WI: Piper Aircraft Announces New Business Enterprise: Piper Industrial Manufacturing Company

Piper Aircraft is proud to announce the formation of a new business enterprise—Piper Industrial Manufacturing Company (PIMCO)™. The new venture will leverage and capitalize on Piper’s recent production plant improvements and investments in machinery, tooling, and technology.

Piper Industrial Manufacturing Company is proud to offer a wide range of highly specialized manufacturing solutions like sheet metal fabrication, CNC machining, hydro- and stretch-forming, and tube bending/cutting. These are just some of the initial production capabilities PIMCO has to offer to adjacent markets in contract manufacturing.

“The Piper brand has long been recognized as a leader in general aviation, with over 85 years of aircraft fabrication and manufacturing expertise,” said John Calcagno, President and CEO of Piper Aircraft. “Piper Industrial Manufacturing Company will enable us to build on this legacy by expanding our business footprint into new and adjacent markets to provide solutions in contract manufacturing, aerostructures, and project services, leveraging our position today as one of the most vertically integrated original equipment manufacturers in aviation.”

PIMCO will report to Ron Gunnarson, Vice President Sales, Marketing and Customer Support. A new business development team has been formed to lead PIMCO on this new endeavor. This team is led by Kevan Chisholm, Business Development Manager, who has been rising within the production and tooling ranks at Piper Aircraft since 2010.

With 85 years of precision manufacturing history, Piper Aircraft is proud to present the public with Piper Industrial Manufacturing Company (PIMCO). PIMCO provides world class, turn-key manufacturing solutions, with services comprising of laser cutting, fluid cell forming, welding, 3D-printing, CNC milling, and metal stretching. Our team of experts provides simple to complex fabrication parts to cater to various requirements. We fabricate high-quality parts to meet the desired output and ensure customer satisfaction.