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TransDigm: Adams Rite Operations, Pricing Power & PMA Risk

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TransDigm Group•US•Large CapWencorChromalloyJet Parts EngineeringSwitching CostsMission Critical Products & Services
Jun 17, 2026

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... have tremendous respect for HEICO. HEICO has to work with TransDigm because it has to be part of their offering. But from my perspective, it's the least profitable of the offerings. At some point, do I switch that relationship to somebody like Loar, who has a very ...

TransDigm vs Airbus: Pricing Power & Platform Selection

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TransDigm Group•US•Large CapWencorHEICOAirbusThe BoeingHoneywell Aerospace Inc. Common Stock When IssuedWoodwardProcess PowerMission Critical Products & Services
Oct 6, 2026

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... TransDigm Group, however, aggressively increased their aftermarket pricing right after Covid-19 into the 17% range. This triggered intense negotiations between TransDigm, Airbus, and Satair. Under severe pressure from Airbus, TransDigm ultimately conceded to a moderated pricing model. While they still secured a substantial price increase above ...

TransDigm & Calspan: Engine Test Cells, Adapters & Aftermarket

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TransDigm Group•US•Large CapGE AerospaceCalspan CorporationRolls-RoyceSwitching CostsMission Critical Products & Services
May 6, 2026

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... president is there and all the executives from the whole business are on the call, and he says, "We have sold to TransDigm." I didn't know anything about TransDigm. Literally a week before or after, the local program 60 Minutes listed TransDigm ...

TransDigm: IP Rights, Right to Repair & Congressional Pressure

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TransDigm Group•US•Large CapAndurilHEICOSwitching CostsMission Critical Products & Services
Oct 2, 2026

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... TransDigm was sort of the first indication of what has led to a lot of this legislation and these elements of policy change. TransDigm did business by the rules, and what this really did was highlight how the system had created ways for this to happen. It illustrates ...

TransDigm: Operational Playbook & Post-COVID Margin Expansion

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TransDigm Group•US•Large CapHEICOLoarSwitching CostsMission Critical Products & Services
Mar 16, 2026

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... think you are touching on something important. When you say "they," I assume you mean TransDigm, but they don't directly set the prices. They do push, prod, and ask many questions. However, the actual pricing decision is made at the site level. Everyone at TransDigm is familiar ...

TransDigm: AvtechTyee, Equity Incentives & Operating as an Owner

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TransDigm Group•US•Large CapHEICOSwitching CostsMission Critical Products & Services
Feb 9, 2026

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... TransDigm, productivity is key, one of the three Ps, along with pricing. As an executive, you're measured on productivity. Are you implementing the right productivity projects? Can you introduce robotics in your factory to avoid bringing back too many people? TransDigm has a good amount of cash ...

TransDigm: CPI Electron Device Acquisition Strategy & Vacuum Tube Aftermarket

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TransDigm Group•US•Large CapHEICOLoarSwitching CostsMission Critical Products & Services
May 18, 2026

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... think there is less opportunity than TransDigm had hoped. We had been fairly successful in raising the price for the last 5 or 6 years prior to the sale of CPI to TransDigm. We expected to continue to do that, and I assume that TransDigm planned to continue ...
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Feb 25, 2026

TransDigm: Mike Lisman References & TransDigm Culture Challenge

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Management CheckTransDigm Group•US•Large CapSwitching CostsMission Critical Products & Services

TransDigm, Jet Parts & Victor Sierra: Strategic Entry into Non-OEM Aftermarket

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TransDigm Group•US•Large CapHEICOSwitching CostsMission Critical Products & Services
Apr 1, 2026

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... because of, I think, political pressure from leasing companies, from financiers. But in today's world, I would not be surprised to see TransDigm, even though TransDigm buys a company and lets it operate on its own and there isn't that much silo penetration or osmosis, silo ...

TransDigm & Prince & Izant: Brazing Alloy Economics & Aerospace Aftermarket

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TransDigm Group•US•Large CapSwitching CostsMission Critical Products & Services
Sep 4, 2026

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... Analyst: I'm invested in the aerospace sector through two companies, TransDigm and HEICO. I'm always interested in studying the companies these two businesses are acquiring, to get a better sense of the assets in the aerospace parts sector. I thought you had very compelling experience regarding ...

