Mayday Manufacturing

Mayday Manufacturing is a global leader in the production of high-quality bushings, sleeves, pins, and spacers to the aerospace, defense and homeland security industries. For over 40 years, our facilities have set the bar for precision metalwork. Each of the 130,000 unique parts we produce is rigorously inspected to ensure compliance OEM standards, customer expectations and regulatory statutes. Mayday delivers quality parts, on time. And, working in-house with Hi-Tech Metal Finishing, we offer a wide variety of special processes.

OUR HISTORY

In 1966, James H. Nelson was working as a rep for a manufacturing company in Dallas, Texas. When the firm was unable to keep up with demand from the fast-growing aerospace industry, James bought a machine, set it up in his own garage and set his sons, Mike and Spence, to work for the weekend.

That first order sparked an explosion of business for the Nelsons. On May 1st — May Day — of that same year, Mayday Manufacturing soared into the aerospace industry. Over time, Mayday came to be synonymous with the ubiquitous distress signal of aviators.

“If you are having trouble,” James would say, “just call Mayday!”

From 2009 to 2016 Mayday Manufacturing was a subsidiary of Tailwind Technologies, the parent company of Hartzell Propeller and Hartzell Engine Technologies; Aviation industry leaders tracing their roots back to the Wright brothers and the birth of aviation.

In 2016 Mayday Manufacturing and Hi-Tech Metal Finishing were acquired by Esco Technologies, a global provider of highly engineered products and solutions serving diverse and growing end-markets including the aerospace, space, healthcare, wireless, consumer electronics and electric utility industries.

Mayday Manufacturing is part of the Engineered Solution Division which provide innovative solutions essential to the aerospace, space, defense and industrial markets. The combined technical capabilities and resources of Crissair, Inc., PTI Technologies Inc., Westland Technologies, Inc. and VACCO Industries enable the group to provide highly engineered fluid control solutions for mission critical systems.

Mayday Manufacturing is proud to be part of Esco Technologies and looks forward to continued growth in the aerospace industry.

OUR PROMISE

Mayday Manufacturing is committed to consistently meeting customer requirements and exceeding expectations. Our long history of producing high quality aircraft parts is a story of continuous improvement driven by a love of the aerospace industry and pursuit of excellence. Delivering world-class performance, on-time and at a competitive price has helped our company grow for nearly 50 years. These values will remain the core of our business into the future.

Our customers value Mayday because we cultivate business relationships based on service, integrity and trust. When we begin working with a client, we strive to provide an experience that will keep them coming back. Mayday leads the aerospace manufacturing industry in support, value added services and vertical integration. We have, historically, exceeded customer requirements and will continue to do so.

When our customers have feedback, we listen and respond in a timely manner. Our goal is to be more than a manufacturing plant. We want to be a trusted partner to our clients. We are committed to do what is necessary to ensure that we meet the needs for them and their customers.

OUR FACILITY

Mayday Manufacturing is a pioneer of vertical integration in aircraft parts production. Our new 130,000 square foot facility further increased this competitive edge by bringing Mayday and our sister company, Hi-Tech Metal Finishing, under one roof. This modern, temperature controlled, manufacturing facility contains the most advanced machining equipment on the market as well as facilities for zinc nickel, anodizing, cadmium plating, passivation, magnetic particle inspection, liquid penetrant, and Bell Helicopter Blue Epoxy. Our new facility has increased our efficiency, reduced rework and provided space for continued innovation in the production and finishing of parts for commercial and military aircraft.

Mayday is growing, but our focus on infrastructure allows us to conserve resources and continue to provide the top-notch customer experience our clients have come to expect. Mayday has provided precision bushings, sleeves, pins, and other close-tolerance parts as well as a wide variety of turned metal aircraft parts for most of the world’s aerospace design groups. We serve 850 customers in 18 countries. That reputation, built on excellence and on-time delivery, is at the core of our expansion in the 21st century.