Bowmar LLC Global Leader in Precision Defense & Aerospace Products
Bowmar was started by Ed White in Fort Wayne in 1951. After many changes over the years, including a period of time that the company was known as White Electric Designs Corporation, the company is again known as Bowmar LLC.
Mr. White, a Harvard educated electrical engineer, was the force behind the company that has become a preferred choice in electromechanical and electronic systems and subsystems, high-reliability interface products, and precision gear assemblies. Since its inception, Bowmar has primarily served the Defense and Aerospace markets. Bowmar’s products are reliably used in demanding applications such as Boeing 747 commercial aircraft, F16 fighter aircraft, Virginia class submarines, and Global Express business jets.
One famous excursion beyond the Aerospace and Defense markets in the early 70’s resulted in Bowmar designing and producing the world’s first hand-held calculator, the Bowmar Brain. An early model of Bowmar’s calculator now resides in the Smithsonian museum.
Bowmar has a unique mix of mechanical, electro-mechanical, and electronic manufacturing capabilities. In terms of engineering capabilities, Bowmar has the ability to design in accordance with customer’s performance specification, and the ability to build to a customer generated technical data package.
Today Bowmar LLC is both a prime contractor to the U.S. military and a sub-contractor to major OEM’s such as General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, L3 Communications, ITT, Honeywell, Rockwell Collins, Hamilton Sundstrand, and Curtiss Wright.
In the spring of 2010 Fort Wayne based Main Street Venture Fund acquired the assets of White Electronic Designs’ Fort Wayne facility, and changed the company name back to Bowmar. Many Bowmar products are specified by the government under the former name of White. For Bowmar to continue supplying White specified parts to the U.S. Government they were required to submit to a lengthy novation process. The Novation process is meant to transfer all duties and obligations of a contract from the original obligor to the new obligor. Essentially, replacing White with Bowmar in the government parts specification database.
Partners in Contracting Corporation’s counselor in Fort Wayne, Gil Perry, assisted Bowmar during the Novation process period. Bowmar is technically ineligible to bid on U.S. Government solicitations that specified its own parts under the former name of White. An elegant solution to this problem was for Bowmar to bid these solicitations through All Right Distributing Company, a local entity who has an excellent relationship already established with the U.S. Government. Mr. Perry introduced All Right to Bowmar, suggesting there may be valuable synergies between the two companies.
Tim Andersen, sales manager at Bowmar credits Mr. Perry with “Providing outstanding and responsive support, and assisting Bowmar by providing potential supplier and customer contact information. Additionally, Mr. Perry has suggested alliances with local engineering firms.” Mr. Andersen further stated, “Without Gil Perry’s help in connecting Bowmar with All Right, it would have been almost impossible in the near term for our company to continue providing our parts to the U.S. Government.” Bowmar LLC also participated in PICC’s May, 2010 government contract procurement conference as an exhibitor and found the event helpful from a networking perspective.
Contact: Tim Andersen
Sales Manager
Bowmar LLC
260-747-3121
Fort Wayne,
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