Tanis Aircraft Products

What Tanis Aircraft Products does

Tanis Aircraft Products, founded in 1974 and headquartered in Blaine with manufacturing in Piqua, Ohio, designs and produces multi-point engine and airframe preheat systems for general aviation. The company's product portfolio covers piston aircraft preheat (engine-mounted threaded heating elements in cylinder heads plus engine-case heating pads for uniform heat soak), turbine aircraft preheat (engines, gearboxes, fluids, batteries, avionics, and cabin systems), rotorcraft preconditioning (engines, driveline, hydraulics, avionics, batteries), and complementary avionics/cabin and battery-heat modules, plus a replacement parts and accessories stream. Technical differentiation is rooted in domain specialization across piston, turbine, and rotorcraft platforms, first-to-market FAA Supplemental Type Certification for select products, and 50+ years of in-house design and manufacturing know-how at the Piqua facility.

Tanis operates as a brand under Hartzell Preheat, a strategic parent that has consolidated Tanis, Reiff, and SwitcheOn under a unified e-commerce storefront at hartzellpreheat.com. Revenue is generated through direct hardware sales (complete preheat kits, add-on modules, replacement heating elements, cables, and connectors) on a quote-based pricing model with no public price list. GTM is sales-led, combining DTC e-commerce, content marketing (blog, FAQ, testimonials, video), an AOPA member-benefit partnership, and global shipping. Customers include individual piston owners, turbine and rotorcraft operators across commercial and private fleets, and enterprise users such as industrial flight departments. The company does not disclose revenue, headcount, or ownership structure beyond the Hartzell Preheat parent relationship.

Name

Tanis Aircraft Products

Legal name

Tanis Aircraft Products

Website

https://tanisaircraft.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tanis Aircraft Products, founded in 1974, designs and manufactures multi-point engine and airframe preheat systems for piston, turbine, and rotorcraft general aviation, selling directly via the Hartzell Preheat storefront to aircraft owners and operators worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aviation Heating Systems

NAICS

Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (336413), Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing (336412)

SIC

Aircraft Parts & Auxiliary Equipment, Nec (3728), Aircraft Engines & Engine Parts (3724)

akta.pro primary industry

Engine Control, Fuel & Ignition Systems (FADEC/Accessories) (IMABADAK)

Keywords

• Aircraft preheat systems
• Engine preheating
• Aviation thermal management
• Rotorcraft heating
• Cold-weather aircraft equipment

Headquarters

HQ city

Blaine

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Aircraft Preheat Systems (Hardware): Sale of multi-point engine and airframe preheat systems for piston, turbine, and rotorcraft aircraft. Products include complete preheat kits with heating elements, cables, and connectors.
2. Replacement Parts and Accessories: Sale of replacement components including heating elements, cable, connectors, plug mount options, and recommended tools for installation and repair.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Tanis Aircraft Products designs and manufactures multi-point aircraft engine and airframe preheat systems for piston, turbine, and rotorcraft platforms. The product line includes Piston, Turbine, and RotorWing preheat systems with threaded heating elements and heating pads, supported by Avionics & Cabin Heat and Battery Heat modules and a full Replacement Parts offering. All systems are engineered and manufactured in-house at the company's Piqua, Ohio facility.

