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ProcMart makes the small stuff matter
A factory can be brought down by something that fits in your palm. ProcMart built its business around the unglamorous purchases that keep production moving - then decided to make some of them itself.
Flatirons Solutions makes the aircraft manual earn its keep
An aircraft manual has to survive revisions, local edits and a journey to the shop floor. Flatirons Solutions turns that paperwork into a connected maintenance workflow - and is now adding visual guidance to the job.
The Billion-Dollar Supply Closet Hidden in Plain Sight
Zoro turned the unglamorous work of buying gloves, gauges, fasteners and floor cleaner into a $1.4 billion digital business. Its real product is not the wrench - it is making 13 million industrial items feel searchable, buyable and close at hand.
The Chemicals Behind Flight Are Usually Invisible. GracoRoberts Built a Business Around Them.
A tube of sealant can hold up an aircraft repair just as surely as an engine part. GracoRoberts has spent decades turning those small, specification-heavy materials into a global distribution, technical service and ecommerce business.
The Garage-Born Chemical Company That Keeps the World’s Machines Moving
CRC Industries began with one corrosion inhibitor mixed in a Pennsylvania garage. More than six decades later, its real product is a carefully engineered answer to an expensive question: what keeps a machine working instead of waiting?
The 133-Year-Old Company That Broke Itself Apart to Chase Jet Engines
General Electric spent a century as America's everything-company. In 2024 it broke itself into three and kept only the part that flies - and Wall Street decided the pieces were worth more than the whole ever was.
Falcon Aviation Services
Falcon Aviation Services is an Abu Dhabi-based aviation group founded in 2006 that has grown from an offshore oil-and-gas helicopter operator into one of the Middle East's most diversified private-aviation companies. Operating from Al Bateen Executive Airport and Dubai, it offers helicopter and business-jet charter, aircraft management, MRO engineering, CAMO, fixed base operator (FBO) services, heliport management, medevac and sightseeing helicopter tours. Holding UAE and San Marino Air Operator Certificates and running a modern fixed- and rotary-wing fleet, Falcon is also pioneering next-generation urban air mobility as Archer Aviation's UAE vertiport partner.
R.S. Hughes Co., Inc.
R.S. Hughes Co., Inc. is a privately held, employee-owned industrial distributor founded in 1954. From its Sunnyvale, California headquarters it runs more than 40 stocking warehouses across the United States, Mexico, and Costa Rica, carrying over 350,000 products - adhesives, abrasives, tapes, safety gear, labels, electrical and shipping supplies - for aerospace, OEM, and MRO customers. Its Saunders division provides custom cutting and converting, and the company pairs deep local inventory with trained product specialists.
Zymbly
Zymbly is a UK-based AI startup that builds voice-first copilots for aircraft maintenance technicians - automating troubleshooting, parts lookup, and compliance documentation so mechanics can spend their time fixing planes instead of drowning in paperwork. Backed by Y Combinator (W26) and built by a team with deep roots in aviation and enterprise AI, Zymbly targets an industry facing a global shortage of 43,000 technicians and a maintenance capacity crisis.