Crescent Aerospace Technology LLC announces today that it has completed the purchase of Square One Coating Systems LLC (SQ1) from its founder Lloyd Ploof effective January 2, 2024. Based in Oriskany, NY, Square One Coating Systems LLC is a precision metal finishing manufacturer serving aerospace, defense, space and precision commercial and industrial industries. SQ1 specializes in a diverse array of coatings, bringing 100+ years of combined technical expertise among its management team. SQ1 offers industry leading lead times, superior quality and competitive pricing. SQ1 has NADCAP Chemical Processing accreditation in eleven (11) processes and has achieved numerous end customer approvals and certifications from leading aerospace, defense and industrial OEMs. SQ1 is an ISO, AS9100 Rev D company.

“The addition of SQ1 to Crescent Aerospace continues the strategic expansion of the manufacturing and process capabilities of our group by adding critical outside processing coating technologies that enables offering customers an integrated supply chain solutions platform for aerospace and defense industry. We will drive the group to cross fertilize best practices, robust business processes and bring collective collaboration to solving the industry challenges in precision component and assemblies manufacturing for aerospace, defense and space customers. We are also thrilled that Lloyd Ploof, a metal finishing industry technical leader will remain in a key commercial and operational leadership role with the company committed to building on SQ1’s legacy of technical expertise and superior quality and service well into the future” said David S. Bovenizer, CEO of Lionheart Industrial Group LLC.