The Eagle Has Landed

September 29, 2017 (Holland, OH) - Tronair, Inc. (“Tronair”), a portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital is proud to announce that Eagle Tugs, a Tronair company, has successfully moved into 1 Air Cargo Parkway East in Swanton, Ohio. Our new state of the art facility will become the home of all Tronair portfolio companies and within a week of Eagle’s relocation, the first production unit came out of the facility.

Eagle Tugs has been a member of the Tronair family for nearly two years allowing us to offer a complete suite of GSE products. Since the Eagle purchase, we have also acquired Columbus Jack/Regent, the largest supplier of hydraulic jacks to the US Defense Department, and Datco Media, the home of EBis cloud based software for GSE fleet management.

“We are thrilled to welcome Eagle to our new facility. It is an exciting first step as we move themanufacturing companies in the Tronair portfolio under one roof at what will be a fantastic state of theart manufacturing facility.” Harley Kaplan, CEO and President of Tronair.

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