Loar Group

Loar Group is a family of companies that design and make niche aerospace and defense components. It acquires specialist manufacturers and grows them within their markets. The parent company, Loar Holdings Inc., is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LOAR) and is based in White Plains, New York.

Products

• Safety of flight systems: stall warning, angle-of-attack sensors, wind shear warning, autothrottles and control column shakers
• Cockpit and cabin switches (VIVISUN and NEXSYS), reading lights and occupant restraints
• Brake system parts, including carbon-carbon disk materials and polyimide bushings
• De-ice and ice protection systems, including TKS fluid systems and Ice Shield pneumatic boots
• Composites, precision machined and swaged parts, fans, motors, valves, sensors and water filtration

Locations

• Safe Flight Instrument, White Plains, NY: established 1946, with products on nearly two-thirds of the world's civil aircraft
• Applied Avionics, Fort Worth, TX: founded 1968, VIVISUN switches and NEXSYS interface products
• Hydra Electric, Burbank, CA: pressure, temperature and flow switches and sensors
• CAV Ice Protection, Consett, UK: TKS ice protection, an OEM partner since 1942
• Schroth, Arnsberg, Germany, and Fort Lauderdale, FL: seatbelts and airbags
• LMB, Malemort, France: over 2,000 fan, blower and motor products
• Harper Engineering, Renton, WA: latches for aircraft interiors, founded 1968
• DAC Engineered Products, Oswego, IL: FAA Part 145 repair station and PMA parts

Other members include AGC, Applied Engineering, BAM, Beadlight, Freeman, Freeman Composites, Gar Kenyon, General Ecology, Maverick Molding, Pacific Piston Ring, SMR Technologies and Terry's Precision Products.

Customers and markets

Loar sells to aerospace and defense OEMs and Tier Ones, and to aftermarket customers in commercial, business jet, general aviation and defense markets. For the second quarter of 2026 it reported net sales of $171.6 million, up 39.4% on the prior year quarter. Its revised 2026 outlook is net sales of $665 million to $675 million. Recent acquisitions include LMB and Harper Engineering.