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“ The applications for our material cover a broad range of industry sectors ,” he adds . “ Primarily , we are in the aerospace market , which can be further divided into military aerospace , commercial aviation , private business jets , and outer space applications . There are also other use cases in down hole drilling , automative , and medical , but these are much smaller focuses for us at the moment .”
In terms of WireMasters ’ portfolio , Ryan Barnhart , Senior Supply Chain Director , adds : “ We like to say ‘ everything in your harness is on our shelves ’ to represent that we provide products other than wire . While we do stock more than 150 million feet of wire and cable globally , we provide a wide range of products and services including connectors and harness management products like heat shrink tubing , braid , expandable sleeving , cable identification products , molded shapes , and much more .”
We really excel in the stocking and distribution of materials , and we want to broaden the scope of products we work with
Rooted in quality
Turning to the company ’ s history , Drew continues : “ WireMasters was founded in 1988 , with an ownership change in 2001 , and we are still a privately held company to this day . With the change in ownership , WireMasters has grown exponentially , from a small team with a single location in Tennessee to a global organization with team members and locations all over the world , including the US , Mexico , Canada , the UK , Germany , and Turkey .
“ We ’ ve always been what I ’ d consider ‘ early adopters ’ of technology , and it ’ s part of our DNA to be continuously improving our
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