When Wilson L. Fenn opened his first machine shop in 1900, Orville and Wilbur Wright were still tinkering with bicycles.

As the aircraft industry developed, so did Wilson Fenn’s machine shop. As the business grew, Fenn Technologies became a leading supplier of critical close tolerance parts for the aircraft industry.

Forty years later, World War II made harsh demands on designs, materials and manufacturing techniques. Again Fenn emerged as a leading supplier of critical parts, supplying components for the F4U Corsair, the B-29 Superfortress, and many other aircraft.

During the post-war years, Fenn continued to blaze trails with new technologies and manufacturing techniques.

Fenn is proud to have been involved in almost every major helicopter project since the early 1950s.

Active in jet aircraft manufacturing since the 1960s, Fenn built landing gear and jet engine components for the F-14 fighter.

In the mid-1980s, AVCO chose Fenn to produce the power turbine housing for the new M-1 Tank.

Today, Fenn continues to produce critical parts for our nation’s military. Fenn supplies main rotor assembly components for the Apache helicopter, the Chinook helicopter, the Super Stallion helicopter and the Black Hawk helicopter. These parts have to be machined to extreme tolerances. That’s why companies like McDonnell Douglas Helicopters, Boeing and Sikorsky continue to choose Fenn.

The company is now preparing for the challenges of the 21st Century by investing in the most modern manufacturing processes. Fenn's goal: to continue crafting the close tolerance parts its customers have demanded - and received - for over 100 years.