News Facts:

• Crane Aerospace & Electronics will be attending the F-16 Maintainer’s Conference in Ogden, UT.
• The Conference will be held  May 14-18 at Weber State University.
• Crane’s exhibit at the Conference will feature Crane’s SmartStem Wireless Tire Pressure Indication System.
• Please join Crane for an after-conference social at the Ogden Marriott on Wednesday, May 16, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. beverages and snacks will be provided.

Supporting Resources:

Crane Sensing & Utility Systems Solutions

 Contact Information:

Marilyn Schwartz
Director, Communications
Phone: 425-743-8231
Fax: 425-743-8231
Mobile: 425-327-7876
e-mail: marilyn.schwartz@craneaerospace.com

• Paul Keressi retired from Crane Aerospace & Electronics Friday, May 11, after 46 years of service.
• While still in high school, Paul skipped a day of school and applied for work at Lear Siegler. He was hired to work on a temporary basis after school, taking inventory in the stockroom.
• With his hard work, Paul impressed his supervisor and was offered a full time job when he graduated.
• Keressi started his first job on June 23, 1965 in the deburring department making $2.64 an hour. Kressi held this position until February 1974 when he was moved to the Heat Treat Department. Paul has worked in the Heat Treat Department for the past 38 years.
• Keressi has made a lot of friends during his 46 years and has seen many changes in the plant operation, however, as Keressi stated, “the more things change; the more they stay the same.”
• Keressi and his wife, Patricia, have also been married for 46 years. They have four children and seven grandchildren. Paul owns a motor home and enjoys camping each summer at Cedar Point Amusement Park and the Lorain County Fair. During his retirement, he and Patricia would like to use the motor home and travel on “Route 66”.
• Crane Aerospace & Electronics would like to congratulate Paul on this service and retirement!

(From left to right: Paul Keressi, Jay Higgs and Amir Shahravar)

(Jay Higgs congratulates Paul Keressi on his retirement)

Contact Information:

Marilyn Schwartz
Director, Communications
Phone: 425-743-8231
Fax: 425-743-8231
Mobile: 425-327-7876
e-mail: marilyn.schwartz@craneaerospace.com

• Crane’s Kate Gregory recently cut more than 10 inches of hair off, not because she was tired of it falling in her face, but to donate.
• Gregory donated her hair to Locks of Love which uses the hair to provide hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 21 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis.
• Gregory has been donating her hair for the past ten years and does it every 18 months to two years.
• Gregory first heard about Locks of Love while in college and decided to donate her hair in 2002 after completing Air Force ROTC boot camp.
• “It is an easy way to help others, especially children who have lost their hair due to illness,” Gregory said.
• In order to donate, the hair must be at least 10 inches long, uncolored and untreated.  Most hair salons will donate the hair for you if you ask when you first check in.
• “It’s not a treatment but it’s another great way to help children who are struggling with the effects of long term illnesses. I encourage anyone who is able, to please donate. Unlike these children you can always re-grow your hair,” Gregory said.
• To find out more information about donating your hair, go to the official Locks of Love website: http://www.locksoflove.org

(Kate Gregory with long hair)

(Kate Gregory with short hair)

About Locks of Love

Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 21 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. We meet a unique need for children by using donated hair to create the highest quality hair prosthetics. Most of the children helped by Locks of Love have lost their hair due to a medical condition called alopecia areata, which has no known cause or cure. The prostheses we provide help to restore their self-esteem and their confidence, enabling them to face the world and their peers.

