Great Lakes Aero Products

For more than 50 years, United Precision Products Co. Inc. is manufactures precision-made fasteners and related hardware. It also manufactures specialty machined parts for the aerospace industry. The company is based at Dearborn Heights, Mich. It manufactures a wide array of products, such as studs, pins, bushings, nuts, push road, valve seas, tube connectors and many more. The company's primary and secondary precision machining provides cutting capabilities with difficult metals. United Precision Products Co. Inc. is ISO 9001:2000 certified company.

GE-Aviation is a leading transatlantic aerospace equipment and systems company, global provider of innovative solutions to builders and operators of military and civil aircraft and engines, from fighters and transport to large civil, regional and business jets. Formerly the British-owned Smiths Aerospace, the company designs and produces integrated avionics equipment for the military and the civilian aviation industry. Its products are integrated into virtually every American and British military aircraft. It is a supplier to both Boeing and Airbus, providing equipment on all large civil aircraft and to regional and business jet manufacturers. The company holds key positions on the F-35 JSF, 767 Tanker Transport, F-22, F/A-18E/F, F16 Block 60, Eurofighter Typhoon and the Apache helicopter, as well as transport and special mission aircraft. The company employs more than 1,300 at its headquarters in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Established in 1946, Aircraft Precision Products is a component supplier to the commercial and military aircraft engine industries. Based in Ithaca, Mich., the company also provides customized, precision components for aerospace, land-based power generation engines, turbo truck engines, locomotives and medical equipment. It operates a non-destructive testing facility offering magnetic particle inspections, fluorescent penetrate inspections, dry film lubrication and millipore cleaning techniques. The firm s machine specialties include jet engine bearing housings, retainers, supports and rotating/complex turning. Some clients of the company are General Electric Aircraft Engines and US Department of Defense. Aircraft Precision Products is NADCAP accredited and ISO Certified.