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Business/Financial

Kaney Aerospace Acquires Motion Control Unit From Esterline

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, March 29th, 2017

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Kaney Aerospace Acquires Motion Control Unit From Esterline

BVR's motion control products. Photo: Kaney Aerospace

Kaney Aerospace on Wednesday said it has acquired BVR Technologies from Esterline Corp. [ESL], adding actuation and motion control subsystems to its product line.Terms of the deal were not disclosed.BVR supplies a range of aerospace gear products, utility actuators, and flight control servos for use on commercial and military aircraft. Kaney and BVR are both based in Rockford, Ill.“BVR complements and significantly adds to Kaney Aerospace’s engineering expertise in test equipment, system engineering and product development, as well as expanding…

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