Press Releases

PIQUA, Ohio — March 4, 1996 — Hartzell Propeller Inc. announces the promotion of Richard L. Edinger to vice president of engineering. A 1972 graduate of Ohio State, Richard has spent his career in engineering at Hartzell with his current responsibilities expanded to include technical publications.

Hartzell Propeller Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of propeller systems, enjoying an 85 percent market share on corporate turboprops and a 60 percent share on turboprop airliners. The 79-year-old company is also well-known for its design leadership having introduced the industry’s first full-feathering propellers for light twins, the first fully-reversing propellers for corporate turboprops, and the industry’s first composite structure blades.