TransDigm, Stellant Systems & Vacuum Tube Defense Electronics M&A

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TransDigm Group•US•Large CapSwitching CostsMission Critical Products & Services
May 1, 2026

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... Stellant that I haven't asked that I should ask? What is a topic that comes to mind that is important to understanding TransDigm's interest in this business, or this business now being a part of TransDigm, given that I'm a shareholder in TransDigm ...

TransDigm: Aftermarket Demand Drivers

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TransDigm Group•US•Large CapHEICOThe BoeingHoneywellAirbusProcess PowerMission Critical Products & Services
Sep 8, 2025

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... years and from 2011 to 2024 in the aeronautic industry. I started at Safran and spent the last two years at TransDigm. I left TransDigm last year for personal reasons to return to France and be closer to family. I spent two years as a VP of Finance ...
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TransDigm Group

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IP ResearchTransDigm Group•US•Large CapSwitching CostsMission Critical Products & Services
Nov 27, 2023

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... TransDigm companies, they manufacture a subcomponent that goes into another part that gets marked with another company's number. It doesn't have a TransDigm number in the catalog. You can't really tell that it's a TransDigm part. Some parts are made on behalf of someone ...
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TransDigm: Boeing vs OEM Supplier Bargaining Power

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IP ResearchTransDigm Group•US•Large CapHoneywellThe BoeingAirbusSafranGE AerospaceRTXHEICOProcess PowerMission Critical Products & Services
Nov 1, 2023

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... McNerney had gone in a conversation with Wall Street on an earnings call. He said that TransDigm was this horrible company that was jacking up prices and creating chaos in the industry, and that began an ongoing tit-for-tat between the companies… Where the idea came from ...

TransDigm: Esterline Acquisition & ScioTeq Spin

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TransDigm Group•US•Large CapSwitching CostsMission Critical Products & Services
Jul 7, 2023

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... Practise: One reason that has been mentioned for TransDigm's acquisition of Esterline is that TransDigm management believed Esterline was misunderstood. They said that TransDigm had a different definition of aftermarket content, and Esterline wasn't looking at their business in the same way TransDigm would ...

Loar Holdings: Aftermarket Strategy, Pricing & Organic Growth

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Loar•US•Mid CapTransDigm GroupHEICOThe BoeingAirbusArxisSwitching CostsMission Critical Products & Services
May 28, 2026

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... Several of the key Loar executives came out of TransDigm. They were recruited away from TransDigm specifically to help build Loar. The reason behind that was because they were looking for something different: more compassionate leadership. It's not just about the finances, but you need to have ...

TransDigm: Managing Opcos through COVID

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TransDigm Group•US•Large CapSwitching CostsMission Critical Products & Services
Jul 3, 2023

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... today's world, they are night and day. Triumph started off similarly to TransDigm, buying businesses and running them independently. Each one brought their plan to corporate each year and corporate challenged them and pushed them; very decentralized. However, by the time I joined Triumph, they had made ...

TransDigm: Culture & Pricing

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TransDigm Group•US•Large CapLoarHEICOSwitching CostsMission Critical Products & Services
Sep 9, 2024

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... Well, like I said, not well. But they recognized that was TransDigm's strategy. They were getting smart enough, though, FedEx, UPS, maybe Delta, to look across the board and say, "We're buying a lot of stuff from now TransDigm businesses, and we're getting hit pretty ...

HEICO & Wencor: ABOM Strategy, PMA Pricing & Aftermarket Growth

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HEICO•US•Large CapJet Parts EngineeringChromalloyTransDigm GroupHoneywell Aerospace Inc. Common Stock When IssuedSwitching CostsMission Critical Products & Services
Oct 1, 2026

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... figure out how they could possibly generate a strong return on that investment, it seems very inconsistent with the traditional TransDigm model — buying OEM businesses with proprietary positions that make it extremely difficult for airlines, Boeing, or Airbus to replace them, given the immense switching costs. For full ...

Adams Rite, AdelWiggins, & TransDigm Competitive Risks

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TransDigm Group•US•Large CapHEICOThe BoeingHoneywellRTXSwitching CostsMission Critical Products & Services
Oct 22, 2024

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... business, not just TransDigm, before committing to a new program, it's crucial to ensure profitability. Most TransDigm executives are savvy enough to know when they'll win, lose, or break even. No executive, whether at TransDigm or elsewhere, will last long by giving products away from ...

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