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“ The first company we purchased was in aerospace ,” opens Charlie , “ and regardless of the other industries we ’ ve been involved in , aerospace has always been our favorite . Our goal was to build something unique , for us that meant “ a vertically integrated aerospace company ,” and Orizon has taken many steps to achieve that objective .

Our entire site in Chanute has been organically built , a true greenfield project

“ Indeed ,” adds Henry . “ Historically , between the tier 1.5 to tier two space , there ’ s never been a large integrated aerospace company that ’ s been built organically . So , although we did start with two small acquisitions , we have been working to fulfil this vision since 2016 , and since then have greenfield over 650,000 square feet and grown our team to over 850 employees . The best part is , everything ’ s been organic , starting with assembling the most talented team in the industry , developing expertise in machining the most complex monolithic parts in aerospace , processing them in our own chemical plant with proprietary technology , and then putting them together into large complex assemblies .”

In doing so , Orizon is differentiated from the other 19,000 machine shops across the US . As a result of climbing up the bill of materials ( BOM ) in such a way , and taking on larger assemblies , the organization has a far smaller pool of competitors to contend with . At present , the business has three machine shops in Olathe , Kansas , St . Louis , MO , and Grove , OK . These each feed into its chemical processing plant in Chanute , Kansas , which is accompanied by two assembly-only facilities as well .

“ Our entire site in Chanute has been organically built , a true greenfield project ,” Henry states . “ We are unaware of another

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