Unison Industries

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Unison Industries, Inc.
Type Private
Founded 1980
Headquarters Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Industry Aircraft components
Parent GE Engine Services, Inc.
Website http://www.unisonindustries.com/

Unison Industries is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and integration of electrical and mechanical components and systems for aircraft engines and airframes. Unison serves both original equipment manufacturers and aftermarket customers in the general, commercial, and military aviation markets. The company manufactures turbine and piston engine ignition systems, electric power generation and control systems, electrical wiring harnesses and panel assemblies, sensors, switches, and bellows assemblies, tubing, ducting, brackets, flex joints, and air valves.[1]

[edit] History

Its headquarters are currently located in Jacksonville, FL, and the company operates nine manufacturing facilities and logistics centers worldwide.

It was founded in 1980 when businessman Frederick Sontag purchased Slick Electro, an aircraft ignition manufacturer that was originally located in Rockford, IL, and reincorporated it under a new name.[2][3]

In April 2002, after twenty-two years operating as a private entrepreneurial business, Unison became a wholly owned subsidiary of GE Engine Services, Inc., a subsidiary of the GE Transportation division of the General Electric Company.[4][5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Unison Industries: Unison Industries-AboutUs
  2. ^ Gordon, Mark (January 22, 2001). Cranking the engines: Business is booming for Unison Industries. The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved on 2007-09-07. “Unison was born in 1980, after Sontag invested his life savings -- $50,000 -- so he could secure an $8 million loan to buy an airplane ignition manufacturer in Rockford, Ill. The company was originally called Slick Electro and mostly made ignition systems for piston aircraft engines.”
  3. ^ Finotti, John (April 28, 1997). Unison rides aviation's ups, downs: Maker of ignition systems fired up over expansion. The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved on 2007-09-07. “Jacksonville businessman Frederick Sontag ... invested his life savings of $50,000 and signed an $8 million note to buy an airplane ignition manufacturer in Rockford, Ill”
  4. ^ GE Engine Services (January 8, 2002). "GE Engine Services To Acquire Unison Industries, Inc.". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-09-07.
  5. ^ Fla. Blast Injures Eight, Releases Gas

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