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{{Infobox company

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'''Rohr, Inc.''', is a wholly owned unit of '''United Technologies Corporation'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=300691|title=Rohr, Inc.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2017-09-04}}</ref>, an [[aerospace]] manufacturing company based in [[Chula Vista, California]], south of [[San Diego, California|San Diego]]. Rohr, Inc. operates as a subsidiary and largest business unit of UTC Aerospace Systems. It was founded in 1940 by [[Frederick H. Rohr]] as '''Rohr Aircraft'''.▼

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| [[Goodrich Corporation]] (1997–2012)

| [[United Technologies]] (2012–2020)

| [[Raytheon Technologies]] (2020–present)

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[[File:Rohr train.jpg|thumb|Rohr subway cars manufactured for the [[Washington Metro]]]]▼

▲'''Rohr, Inc.''' is an [[aerospace]] manufacturing company based in [[Chula Vista]], [[California]], south of [[San Diego]]. It is a wholly owned unit of '''Unitedthe [[Collins Aerospace]] division of [[Raytheon Technologies Corporation''']];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=300691|title=Rohr, Inc.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2017-09-04}}</ref>, an [[aerospace]] manufacturing company based in [[Chula Vista, California]], south of [[San Diego, California|San Diego]]. Rohr, Inc. operates as a subsidiary and largest business unit of UTC Aerospace Systems. Itit was founded in 1940 by [[Frederick H. Rohr]] as '''Rohr Aircraft'''.

Rohr's main product line are [[aerostructure]]s, such as [[jet engine|engine]]-related components, including engine [[nacelle]]s, [[thrust reverser]]s, and mounting pylons for military and commercial aircraft. It also consults on integrating and managing its designs with the other aircraft systems.

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==History==

[[Frederick H. "Pappy" Rohr (Fred)]], creator of the fuel tanks for [[Charles Lindbergh]]'s ''[[Spirit of St. Louis]]'', founded '''Rohr Aircraft Corporation''' on August 6, 1940 with the help of [[Reuben H. Fleet]] after approaching him for a job. The company incorporated as '''Rohr Corporation''' in 1969, and changed its name to '''Rohr Industries, Inc.''' in 1971.<ref name=" Rohr Industries, Inc.">{{cite web | url=http://rohrmemories.20megsfree.com/FHRohr.html | title=Frederick H. "Pappy" Rohr | date=July 7, 2014 | access-date=July 2, 2015}}</ref>▼

▲[[File:Rohr train.jpg|thumb|Rohr subway cars manufactured for the [[Washington Metro]]]]

▲Frederick H. "Pappy" Rohr (Fred), creator of the fuel tanks for [[Charles Lindbergh]]'s ''[[Spirit of St. Louis]]'', founded Rohr Aircraft Corporation on August 6, 1940 with the help of [[Reuben H. Fleet]] after approaching him for a job. The company incorporated as Rohr Corporation in 1969, and changed its name to Rohr Industries, Inc. in 1971.<ref name=" Rohr Industries, Inc.">{{cite web | url=http://rohrmemories.20megsfree.com/FHRohr.html | title=Frederick H. "Pappy" Rohr | date=July 7, 2014 | access-date=July 2, 2015}}</ref>

In the 1960s and 70s1970s, Rohr Industries made a foray into [[Public transport|mass transit]] equipment manufacturing. It manufactured [[railcar]]s for [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] (BART) in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]], and the first 300 subway cars for the [[Washington Metro]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], among others.<ref>Rohr (Seewill call it quits ''[[WashingtonRailway MetroAge]]'' rollingJune stock]]).14, 1976 page 46</ref> It was also the United States license holder of the [[Aérotrain]]. In 1970 it produced an experimental Aérotrain design, the TACV, and purchased the rights to the Monocab design and turned it into the [[ROMAG]]. In the same year it acquired the [[Flxible]] Company, a [[bus]] manufacturer, which would produce a [[AlexanderTransbus DennisProgram|Transbus]] design, which evolved into the Model 870 Advanced Design Bus, as well as the later [[Flxible Metro]], which addressed all of the shortcomings of the Model 870. Rohr divested itself of, or discontinued those programs by the late 1970s.

Rohr Industries became '''Rohr, Inc.''' in 1992. It was listed on the [[New York Stock Exchange]] under the [[ticker symbol]] '''RHR''', until it merged with the [[Goodrich Corporation]] in 1997 and remained a separately incorporated company as '''Goodrich Aerostructures'''. In August 2012, [[United Technologies Corporation]] (UTC) purchased Goodrich Corporation and all its divisions. After the acquisition, UTC created an aerospace systems division, United Technologies Aerospace Systems (UTAS), into which all divisions of Goodrich Corporation and UTC's Hamilton Sundstrand divisions were incorporated as one entity. On 26 November 2018, United Technologies announced the completion of its [[Rockwell Collins]] acquisition, after which it merged its newly acquired business with UTC Aerospace Systems to form [[Collins Aerospace]].

UTC merged with the [[Raytheon Company]] in April 2020 to form [[Raytheon Technologies]]. Rohr is a wholly owned unit of the Collins Aerospace division of Raytheon Technologies.

==Sales and divestitures==

UTC sold its UTC Power unit in early 2013 to Oregon-based [[ClearEdge Power]]. UTC sold the former Goodrich electric power systems to [[SAFRANSafran]] for $400 million. This was a [[divestiture]] that was a condition of UTC's 2012 acquisition of Goodrich. [[Pratt & Whitney]]'s [[Rocketdyne]] operations were sold to jet engine maker [[GenCorp]] for $550 million in mid-2013. Three former [[Hamilton Sundstrand]] businesses, [[Milton Roy]], [[Sullair]], and [[Sundyne]], were sold to private equity firms [[BC Partners]] and [[The Carlyle Group]] for $3.46 billion.<ref name="ROHR Strategy">{{cite web | url=http://www.vault.com/company-profiles/aerospace-and-defense/rohr,-inc/company-overview.aspx | title=About ROHR, INC | publisher=Vault | work=company profile | date=2015 | accessdateaccess-date=July 2, 2015}}</ref>

==References==

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==Bibliography==

==General references==

* [http://www.secinfo.com/dV179.81wp.htm Rohr, Inc. 10-K for July 31, 1997]

==External links==

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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060326220212/http://aerostructures.goodrich.com/ Goodrich Aerostructures Group] official site

* [http://rohrmemories.com Rohr Aircraft Memories]

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