Noble Aerospace

What Noble Aerospace does

Noble Aerospace is a privately held holding company that provides specialized aerospace metal finishing services through two wholly owned operating subsidiaries: Embee Processing, based in Santa Ana, California, and All Metals Processing of Orange County, based in Stanton, California. The company was formed in April 2019 under the name Noble Aerospace (formerly All Metals Processing Holdings) to consolidate more than 70 years of combined operating heritage under a single corporate parent. Its core offering encompasses specialized coatings and surface treatment processes applied to aerospace components, marketed as a "single-source solution" to large commercial and military aerospace contractors. The company emphasizes world-class quality, employee safety, environmental responsibility, and on-time delivery as its principal differentiators, and explicitly positions itself as a trusted partner for safety-critical applications where billions of dollars and lives are at stake.

Name

Noble Aerospace

Legal name

Noble Aerospace

Website

https://nobleaero.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1950

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Noble Aerospace is a privately held holding company that provides aerospace metal finishing and specialized coatings through its two California subsidiaries, Embee Processing and All Metals Processing, serving large commercial and military aerospace contractors worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Aerospace Metal Finishing Services

NAICS

Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing (33641), Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing (3364), Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing (336413)

SIC

Secondary Smelting & Refining Of Nonferrous Metals (3341)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMABANAL

Aerospace Structural Metals & Alloys (Titanium, Aluminum, Nickel)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing/Aerospace Materials and Components

SECONDARYIMABANAI

Aerospace Interior Materials & Components (Cabin)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing/Aerospace Materials and Components

Keywords

• Aerospace metal finishing
• Aerospace coatings services
• Surface treatment services
• Metal processing solutions
• Aerospace component finishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Ana

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Aerospace Metal Finishing Services: Provides comprehensive metal finishing services to commercial and military aerospace contractors. Revenue is generated through project-based contracts for metal processing, coatings, and surface treatments for aerospace components.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Noble Aerospace is a holding company that provides aerospace metal finishing services through its two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Embee Processing (Santa Ana, CA) and All Metals Processing of Orange County (Stanton, CA). The company delivers specialized coatings, surface treatments, and metal processing for structural and precision aerospace components, serving the largest commercial and military aerospace contractors globally with a focus on quality, on-time delivery, and single-source solutions.

Product overview

Noble Aerospace is a holding company that operates two subsidiary brands—Embee Processing and All Metals Processing—as a unified portfolio of market-leading aerospace metal finishing services. The company provides comprehensive metal finishing services including coatings and processing for commercial and military aerospace contractors. The two subsidiaries maintain distinct identities and locations (Santa Ana and Stanton, CA respectively) while operating under the Noble Aerospace parent company, which leverages their combined 70+ years of experience, staff expertise, and innovative processes to offer single-source solutions to global aerospace customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Embee Processing Aerospace metal finishing services provider located in Santa Ana, California, operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Noble Aerospace. Provides coatings and surface treatment services for aerospace components with over 70 years of industry experience, serving commercial and military aerospace contractors.
• All Metals Processing of Orange County Aerospace coatings and metal finishing services provider located in Stanton, California (Orange County), operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Noble Aerospace. One of the leaders in the Southern California aerospace coatings industry, focused on quality, reliability, and service for commercial and military aerospace applications.

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and flagship.

• RFK RacingcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 29 August 2022Motorsport sponsorship with RFK Racing, featuring Noble Aerospace branding on the No. 17 Chris Buescher car as part of the Fueled by Fifth Third pass-through program. Fifth Third celebrated its 10th season as RFK partner in 2021.
• Fifth Third BankminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 29 August 2022Fifth Third Bank partnership with RFK Racing where Noble Aerospace appeared on the No. 17 car as part of Fifth Third's pass-through sponsorship program.
• Martin Truex Jr.flagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 January 2020Brand ambassador partnership with 2017 NASCAR Cup Series champion Martin Truex Jr. Truex serves as public ambassador for Noble Aerospace, helping elevate brand awareness throughout North America and abroad. The partnership aligns Noble's values of precision, workmanship, and teamwork with Truex's racing excellence.
• Joe Gibbs RacingcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerNASCAR team for which Martin Truex Jr. competes. Noble Aerospace sponsors Truex as he drives for Joe Gibbs Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Valence Surface Technologies: Valence is the largest independent aerospace surface treatments company in North America, offering anodizing, chem-film, paint, and non-destructive testing across multiple sites. It is the most directly comparable competitor to Noble Aerospace, serving the same OEM customer base with the same metal finishing process portfolio.
• AOTCO Metal Finishing: AOTCO is a specialty metal finishing provider with aerospace capabilities including anodizing, plating, and passivation. It serves aerospace and defense customers with similar process capabilities and customer profiles as Noble Aerospace's subsidiaries.
• Techmetals: Techmetals is an aerospace-focused metal finishing and plating company specializing in anodizing, chromate conversion coating, and other surface treatments for aerospace and defense OEMs. It competes with Noble for similar specifications and customer programs.
• Pioneer Metal Finishing: Pioneer is a major U.S. metal finishing and plating company serving aerospace, defense, and industrial customers. It is comparable to Noble as a multi-site, aerospace-focused surface treatment specialist competing for similar OEM and tier-one supplier contracts.
• Paulo Products Company: Paulo is a leading provider of heat treating, brazing, and metal finishing services to aerospace and industrial customers with multiple U.S. facilities. It competes head-to-head with Noble in aerospace metal finishing with overlapping processes (anodizing, plating, heat treat).

Broad incumbents

• Howmet Aerospace: Howmet is a large publicly-traded aerospace supplier producing engineered metal products and surface treatments for jet engine and airframe applications. While not a pure-play finishing services peer, it is a broad incumbent with overlapping capabilities in aerospace metal processing.
• Bodycote: Bodycote is a global, publicly-traded leader in thermal processing and metal finishing services across aerospace, automotive, and industrial markets. It is a broad incumbent operating in the same metal treatment space as Noble but with far wider geographic and end-market diversification.
• Aalberts Surface Technologies: Aalberts Surface Technologies (formerly Heatron/Hitemp) is a global provider of surface treatments including heat treatment, coatings, and plating serving aerospace, automotive, and industrial markets. It is a broad incumbent comparable to Noble in scope of finishing services but with broader end-market exposure.

Emerging players

• Anoplate Corporation: Anoplate is a smaller specialty metal finishing and plating company with aerospace and medical device customers. It is comparable as a niche player with overlapping process capabilities but operates at smaller scale than Noble.

Regional players

• Cadence Aerospace: Cadence Aerospace is a former employer of Noble's CEO and an aerospace structures machining business with seven North American sites. While primarily a machining operation, it represents a comparable multi-site aerospace supplier model and could be a potential acquirer or acquisition target in the same ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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