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Happy Holidays from Crane!

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Wishing our employees, customers, suppliers, media and their families the brightest Holiday Season and a most joyous New Year. We are looking forward to working with all of you in 2013. Happy Holidays from Crane Aerospace & Electronics!
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Crane selected by UTC Aerospace Systems to Provide Proximity Switches for Airbus A320neo

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Crane Aerospace & Electronics has been selected by UTC Aerospace Systems to provide proximity switches to be used on the thrust reverser actuation system on the A320neo fitted with the Pure Power 1100G engines.

Todd Witchall appointed Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer of Electronics Group for Crane Aerospace & Electronics

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Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a segment of Crane Co. (NYSE:CR), has announced the appointment of Todd Witchall as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Electronics Group of Crane Aerospace & Electronics. In this role, Witchall will report directly to Bob Tavares, President of Crane Electronics Group. Witchall will be responsible for Finance, Accounting and Information Technology for all of the Electronics Groups locations including Beverly, Massachusetts, Chandler, Arizona, Ft. Walton Beach, FL, Redmond, WA,

Greg Gomez-Cornejo appointed Vice President, Electronics Group Operations for Crane Aerospace & Electronics

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Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a segment of Crane Co. (NYSE:CR), has announced the appointment of Greg Gomez-Cornejo as Vice President of Operations of the Electronics Group of Crane Aerospace & Electronics. Gomez-Cornejo comes to us with over 15 years of experience in Operations and Supply Chain.

Crane to provide brake control system for new Cessna Ten, M2 and Latitude business jets

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Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a segment of Crane Co. (NYSE:CR), has been selected by Cessna Aircraft to provide the brake control systems for the new Citation Ten, M2 and Latitude business jets.

COMAC’s SADRI subsidiary selects Crane to participate in research project to improve supplier management

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Crane Aerospace & Electronics, has been selected by Shanghai Aircraft Design and Research Institute (SADRI), a subsidiary of COMAC, to be its only C919 supplier from the United States to participate in a project aimed at improving supplier management.

Aerospace Group President Dave Bender joins Washington State aerospace panel

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Gov. Chris Gregoire has appointed Aerospace Group President Dave Bender as a board members for the recently created Joint Center for Aerospace Innovation Technology. The establishment of the Joint Center for Aerospace Innovation Technology was a recommendation that came out of a recent competitiveness study that was part of Washington’s effort to land work on Boeing’s 737 MAX jet.

Arnee Gomez Joins Crane Aerospace & Electronics as Aerospace Group Vice President of Human Resources

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Crane has announced the appointment of Arnee Gomez as Vice President of Human Resources for the Aerospace Group. in this capacity, Gomez will be based in Lynnwood and will lead the intellectual capital process and all human resource functions for the Aerospace Group sites, including the Elyria, Ohio; Burbank, California; Lyon, France and Lynnwood, Washington locations.

Move IT! with Crane at Aircraft Interiors Seattle

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Crane Aerospace & Electronics will be demonstrating its “next generation” mcX Premium Seat Motion Control System at Aircraft Interiors Expo in Seattle, Wash. September 25-27. Attendees are invited to stop by Crane’s booth #633, to see the mcX Motion Control System and learn more about other Crane Cabin System Solutions, including the new Compact Hydrolok® and Mechlok™ Seat Recline Systems.

Robert (Bob) Ferrante appointed Vice President, Electronics Group Microwave Solution for Crane Aerospace & Electronics

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Crane Aerospace & Electronics has announced the appointment of Robert Ferrante as Vice President of the Microwave Solution of the Electronics Group of Crane Aerospace & Electronics.