as nyse tdg industry manufacturing aerospace predecessor transdigm incorporated founded 1993 founder douglas w. peacock chairman of the board headquarters cleveland ohio united states key people w. nicholas howley chief executive officer ; raymond f. laubenthal president and chief operating officer ; gregory rufus chief financial officer ; james riley executive vice president ; robert s. henderson executive vice president products aerospace components revenue us 1.70 billion 2012 operating income us 699.8 million 2012 net income us 324.9 million 2012 total assets us 5.46 billion 2012 total equity us 1.22 billion 2012 number of employees 5 400 divisions list ... acme aerospace ads transicoil adams rite aerospace adelwiggins group aero fluid products aerocontrolex group avionic instruments llc avtech corporation cda intercorp llc cef industries llc champion aerospace llc dukes aerospace marathonnorco aerospace semco instruments skurka aerospace telair international gmbh subsidiaries 15 website www.transdigm.com footnotes references 1 transdigm group incorporated develops distributes and manufactures commercial and military aerospace components such as mechanical actuators and ignition systems . 2 contents 1 history 1.1 beginnings 1.2 acquisition of transdigm incorporated by odyssey investment partners 1.3 formation of transdigm group incorporated 2 references 3 external links history edit this section needs expansion . you can help by adding to it . march 2011 beginnings edit transdigm incorporated was established in 1993 by w. nicholas howley and douglas w. peacock 3 after acquiring adel fasteners aero products component services controlex corporation and wiggins connectors from imo industries . 4 four years later in 1997 the company purchased marathon power technologies . 5 acquisition of transdigm incorporated by odyssey investment partners edit the next year transdigm incorporated was acquired by odyssey investment partners . 6 then during the final two years of the century the company added to its list of acquisitions with adams rite aerospace and christie electric . 5 in may 2001 transdigm incorporated procured champion aviation products a supplier of igniters spark plugs and oil filters from federal mogul corporation for approximately 160 million . 7 it was at this time that nicholas howley took over the position of chief executive officer from douglas peacock as peacock transferred into his role as chairman of the board . 3 formation of transdigm group incorporated edit this section needs expansion . you can help by adding to it . march 2011 in 2003 transdigm group incorporated was formed by warburg pincus private equity viii to acquire transdigm incorporated . 8 this transaction materialized shortly after transtechnology corporation sold norco inc. to marathon power technologies . 9 then in 2004 transdigm group procured avionic instruments of avenel new jersey a supplier of specialized power conversion devices for aerospace products . 10 the following year transdigm group purchased skurka engineering of camarillo california a manufacturer and distributor of electromagnetic equipment 11 as well as the fluid regulators division of esterline technologies who manufactures flight control valves and pressure valves . 12 in june 2006 the company then procured both sweeney engineering and electra motion industries for a grand total of 27 million along with cda intercorp in october of that year for an additional 45 million . 13 14 three months later aviation technologies a producer of avionics and instruments became a part of the transdigm family followed by bruce industries a producer of fluorescent aircraft lighting in august 2007 . 15 16 17 acme aerospace references edit transdigm group incorporated tdg . yahoo finance . transdigm group inc bloomberg businessweek a b transdigm transdigm announces chief executive officer transition odyssey investment partners obtained february 18 2011 adel wiggins adelwiggins group obtained february 13 2011 a b transdigm announces the acquisition of aerospace motor product line from eaton corporation pr newswire association obtained february 18 2011 transdigm acquired by warburg pincus in a leveraged buy out from odyssey investment partners odyssey investment partners obtained february 13 2011 transdigm inc. completes acquisition of champion aviation products from federal mogul corporation odyssey investment partners obtained february 14 2011 transdigm acquired by warburg pincus in a leveraged buy out from odyssey investment partners odyssey investment partners obtained february 18 2011 transtechnology completes sale of norco inc. subsidiary pr newswire association obtained february 18 2011 transdigm completes acquisition of avionics instruments pr newswire association obtained february 19 2011 transdigm acquires skurka engineering defense daily obtained february 23 2011 transdigm acquires fluid regulators business from esterline defense daily obtained february 24 2011 transdigm goes into the red crain communications obtained march 17 2011 transdigm buys components maker in 45m deal crain communications obtained may 14 2011 transdigm buys aviation technologies aviation today obtained may 17 2011 transdigm acquisitions avionics magazine obtained may 26 2011 transdigm group inc mergers and acquisitions alacra inc. obtained may 14 2011 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title transdigm group & oldid 743405653 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangeaerospace companies of the united statesmanufacturing companies of the united statescompanies based in clevelandcompanies established in 1993hidden categories articles to be expanded from march 2011all articles to be expandedarticles using small message boxes navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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