Aerosonic Corporation - Introduction

Introduction

1212 North Hercules Avenue
Clearwater, Florida 33765
U.S.A.
Telephone: (727) 461-3000
Fax: (727) 447-5926
Web site: http://www.aerosonic.com

Public Company
Incorporated: 1968 as Instrument Technology Corporation
Employees: 269
Sales: $31.11 million (2004)
Stock Exchanges: American
Ticker Symbol: AIM
NAIC: 334511 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing

Aerosonic Corporation is a producer of aircraft instruments and precision machined components. The company makes a variety of instruments including altimeters, airspeed indicators, rate of climb indicators, angle of attack/stall warning systems, engine vibration monitoring systems, and Integrated Multifunction Probes. The latter, a space- and weight-saving combination of several air pressure-related instruments, has found favor among makers of advanced business aircraft and jet fighters.

The company has four divisions in three locations. Flight instruments and precision machined components are made in Clearwater, Florida. Another aircraft instrument maker, Avionics Specialties of Charlottesville, Virginia, was acquired in 1993. Aerosonic maintains a test facility in Wichita, Kansas. About 32 percent of the company's equity is held by former Chairman and CEO J. Mervyn Nabors.