9/14/2015 1:07:00 AM
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Jerome de Truchis
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Jerome de Truchis

Company History
Align Aerospace traces its company history to the 1972 founding of Alatec Products Inc. in Chatsworth.
In 1995 the ASI Aerospace Group was formed after Aerospace Supply Inc. acquired four aerospace and defense hardware distributors.
In 1998 Pentacon Inc. was created by a rollup of five founding fastener distributors, including Alatec. The new company’s aerospace business became Pentacon Aerospace Group Inc.
In 2002 Anixter International acquired Pentacon.
In 2007 Eurofast is acquired from LISI Aerospace, giving Anixter Pentacon a European customer base. In 2009, Anixter Pentacon and Anixter Eurofast were rebranded as Anixter Aerospace Hardware.
In 2011 Greenbriar Equity acquired Anixter Aerospace Hardware and renamed it Align Aerospace.

Chatsworth, CA-based Align Aerospace Holdings Inc., a distributor of aerospace fasteners and other hardware to OEMs and OEM suppliers, named Jerome de Truchis as president and CEO. He immediately replaces Andrew Roberts, who will leave the company for personal reasons.

de Truchis has experience in the aerospace fastener business, including working as head of Align’s European entity for more than three years. Prior to that he held managerial positions at Ingersoll Rand, Alcoa Fastening Systems and Thales.

“The opportunities before Align are tremendous, we have a great strategy, and I will be focused of deploying it well along with the leadership team and all great Align employees,” stated de Truchis.

Align Aerospace board chairman You Lei said Roberts, who was named CEO in June 2014, “has agreed to stay involved with the business through the end of the year to ensure a smooth transition.”

Align Aerospace was acquired by China’s Aviation Industry Corp. subsidiary AVIC International in April 2015.

Align Aerospace is a global distributor of 100,000 SKUs of aerospace fasteners and other hardware, primarily to OEMs and their suppliers. Align has distribution centers in California, France and China, and is headquartered at 21123 Nordhoff St., Chatsworth, CA 91311. Web: alignaero.com