Supporting Resources:

Locks of Love

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Marilyn Schwartz
Director, Communications
Phone: 425-743-8231
Fax: 425-743-8231
Mobile: 425-327-7876
e-mail: marilyn.schwartz@craneaerospace.com

News Facts

• On March 14,  Crane employees were invited to the Long Beach stop of Boeing’s six-month Dream Tour, to get an up-close look at the brand new 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
• A group of 43 Crane Aerospace & Electronics engineers, technicians, managers, and administrators attended the special event.
• Everyone on the tour played a critical role enabling Crane Aerospace & Electronics to become the first major system supplier to complete certification with our Brake Control and Monitoring System (BCMS).
• The purpose of the Dream Tour was to take the 787 Dreamliner to cities around the world to recognize key partners and their employees for being part of the Dreamliner team.

Supporting Resources:

Boeing Dream Tour

Related Links:

Crane Landing Systems

Contact Information:

Marilyn Schwartz
Director, Communications
Phone: 425-743-8231
Fax: 425-743-8231
Mobile: 425-327-7876
e-mail: marilyn.schwartz@craneaerospace.com

News Facts

• Crane Aerospace & Electronics is highlighting their Modernization, Upgrade and Repair capabilities at the 2012 AMC Conference at the Hilton Anchorage hotel in Anchorage, Alaska April 30 – May 3.
• Attendees are invited to stop by Crane’s hospitality suite 540 and try out the SmartStem Wireless Tire Pressure System, which provides a fast and reliable method of checking aircraft tire pressure without gas loss. SmartStem is designed to be easily retrofitted on existing aircraft.
• SmartStem technology provides numerous benefits including reduced maintenance costs, improved convenience and automatic tracking of tire pressure checks – information which helps assure safety and extends tire life.
• Also on display will be 737 high-reliability proximity sensors, enhanced A320 Landing Gear Control Interface Units and Compact Hydroloks, which combines the compactness of a Gas Lock design with the unsurpassed reliability of a Hydrolok design.
• Crane is hosting a foosball tournament in their suite and invites you to join in the fun. Appetizers will be served and daily prizes will be awarded.

Supporting Resources:

SmartStem^® Wireless Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)

Related Links:

AMC Conference

Contact Information:

Marilyn Schwartz
Director, Communications
Phone: 425-743-8231
Fax:  425-743-8231
Mobile: 425-327-7876
e-mail: marilyn.schwartz@craneaerospace.com

• Crane is Attending the 2012 Bombardier All Series Operators Conference in Orlando, Florida.
• During the show, Crane will be announcing the expected certification of the first retrofitable TPIS system for the Q-Series aircraft, marking the first system of its this kind to serve regional operators.
• SmartStem^®Tire Pressure Sensors are already certified for use on a variety of other business jets, and Crane is in the process of certifying SmartStem on additional business, regional, and large commercial aircraft.
• The system provides numerous benefits including reduced maintenance costs, improved convenience, and automatic tracking of tire pressure checks – information which helps assure safety and extends tire life.
• To fit an aircraft with SmartStem technology, the existing tire inflation valve stem is simply replaced with a special valve stem containing integral sensors. SmartStem communicates tire pressure, temperature, and other stored information wirelessly to a Handheld Reader without the use of an internal battery in the stem. Since this information is communicated wirelessly and does not require the removal of the valve cap, no gas is lost during routine tire pressure checks.

Supporting Resources:

SmartStem^® Wireless Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)

Related Links:

2012 Bombardier All Series Operators Conference

Contact Information:

Marilyn Schwartz
Director, Communications
Phone: 425-743-8231
Fax:  425-743-8231
Mobile: 425-327-7876
e-mail: marilyn.schwartz@craneaerospace.com

News Facts:

• Representatives from Crane’s Lynnwood site will be attending two “Career Talks” at North Seattle Community College (NSCC).
• The events will be held Wednesday, April 25, 2012 from 12-1 and Tuesday, May 15, 2012 from 6-7 at NSCC.
• The goal of the Career Talks is to provide NCSS electronic engineering, bio medical and industrial control program students with information about Crane, the soft skills needed to get a job, how to stay hired and what career paths they can take with Crane.
• Crane is hiring for various positions in Engineering, Operations, Administration and Manufacturing capacities.

