Universal Avionics: Thirty Years of Innovation

One of our highly illustrated corporate history books that tells the story of an aircraft avionics innovator. Services included:

• Documentary and photo research in company collections
• Oral history consulting
• Translation of complex technologies into layman’s terms
• Bold sidebars and chapter introductions

Requirements

Universal Avionics is a niche corporation, designing and producing advanced avionics for specialty aviation. The company had nevertheless always “flown beneath the radar.” Second-generation leader Ted Naimer sought to change that with the celebration of the company’s 30^th anniversary.

Solution

Ken toured the plant in Arizona, worked meticulously through company archives, conducted an oral history project with company officials and industry observers and collected a large number of high-resolution historical images. His chief challenge was to translate 30 years of technological change in aircraft navigation into concepts that a lay audience could understand, all in the context of the growth of the company. He pulled together a package consisting of high-resolution contemporary and historical photos, sidebars and chapter openers written in bold, punchy language reflective of the company’s culture, and a tight core text. The components were transformed into high-quality corporate history books by design and print vendors selected by Universal Avionics.