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Ranger Aerospace Celebrates 25th Anniversary


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Sep 01, 2022, 00:03 ET

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GREENVILLE, S.C., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ranger Aerospace, a private equity consolidator and management holding company specializing in aerospace operations and aviation services deals since 1997, marks its twenty-fifth anniversary since inception this year. During September, Ranger is hosting a business reception called "A Celebration About People" to highlight the 25 years milestone. Ranger has built several separate platform companies to over $100 Million revenues each thus far in its colorful 25-year history and has managed as many as 4,250 personnel at 56 airports. Ranger adds value by bringing accomplished leaders to bear on deep operational improvements and aggressive accelerated growth. Ranger focuses heavily on operations, marketing, quality, and people, with a principled "Good to Great" incremental approach to business transformations.

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"PEOPLE are the priceless soul of any successful enterprise, and we are proving that every day." -- Steve Townes, CEO

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RANGER AEROSPACE, founded in 1997, celebrates its 25th anniversary 2022. Press Release on Sept. 1, 2022.
RANGER AEROSPACE, founded in 1997, celebrates its 25th anniversary 2022. Press Release on Sept. 1, 2022.
ACL AIRSHOP is a global leader in air cargo products and services. ACL AIRSHOP manufactures, sells, leases, repairs, and fleet-manages ULD's (pallets, containers, straps, nets). ACL AIRSHOP has hundreds of airlines around the world as customers.
ACL AIRSHOP is a global leader in air cargo products and services. ACL AIRSHOP manufactures, sells, leases, repairs, and fleet-manages ULD's (pallets, containers, straps, nets). ACL AIRSHOP has hundreds of airlines around the world as customers.
InTech Aerospace, the aircraft interiors experts, has over 3 decades of exemplary experience on commercial airliners and VIP government transports.
InTech Aerospace, the aircraft interiors experts, has over 3 decades of exemplary experience on commercial airliners and VIP government transports.
New ACL Airshop air cargo products factory in S. Carolina
New ACL Airshop air cargo products factory in S. Carolina
Ranger Aerospace was founded in 1997. It has transacted hundreds of millions of dollars in private equity buyouts and investments, creating three large-scale successes in aerospace services consolidations over the years. Ranger has employed as many as 4250 personnel. In 2014 it is launching another consolidation platform, seeking middle market acquisitions of aerospace technical services and manufacturing firms. Ranger Aerospace is headquartered in Greenville, SC. The CEO & Founder is Steve Townes.
Ranger Aerospace was founded in 1997. It has transacted hundreds of millions of dollars in private equity buyouts and investments, creating three large-scale successes in aerospace services consolidations over the years. Ranger has employed as many as 4250 personnel. In 2014 it is launching another consolidation platform, seeking middle market acquisitions of aerospace technical services and manufacturing firms. Ranger Aerospace is headquartered in Greenville, SC. The CEO & Founder is Steve Townes.

Ranger's latest holdings are ACL Airshop, which provides air cargo products and services to airlines clients at more than half of the world's Top 50 cargo airports, and InTech Aerospace, which performs MRO and retrofit services on commercial airliner interiors. The pivotal investment in ACL Airshop won the Deal of the Year award for 2016 from M&A Advisor magazine, an international financial publication. In earlier aviation ventures, Ranger Aerospace won similar awards for Deal of the Year in 2009, and Deal of the Decade in 2011 (for the decade ending 2010). Ranger's divestiture of Ranger International Services Group won 3 Deal of the Year awards in 2012 for the sale of that aerospace/defense technical services company to a major international engineering firm.

This 25th anniversary commemorates Ranger's long history of laser-focused growth in the aerospace management & investment field. Since its inception in March 1997, Ranger's previous large-scale multi-year and multi-acquisition successes have included ASIG, Keystone Helicopter, Skytanking GmbH, Composite Technology Inc., Ranger Rotorcraft Group, Ranger International Services Group, the Keystone HeliPlex, plus related joint ventures and internal build-ups under Ranger's quality-centered leadership. A total of 19 companies have been assembled within the several successive growth umbrellas, including acquisitions and self-grown startup subsidiaries. Thus far, only ACL Airshop has been pure organic growth in the past 6 years (no acquisitions—at least not yet). Each scalable middle-market platform with a successful "Exit" was sold either to huge strategic buyers or large financial buyers, who then kept growing the businesses. Noteworthy facilities expansions under Ranger have included the very large "HeliPlex" near Philadelphia, and the iconic new air cargo products factory in Greenville, SC.

Steve Townes, Ranger Aerospace founder and President/CEO of ACL Airshop, said: "We have exceeded our goals once again in our newest company, ACL Airshop. With exceptional teams of professionals in all regions, we have more than doubled our operational footprint to 55 airport hubs on 6 continents as of today, with more planned. We have more than tripled our worldwide fleet of air cargo ULDs ('unit load devices') to nearly 70,000 assets and still growing. We have invested heavily in award-winning innovative new technologies such as Bluetooth tracking and 'FindMyULD,' in various Lean initiatives, and in facilities expansions. Most importantly, we have invested steadily in our people, improving pay scales, operational disciplines, bonus plans, benefits, and management training." Townes added: "Our unprecedented internal investments in growth and in people initiatives have resulted in a robust value-creation arc. Our customer surveys say that we are doing a lot of things very well. Customers highly value our speed of responsiveness, huge lease-ready availability of ULD inventory, and steadily expanding network of hubs. We dominate short-term solutions, while also growing a strong portfolio of long-term multi-year fleet management contracts. Our business model combined with our truly High-Performance Culture are hard to replicate."

Ranger Aerospace has been the management stewardship team for over $600 Million in various buying, selling, and investing transactions over the past 25 years. Investment returns in each of Ranger's successful large-scale divestitures have been superior for the sector, with "IRR" for 1st-round equity on its strongest exit slightly over 60%, plus commensurate cash-on-cash multiples. Townes said: "Our excellent results, value creation trajectory, and sustained performance are due to outstanding teams of people. We manage for Quality—Safety—FAA Compliance, and we have always strived to be a positive, caring employer for motivated aviation professionals with the Right Stuff. People are the priceless soul of any successful enterprise, and we are proving that every day." Ranger has created several thousand new jobs over the past twenty-five years by creatively expanding the middle-market enterprises it has owned and operated.

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Ranger Aerospace is an aviation-specialized holding company that partners with institutional co-investors to acquire, grow, and positively transform aerospace services companies. Its founder, Steve Townes, an engineering graduate of West Point, has been Ranger's CEO for 25 years. He is also the past (inaugural)  Chairman of a statewide public/private partnership called "South Carolina Aerospace." Ranger's history includes a successful "Junk Bond" offering in its early years, a tumultuous unsolicited takeover attempt of a publicly traded medium-sized aerospace company, and deliberately hiring veterans when and where feasible. Ranger's name, logo, distinctive lightning-bolt crest, and tagline are trademarked worldwide for exclusive usage in the aerospace/aviation sectors.

For more information, visit www.rangeraerospace.com, www.aclairshop.com, www.intechaerospace.com, and www.scaerospace.com.

Forward-Looking Statements: The Company from time to time may discuss forward-looking information. Except for factual historical information, all forward-looking statements are estimates by the Company's management and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that are beyond the Company's control and may cause actual results to differ materially from management's expectations.

Related Links:
www.RangerAerospace.com; www.ACLairshop.com; www.InTechAerospace.com; www.SCaerospace.com

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