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The Loar Group Inc. Announces it is Acquiring Schroth Safety Products

July 14, 2022

The Loar Group Inc. Announces it is Acquiring Schroth Safety Products

Loar Group Inc. (Loar) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the purchase of Schroth Safety Products (Schroth). The transaction has received the required regulatory approvals and is scheduled to close before the end of July.

Headquartered in Arnsberg, NRW (Germany), Schroth is a leading designer and manufacturer of advanced occupant safety systems (e.g., seatbelts and airbags) for the global aerospace, defense, and high-performance consumer industries. Approximately 90% of Schroth’s sales are products which have customized designs containing proprietary intellectual property. Schroth’s customers include leading OEMs across both the commercial and military aircraft segment as well as those serving the automotive/racing and emergency services markets. With a strong background in engineering and design, the team at Schroth is highly regarded for its ability to meet and exceed customers’ needs in demanding certification environments.

“We are excited about the addition of Schroth to the Loar Family. The company’s strong management team, engineering talent, and product offerings will expand our capabilities and improve Loar’s ability to serve our customers’ unique and niche demands” stated Dirkson Charles, CEO and Co-Chairman of Loar Group. “Schroth brings a portfolio of trusted aerospace products, such as structure mounted airbags, two-point and multi-point restraints, and highly engineered military seating and restraints, in addition to non-aerospace restraints used in a multitude of racing applications. We have long admired the work of the team at Schroth and their ability to deliver highly engineered solutions to the market,” continued Mr. Charles. “Given that close to 60% of Loar’s sales are to the aftermarket, we are excited to help drive Schroth’s aftermarket sales to even higher levels, consistent with our current business profile. We believe the combination of Loar and Schroth will provide Schroth the ability to continue serving its customers with high quality and customized solutions, while also providing access to growth capital and human resources that can be used to meet their customers’ future needs.”

Loar Group Inc. is a diversified manufacturer and supplier with established relationships across leading aerospace and defense OEMs and Tier One customers worldwide. The Company’s mandate is to create a strategic global alliance of companies specializing in the design and manufacture of aerospace and defense components. Loar provides its partners and customers with innovative, cost-effective engineering and manufacturing capabilities and responsive, dependable service, leading to profitable and sustainable long-term relationships.

For more information, please contact Loar at info@loargroup.com

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The Loar Group, Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Safe Flight Instrument Corporation

January 12, 2021
The Loar Group, Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Safe Flight Instrument Corporation

Loar Group, Inc. (Loar) announced today that it has recently added Safe Flight Instrument Corporation (Safe Flight) to its family of companies.  Headquartered in White Plains, New York (USA), Safe Flight is a leading designer and manufacturer of proprietary aerospace electronic products and systems with its products installed on nearly two-thirds of the world’s aircraft. In addition, all Safe Flight’s products are proprietary whereby they own all key intellectual property rights. Their products include flight instrumentation, guidance and controls and they are the world’s premier manufacturer of aircraft lift instrumentation. Safe Flight’s customers include leading aircraft OEMs across all market segments with approximately seventy-five percent of Safe Flight’s products sold to the general or business aviation end markets, with the balance primarily sold to the commercial aerospace end market.

“The acquisition of Safe Flight adds a strong management team, along with expanded engineering, design, manufacturing, repair and overhaul talent to Loar allowing us to address additional unique and niche manufacturing and technological challenges faced by our customers” stated Dirkson Charles, CEO of Loar Group. “By adding Safe Flight to Loar’s suite of product offerings we have added product lines that include stall warning and protection, automatic throttle systems, fuselage airflow angle sensors, control shakers and icing condition detectors just to name a few of the specialized capabilities we have added to our family of companies. With over eighty-five percent of Loar’s sales coming from innovative and proprietary products we are uniquely positioned to solve problems for our customers” continued Mr. Charles. Loar Group’s acquisition of Safe Flight creates a partnership that allows Safe Flight to continue serving its existing customers while providing additional growth capital and human resources to meet expanded future customer needs.

