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November 2013
commercial airplanes, rescue helicopters, nu-
clear energy facilities, medical devices, loco-
motives and technology critical to America’s
space program as well as instrumentation vi-
tal to national defense. Fredon is recognized
as a Federal Aviation Administration Repair
Station and is rated for limited power-plant,
limited nondestructive inspection, testing
and processing. Its experience in component
repair and overhaul has enabled Fredon to
workwith a range of airline, OEMcustomers
and small to mid-size engine shops through-
out America. When quality and precision
matters in high performance applications,
some of the world’s most dynamic forces of
industry rely on services provided by Fredon,
and to be sure, the parts it has produced has
beneficially impacted lives beyond one’s abil-
ity to immediately recognize. To that point,
consider the housing deployed on the steel
cable hoist from which a helicopter might
lowers or raise the basket in a rescue op-
eration; or consider the bearings, cams and
shafts necessary to propel a powerful loco-
motive along a rail – these are just two ex-
amples of applications in which Fredon’s en-
gineering expertise has been exacted.
Yet, don’t think the significance of this
company’s work or its powerful client base
has gone to the head of the company owner,
