HISTORY
The origin of Curtiss-Wright stretches back to a windy December day in 1903, when inventors Wilbur and Orville Wright launched their homemade flying machine into the air above Kitty Hawk, N.C. Another historic year in aviation came in 1929, as the Wright Aeronautical Company merged with Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company to form the Curtiss-Wright Corporation.
Curtiss-Wright Controls, a division of Curtiss-Wright Corporation, emerged in the late 1960s as a natural growth of our decades of expertise in precision design, engineering and machining of propellers and transmission systems. Since then, we have focused our efforts on the design, engineering and production of mechanical, hydraulic and electromechanical control and actuation systems for aerospace, industrial and defense applications. Today, our company is a recognized leader in high-quality cost-effective motion control solutions.
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Curtiss-Wright Controls Acquisitions Timeline
October 15, 2008 — Curtiss-Wright Corporation Launches a Voluntary Cash Tender Offer for all Outstanding Shares in VMETRO ASA
(Houston, Tex.; Oslo, Norway; Sweden, France, Italy, Germany and Singapore)
Curtiss-Wright Corporation launched a voluntary cash tender offer for all outstanding shares in VMETRO ASA (Oslo: VME) at NOK 12.06 per share. The total enterprise value for the transaction is estimated to be approximately $80 million, including assumption of approximately $25 million of net debt.
October 1, 2008 — Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. Acquires Mechetronics Ltd. for $2.8 million
(Bishop Auckland, United Kingdom, and Zhuhai, China)
Mechetronics develops and supplies solenoids and solenoid valves to industrial markets. The business will be organized under Curtiss-Wright Controls Integrated Sensing.
February 14, 2008 — Curtiss-Wright Controls Acquires Pentland Systems Ltd. for $2.3 million
(Edinburgh, Scotland)
Pentland develops and supplies high-performance signal acquisition solutions to the aerospace and defense markets. The business will be organized under Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing group.
September 4, 2007 — Curtiss-Wright Acquires IMC Magnetics Corporation
(Tempe, Ariz., and Nogales, Mexico)
IMC produces solenoids, fans, motors and specialized products for numerous aerospace, commercial and industrial applications. This acquisition included a subcompany, Power Systems, LLC.
March 3, 2005 — Curtiss-Wright Acquires Indal Technologies Inc.
(Mississauga, Canada)
Indal is a market leader in shipboard helicopter handling systems, which are essential when landing helicopters aboard naval frigates and destroyers in rough sea conditions. Indal is also a market leader in specialized telescopic hangars and has developed a number of active and passive cable handling systems for use with towed sonar arrays.
August 31, 2004 — Curtiss-Wright Acquires Synergy Microsystems
(San Diego, Calif.)
Synergy specializes in the design, manufacture and integration of single- and multi-processor single board computers for VME and CompactPCI systems to meet the needs of demanding real-time applications in military, aerospace, industrial and commercial markets.
July 1, 2004 — Curtiss-Wright Acquires Dexter-Wilson Corp.
(Seattle, Wash.)
Dexter-Wilson specializes in the design and manufacture of high-quality electromechanical components and assemblies for commercial aerospace applications.
June 1, 2004 — Curtiss-Wright Acquires Primagraphics Ltd.
(Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Primagraphics is a market leader in the development of radar processing and graphic display systems.
February 2, 2004 — Curtiss-Wright Acquires Dy 4 Systems Inc.
(Ottawa, Canada)
Dy 4 is a market leader in rugged embedded computing solutions for the defense and aerospace industries.
December 4, 2003 — Curtiss-Wright Acquires Novatronics Inc.
(Stratford, Ontario, Canada, and Plainview, N.Y.)
Novatronics designs and manufactures electric motors and position sensors (both linear and rotary) for the commercial aerospace, military aerospace and industrial markets.
August 4, 2003 — Curtiss-Wright Acquires Peritek Corporation
(Oakland, Calif.)
Peritek Corporation is a leading supplier of video and graphic display boards for the embedded computing industry.
March 3, 2003 — Curtiss-Wright Acquires Collins Technologies
(Long Beach, Calif.)
Collins designs and manufactures Linear Variable Displacement Transducers (LVDTs) primarily for aerospace flight and engine control applications.
April 1, 2002 — Acquisition of Spirent's Sensor and Control Assets
(Christchurch, United Kingdom, and Irwindale, Calif.)
Penny & Giles provides position sensors and control hardware for military and commercial aerospace and industrial markets. Autronics provides aerospace fire detection and suppression control systems, power conversion products and control electronics.
November 2, 2001 — Curtiss-Wright Acquires Lau Defense Systems (LDS) and Vista Controls
(Littleton, Mass., and Santa Clarita, Calif.)
LDS and Vista design and manufacture mission-critical electronic control systems primarily for the defense market.
January 1, 1999 — Curtiss-Wright Acquires SIG Antriebstechnik AG
(Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland)
SIG designs electrohydraulic and electromechanical drives for aiming and stabilization systems for armored vehicles.