Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co. and its sister company Aero Performance recently celebrated the grand opening of its new 38,000-square-foot distribution center inside AllianceTexas, Hillwood’s 27,000-acre master planned development.
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co. has been the go-to supplier for aircraft builders, owners, pilots and aviation businesses since 1965. Aero Performance, founded in 2002, is a leading distributor for aviation product manufacturers. This includes parts to corporate operators, flight schools, military and government customers nationwide.
Hillwood Construction Services was the general contractor on the new distribution center, and the project was completed in late 2024. The new facility replaces a 10,000-square-foot facility in
Fort Worth where the company operated since 2014. Roanoke Mayor Carl E. “Scooter” Gierisch joined Hillwood Chairman Ross Perot, Jr., Aircraft Spruce President Jim Irwin and Vice Presidents Nanci, Mike, Jeff and Rob Irwin at an event on
Saturday, March 8. In addition, more than 400 Aircraft Spruce and Aero Performance customers, leaders and guests gathered to cut the ribbon and tour the company’s newest distribution center.
For more information, see the company websites at www.aircraftspruce.com and www.aeroperformance.com.
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“We’re honored to be in the aviation hotbed that is AllianceTexas. My parents founded Aircraft Spruce in the basement of our family home in 1965, selling only aircraft grade spruce. I grew up in the business, and in 1980, Nanci and I assumed leadership of the company, which had 25 employees in Fullerton, Calif. It has been a very rewarding journey, and our three sons now represent the third generation of Irwin family management at Aircraft Spruce.”
— Jim Irwin, President of Aircraft Spruce & Specialty Co.