Loar Group, Inc. is a diversified manufacturer and supplier with established relationships across leading aerospace and defense OEMs and Tier Ones worldwide. The Company’s mandate is to create a strategic global alliance of companies specializing in the design and manufacture of aerospace and defense components. Loar provides its partners and customers with innovative, cost-effective engineering and manufacturing capabilities and responsive, dependable service, leading to profitable and sustainable long-term relationships.

For more information please contact Mr. Dirkson Charles at dirksoncharles@loargroup.com.

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Notice to Suppliers – COVID-19 Precautions

Dear Supplier Partners,

As you are no doubt aware, the global spread of the COVID-19 virus has reached the United States and there now has been multiple confirmed cases of the virus affecting individuals throughout the United States. The protection and well-being of our colleagues, customers, suppliers and our surrounding communities from the risks of the spread of the COVID-19 virus is the top priority and therefore we have developed and implemented policies and procedures to address any outbreak in our community.

This communication is being sent to update you on the precautionary actions being taken at AGC Acquisition LLC in alignment with our response plan that may impact representatives and employees from your company.

Effective March 13, 2020 and until further notice, suppliers will continue to be able to access the facility to drop-off and pick-up items, but no longer permitted to physically enter the building.  Our shipping, receiving and outside processing personnel will remain available to meet suppliers and their representatives at our dock doors to facilitate transactions.

Please note that any supplier representative who has traveled to or through China, Italy, Iran, Japan and/or the Republic of Korea in the 14 days prior to their intended visit is strictly prohibited from entering the facility grounds.  We ask for your help in self-identifying and assisting in advising any individual to which this would apply.

Please reinforce with your employees the need to practice good hygiene habits including the regular washing of hands and use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers, as well as seeking appropriate medical attention if one feels ill or has a fever.

Effective March 13, 2020 customers will no longer be allowed to access the facility.  All meetings and visits should be done via phone, web-ex or other appropriate media.

We would like to thank you for your support in adhering to these precautionary measures which have been established to limit the exposure to and potential spread of the COVID-19 virus.  We will keep you informed of any changes to the policies as they become available.  If you have any questions or require further clarification, please reach out to your point of contact in our Supply Chain organization.

Thank you,

Shelly Anderson
President

AGC Acquisition LLC

 

 

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The Loar Group, Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Pacific Piston Ring Company

January 7, 2020
The Loar Group, Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Pacific Piston Ring Co., Inc.

Loar Group, Inc. (Loar) announced today that Pacific Piston Ring Co., Inc. (PPR) is the latest addition to its family of companies.

Headquartered in Culver City, California (USA), PPR produces piston and sealing rings for the aerospace end market. The majority of PPR’s rings are engineered and manufactured to meet complicated and discreet specifications for use in a number of applications including: pneumatic / hydraulic valves & actuators, landing gear, auxiliary power units, compressors, bleed air valves & controls, pressurization systems, de-icing systems, turbine engines and retainer rings. PPR’s rings can be found on a number of legacy and new production aircraft across the commercial, general aviation and military end markets.

Dirkson Charles, CEO of Loar Group, stated, “PPR fits well with our strategy of adding niche capabilities and proprietary products to our portfolio while continuing to add to Loar’s overall diversity of product applications across a broad variety of aircraft platforms. As an organization we deliver greater than 50% of our sales in the aftermarket. PPR will further strengthen this attribute and strategic focus of Loar.” continued Mr. Charles.

Mike Shannon, President of Pacific Piston Ring, noted, “this business was originally founded by my grandfather and has been a part of our family for over 99 years.  As such, it was important for us to find the right partner and we feel Loar Group is a great steward that is well prepared to lead PPR for hopefully the next 100 years.”

Loar Group, Inc. is a diversified manufacturer and supplier with established relationships across leading aerospace and defense OEMs and Tier Ones worldwide. The Company’s mandate is to create a strategic global alliance of companies specializing in the design and manufacture of aerospace and defense components. Loar provides its partners and customers with high-quality, innovative, and cost-effective engineering and manufacturing capabilities coupled with responsive and dependable service, leading to profitable and sustainable long-term relationships.
For more information please contact Mr. Dirkson Charles at dirksoncharles@loargroup.com.

 

Copyright © 2020 Loar Group, All rights reserved.

