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FEBRUARY 2016 AviationPros.com 15 COVER STORY MODEL MT65P21 "EXPRESS HEAT" DEICER Tel - 7 15-7 35-6440, www.premier-deicers.com MO DEL MT 65 P 21 " EXPRE SS HEAT " DEI C E R Simple, Dependable and Affordable "Express Heat" reliability, easy access maintenance, extend reach capabilities, and lowest cost of operation is why we are the "Premier" deicer manufacturer. The "Premier" Model MT65P21 "Express Heat" Deicer utilizes the Versalift Extended Reach Model VST6000 Aerial lift, providing 65' of working height. More important, the MT65P21 incorporates the Premier boom forward design to provide the maximum amount of reach off the front of the vehicle utilizing the rapid deploy down riggers. During mobile operations, side reach of 34' and vertical reach of 46' can easily be accomplished. AviationPros.com/10017675 It's a New Day For people at Eagle, a new, corporatized envi- ronment will include institutionalized benefts they previously had to personally navigate. "You know an example, having been here and left and experienced both sides, is con- tinued education and training," Akinleye says "For example, if you were working here prior to Tronair, you would have to have a pretty chummy relationship chat with your boss about doing things. Whereas at Tronair we have insti- tutionalized support to help you fll the gap in your career to a stronger, better person." Those types of fringe benefts, Akinleye says, are something you have to sell to man- agement when working for a family business. Those kinds of programs are the norm in a more institutionalized environment, and that investment comes from the multitude of shareholders that come with being a private equity company. "Just the sense of responsibility is different," Iddon says. "Whereas with the family busi- ness the responsibility is to the family and the employees, but also the sense of responsibility when you have shareholders and we have a responsibility to them. So it's just a different perspective." In the immediate future, existing develop- ment plans for Eagle, Tronair and JetPorter will all continue. New products for all three Tronair brands will be released as planned.Additional - ly, the JetPorter line has already been rebranded as an Eagle product to develop the vehicle line to be managed as part of Akinleye's new role. In addition to the rebranding, Kaplan says he hopes that the overall portfolio – electric engines, internal combustion engines, towbars, towbarless and the thousands of other Tronair manufactured GSE – and support infrastruc- ture being developed over the next year will bring more Tronair products onto the commer- cial ramp as well as the hangar. Traditionally, 60 percent of Tronair's business has come from business and jet aviation. "As historically we've been hangar guys and OEM guys," Kaplan says. "We now have a really good transition tool along with another acquisition that we did early last year, which was the Wasp towbar line, to really get us on to the fight line. So I think we're really well positioned for some very good organic growth over the next couple of years." You might think following a major acqui- sition like the one Tronair just completed that it might be time to let the dust settle. That it might be a time to slow down, let it breathe. That this portfolio might signal the end of acquisitions for Tronair. "I wouldn't say that," Kaplan says. "We're going to a lot of dances with a lot of people, but we haven't put any rings on fngers outside of what you see."