Align Aerospace

Align Aerospace is an aerospace and defense supply-chain company headquartered in Chatsworth, California. The business supplies original equipment manufacturers and subcontractors with hardware and related components used in aircraft and defense production. Its reported product scope includes fasteners, seals, bearings, and associated aerospace components. The company was established in 1972 and has operated throughout its history in the aerospace and defense sector. Before adopting the Align Aerospace name, it was known as Anixter Aerospace Hardware and Anixter Pentacon, linking the business to Anixter International's industrial distribution activities. The available reference material describes Align primarily as a specialist supplier rather than as an aircraft or engine manufacturer. Its role is therefore positioned upstream in the manufacturing chain: it provides certified or application-specific hardware and components to companies responsible for designing, assembling, maintaining, or subcontracting aerospace and defense products. Align's customer base includes aerospace and defense original equipment manufacturers and their subcontractors. This places the company in a business-to-business market where product reliability, traceability, availability, and compliance with customer and industry specifications are central to its value proposition. Unlike a consumer-facing brand, Align has limited public-facing information about marketing, retail products, or brand campaigns. The company has also maintained an international presence. In addition to its U.S. headquarters, the reference material identifies a European sales and operations office in Collegien, France. This office supports the company's connection with European aerospace customers and suppliers, although the available material does not provide a complete geographic breakdown of its activities. Ownership changed in 2011, when Anixter International sold Align to Greenbriar Equity, a private-equity firm. In 2015, AVIC International acquired Align from Greenbriar. These transactions are the principal documented turning points in the available company history. The supplied sources do not establish the company's current owner, parent group, leadership team, financial performance, public listing status, or present operating condition. Those details are therefore left unspecified rather than inferred.

Align Aerospace traces its origins to 1972 and has operated in the aerospace and defense manufacturing sector for the duration of its documented history. The company is described as a supplier rather than an aircraft, spacecraft, or engine manufacturer. Its role is to provide production hardware and related components to aerospace and defense original equipment manufacturers and to the subcontractors that support them. The product categories associated with the company include fasteners, seals, bearings, and other related components. These products are used within complex manufacturing and maintenance environments in which dimensional conformity, material requirements, reliability, and supply continuity are important. The available source does not provide a detailed breakdown of individual product families, certifications, customer contracts, manufacturing sites, or distribution arrangements, so the company’s technical and commercial history cannot be reconstructed beyond this broad description. The business previously operated under the names Anixter Aerospace Hardware and Anixter Pentacon. These earlier names indicate its historical connection with Anixter International, a publicly traded industrial and technology-products distributor headquartered in Glenview, Illinois. In August 2011, Anixter International sold Align Aerospace to Greenbriar Equity, a private-equity firm. This transaction separated the company from its former corporate owner and represented a significant ownership transition. A second ownership change occurred in March 2015, when AVIC International acquired Align Aerospace from Greenbriar Equity. The available reference identifies the transaction but does not supply its purchase price, deal structure, subsequent integration details, or the precise corporate entity within AVIC International that held the business. Those details remain unspecified. Align Aerospace is headquartered in Chatsworth, California. It also has a European sales and operations office in Collegien, France, indicating that the company served customers beyond the United States. The French presence is particularly relevant to its role in the international aerospace supply chain, although no complete list of countries, facilities, customers, or market shares is available in the supplied material. The public reference material does not establish the company's current ownership, executive leadership, financial results, stock-market status, or whether it continues to trade under the Align Aerospace name. It also does not document major product launches, advertising campaigns, litigation, recalls, regulatory controversies, or bankruptcy proceedings. Accordingly, this dossier records the documented corporate history and product scope while leaving unsupported current-status and management details blank.

1. 2015Acquisition by AVIC International

   In March 2015, AVIC International acquired Align Aerospace from Greenbriar Equity.

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2. 2011Sale by Anixter International

   In August 2011, Anixter International sold Align Aerospace to Greenbriar Equity.

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3. 1972Company founded

   Align Aerospace was founded and began operating in the aerospace and defense industry.

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A specialist business-to-business supplier supporting aerospace and defense original equipment manufacturers and subcontractors with hardware and mechanical components.

• Aerospace fastenersAerospace hardware

  Fasteners form one of Align Aerospace's documented core product categories. They are supplied to aerospace and defense original equipment manufacturers and subcontractors as part of the hardware required to assemble and support aircraft and other aerospace systems. The available source does not identify specific standards, materials, formats, or individual product ranges.

• SealsAerospace components

  Align Aerospace is identified as a supplier of seals for aerospace and defense applications. Seals are used in assemblies where containment, separation, and environmental performance are required. Publicly available reference material does not specify the seal types, operating conditions, manufacturers, or customer programs associated with this category.

• BearingsMechanical aerospace components

  Bearings are another documented component category supplied by Align Aerospace. In the aerospace manufacturing supply chain, bearings can support moving or rotating assemblies and may be incorporated into aircraft, defense, or related equipment. The available source does not provide specifications, brands, production details, or a current catalog.

• Related aerospace and defense componentsAerospace supply-chain components

  Beyond fasteners, seals, and bearings, the company is described as supplying related components and hardware to aerospace and defense manufacturers. This broad category reflects its role as a specialist supply-chain provider. The reference material does not enumerate the additional products sufficiently to define separate product families without risking unsupported detail.

• 2015Acquisition by AVIC InternationalM&A

  Greenbriar Equity owned Align Aerospace following the 2011 sale by Anixter International.

  What changed. AVIC International acquired Align Aerospace from Greenbriar Equity in March 2015.

  Aftermath. The acquisition transferred ownership to AVIC International. The supplied source does not detail integration, management changes, transaction value, or later corporate developments.

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• 2011Ownership transfer from Anixter International to Greenbriar EquityM&A

  Align Aerospace, formerly known as Anixter Aerospace Hardware and Anixter Pentacon, was part of Anixter International before the transaction.

  What changed. Anixter International sold the aerospace supplier to Greenbriar Equity in August 2011.

  Aftermath. The sale placed Align Aerospace under private-equity ownership. The available source does not report the transaction value or operational consequences.

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• 2015AVIC International acquires Align Aerospace from Greenbriar Equity

  AVIC International acquired Align Aerospace from Greenbriar Equity, marking a further change in the company's ownership.

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• 2011Anixter International sells Align Aerospace to Greenbriar Equity

  Align Aerospace was sold by Anixter International to the private-equity firm Greenbriar Equity.

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