John Waschak, founder of Sunvair, sets up job shop machining services in his garage.

John moves into a larger facility in Sun Valley, California, and names his company Sun Valley Machine Works (later shortened to Sunvair). Over the next few decades, Sunvair will grow into a major job shop for McDonnell Douglas & Lockheed Martin.

Sunvair becomes a fully-certified Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) repair station.

Sunvair moves to Valencia.

Sunvair Aerospace Group is formed (later shortened to Sunvair).

Sunvair opens Aerospace Plating of Sunvair, an onsite facility providing industry-leading plating services. While the driving force behind this effort was in support of Sunvair Landing Gear overhaul services, it expanded to serve many Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) manufacturing companies. (In 2026, Sunvair dropped the Aerospace Plating name, while keeping all of its services under the Sunvair brand name.)

Sunvair receives Boeing BAC 5709 approval for its plating services.

Sunvair Valencia is selected as the first MRO in the Americas to sign an agreement with Boeing Company to overhaul its B787 landing gear.

Sunvair Valencia receives Bell Plating Approval and adds multiple-grind lathes, and mills to expand its plating and machining capabilities.

Sunvair Tulsa launches in-house CNC manufacturing, and expands HVOF services in partnership with Liebherr and Collins.

Sunvair Tulsa expands HVOF and grinding facilities to support A380 and B787 landing gear programs, and develops Gen3 rubber compound for cargo systems.

Sunvair Valencia adds Eddy Current Testing onsite.