Aerospace: Growing Companies

Etegent Technologies carefully mines data for miltary and aviation industries, extracting valuable information and needed knowledge to help companies improve and grow.

1775 Mentor Ave., Suite 302
Cincinnati, OH 45212

Manufacturing jobs used to conjure visions of smoke-filled rooms and oiled floors with workers manually operating machines that drilled holes, cut materials and welded joints. Those images are quickly becoming nonexistent in today's high-tech world.

MAG, a global leader in machining equipment with one of three main U.S. plants in Hebron and its North American headquarters in Erlanger, recognized that necessity early, working with Gateway Community and Technical College to design and implement an apprenticeship program which is about to graduate its first students.

(859) 534-4600
2200 Litton Lane
Hebron, Kentucky 41048

Northern Kentucky-based Messier-Bugatti USA (MB USA) is a global producer of wheels, brakes and carbon-carbon heatsinks used in aircraft braking systems.  Since the 1980s, its parent company, Messier-Bugatti, SAFRAN Group, headquartered in France, has distinguished itself by refining carbon braking systems for commercial aircraft, which have since replaced the steel braking systems of the past.  Alongside acting as a production facility, MB USA is also a customer support center for clients in the Americas, Asia and Oceania.

859-525-8583
One Carbon Way
Walton, KY 41095

Kristin McLane helped start CIMx 13 years ago, and today is the majority shareholder, making the firm one of the few woman-owned businesses in the aerospace and defense sector.  The company's manufacturing software is used by major defense contractors, including GE, Boeing and Honeywell.

513-248-7700
1001 Ford Circle
Milford, Ohio 45150