Astronics completes acquisition of Armstrong Aerospace

Jan. 15, 2015

Astronics Corp., a provider of advanced technologies for the global aerospace and defense industries, announced today that it completed the acquisition of Armstrong Aerospace (“Armstrong”) for approximately $52 million in cash on January 14, 2015.

Astronics previously announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Armstrong on December 24, 2014.

Armstrong Aerospace, located in Itasca, IL, was founded in 1996 and has 81 employees. Armstrong is a provider of engineering, design, and certification solutions for commercial aircraft, specializing in connectivity, in-flight entertainment, and electrical power systems. For 2014, Armstrong had sales of approximately $27 million.

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Rick is currently Contributing Technical Editor. He was Executive Editor for EE in 2011-2018. Previously he served on several publications, including EDN and Vision Systems Design, and has received awards for signed editorials from the American Society of Business Publication Editors. He began as a design engineer at General Electric and Litton Industries and earned a BSEE degree from Penn State.

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