Supporting Resources  

North Seattle Community College Career Services

Related Links  

Crane Careers Page

Marilyn Schwartz
Director, Communications
Phone: 425-743-8231
Fax:  425-743-8231
Mobile: 425-327-7876
e-mail: marilyn.schwartz@craneaerospace.com

News Facts

• During the last Bombardier CRJ Doors Working Group Meeting in Montreal, March 26 – 29^th, Bombardier presented Nancy Merrill, Crane Aerospace& Electronics Field Service Engineer, with a Superior Achievement Award, as part of their Recognition & Mobilization Program.
• CRJ200/700/900/1000 operators were experiencing a high number of turn backs, delays and emergency landings due to passenger door warnings.
• A working group was assembled including airline operators Mesaba, Pinnacle, Britt Air and Jazz Air along with Bombardier and Crane to investigate and implement corrective actions to reduce the number of these incidents.
• Nancy was recognized for her outstanding efforts to reduce the CRJ family of aircraft dispatch interruptions due to Door Warnings and Indications.

Contact Info:

Marilyn Schwartz
Director, Communications
Phone: 425-743-8231
Mobile: 425-327-7876
e-mail: marilyn.schwartz@craneaerospace.com

News Facts

• Crane’s Elyria site was featured in The Morning Journal as a  leading aerospace pump manufacturer on Sunday, April 8, 2012.
• John J. Higgs, Vice President of Fluid Management and Seamus O’Brian, Director of business development for fluid management led the interview highlighting the rich history of Lear Romec in Elyria.
• The company was founded as Romec in 1904. In 1913-1914, Romec developed its single-element vane fuel pump which was sold to pump just about anything from molasses to paint.
• In 1947, the company was purchased by Bill Lear, then became known as Lear Romec, the brand that the pumps are still produced under today.
• Lear Romec was then sold to Crane Co. in 1990.

• There have been only three or four owners in the history of the company.
• Romec’s legacy product – the single-element vane fuel pump was originally used to pump anything from molasses to paint to varnish.
• Romec broke into the aerospace industry in the late 1920s when the United States Navy approached them to develop a vane pump for jet fuel.
• The company has inhabited the same Elyria site since 1917, an 110,000-square-foot building with 85,000 square feet dedicated to manufacturing. Approximately 250 employees currently work at the Elyria site.
• The average employee has worked for Lear Romec for 16 years and the most senior employee has been with the company for 46 years.
• Crane has added 15 percent to its workforce at the Lear Romec plant in the past two years.

Supporting Resources  

The Morning Journal Article

Related Links  

About Lear Romec

Pump IT! Video

Marilyn Schwartz
Director, Communications
Phone: 425-743-8231
Fax:  425-743-8231
Mobile: 425-327-7876
e-mail: marilyn.schwartz@craneaerospace.com

• Crane Aerospace & Electronics is highlighting their Modernization, Upgrade and Repair capabilities at MRO Americas at the Dallas Convention Center April 3-5.
• Attendees are invited to stop by Crane’s booth #838/839, and see a demonstration of the SmartStem Wireless Tire Pressure System, which provides a fast and reliable method of checking aircraft tire pressure without gas loss. SmartStem is designed to be easily retrofitted on existing aircraft.
• SmartStem technology provides numerous benefits including reduced maintenance costs, improved convenience, and automatic tracking of tire pressure checks – information which helps assure safety and extends tire life.
• Also on display will be 737 high-reliability proximity sensors, enhanced A320 Landing Gear Control Interface Units and Brake Control upgrades for 737 Carbon Brakes.

Supporting Resources  

MRO Americas

Related Links  

SmartStem^® Wireless Tire Pressure Monitoring System

Marilyn Schwartz
Director, Communications
Phone: 425-743-8231
Fax:  425-743-8231
Mobile: 425-327-7876
e-mail: marilyn.schwartz@craneaerospace.com