Aerospace & Defense Parts Distribution Industry Competitors

A.E. Petsche would like to harness the aerospace industry. The company distributes high-performance wire and cable products such as cable harnesses, connectors, wire identification systems, and cable management products to manufacturers of aircraft and military equipment....

Aero Inventory isn't a place for archers, but a company that provides the aerospace industry with inventory management and procurement services. Unlike many online service providers, Aero Inventory acts as a parts service supplier under long-term contracts, keeping parts in stock and getting its revenue from the sale of parts to its customers....

Aviall Services, the primary subsidiary of Aviall, distributes aviation products and provides aftermarket services to military and government aircraft operators, commercial airlines, and general aviation and marine customers. Rolls Royce, operating under a contract with the US military, is Aviall Services' largest customer....

Banner Aerospace supplies the parts and services that keep airplanes flying. A subsidiary of The Fairchild Corporation, Banner Aerospace distributes airborne telephone and radio systems (DAC International); avionics, radar, and aircraft instruments (Matrix Aviation); LCDs, GPS components, and electronics (NASAM); and Beechcraft parts and accessories (Professional Aviation Associates)....

Meg Technologies (MTI) exists to hold things together. The company distributes aerospace and industrial fasteners, including blind rivets, bolts, nuts, and inserts. MTI also provides repair services for rivet-fastening equipment such as hand riveters, power riveters, and pneumatic riveters....

No matter how you say it, 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....

The Memphis Belle famously completed 25 missions in WWII; The Memphis Group (TMG), on the other hand, distributes new and overhauled aircraft components and provides aircraft-related services for OEMs, commercial aircraft repair, and airline customers....

When you hear "Volvo," you think, "safe cars." Volvo Aero Services doesn't make cars --Volvos are actually made by Ford these days -- but let's hope its customers are extremely focused on safety. The company, a subsidiary of Volvo Aero Corporation (itself a subsidiary of Sweden's AB Volvo), provides aftermarket services for US aviation customers from locations in Seattle and Boca Raton, Florida....

With much more than a wing and a prayer, AAR provides a wide range of products and services for the aviation industry. The company's aviation supply chain unit, which accounts for about half of AAR's sales, buys and sells a variety of engine and airframe parts and components and offers inventory management services....

The Pep Boys of the aerospace world, First Aviation Services (FAvS) supplies the parts and components that keep aircraft flying high. The company sells about 200,000 different new and reconditioned parts to airlines, parts resellers, fixed-base operators (FBOs), and corporate aviation customers....

Locator service PartsBase puts aircraft parts online. The company maintains an Internet database of some 50 million new, used, and overhauled parts and products used by companies in the aerospace, aviation, and defense industries. The PartsBase service has about 3,700 customers, including airlines, fixed-base operators, government contractors, OEMs, parts distributors, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul facilities....

UMECO distributes products and provides services to customers in the European and global aerospace and defense industries. Its supply chain services is the company's specializes in providing small- to mid-sized components, such as seals, clamps, bearings, and rivets....

If it weren't for Wesco Aircraft Hardware, airplanes would be falling apart at the seams. The company distributes a wide range of aerospace components, including bearings, fasteners, fittings, hardware, and installation tooling from an exhaustive list of suppliers....