 

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The Loar Group, Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Hydra-Electric Company 

June 10, 2019

The Loar Group, Inc. Announces the Acquisition of Hydra-Electric Company. 

Loar Group, Inc. (Loar) announced today that it has recently added Hydra-Electric Company (Hydra) to its family of companies.

Headquartered in Burbank, California (USA), Hydra is a leading designer and manufacturer of custom engineered, high precision pressure, temperature and flow switches and sensors. Hydra’s significant bench-strength in R&D and engineering continually develop the industry’s most innovative solutions for the most demanding applications. 100% of the Company’s products are designed in-house.  Hydra’s products can be found on the world’s most popular legacy and next generation aerospace and defense platforms including: B787, B777, B737, A320neo, A350, F35, F18, Bell 214, Sikorsky S-92, Augusta Westland AW 189, G650 and Pilatus PC12 and PC24. Approximately 40%, 32%, and 15% of Hydra’s revenues have applications for commercial defense, and general aviation end markets, respectively, with the balance of revenues supporting a number of engine platforms across all aforementioned markets.

“Hydra adds another proven innovator and problem solver to Loar which further enhances our ability to solve our customers’ unique challenges” stated Dirkson Charles, CEO of Loar Group.  “Hydra is Loar’s eleventh acquisition since our founding in 2012 and will increase our proprietary content to approximately 80% of sales” continued Mr. Charles.

Loar Group, Inc. is a diversified manufacturer and supplier with established relationships across leading aerospace and defense OEMs and Tier Ones worldwide. The Company’s mandate is to create a strategic global alliance of companies specializing in the design and manufacture of aerospace and defense components. Loar provides its partners and customers with innovative, cost-effective engineering and manufacturing capabilities and responsive, dependable service, leading to profitable and sustainable long-term relationships.

For more information please contact Mr. Dirkson Charles at dirksoncharles@loargroup.com.

 

Copyright © 2019 Loar Group, All rights reserved.

Our mailing address is:

Loar Group

151 Sheree Blvd

Exton, PA 19341

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The Loar Group Announces the Acquisitions of SMR Technologies and BAM Inc.

February 27, 2019

The Loar Group Announces the Acquisitions of SMR Technologies and BAM Inc.

The Loar Group (Loar) announced today that it has recently added SMR Technologies, Inc. (SMR) and BAM Inc. (BAM) to its family of companies.

Headquartered in Fenwick, West Virginia (USA), SMR specializes in the design and manufacture of high-quality de-icing systems for corporate and general aviation aircraft, flexible couplings and surge boots used in airborne refueling technology, and hovercraft skirts for use by the United States Armed Forces. SMR also supplies other highly engineered products to the commercial and general aviation markets, including applications utilizing composite materials. Approximately 39% and 28% of SMR’s revenues have applications for general aviation and commercial end markets, respectively, with the balance of revenues supporting the defense end market.

Headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee (USA), BAM utilizes proprietary, high temperature technologies to create high temperature furnace systems used in processing and manufacturing a variety of advanced materials. BAM’s primary application of their proprietary technologies is in the processing of aircraft carbon braking discs. Given the frequency of replacement and overhauls of these brakes, over 90% of BAM’s revenues to the aerospace end market are generated in the aftermarket.

“With these two acquisitions we have added additional value-enhancing capabilities at Loar. These capabilities further position Loar to better solve our customers’ unique challenges” stated Dirkson Charles, CEO of Loar Group. Mr. Charles continued, “The additions of SMR and BAM have also increased our aftermarket shipments, which now represent approximately 50% of revenues at Loar.”

Loar Group is a diversified manufacturer and supplier with established relationships across leading aerospace and defense OEMs worldwide. The company’s mandate is to create a strategic global alliance of companies specializing in the design and manufacture of aerospace and defense components. Loar provides its partners and customers with innovative, cost-effective capabilities and responsive, dependable service, leading to profitable and sustainable long-term relationships.

For more information please contact Mr. Dirkson Charles at dirksoncharles@loargroup.com.

 

 

Copyright © 2019 Loar Group, All rights reserved.

Our mailing address is:

Loar Group

151 Sheree Blvd

Exton, PA 19341

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