Dunlop Standard Aerospace Group Ltd. was formed in 1998 from the assets of

BTR Aerospace Group BTR Aerospace Group was a group of four companies formed in 1985 by BTR plc after the acquisition of the Dunlop Aviation Division from Dunlop Rubber. It comprised Dunlop Aviation Division, Aero Engine Equipment, Dunlop Precision Rubber, and Stand ...

when they were purchased by

Doughty Hanson & Co Doughty Hanson & Co is a British private equity fund manager focused on leveraged buyout and recapitalization transactions primarily of upper middle-market companies in Europe. The firm also invests opportunistically in European real estate and ...

. In 2004 the company was sold and split into two. The

Carlyle Group The Carlyle Group is a multinational private equity, alternative asset management and financial services corporation based in the United States with $376 billion of assets under management. It specializes in private equity, real assets, and ...

, a private equity firm, acquired the Standard Aero division, now known as

StandardAero StandardAero is a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) provider based in Scottsdale, Arizona, US. The company is not related to Standard Aircraft Corporation, which was formed in 1916 and ceased operations in 1931 as New Standard Aircraft Com ...

. StandardAero is an aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul company headquartered in Tempe,

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. Meggitt plc acquired the Dunlop Aerospace Design and Manufacturing division.

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StandardAero company website
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