Profile: TransDigm Group Incorporated (TDG)

TransDigm Group Incorporated (TD Group), incorporated on July 8, 2003, a global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components for use on commercial and military aircraft. The Company operates through its wholly owned subsidiary, TransDigm Inc. (TransDigm). During the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009, 95% of the Company’s net sales were generated by products, for which it owns the design. Its customers include distributors of aerospace components; worldwide commercial airlines, including national and regional airlines; large commercial transport and regional and business aircraft original equipment manufacturers (OEMs); various armed forces of the United States and foreign governments; defense OEMs; system suppliers, and various other industrial customers. On December 16, 2008, TransDigm acquired Aircraft Parts Corporation. On July 24, 2009, TransDigm Acme Aerospace Inc. On August 10, 2009, AeroControlex Group Inc., a subsidiary of TransDigm acquired certain product line assets of Woodward HRT, Inc., a subsidiary of Woodward Governor Company.

The Company’s product offerings include mechanical /electro-mechanical actuators and controls used in numerous actuation applications; ignition systems and components, such as igniters, exciters and spark plugs used to start and spark turbine and reciprocating aircraft engines; gear pumps used primarily in lubrication and fuel applications; specialized valves used in fuel, hydraulic and pneumatic applications; engineered connectors used in fuel, pneumatic and hydraulic applications; power conditioning devices used to modify and control electrical power; specialized fluorescent lighting; specialized alternating current/direct current (AC/DC) electric motors and components; aircraft audio systems; engineered latching and locking devices used in various bin, security and other applications; lavatory hardware and components; rods and locking devices used primarily to hold open cowlings to allow access to engines for maintenance; specialized cockpit displays; elastomers used in various clamping and heating applications; NiCad batteries/chargers used to provide starting and back-up power, and starter generators and related components. It maintains 15 principal manufacturing facilities.