COMPANY THE SKY’S THE LIMIT A.W. “Gus” Loos and his wife, Joan, founded the fi rm by initially reselling cable, and
then purchasing the machinery needed for manufacturing cable, jacketing cable, and producing cable assemblies. Today, the Loos & Company operations in Connecticut measure 220,000 square feet and employ approximately 300 people, manufacturing products that are used in aerospace, military, and commercial applications, including aircraft fl ight controls, elevators, fi tness equipment, rigging, and scaff olding operations. A signifi cant portion of their business, Loos & Company proudly produces aircraft cable and assemblies for many of the best-known aviation companies worldwide. T e company has been designated as a Certifi ed Parts Licensee by Lockheed Martin, a global security, aerospace, and information technology company whose principal clients are the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. federal government agencies. “As a Certifi ed Parts Licensee,” explains Tina Privee, Product Manager at Loos & Company, “we are authorized to produce C-130 B-H Cable Assemblies, Lockclad Assemblies, and Wire Rope Assemblies for use on Lockheed aircraft.” Fulfi lling its role as a Certifi ed Parts Licensee includes affi xing a hologram to
the parts to ensure quality and consistency. Each hologram is unique to the part it’s placed on, including that particular day’s batch or the individual work order. T e hologram will never be duplicated, and it serves as Lockheed’s proof that the parts are indeed Lockheed-certifi ed. If a part does not feature the hologram, customers should be aware that they are using what Lockheed would consider a counterfeit, non-conforming part, Privee points out. “T ere are actually only a few qualifi ed manufacturers of parts for the C-130s B through H Series. T ese are military transport planes for equipment and weapons,” she adds. “T e whole purpose is to make it exclusive, and we like that we are a qualifi ed manufacturer for Lockheed.” “We consider Loos & Company a one-stop shop,” she continues, “we buy rod raw material, drawn down to various wire sizes to use in our rope mill. We produce all diff erent sizes of wire rope up to 1 ¼.” If you need cable assemblies made, we can do that, too, because we have a fully-integrated cable assembly shop in-house.” Due to the large number of aircraft that still have mechanical fl ight controls and landing gear, it will likely be decades before the company runs out of work in that area, according to Privee. In addition to Lockheed Martin, Loos & Company supports a handful of other aerospace companies, including Boeing Co. and Bombardier, Inc.
Founder A.W. “Gus” Loos in front of his original offi ce
The whole purpose is to make sure customers are getting a guaranteed, conforming product. We are honored to be part of this
exclusive program. - Robert Davis, Sales and Marketing Manager for Loos & Company
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