at Jinan, Shandong. Recently, a joint venture "Taikoo SIchuan Aircraft Engineering Services Co. Ltd." has been formed in Sichuan. It also operates maintenance facilities in Singapore - Singapore (HAECO) Pte. Ltd. (SHAECO), and Bahrain. In addition, HAECO has established joint ventures with key major Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in pursuit of providing “Total Care” services to its customers.Swire holds major interests in HAECO and provides management support.

Lockheed Martin's focused logistics support reduces aircraft turnaround time and lowers customers' maintenance costs -- important benefits in battle or in training. Defense requirements can change quickly and our focused logistics support enables customers to keep pace with those changes.Lockheed Martin's focused logistics support includes: 1)Depot and field-services aircraft, engine and vehicle maintenance 2)Major modification and upgrade programs 3)Spares provisioning and replenishment 4)Lean manufacturing 5)Total life-cycle management 6) Supply chain managementWe offer one-stop shopping -- providing everything from maintenance and modifications on powerhouses that have been in the skies for decades, to advanced engineering for the next-generation Joint Strike Fighter, equipped with autonomic capabilities that initiate logistics support without human intervention.In addition to our unsurpassed technical support, we apply proven business processes such as lean manufacturing to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Employing continuous-improvement techniques such as predictive analysis and total assets visibility, our supply chain management experts take a proactive approach that improves parts availability and operations efficiency. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Lockheed Martin employees provided logistics services from locations in the United States as well as with troops in the field, all in an effort to achieve our ultimate goal: saving lives and enhancing military performance by ensuring that aircraft are mission-ready.

Saywell International distributes a lot of airplane parts. Founded in 1946, the company has large inventories of aircraft spare parts at its locations in Canada, Singapore, the UK, and the US. Saywell International handles upwards of 100 product lines -- hoses, clamps, couplings, wheels, brakes, tires, hydraulic components, gauges, paints, bearings, batteries, harnesses, engine controls, cables, harnesses -- from about 80 manufacturers. A long list of supported aircraft includes Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, BAE SYSTEMS, and Bombardier.

NAPCO International's predecessor, Northwestern Auto Parts Company, was founded in 1918 as a local retailer of auto parts for the expanding number of automobiles and trucks in the Minneapolis area. Its founding motto was "for that hard to get part" reflecting the company's commitment to customer service from inception.It was not until the Second World War that the company began manufacturing and rebuilding operations. After the war, the company began its current association with the military aftermarket. Huge quantities of surplus war materiel and the distribution of excess vehicles of all types to countries around the world created an active market of buyers and sellers for that materiel.In the 1950s Northwestern Auto Parts Company became a publicly traded stock company and changed its name to NAPCO Industries, reflecting the change of focus from wholesale supplier to manufacturer. In order to further its commitment to its customers the company began a program in earnest of tracking the availability of blue prints and vendors and prices of all the equipment requested by its world wide customers. The computerized system has become the model for the industry. The company also adopted the quality standards required of manufacturers serving the US Defense Department.In the ensuing years NAPCO has broadened its product line to include communications equipment, aircraft spare parts, logistics services and other products and services appearing on other pages of this web site. Due to corporate changes not related to its defense business, the company's name changed from NAPCO Industries to NAPCO International in the 1980s. The company has continuously improved the efficiency, quality and breadth of its product line through deployment of new technologies, training, and hard work. The company will continue to evolve and change with the change in market demands; the constant will be our commitment to customer satisfaction.

Esterline Corporation is a specialized manufacturing company serving principally aerospace and defense markets. Approximately 80% of total revenues are generated from aerospace/defense markets. The remaining 20% is from the application of these technologies into industrial markets. Esterline management views the company’s businesses in three segments related to its set of core competencies: Avionics & Controls, Sensors & Systems, and Advanced Materials. Operations within the Avionics & Controls segment focus on technology interface systems for commercial and military aircraft and similar devices for land- and sea-based military vehicles, secure communications systems, specialized medical equipment, and other high-end industrial applications. The Sensors & Systems segment includes operations that produce high-precision temperature and pressure sensors, fluid and motion control components, and other related systems principally for aerospace and defense customers. Advanced Materials focuses on process related technologies including high-performance elastomer products used for a wide range of military and commercial aerospace purposes and combustible ordnance and electronic warfare countermeasure products. Our business focus is to help our customers achieve greater productivity, higher precision, and better overall performance. More simply put: Esterline helps its customers compete with maximum effectiveness.

Spain's #2 airline (after Iberia), Spanair provides scheduled and charter passenger services within its home country and throughout Europe, as well as to selected destinations in the Americas. It operates a fleet of 60 aircraft, including MD-80 jets as well as newer models from Airbus and Boeing. Spanair offers service to additional destinations via its partners in the Star Alliance, a global airline marketing and code-sharing alliance. (Code-sharing enables carriers to sell tickets on one another's flights and thus extend their networks.) Spanair was a subsidiary of Scandinavian carrier (and Star Alliance member) SAS until early 2009 when SAS sold the company to a group of Spanish investors.

In 1971, Erickson Lumber Company, owned by second-generation logger and entrepreneur, Jack Erickson, leased an S-64E Skycrane helicopter from Sikorsky Aircraft and renamed the company Erickson Air-Crane. This occurred two years after the FAA announced a Standard Transport Category certification of the aircraft for loads up to 20,000 pounds (9,072 kg). At that time, many small operations around the world and particularly in Russia were experimenting with helicopter logging with little success due to the high cost of flying the helicopters. Mr. Erickson realized the specialized nature of the Skycrane and used his years of experience in the logging industry to gain the maximum benefit from this heavy lift helicopter. This system proved to be consistently profitable and led to the purchase of the first S-64 Skycrane in 1972, followed by the purchase of three more aircraft later that same year. Since that time, Erickson Air-Crane has harvested timber in many areas of the United States, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Canada. The Aircrane was seen in the beginning as a highly efficient harvesting tool, now more lumber companies are also choosing the Aircrane logging system because of the minimal effect on the forest ecosystem and the access it affords to steep remote terrain.The Erickson S-64 Aircrane is manufactured by Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated which is headquartered in Central Point, Oregon. The aircraft was originally manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft as the S-64A "Skycrane" and sold to the Army as the CH-54A "Tarhe". The CH-54 performed with an outstanding service record in Vietnam supporting the Army's First Cavalry Division, Airmobile by retrieving over 380 damaged aircraft, saving an estimated $210 million. The S-64 was the first helicopter built as a flying crane with an aft-facing pilot station that gives the pilot an unobstructed view of the load being carried and full positive control of the aircraft during precision operations.

Continental Airlines, Inc., an air carrier, engages in the transportation of passengers, cargo, and mail. As of December 31, 2008, the company owned or leased 350 mainline jets and 282 regional aircraft. It flew to 120 domestic and 121 international destinations, as well as offered additional connecting service through alliances with domestic and foreign carriers. Continental Airlines operates its domestic route system primarily through its hubs at Newark Liberty International Airport in the New York metropolitan area; George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas; and Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. The company directly serves destinations throughout Europe, Asia, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Continental Airlines, Inc. was founded in 1934 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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