Rockford, Illinois, Rolls Out the White Gloves
The Rockford Area Aerospace Network (RAAN), a committee of the Rockford (Ill.) area economic development council (RAEDC), is here at the NBAA show highligh
The Rockford Area Aerospace Network was formed in 2010 to increase job growth in the Chicago and Milwaukee area. Its members include airplane and helicopter manufacturers as well as local businesses. NBAA president Ed Bolen, (right), recently met with RAAN chairman Jeff Kaney to discuss job opportunities in the region.
The Rockford Area Aerospace Network was formed in 2010 to increase job growth in the Chicago and Milwaukee area. Its members include airplane and helicopter manufacturers as well as local businesses. NBAA president Ed Bolen, (right), recently met with RAAN chairman Jeff Kaney to discuss job opportunities in the region.

The Rockford Area Aerospace Network (RAAN), a committee of the Rockford (Ill.) area economic development council (RAEDC), is here at the NBAA show highlighting its “white-glove service” to the aerospace industry.

The more than 60-member RAAN (Booth No. N3129) includes tier-one and -two aerospace companies in the greater Rockford area as well as in Chicago’s suburbs, DeKalb, Ill., and Milwaukee. It was formed in 2010 to increase job growth in the regional aerospace cluster. Hosting the Midwest’s largest concentration of aerospace manufacturers, the region is positioned to help customers enjoy extremely short and reliable lead times from what the development council calls the “white-glove supply chain,” which it says “gives aviation business customers one-stop shopping.”