Tulsa area's largest
BY KYLE ARNOLD World Staff Writer
Sunday, June 17, 2012
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American Airlines
3800 N. Mingo Road
Local employees: 7,100+
Products: Aircraft maintenance
About AA: International
air carrier American Airlines
performs upgrades and
heavy maintenance on its
fleet of nearly 900 aircraft,
making it one of the largest airplane maintenance bases in the
world. The maintenance base near Tulsa International Airport
has operated since 1946 in a former Douglas Aircraft hangar
used to manufacture aircraft for the war effort during WWII.
Spirit AeroSystems
3330 N. Mingo Road
Local employees: 2,700
Products: Aerospace parts
About Spirit: Wichita, Kan.-
based Spirit Aerosystems
makes a variety of aircraft
parts for some of the world’s
largest aerospace manufacturers,
including Boeing Inc.
The facility, which employs hundreds of mechanics, engineers
and administrators, has also produced parts for NASA space
shuttles and the International Space Station. The company’s
Tulsa presence started in 1962 when North American Aviation
opened a Tulsa facility, which was later acquired by Boeing.
Boeing spun off the Spirit Aerosystems division in 2005.
NORDAM
6911 Whirlpool Drive
Local employees: 1,483
Products: Aerospace parts
About NORDAM: A bulk of
NORDAM’s 2,500 global
employees are based in its
corporate home of Tulsa,
where the company manufactures
a variety of equipment
and parts for major
aerospace companies such as Boeing and Gulfstream. The
company started in Tulsa in 1969 when founder Ray Seigfried
Sr. purchased Northeastern Oklahoma Research Development
and Manufacturing, also known as NORDAM. The company
now has nine manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe
and Asia.
Baker Hughes
1818 W. 21st St.
3000 N. Hemlock Circle,
Broken Arrow
9100 W. 21st St., Sand
Springs
7655 E. 46th St.
200 W. Stuart Roosa
Drive, Claremore (Centrilift)
Local employees: 1,200
Products: Oil field tools and equipment
About Baker Hughes: The company is a worldwide well
services firm based in based in Houston with its Centrilift
manufacturing and research site in Claremore as well as sites
in Broken Arrow, Sand Springs and Barnsdall.
AAON Inc.
2425 S. Yukon Ave.
Local employees: 1,184
Products: Heating and air
conditioning units
About AAON: This publicly
traded heating and air conditioning
maker builds units for
industrial customers such as
schools, hospitals and other
manufacturers. The company started as a part of Tulsa’s John
Zink Co., but Norm Asbjornson, AAON’s CEO, spun it off to
create a new company, which has produced steady profits in
the Tulsa area.
IC Bus of Oklahoma, LLC
2322 N. Mingo Road
Local employees: 1,000
Products: Buses
About IC: Trucking and
engine company Navistar
opened its bus manufacturing
plant in Tulsa in 2001
at the former site of a Douglas Aircraft hangar used to make
bomber airplanes during World War II. To date, the site has
produced more than 100,000 buses, pumping out 50 to 75 a
day that carry children to and from school. The company also
makes vehicles for military and private business.
Bama Cos.
2727 E. 11th St.
5377 E. 66th St. North
Local employees: 1,000
Products: Foods
About Bama: Started as a
pie-making outfit in 1937,
Bama Cos. has turned into a
national leader in producing
food products from its two
facilities in Tulsa and three in China. The company makes pies,
pizza crusts and other items that are stocked on grocery store
shelves and sold to food suppliers. It also helped develop the
iconic pies sold at McDonald’s restaurants nationwide.
Whirlpool Corp.
7301 Whirlpool Drive
Local employees: 900
Products: Cooking ranges
About Whirlpool: International
home appliance maker
Whirlpool Corp. began manufacturing
kitchen ranges at
the north Tulsa plant in 1996
after taxpayers helped build
a $100 million plant. The plant now sits at more than 900,000
square feet after a $12 million expansion in 2004.
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