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| Frederick H. "Pappy" Rohr (Fred), creator of the fuel tanks for ]'s '']'', founded Rohr Aircraft Corporation on August 6, 1940 with the help of ] after approaching him for a job. The company ]d as Rohr Corporation in 1969, and changed its name to Rohr Industries, Inc. in 1971.<ref name=" Rohr Industries, Inc.">{{cite web | url=http://rohrmemories.20megsfree.com/FHRohr.html | title=Frederick H. "Pappy" Rohr | date=July 07,2014 | accessdate=July 2, 2015}}</ref> | |||
| In the 1960s and 70s, Rohr Industries made a foray into ] equipment manufacturing. It manufactured ]s for ] in the ], and the first 300 subway cars for ] in ] among others (see ]). In 1970 it produced an experimental ] design, the TACV, and purchased the rights to the Monocab design and turned it into the ]. In the same year it acquired the ] Company, a ] manufacturer, which would produce a ] design, which evolved into the Model 870 Advanced Design Bus, as well as the later ], which addressed all of the shortcomings of the Model 870. Rohr divested itself of, or discontinued those programs by the late 1970s. | In the 1960s and 70s, Rohr Industries made a foray into ] equipment manufacturing. It manufactured ]s for ] in the ], and the first 300 subway cars for ] in ] among others (see ]). In 1970 it produced an experimental ] design, the TACV, and purchased the rights to the Monocab design and turned it into the ]. In the same year it acquired the ] Company, a ] manufacturer, which would produce a ] design, which evolved into the Model 870 Advanced Design Bus, as well as the later ], which addressed all of the shortcomings of the Model 870. Rohr divested itself of, or discontinued those programs by the late 1970s. | ||
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Goodrich Aerostructures Group, formerly Rohr, Inc., is an aerospace manufacturing company based in Chula Vista, California, south of San Diego. It is a wholly owned unit of the Goodrich Corporation and was originally founded as Rohr Industries.
Rohr's main product line are aerostructures, such as engine-related components, including engine nacelles, thrust reversers, and mounting pylons for military and commercial aircraft. It also consults on integrating and managing its designs with the aircraft's other systems.
Other products include APUs, flight control surfaces, and other aircraft parts.
History
Frederick H. "Pappy" Rohr (Fred), creator of the fuel tanks for Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, founded Rohr Aircraft Corporation on August 6, 1940 with the help of Reuben H. Fleet after approaching him for a job. The company incorporated as Rohr Corporation in 1969, and changed its name to Rohr Industries, Inc. in 1971.
In the 1960s and 70s, Rohr Industries made a foray into mass transit equipment manufacturing. It manufactured railcars for BART in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the first 300 subway cars for Washington Metro in Washington, D.C. among others (see Washington Metro rolling stock). In 1970 it produced an experimental aérotrain design, the TACV, and purchased the rights to the Monocab design and turned it into the ROMAG. In the same year it acquired the Flxible Company, a bus manufacturer, which would produce a Transbus design, which evolved into the Model 870 Advanced Design Bus, as well as the later Flxible Metro, which addressed all of the shortcomings of the Model 870. Rohr divested itself of, or discontinued those programs by the late 1970s.
Rohr Industries became Rohr, Inc. in 1992. Formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol RHR, it was acquired by the Goodrich Corporation in 1997 and remained separately incorporated company as Goodrich Aerostructures. In August 2012, United Technologies Corporation (UTC) purchased Goodrich Corporation and all its divisions. After the acquisition, UTC created an aerospace systems division (United Technologies Aerospace Systems - UTAS) which all divisions of Goodrich Aerostructures and UTC's Hamilton Sundstrand divisions were incorporated into one entity.
Sales and divestitures
UTC sold its UTC Power unit in early 2013 to Oregon-based ClearEdge Power. UTC sold the former Goodrich electric power systems to SAFRAN for $400 million. This was a divestiture that was a condition of UTC's 2012 acquisition of Goodrich. Pratt & Whitney's Rocketdyne operations were sold to jet engine maker GenCorp for $550 million in mid-2013. Three former Hamilton Sundstrand businesses, Milton Roy, Sullair, and Sundyne, were sold to private equity firms BC Partners and The Carlyle Group for $3.46 billion.
References
- "Frederick H. "Pappy" Rohr". July 07,2014. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "About ROHR, INC". company profile. Vault. 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
General references
External links
- Goodrich Aerostructures Group official site