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| INDUSTRY # SPOTLIGHT | Purolator Facet Inc., Greensboro, N.C. MAKING FLIGHT POSSIBLE # s important as an aircraft’s engine, fuel, and hydraulic systems are to ﬂight, each component depends on durable ﬁltration systems to keep them operating smoothly and efﬁciently. That’s exactly what Purolator Facet Inc. of Greensboro is all about — designing, testing, manufacturing, and delivering advanced ﬁltration products for everything that ﬂies: private planes, commercial airliners, ﬁghter jets, even helicopters. “You may not see our products,” says Scott Junkin, an aerospace sales manager who has been with the company for 35 years, “but they are vitally important. You simply don’t want contaminants in your oil, fuel, air, or hydraulic ﬂuids.” Purolator Facet, a division of Tennessee-based CLARCOR Inc., a global ﬁltration products State of the Art and services provider, moved to For more information on Purolator’s products, go to Greensboro from Detroit in purolator-facet.com. 1984 and was among the ﬁrst companies in the Piedmont Triad’s now thriving aviation and aerospace cluster. With revenue growing at more than At Purolator Facet, experts in advanced ﬁltration systems 10 percent a year, the company has added more than 100 employees since 2007. Total employment now stands at 300, about 10 percent of whom are engineers and designers. You can tell a lot about a company’s reputation by its client list. Purolator Facet’s includes industry giants such as Boeing, engine-makers Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney, and systems-makers Moog and Honeywell. Purolator also designs and makes its own line of aerospace ﬁlters, which it sells through international distribution networks. “I feel a certain sense of pride when I’m ﬂying and look out the window and see the wing ﬂaps move and feel the landing gear coming down,” Junkin says. “I know the amount of effort that goes into making sure our ﬁlters operate under extreme conditions. We’re a small part of a big package that helps that plane ﬂy.” A Above: ﬁlter with condition monitoring transducer. Right: aerospace oil ﬁlter assembly 68 JULY 2012 usairwaysmag.com http://www.purolator-facet.com http://www.purolator-facet.com http://www.usairwaysmag.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of US Airways - July 2012

US Airways - July 2012
Table of Contents
CEO Letter
From the Editor
Did You Know?
Making It Happen
Hot Spots: Best Beaches
Wine & Dine: Table to Farm
Adventure: Home-Court Advantage
Great Escapes: Mayan Adventure
Destination Fabulous
Gear Up: Activate!
London Calling
Room with a View
Chefs Tell: Water's Edge
Charlotte in 2012
Best of Health
Flying High in North Carolina
Charlotte U.S.A.: From Crackers to Gelato
University Spotlight: Grand Canyon University
Must Read: Better, Stronger, Faster
Puzzles
Readers Resource Index
Your US Airways Guide
Video Entertainment
Audio Entertainment
U.S. and Caribbean Service Map
International Service Map
Airport Terminal Maps
US Airways Fleet/Customs & Immigration
Passenger Info/Contact US Airways
US Airways MarketPlace™
Window or Aisle?

US Airways - July 2012