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Becker Avionics is a privately held high-tech company that develops, manufactures and distributes the latest communications, navigation, surveillance and search & rescue equipment for airborne and ground applications.

Becker Avionics has a longstanding history of over 50 years in providing equipment to General and Corporate Aviation, ATC, law enforcement and military organizations around the world. In order to support international market requirements the Company has established branches around the world. Becker Avionics supports an extensive customer base, such as, but not limited to:

Eurocopter, EADS, Airbus, British Aerospace, ATR, CASA, RUAG, Xi’an Aircraft Corporation, AgustaWestland, Pilatus, German Air Force, Navy and Army, German Border Patrol, German Police, Austrian Army and Police, Swiss Air Force, Dutch Police, Security Civil, Irish Air Corps, Egyptian Navy, Indonesian Navy, Portuguese Air Force, US Army, US Air Force, US Navy and US Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol, etc.

History

The Becker Avionics success-story starts in 1956. At the edge of an airfield in Baden- Baden in the South-Western part of the young Federal Republic of Germany, the company Becker Flugfunk GmbH is founded by one of those legendary and charismatic entrepreneurs that shaped postwar Germany.

The company’s founder, Max-Egon Becker, along with Max Grundig, Helmut Horten and Josef Neckermann, is amongst the pioneers of the German economic miracle of the Fifties and Sixties. His passion for aviation and his flair for revolutionary technical solutions identify the corporate culture right from the beginning. In touch with the everyday practice of avia-tion, the young corporation writes important chapters in the history of avionics. Compact architecture, extraordinary robustness and energy saving electronics, made possible by the extensive use of semi-conductors; characterize the devices marked with the blue Becker brand.

"Max-Egon", as his team admiringly call him, succeeds to inspire his young son Roland with his passion for aviation. At the age of 17 Roland Becker receives a Private Pilot License issued by the Swiss Aviation Authority. In the early Seventies, while studying Business Administration, he is granted an IFR license and twin-engine rating. After graduation, and a stay abroad in Latin America, he starts his activities with the management of the Becker Flugfunk Corporation.

Roland Becker is soon confronted with the peculiarities of the European aviation industry. US aircraft, equipped with US manufactured avionics, dominate the German and European market. Despite this uneven competition Roland Becker succeeds in winning the licensed French Cessna manufacturer “Reims Aviation’’ as a client for the newly developed Becker product line 2000. In addition, a license to manufacture US military air radios is obtained, thus the corporation maintains economic viability. Some years later, a further breakthrough is achieved, with the MBB Corporation accepting Becker avionics for the BO 105 helicopter. During these years the foundations of a pan-European aviation industry are laid with Airbus and Eurocopter. Former French competitors consolidate, Sextant, later to become Thales, emerges as a strong competitor.

In 1981 the founder Max-Egon Becker suddenly dies at the early age of 63. Except for his son, Roland, none of the family heirs are interested in the continuation of the corporation. Roland Becker therefore assumes all company shares. It is the beginning of a difficult time affected by internal re-organization and the development of new products and supplemental markets.

At the beginning of the 21st century the Becker Avionics International Group, including subsidiaries, representatives, and a comprehensive network of service centres, is present in all the important aviation markets, contributing flexibility and innovative ability that is typical of a medium sized enterprise. The product portfolio has been extended far beyond VFR-aviation. The corporation is a market leader for airborne Intercommunication Systems, setting bench-marks in the growing retrofit market. When it comes to bespoke system- development and long-term programmes, Becker is considered a strong and reliable partner within the industry. The Becker R&D teams offer a large portfolio of custom-made solutions in the area of antenna and radio technology (from 100 Hertz to the Gigahertz range), navigation, direction finding, sensor technologies, digital communication, signal processing and software engineering.

Philosophy

To be the partner of choice in the North and South American aviation markets for operators, manufactures, governments and enterprises when it comes to avionics equipment, by combining leading-edge technology with superior quality and service, as well as innovation and leadership. To develop efficient effective solutions that keep our customers flying safely and enable them to meet their business goals more successfully. We will constantly communicate with, and learn from our customers, in order to improve our products, refine our quality, expand our capabilities, increase our efficiency, and elevate our superior level of customer service. To build the team necessary to provide these products and services and foster a corporate culture that attracts and retains creative, practical, and energetic employees who are driven to "make a positive difference in service and aviation safety.”

