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Superior Tube Appoints Aerospace Market Manager

Aug. 13, 2014
Superior Tube Company appoints Wade Burchell as Aerospace Market Manager.

Superior Tube Company appoints Wade Burchell as Aerospace Market Manager.

Burchell has 22 years of experience, gained across international markets, covering a wide range of aircraft and aerospace products, ground support equipment and military sub-contact manufacturing. He is also a Naval Academy Graduate and retired United States Navy pilot with over 20 years’ service. He joins Superior tube at their Collegeville, Pa. facility.

Superior Tube is a qualified supplier in the aerospace market, including Boeing. The company has developed precision tubes for a variety of critical applications such as hydraulics, instrumentation, pitot tubes and engine/fuel lines.

For more on Superior Tube Co. visit www.superiortube.com.

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