•Key personnel: Partners and co-owners Tim Roehl and George Braly.
•Employees: About 40.
•Key product: Design and manufacture of the GAMIjector, an after-market fuel injector for airplanes.
•Background: The GAMIjector was born when Braly, an attorney and aircraft owner, and Roehl, an entrepreneur, teamed up in the mid-1990s. They trademarked the name GAMIjector, patented the technology and received FAA approval for the product — a fuel injector that improves engine life and lowers fuel consumption.
"It was definitely an opportunity to create a new product, as well as help his (Braly's) own aircraft,” Roehl said.
The GAMIjector was immediately successful, and was named Aviation Consumer Magazine's product of the year in 1996, Roehl said. There has been a resurgence of interest in the GAMIjector this year, because aircraft owners are more concerned with saving fuel.
"Our business has pretty much doubled in the past two years,” Roehl said.
More than 18,000 GAMIjectors are installed on aircraft around the world, representing about 15 percent to 20 percent of general aviation. The products are especially popular in remote areas, where fuel is more expensive.
GAMI is certified to install their fuel injectors on 400 models of aircraft, including Cessna, Piper and Mooney.
The success of the GAMIjector has given GAMI the opportunities to branch out and develop new products. The company is working to develop an engine ignition device that would allow an aircraft to run on high-octane unleaded fuel, as well as traditional low lead aviation fuel.
Roehl said he hopes to have the technology completed in the next year.
Roehl and Braly also own a second company, Tornado Alley Inc., that manufactures an after-market turbo system for airplanes. The two companies operate in adjacent hangars at the Ada Municipal Airport.
Business Writer Jennifer Palmer
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Tim Roehl, left, and George Braly, co-owners of General Aviation Modifications Inc., stand in a hangar in Ada. Provided by General Aviation Modifications Inc.
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