International Aerospace Coatings (“IAC”) is one of the world’s leading providers of services to the aviation industry, including exterior and interior aircraft painting, aircraft refurbishment and graphics together with a range of specialist services. IAC provides these services to many of the world’s largest commercial airlines and OEMs, VIP aircraft fleets, aviation leasing companies and the military. IAC is comprised of Leading Edge Aviation Services, Inc., Associated Painters, Inc. and Eirtech Aviation. IAC employs over 800 people across Europe, North America and the UAE and has a combined total of 16 paint hangars and 33 paint lines, painting over 1,000 aircraft annually. IAC was established in 2014 following the merger between three leading aviation service providers in the US and Europe, Leading Edge, Associated Painters and Eirtech Aviation. Vance Street invested in Leading Edge in 2012 and subsequently made the strategic acquisitions of Associated Painters in 2013 and Eirtech Aviation in 2014.
IAC was sold in December 2022 to Tiger Infrastructure Partners.