Company Profile for Calspan Corporation.Conceived in 1940, Calspan Corporation was originally founded in 1943 as part of the Research Laboratory of the Curtiss-Wright The Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) was once a leading aircraft manufacturer of the United States, but has since become a component manufacturer, specializing in actuators, controls, valves, and metal treatment. Airplane airplane, aeroplane, or aircraft, heavier-than-air vehicle, mechanically driven and fitted with fixed wings that support it in flight through the dynamic action of the air. Division at Buffalo, N.Y. Internationally recognized for proven excellence in technology and science, the company has built its reputation on a rich heritage of innovation. The company's corporate structure includes five operating units operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon : - Crash Data Research Center - Flight Research - Systems Engineering - Transonic Wind Tunnel - Transportation Science Center The company's main complex is located at 4455 Genesee Genesee (jĕnəsē`), river, 158 mi (254 km) long, rising in the Allegheny Mts., N Pa., and flowing through W N.Y. to Lake Ontario at Rochester; it is crossed by the New York State Canal System's Erie Canal. St. in Cheektowaga Cheektowaga (chēk'tŏwä`gə), town (1990 pop. 84,387), Erie co., W. N.Y., E of Buffalo; settled 1809; inc. 1834. The town's population grew significantly after World War II. Buffalo International Airport is nearby. , N.Y. Calspan maintains a flight research center and hangar in Niagara Falls Niagara Falls, waterfall, United States and Canada Niagara Falls, in the Niagara River, W N.Y. and S Ont., Canada; one of the most famous spectacles in North America. The falls are on the international line between the cities of Niagara Falls, N.Y. , N.Y., a flight research operation at Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. in Calif., a flight training facility in Roswell, N.M., and performs on-site accident investigations throughout the eastern half of the U.S. The company also operates a research laboratory in Ashford, N.Y. Calspan has approximately 241 employees with a variety of talents and backgrounds. For more information, please visit calspan.com.
Company: Calspan Corporation
Headquarters Address: 4455 Genesee Street
Cheektowaga, NY 14225
Main Telephone: 716.632.7500
Website: www.calspan.com
Type of Organization: Private
Industry: Technology
Key Executives: President: Louis Knotts
Senior Vice President: John Yurtchuk
Executive Vice President: Thomas Pleban
Manager of Human Resources
Contact: Lissa Carroll
Phone: 716.631.6731
Email: lissa.carroll@calspan.com
Business Development Manager
Contact: Gregory Borden
Phone: 716.631.6764
Email: gregory.borden@calspan.com
Executive Vice President
Contact: Thomas Pleban
Phone: 716.631.6778
Email: thomas.pleban@calspan.com
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