industry aviation aerospace & defense founded incorporated 1955 founder ira allen eichner headquarters wood dale il usa area served worldwide key people david storch chairman & ceo tim romenesko coo expeditionary services john holmes coo aviation services revenue us 2.0 billion fy 12 1 operating income us 130.7 million fy 12 1 net income us 67.7 million fy 12 1 total assets us 2.2 billion fy 12 1 total equity us 866 million fy 12 1 number of employees 6 700 fy 12 1 website www.aarcorp.com aar corp. is an american aviation support company . founded in 1951 aar provides a broad range of products and services to the aerospace and government defense industries with a nearly even split between them . engineering and manufacturing products account for approximately a third of aar s business and aftermarket support services the remaining two thirds . 2 contents 1 general information 2 customers 3 business segments 4 acquisitions 5 references general information edit founded in 1951 i.a. allen industrial sales was incorporated in 1955 renamed allen aircraft radio in 1962 and became aar corp. in 1969 . 3 aar is headquartered in wood dale illinois a chicago suburb near o hare international airport and employs approximately 7 000 people in 17 countries at more than 60 locations around the world . 4 customers edit aar s customers include north american and international commercial airlines passenger and freight ; aircraft leasing companies ; aviation support companies ; oems ; u.s. department of defense and their contractors ; u.s. department of state as well as other domestic government agencies ; and foreign militaries . business segments edit aar organizes its business in four main segments aviation supply chain ; government & defense services ; maintenance repair and overhaul ; and structures and systems . 5 the aviation supply chain segment serves commercial operators and oems . services this segment provides include inventory acquisition sale and management ; component repair ; authorized distribution for oems ; and sale or lease of both engines and aircraft . the government & defense services segment serves both us and foreign governments . services in this segment provides include performance based logistics program support ; expeditionary airlift and aircraft modifications ; and advanced communication systems integration . the maintenance repair and overhaul segment handles whole aircraft maintenance for both commercial airlines and government fleet operators . activities include major airframe maintenance inspection and overhaul painting services line maintenance airframe modifications structural repairs avionic service and installation exterior and interior refurbishment and engineering services . the maintenance and repair and overhaul segment also services landing gear wheels and brakes at separate facilities . the structures and systems segment designs manufactures and repairs airdrop and other transportation pallets containers and shelters for military and humanitarian deployments in plane cargo systems and advanced composite structures for the transportation industry . this segment also provides precision machined custom orders and high end sub systems . acquisitions edit in 2007 aar acquired three companies . first was reebaire aircraft 6 which became aar aircraft services hot springs . this complemented aar s existing aircraft modification and overhaul facilities in oklahoma city and indianapolis the new arkansas facility being particularly suited to servicing regional aircraft . by april that year aar completed the purchase of brown international 7 which was redubbed aar integrated technologies three years later . 8 in november aar bought a third company for 2007 summa technology inc. 9 in time aar summa technology was integrated together with aar composites to become a single business under the name aar precision systems . 10 in 2008 aar acquired avborne heavy maintenance 11 calling it aar aircraft services miami . in 2010 aar acquired aviation worldwide services aws . 12 aws was composed of two operating subsidiaries presidential airways and sti aviation . the purchase was completed in april and by november aar announced that the operations would move to melbourne florida . in conjunction with that announcement aar announced that it is rebranding aws as aar airlift group presidential airways as aar airlift and sti aviation as aar aircraft services melbourne . 13 in 2011 aar acquired three companies . in october aar acquired airinmar holdings limited airinmar an international provider of aircraft component repair management services . 14 in december aar acquired telair international gmbh telair and nordisk aviation products a s nordisk from teleflex incorporated . 15 nordisk and telair manufacture air cargo equipment and handling systems as well as provide aftermarket repair services . this acquisition added to aar s existing commercial cargo manufacturing business and elevated the company s position as a tier 1 aerospace provider . telair and nordisk operate as part of aar s structures and systems segment . references edit a b c d e f united states securities and exchange commission form 10 k pdf . aar corp. may 31 2012 . retrieved february 5 2012 . united states securities and exchange commission form 10 k pdf . aar corp. may 31 2010 . retrieved november 22 2010 . storch to become chairman upon eichner retirement from aar board . aar corp website . january 12 2005 . retrieved november 9 2011 . aar fact sheet pdf . aar corp website . 2012 . retrieved february 5 2013 . aar corp 2010 annual report pdf . aar corp website . 2010 . retrieved november 22 2010 . aar acquires reebaire aircraft inc. . aar corp press release . january 16 2007 . retrieved november 22 2010 . aar acquires brown international . aar corp press release . april 3 2007 . retrieved november 22 2010 . aar brown international now operates as aar integrated technologies . aar corp press release . september 27 2010 . retrieved november 22 2010 . aar acquires summa technology inc. . aar corp press release . december 3 2007 . retrieved november 22 2010 . precision systems . aar corp website . retrieved november 22 2010 . aar acquires avborne heavy maintenance inc. . aar corp press release . march 5 2008 . archived from the original on 13 october 2010 . retrieved november 22 2010 . aar acquires aviation worldwide services . aar corp press release . april 7 2010 . retrieved november 22 2010 . aar aar to relocate airlift group to melbourne florida . aar corp press release . november 8 2010 . retrieved november 22 2010 . aar acquires international component repair management provider airinmar . aar corp press release . october 11 2011 . retrieved january 6 2011 . aar corp completes the acquisition of telair international and nordisk aviation . aar corp press release . december 2 2011 . retrieved january 6 2011 . v t e aviation in illinois primary airports o hare international airport chicago midway international airport general wayne a. downing peoria international airport quad city international airport central illinois regional airport chicago rockford international airport university of illinois willard airport abraham lincoln capital airport midamerica st. louis airport williamson county regional airport quincy regional airport military scott air force base naval air station glenview 1923 95 airlines air illinois 1970 84 chicago air 1985 86 midway airlines 1976 91 mississippi valley airlines 1969 85 united airlines founded 1927 aviation related aar corp boeing continental airport express elliott aviation air shows chicago air & water show rockford airfest list of airports in illinois coordinates 41 59 15 n 87 58 55 w 41.987373 n 87.981812 w 41.987373 ; 87.981812 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title aar corp & oldid 737826634 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangeaircraft engineering companiesaerospace companies of the united 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