Who We Are
Today, PAMCO occupies over 22,000 square feet in Sun Valley, employs a workforce of over 60, and operates 20-hours-a-day with two shifts. We manufacture AS, MS, NAS and AN hydraulic tube fittings, flared and flareless, Customer Proprietary Designs, Customer Controlled Standards and Specials.
PAMCO achieved Performance Review Institute’s Qualified Products Listing (QPL) starting in the early part of 2002 and still continuing today. PAMCO has also been continuously audited and certified to AS9100, ISO 9001, AS7003, AC7112 and AC7112/2 since 2002.
We’ve manufactured parts for customers such as Boeing, SpaceX, Bell Helicopter, Textron, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Litton Industries, Bombardier, Embraer, Gulfstream, Essex Cryogenics, Parker Stratoflex, Cessna Aircraft, Raytheon Aerospace, Beech Aircraft, Crane Resistoflex, Defense Supply Center, Columbus (DSCC) and many others.
PAMCO is “Big enough to perform” on just about any size order- but, ”We’re small enough to care” about our customers.
Our History
The story of Precision Aircraft Machining Co. Inc. or PAMCO, starts with our founder, Don Pisano. If you asked Don about his company, he’ll say, “Don’t ask me about PAMCO … ask our customers.” This one statement speaks volumes about the man and the company he created.
Don got interested in the aircraft business in the 1950s while working on Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines. He got a job modifying aircraft hardware in Sun Valley, California, where he learned the art of precision machining.
A few years later, with money borrowed from a friend, Don started D.A. Pisano Company in his garage and continued working on P&W engine parts. In 1962, he moved his growing business into a small shop in Sun Valley where he ran his company for many years.
By 1979, Don and two partners were running a company called Cal Fittings, which bought and sold aircraft parts. Don wanted Cal Fittings to start manufacturing precision aircraft fittings, but his partners said, “No.” Saying “No” to Don Pisano is like throwing down a gauntlet, so he set out to build another business…and PAMCO was born.
In that same year, PAMCO acquired manufacturing equipment for its recently completed 6,800-square-foot building in Sun Valley. With twelve employees, and Don’s expert leadership, PAMCO began producing top-of-the-line aircraft fittings.
