Young & Franklin Tactair

Tactair is a designer and maker of hydraulic and pneumatic controls for aircraft. It is part of Young and Franklin Inc. and is based in Liverpool, New York, a suburb of Syracuse. The company says it has been in business since 1968. Its plant is at 4806 West Taft Road.

Young and Franklin acquired Tactair in 1986 and moved the operation to Liverpool. Four more aircraft fluid power product lines have since joined the plant. These came from Phoenix Controls in 1989, Teledyne's Hydra-Power division in 1992, Kaiser Fluid Technology in 2002, and the aerospace product lines of York Industries in 2005.

The plant does close tolerance machining and assembly. It uses CNC milling, turning, grinding, and EDM equipment. It also has manual mills, lathes, laps, hones, and grinders. The site says the company holds tolerances to tenths of a thousandth of an inch.

Tactair holds AS9100 Rev D and ISO 9001:2015 certification from Lloyd's Register. The site says major aircraft makers and their first tier suppliers have approved its quality system. The combined companies have about 200 non-union employees across two facilities of 180,000 square feet.

The company uses an integrated MRP II system. It covers order entry, purchasing, shop floor scheduling, inventory, and accounting. The site says this lets the company track customer order status in real time. The company also lists a careers section.

Contact details include the main line at 315-457-3110. Sales support, repair support, and export have separate contacts on the site. The repair support line for aircraft on ground situations is 315-440-1891.