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H-D Manufacturing acquires Twin Commander
 parent company

By General Aviation News Staff · August 17, 2015 ·

CREEDMOOR, N.C. — H-D Advanced Manufacturing Company (H-D), which specializes in high-precision severe-duty components, has acquired Twin Commander Aircraft‘s parent company Firstmark Corporation.

Operations and staffing at Twin Commander will not change as a result of the change in ownership, according to Twin Commander President Matt Isley.

TwinCommander 2The acquisition brings “significant resources benefitting Twin Commander and its customers through investments in people, facilities, equipment and strength of leadership,” he noted.

Pittsburgh-based H-D manufactures products for the energy consumables and motion control markets. The company was founded in 2012 as a partnership among The Riverside Company, Hicks Equity Partners and Weinberg Capital Group.

Firstmark is the eighth company H-D has acquired since its founding, and provides it with a new aerospace technology sector.

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