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SUMMARY OF BUSINESS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Notes to Financial Statements  
1. SUMMARY OF BUSINESS

Precision Aerospace Components, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the "Company") distributes high-quality, predominantly domestically-manufactured, technically complex, nut and bolt products and a proprietary locking washer product that are used primarily for aerospace and military applications and for industrial/commercial applications that require a high level of certified and assured quality.

 

The Company's operations are carried out through its wholly-owned distribution subsidiaries, Aero-Missile Components, Inc. ("Aero-Missile"), Freundlich Supply Company, Inc. ("Freundlich"),Creative Assembly Systems, Inc. ("Creative Assembly") and Tiger-Tight Corp. ("Tiger-Tight"). Aero-Missile and Freundlich both have stocking distributor relationships with a number of United States fastener manufacturers and sell high technology, specially engineered fasteners - nuts and bolts - predominantly to all levels of the aviation industries (original equipment manufacturers, maintenance and repair organizations, and other distributors as well as to the United States Department of Defense ("Department of Defense"). Creative Assembly Systems, Inc. Creative Assembly is a value added distributor of proprietary and specialty fasteners primarily serving the heavy truck, automotive, transportation, and infrastructure industries. Tiger-Tight was the exclusive North American master distributor of the Tiger-Tight locking washer. In the first quarter of 2015, the Company cancelled the master distribution agreement due to lack of sales. The Company will continue to evaluate opportunities to supply the product into production, but without the master distributor agreement.

 

The Company's products are manufactured, by others, to exacting specifications and are made from materials that provide the strength and reliability required for their aerospace and industrial applications.

 

On January 16, 2015, Precision Group Holdings LLC ("PGH") and C3 Capital Partners III, L.P. ("C3") refinanced the outstanding debt of the Company and purchased approximately 85,791,534 newly issued shares of restricted Common Stock of the Company representing approximately 86.22% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company. The Company will increase its authorized shares of Common Stock from 100,000,000 shares to 800,000,000 so as to be able to issue the additional shares of Common Stock to PGH and C3. Upon the additional issuance of common stock, PGH and C3 will collectively own 98.1% of the shares of Common Stock of the Company. (See Note 3).