Becker Group

Becker Avionics is a privately held multinational enterprise that develops, manufactures and distributes the latest communications, navigation, surveillance and search & rescue equipment for airborne and ground applications. For over 50 years, Becker Avionics has provided avionics equipment to general and corporate aviation, ATC, law enforcement and military organizations around the world.

Becker Avionics is dedicated to meeting individual customer requirements, backed by the company’s real commitment to quality and customer satisfaction. Its avionics solutions are renowned for their sturdiness, compact size and state of the art technology: they are transforming today’s legacy platforms into the platforms of tomorrow.

With an excellent reputation for unsurpassed quality and reliability, it is not surprising that Becker Avionics received a “Best Product Brand of the Year 2009” from Aerokurier Magazine. The award confirms the success of Becker Avionics’ efforts to develop and deliver products with the features, performance and quality that customers want and expect.

Becker Avionics has a long history as an audio and avionics innovator and pioneer. The group designs, manufactures, sells and supports a complete range of navigation and communication equipment for Airborne, Air Traffic Control, Mobile and Search and Rescue Applications.

Becker Avionics extensive customer base includes, but is not limited to: AgustaWestland, Airbus, ATR, the Austrian Army and Police, British Aerospace, CASA, the Dutch Police, EADS, the Egyptian Navy, Eurocopter; the German Air Force, Navy and Army; the German Border Patrol, the German Police, the Indonesian Navy, Pilatus, the Irish Air Corps, the Portuguese Air Force, RUAG, the Swiss Air Force, the US Army, US Air Force, US Navy and US Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol; and Xi’an Aircraft Corporation.

Research and Development is performed in Germany, Poland and Taiwan, with industrialization and production activities in Germany, France, USA and Taiwan.

The Becker Avionics Group employs over 200 staff, over half of which are qualified engineers and technicians.

In order to support the international market requirements the Company has established branches in the following countries around the world:

Becker Brazil
Becker do Brasil LTDA.
Avenida Marechal Câmara 160
- Sala 928 - Edif. Orly - Centro
CEP 20020-080
Rio de Janeiro-RJ
Tel.. +55 (21) 2524-8466
Email: becker@beckerdobrasil.com.br

Becker China
Beijing Office
Suite 5-201, Building #32
Xing-Fu-Er-cun, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100027
People's Republic of China
Tel.: +86 (10) 64158855
Email: becker@beckerchina.com

Becker France
Becker Électronique (SARL)
Zone Artisanale Popins
F-90500 Beaucourt
Tel : +33 (0384) 56 50 00
Email: info@becker-electronique.fr
Head Office:

Becker Flugfunkwerk GmbH Germany
D-77836 Rheinmünster
Baden Airpark B 108
Tel.: +49 (7229)-305-0
Email: info@becker-avionics.de

Becker Poland
Becker Elektronic Polska Sp. z o.o.
Plac Wolnosci 7B
50-071 Wroclaw
Poland
Tel.: +48 (71) 341 95 01
Email: becker@becker-avionics.pl

Becker Russia
Becker Avionic Moscow
Leningradskiy Prospect, 37 a
Moscow
Phone: +7(916)1632278
Fax: +7(495)2505642
Email: liza.shilnikova@becker-avionics.de

BECKER AVIONICS East Europe, s.r.o.
Kollárova 11/286,
SK 911 01, Trencín
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Tel.: +(421) 32 64 00 693
Fax: +(421) 32 64 00 694
Email: info@becker-east.com

Becker Taiwan
Becker Electronics Taiwan Ltd.
W24, No. 15, 9 Lin;
Shih Chi Zhu;
Kau Pin Village, Lung Tang,
325 Tao Yuan Hsien
Tel.: +886 (3) 471-0992
Email: info@becker.com.tw

Becker USA
Becker Avionics, Inc.
10376 USA Today Way
Miramar, Fl 33025,USA
Tel: +1 (954) 450-3137
Email: info@beckerusa.com

Becker USA Team

General President
Markus Schmitz
markus@beckerusa.com

Vice President of Operations
Luis Gonzalez
luis@beckerusa.com

Director of Sales and Marketing
Brett Gardner
brett@beckerusa.com

Sales Account Manager
Floyd Roney
floyd@beckerusa.com

Manager, Latin America Sales
Arturo Garcia
arturo@beckerusa.com

Product Support & Service
Tom Fisher
tom@beckerusa.com

Office
Virginia Gomez
virginia@beckerusa.com

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