Company Profile:
Airtechnics was founded in 1957 by Claude Mann, and remains one of the largest privately held electronics distributors worldwide.
Airtechnics began as a manufacturer's representative serving the Wichita general aviation industry. The company's initial focus was to create innovative solutions for the general aviation marketplace that would enhance companies' supply chains. Airtechnics pioneered the stocking representative / forward stock concept in the 1960s to provide the first just-in-time delivery system in the general aviation industry. The program also provided value added assemblies directly to the production line. This innovation enabled aircraft manufacturers to focus on the core competency of designing and building planes and not managing in-house inventories.
In 1987, Ron Mann was appointed President and CEO, made the strategic decision to enhance the Company’s offerings, and added electromechanical component distribution capabilities. The strategy was to add product lines that had applications in the general aviation, commercial aerospace and defense markets, thus stabilizing Airtechnics from the business cycles of a single end-market. This strategic decision effectively transformed the company from a sales organization to a full-service distributor.
Airtechnics broadened its offering in 1999 to include value-added military circular connectors. This was driven by a desire to increase the company's value proposition to their customer base and to diversify revenues into new product segments with greater growth potential. The success of the value-added connectors brought about the need for additional employees, expertise, infrastructure and facility space. As a result, Airtechnics relocated in November 2001 to the current 65,000 square foot facility that now houses corporate offices, operations, warehouse and value-added assembly departments.
Since 2001, the Company has continued its growth trajectory by adding additional product lines, branch offices and aggressively pursuing new customers. In 2007, Airtechnics celebrated its 50 year anniversary and appointed Christina Kukuruda to the position of President, who assumed day-to-day responsibility for the company's operations.
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Anonymous on 3/19/2008
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