Tulsa area's largest
Jun 17, 2012 (Menafn - Tulsa World - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --American Airlines
3800 N. Mingo Road
Local employees: 7,100
Products: Aircraft maintenance
About AA: International air carrier American Airlines performs upgrades and heavy maintenance on its fleet of nearly 900 aircraft, making it one of the largest airplane maintenance bases in the world. The maintenance base near Tulsa International Airport has operated since 1946 in a former Douglas Aircraft hangar used to manufacture aircraft for the war effort during WWII.
Spirit AeroSystems
3330 N. Mingo Road
Local employees: 2,700
Products: Aerospace parts
About Spirit: Wichita, Kan.- based Spirit Aerosystems makes a variety of aircraft parts for some of the world's largest aerospace manufacturers, including Boeing Inc. The facility, which employs hundreds of mechanics, engineers and administrators, has also produced parts for NASA space shuttles and the International Space Station. The company's Tulsa presence started in 1962 when North American Aviation opened a Tulsa facility, which was later acquired by Boeing. Boeing spun off the Spirit Aerosystems division in 2005.
NORDAM
6911 Whirlpool Drive
Local employees: 1,483
Products: Aerospace parts
About NORDAM: A bulk of NORDAM's 2,500 global employees are based in its corporate home of Tulsa, where the company manufactures a variety of equipment and parts for major aerospace companies such as Boeing and Gulfstream. The company started in Tulsa in 1969 when founder Ray Seigfried Sr. purchased Northeastern Oklahoma Research Development and Manufacturing, also known as NORDAM. The company now has nine manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe and Asia.
Baker Hughes
1818 W. 21st St.
3000 N. Hemlock Circle, Broken Arrow
9100 W. 21st St., Sand Springs
7655 E. 46th St.
200 W. Stuart Roosa Drive, Claremore (Centrilift)
Local employees: 1,200
Products: Oil field tools and equipment
About Baker Hughes: The company is a worldwide well services firm based in based in Houston with its Centrilift manufacturing and research site in Claremore as well as sites in Broken Arrow, Sand Springs and Barnsdall.
AAON Inc.
2425 S. Yukon Ave.
Local employees: 1,184
Products: Heating and air conditioning units
About AAON: This publicly traded heating and air conditioning maker builds units for industrial customers such as schools, hospitals and other manufacturers. The company started as a part of Tulsa's John Zink Co., but Norm Asbjornson, AAON's CEO, spun it off to create a new company, which has produced steady profits in the Tulsa area.
IC Bus of Oklahoma, LLC
2322 N. Mingo Road
Local employees: 1,000
Products: Buses
About IC: Trucking and engine company Navistar opened its bus manufacturing plant in Tulsa in 2001 at the former site of a Douglas Aircraft hangar used to make bomber airplanes during World War II. To date, the site has produced more than 100,000 buses, pumping out 50 to 75 a day that carry children to and from school. The company also makes vehicles for military and private business.
Bama Cos.
2727 E. 11th St.
5377 E. 66th St. North
Local employees: 1,000
Products: Foods
About Bama: Started as a pie-making outfit in 1937, Bama Cos. has turned into a national leader in producing food products from its two facilities in Tulsa and three in China. The company makes pies, pizza crusts and other items that are stocked on grocery store shelves and sold to food suppliers. It also helped develop the iconic pies sold at McDonald's restaurants nationwide.
Whirlpool Corp.
7301 Whirlpool Drive
Local employees: 900
Products: Cooking ranges
About Whirlpool: International home appliance maker Whirlpool Corp. began manufacturing kitchen ranges at the north Tulsa plant in 1996 after taxpayers helped build a 100 million plant. The plant now sits at more than 900,000 square feet after a 12 million expansion in 2004.
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