Phone: (210) 820-2400
Fax: (210) 820-2401
Corporate Fax: (210) 820-2403
HR Phone: (210) 820-2446
HR Fax: (210) 820-2402

Quick facts about us

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industry event timeline

1943

• Founded as a Commercial Chrome Plating company

• Focus on piston driven GA engine component repair
  

1966-1979

• Began chrome plating for Air Force and the Navy who relied on corrosion and wear properties of chromium plated cylinder barrels

Late 1960's

• The name Engine Components, Inc. (ECi) was born

1972

• Began chrome plating for TCM

Mid-1970's

• Obtained first FAA approval to manufacture certified parts

1994

• Obtained FAA approval for its proprietary nickel composite plating and introduces the nickel barrel repair process to the industry

1997

• Discontinued chromium plating after 54 years of continuous operation

1998-2001

• Obtained over 1,500 FAA-PMA approvals through test and analysis

• Introduced new certified parts to market

2001

• Introduced the ECi TITAN® FAA-PMA brand product line including the TITAN® Kit Engine™

2002

• Registered to ISO 9001:2000 international quality standard

2005

• Introduced the experimental product line, ECi TITAN® EXP™ brand, including the TITAN® EXP™ KitEngine™ (EXP = ECi Xperimental Products)

2008

• Launched the strategic business plan, “ReFocus”, restructuring the business into well defined business units.Four business units are created under a holding company named Danbury AeroSpace.

• Business Units: Airmotive Engineering, EC Services, ECi, Precision Machined Airparts.