Product overview

Tanis Aircraft Products offers a portfolio of multi-point engine and airframe preheat systems designed for reliable cold-weather protection across fixed-wing and rotorcraft platforms. The product line consists of three core preheat system categories—Piston, Turbine, and RotorWing—complemented by specialized add-on modules for Avionics & Cabin Heat and Battery Heat Solutions, plus a full range of Replacements & Parts. The systems are engineered to warm critical components above the dew point, prevent condensation and corrosion, reduce cold-start wear, and extend component life. All Tanis preheat systems are designed and manufactured in-house at the company's facility in Piqua, Ohio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tanis Piston Preheat Systems Multi-point piston engine preheat systems that fully heat-soak the engine by warming metal above the oil, using threaded heating elements in each cylinder head and heating pads on the engine case to deliver uniform heat and reduce cold-start wear for owners and operators of piston-engine aircraft (Austro, Continental, Lycoming, Rotax, Jabiru, Jacobs, Pratt & Whitney).
• Tanis Turbine Preheat Systems Engine and complete airframe preheat solutions for turbine aircraft (ATR, Beech, Cessna, Kodiak, Pilatus, Piper, TBM) that preheat engines, gearboxes, fluids, batteries, avionics, and cabin systems before takeoff to improve safety and reliability and reduce thermal stress, fuel, and operating costs.
• Tanis RotorWing Preheat Systems Complete airframe preheat solutions for piston and turbine rotorcraft (Airbus, Bell, Robinson, Enstrom, Leonardo, MD, Sikorsky, Erickson) that deliver direct heat to engines, driveline components, hydraulics, avionics, and batteries for reliable starts and rapid launches in cold climates.
• Tanis Avionics & Cabin Heat Standalone or integrated avionics and cabin heating solutions sold as independent systems or installation kits for new or existing Tanis preheat systems.
• Tanis Battery Heat Solutions Battery heating solutions compatible with a wide range of aircraft battery models, with configurations supporting preheat for up to three installed batteries.
• Tanis Replacements & Parts Replacement components including heating elements, cable, and connectors, plus plug mount options and recommended tools for installation and repair of Tanis preheat systems.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces cold-start wear and extends engine/component longevity
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Hartzell PreheatcoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerTanis Aircraft Products operates as a brand under Hartzell Preheat, a company that consolidates multiple aircraft preheat brands (Tanis, Reiff, SwitcheOn) under one unified commercial presence. Hartzell Preheat owns the Tanis brand and manages the e-commerce storefront and marketing for Tanis products.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Textron Aviation (Cessna): Cessna is a major piston and turbine aircraft OEM explicitly named among Tanis's supported airframes; Cessna owners are a primary downstream buyer segment for Tanis preheat systems.
• Aircraft Spruce & Specialty: Aircraft Spruce is a major distributor of general aviation parts and accessories including preheat-related products; they overlap with Tanis in channel and customer base as a complementary parts supplier rather than direct competitor.
• Piper Aircraft: Piper is a piston and turbine aircraft OEM named in Tanis's supported turbine aircraft list; Piper owner-operators represent a downstream buyer segment for Tanis preheat solutions.
• Bell Helicopter: Bell is a major rotorcraft OEM explicitly listed among Tanis's supported rotorcraft platforms; Bell helicopter operators represent a core mission-critical segment for Tanis rotorwing preheat systems.

Broad incumbents

• Hartzell Propeller: Hartzell Propeller is the parent-group company for Hartzell Preheat and a leading general aviation propeller manufacturer; it operates in adjacent aerospace thermal/propulsion-adjacent equipment and shares the same end customers as Tanis.
• Continental Aerospace Technologies: Continental is a major piston aircraft engine OEM and a named Tanis supported engine family; both serve overlapping general aviation mechanics, owners, and operators with complementary products around engine preheat and operation.
• Lycoming Engines: Lycoming is a dominant piston aircraft engine OEM explicitly listed among Tanis's supported engine platforms (Continental, Lycoming, Rotax, Jabiru, etc.), serving the same piston owner-operator buyer with adjacent preheat-adjacent product needs.
• BRP-Rotax (Rotax Aircraft Engines): Rotax produces piston aircraft engines used in light sport and experimental aircraft and is a Tanis-supported engine platform; both serve the same cold-weather piston operator customer base.

Emerging players

• Tempest (Tempest Plus): Tempest supplies aftermarket aircraft engine parts (spark plugs, filters, harnesses) for general aviation piston platforms overlapping with Tanis's customer base; both compete for similar maintenance and engine-protection wallet share among mechanics and owners.

Direct peers

• Reiff Preheat Systems: Reiff is a sister brand under Hartzell Preheat producing piston aircraft engine preheat systems (Standard and XP lines) with overlapping customers, channel, and product positioning to Tanis — the most direct comparable in the category.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/TanisAircraft

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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