Scottsdale, AZ – October 26, 2021 – JW Hill Capital announced today the acquisition of Performance Plastics, Inc. and Angeles Composites Technologies, Inc. from Avantus Aerospace.

Located in San Diego, California, Performance Plastics, Inc. (“PPI”) is a manufacturer of precision-engineered composite aerostructure components for major military and commercial OEMs and tier one suppliers.  Founded in 1982, PPI focuses on small to mid-size assemblies, and has an extensive list of customer qualifications covering both metal bond and composites processes.

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19 October, Irvine, California. – Burrana, a market leader in the inflight entertainment (IFE) and cabin technology industry, today announced the appointment of Graham Macdonald as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Graham brings 30 years of aerospace experience with 15 years in the IFE industry — including Rockwell Collins from which the commercial IFE business was acquired in early 2019 to form Burrana. Mr. Macdonald’s extensive experience managing multi-site, multi-national operations and background integrating acquisitions provide a strong foundation for leading Burrana through the industry recovery and eventual return to normalcy.

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January 22, 2019, Newport Beach, CA – JW Hill Capital announced today its partnership with digEcor, based in Brisbane, Australia, in the acquisition of the commercial In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) business from Collins Aerospace.  That business originated with Rockwell Collins, which was acquired by United Technologies in 2018.

This acquisition brings together 40 years of experience and innovation in IFE—starting with Hughes Avicom and Sony Transcom, then Rockwell Collins and digEcor—into a new global business named Burrana.

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Newport Beach, CA – August 17, 2017 – JW Hill Capital announced today the acquisition of GKN Aerospace Bandy Machining, Inc. (“Bandy” or the “Company”), a subsidiary of GKN Aerospace.   For over 50 years Bandy has been the leading producer of specialized hinges used in a wide variety of aerospace, defense, and industrial applications.

Located in Burbank, California, Bandy manufactures complex, close-tolerance hinges that are used on numerous commercial and military platforms.  The Company’s expertise includes proprietary drilling processes that allow the Company to manufacture long hinge lengths at very tight tolerances across a variety of materials including titanium, aluminum, stainless steel and bronze. Customers rely on the Company’s expertise to handle complex aerospace parts.  Bandy produces over 100,000 hinges per year. Continue reading →

Newport Beach, CA – February 1, 2016 – JW Hill Capital announced today the acquisition of Aerospace Contacts LLC (“AC” or the “Company”) in partnership with Gemini Investors.   AC is the industry leader in providing highly engineered, short lead-time contacts and hardware for the harsh environment connector industry.

Located in Tempe, Arizona, AC was founded in 1999 by Sal Kielbus.  The Company specializes in manufacturing MIL-SPEC contacts with modified terminations for the aerospace industry and contact assemblies of custom design. This capability includes making wire wrap, PC tail, crimp or solder cup terminations using state-of-the-art screw machines made by Tornos, Citizen and Tsugami.  Aerospace Contacts provides contacts for the majority of the connector manufacturers. Continue reading →