BNET Industries

Breeze-Eastern Corp.

is in the Manufacturing Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$37.5M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

For nearly five decades, Breeze-Eastern Corporation has been an industry leader known for its technical innovation and product quality. In response to the challenges of the new centry we have re-focused our Marketing, Engineering, and Operations activities and expanded our Product Support capabilities toward meeting the requirements of the commercial and military aerospace customers throughout the world. Breeze-Eastern Corporation specializes in the design, development, and manufacturing of sophisticated lifting and restraining products -- principally helicopter rescue hoists, external cargo hooks, cargo winches, utility hoists, weapon loading systems, cargo tie downs, and motion control systems. Breeze-Eastern is the industry leader in helicopter-based rescue hoist and cargo hook technologies with over 50% of the world market. Breeze-Eastern Corporation has pioneered the technology for helicopter rescue hoists and cargo winches, and subsequently produced equipment which currently can be found on all types of helicopters around the world, from the compact Agusta A1B to the gigantic Sikorsky CH-53 Super Stallion, from the early Sikorsky S-58 to latest H-60 Hawk platforms, from the Boeing tandem rotor CH-47 Chinook from Agusta to Westland. Breeze-Eastern Corporation is also the world's largest cargo hook systems original equipment manufacturer. Our product line covers the complete payload range, from 1,500 to 36,000 pounds. ...

Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
Robert L.G. White
Number of Employees 200
Contact Information

700 Liberty Ave

Union, New Jersey 07083-8198

www.breeze-east...

(908) 686-4000

NAICS Code Hardware Manufacturing: 332510

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Robert L.G. White Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
Joseph F. Spanier Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Gerald C. Harvey Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Russell M Sarachek Managing Director of Contra Capital Management
Frederick G. Wasserman Director Nominee
Jay R Harris Director Nominee
Ovid Balten Director, Business Development
William H Alderman Director Nominee
John H. Dalton

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Charles W Grigg Chairman of the Board Nominee
Gail Lieberman Chair
Joseph S Bracewell Board of Directors
William J. Recker Board of Directors
William M Shockley Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Breeze-Eastern Corporation President & CEO Current
Breeze-Eastern Corporation President & CEO Current
Breeze Eastern Director, President and Chief Executive Officer Current
Breeze-Eastern Corporation Board of Directors Current
Breeze-Eastern Corporation Board of Directors Current
Breeze Eastern Director Current

Organization Position Status
Breeze Eastern Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Current
Breeze-Eastern Corporation Cfo, Treasurer & Executive Vice President Current
Drexel Institute of Technology Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration Former

Gerald C. Harvey has served as General Counsel and Secretary of Breeze Eastern Corporation since February 1996. Mr. Harvey was appointed an Executive Vice President of the Company in 2006 and had been a Vice President of the Company since 1996. Born in 1950, Mr. Harvey earned his B.A. in 1972 from Rutgers University and his J.D. in 1975 from Columbia University, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law. Admitted to the bar in New York and New Jersey, he worked in the Newark and New York offices of McCarter & English between 1975 and 1981, while spending 1977-1979 in Tokyo, Japan as a foreign lawyer associate with Braun Moriya Hoashi & Kubota. From 1981 to 1988, Mr. Harvey served as corporate counsel to Nissho Iwai American Corporation and from 1988 to 1994, he was a member of the New Jersey firm Hannoch Weisman. In 1994 - 1995 he was a member of the law firm of Pfaltz & Woller. Mr. Harvey is a member of the commercial arbitration panel of the American Arbitration Association and of the Board of Trustees of Rutgers University.

Organization Position Status
Breeze-Eastern Corporation General Counsel, Secretary & Executive Vice President Current
Breeze Eastern Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Current
Columbia Journal of Transnational Law Editor-in-Chief Former
American Arbitration Association member Former
Columbia University J.D. in 1975 Former
Rutgers University B.A. in 1972 Former

Mr. Sarachek has been Managing Director of Contra Capital Management since 2002. From 1992 to 2002, he held various positions, including Executive Vice President and director of mergers and acquisitions with Groupe Schneider, a global manufacturer and distributor of electrical equipment and industrial controls.

Organization Position Status
Breeze Eastern Managing Director of Contra Capital Management Current
Breeze Eastern Board of Directors Current

Mr. Wasserman is currently a financial management consultant. Until December 31, 2006, Mr. Wasserman was the Chief Operating/Financial Officer of Mitchell & Ness Nostalgia Co., a privately-held manufacturer and distributor of licensed sportswear and authentic team apparel. Prior to Mitchell & Ness, Mr. Wasserman served as the President of Goebel of North America, a U.S. subsidiary of the German specialty gift maker, from 2001 to 2005. Mr. Wasserman also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Goebel of North America in 2001. Mr. Wasserman also serves as a director of Acme Communications, Inc., TeamStaff, Inc. and Allied Defense Group, Inc.

Organization Position Status
Breeze Eastern Director Nominee Current
The Allied Defense Group, Inc. Self, Employed Financial Consultant Current
The Allied Defense Group, Inc. Director Current
TeamStaff, Inc. Director Current
Acme Communications, Inc. Director Current
Gilman Ciocia Inc Director Current
Breeze-Eastern Corporation Director Current
Crown Crafts, Inc. Director Current
Aftersoft Group, Inc. Director Current
Breeze Eastern Board of Directors Current
Mitchell & Ness Chief Operating, Financial Officer Former
Most, LLC Former
Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania BS In Economics Former

Organization Position Status
Breeze Eastern Director Nominee Current
Breeze Eastern Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Breeze Eastern Director, Business Development Current

Organization Position Status
Breeze Eastern Director Nominee Current
Breeze Eastern Board of Directors Current

John H. Dalton has served as a member of our Board of Directors since September 2000. Since 2005, he has been President of the Housing Policy Council of The Financial Services Roundtable. From September 2000 to December 2004, Mr. Dalton served as our President. He was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Clinton in 1993 and served in that capacity until 1998. Mr. Dalton was nominated by President Carter to be President of the Government National Mortgage Association and to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, where he served as Chairman. He is a member of the boards of directors of Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. and eSpeed Inc. Mr. Dalton graduated with distinction from the United States Naval Academy and holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania.

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The Financial Services Roundtable President Current
Breeze Eastern Current
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Washingtonfirst Bank Chairman of the Founders Board, the Financial Services Roundtable Former
The Financial Services Roundtable Director of the Housing Policy Council Former
Breeze-Eastern Corporation Chair of Board Former
Federal Home Loan Bank Chairman Former

Organization Position Status
Breeze Eastern Chairman of the Board Nominee Current
SPS Technologies LLC Chief Executive Officer Former
SPS Technologies LLC Chairman of the Board Former

Organization Position Status
Breeze Eastern Chair Current

Organization Position Status
Breeze Eastern Board of Directors Current

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Duquesne University B.S. In Chemistry Former
Harvard University Advanced Management Program Former

Organization Position Status
Breeze Eastern Board of Directors Current
Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. Chief Executive Officer Former
Penn Engineering & Manufacturing Corp. President Former
SPS Technologies LLC Chief Financial Officer Former
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