please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article is an orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . june 2016 this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message align aerospace type private company industry aerospace and distribution business founded 1972 headquarters chatsworth california area served worldwide key people jerome detruchis ceo ian cohen cfo gavin rao sr vp china matt connor vp sales & marketing marc invernizzi gm france products fasteners number of employees 350 website 1 align aerospace formerly called anixter aerospace hardware and anixter pentacon is a leading supplier of hardware and related components to aerospace and defense original equipment manufacturers and their subcontractors . align is headquartered in chatsworth ca with european sales and operations office in collegien france . the company was founded in 1972 and has been working in the aerospace and defense industry for the duration of its history . in august 2011 the company was sold by anixter international nyse axe the former parent company which is based in glenview illinois united states to a private equity company called greenbriar equity . in march 2015 avic international expanded their commercial aerospace portfolio with the acquisition of align aerospace . references edit external links edit align aerospace retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title align aerospace & oldid 743511740 categories aerospace companies of the united statesdefense companies of the united statescompanies established in 1972companies based in los angeleshidden categories orphaned articles from june 2016all orphaned articlesarticles lacking sources from january 2014all articles lacking sourcespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 00 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view