Turbine Controls wants to connect its two buildings on Old Windsor Road in Bloomfield with a roughly 41,000-square-foot addition, a project the company says would add about 35 jobs and push its local workforce to approximately 130 employees. The company, which repairs and overhauls engine components and accessories for commercial and military aircraft, brought the plan before town officials earlier this week.
According to Hartford Business Journal, Turbine Controls presented the expansion to the Bloomfield Town Plan and Zoning Commission on Oct. 22, seeking early feedback rather than filing a formal application. The addition, measured at 40,950 square feet, would be built on the parking area between the company's buildings at 2 and 4 Old Windsor Road, effectively joining its two facilities into a single connected site.
To make that work, Turbine Controls is asking for two zoning accommodations: a parking waiver of about 25% and a side-yard exception that would let the two lots be treated as one. Town zoning regulations call for 256 parking spaces, but the proposed site would have 193. Meghan Hope, who requested early feedback on the two zoning requests from commissioners, said wetlands surrounding the developed property would complicate the wetlands permit if the company tried to add more parking, per the Hartford Business Journal's report.
Commission Backs the Plan, Pushes for One Combined Lot
The Town Plan and Zoning Commission supported the project, the outlet reported, though commissioners urged the two LLCs controlled by Glen Greenberg and his sister, who own the buildings, to combine the lots into a single property to avoid complications if the buildings are ever sold. Turbine Controls leases both buildings and also operates a facility across the street at 5 Old Windsor Road.
Jonathan Colman said town staff supports both zoning requests, according to the same report. He added that the town wants to avoid putting a longtime employer in a position where it might have to consider alternatives, including leaving Bloomfield — a company founded there in 1979.
Turbine Controls currently has 95 employees working two shifts, and uses a truck to shuttle parts weighing between 30 and 500 pounds between its two buildings, per the Hartford Business Journal's reporting. Pratt & Whitney, based in East Hartford, is described in the outlet's report as the company's largest customer.
A Company Built on Repair, Backed by a $120 Million Deal
Turbine Controls describes itself as a provider of aftermarket support for the repair and overhaul of engine components and engine and airframe accessories, according to VSE Corporation, which completed its acquisition of the company in 2024. VSE said the deal totaled approximately $120 million, comprised of $110 million in cash and $10 million in common shares, subject to working capital adjustments.
Turbine Controls operates across two locations split by specialty. Engine components and gearboxes are repaired by 115 employees in Bloomfield, while accessories are handled by 60 staff in Miramar, Florida, according to Turbine Controls MRO. The Bloomfield operation has also recently added repair capabilities including vacuum heat treating, brazing, electrical discharge machining for honeycombs, high-pressure nozzle repairs, vane-sector repairs and outlet-guide-vane repairs, the company's own account notes.
Expansion Fits a Broader Surge in Connecticut Aerospace
The proposed addition lands amid a statewide boom in aerospace manufacturing. Commercial and military aerospace demand are surging at the same time, placing increasing pressure on Connecticut suppliers to grow capacity, the Hartford Business Journal reported in a separate report on the industry. Pratt & Whitney has said it received more than 800 orders for its geared turbofan engine since the start of 2026, while Connecticut exported $430 million in aircraft parts in June alone, up 21.4% from a year earlier.
Aircraft parts were Connecticut's largest export category in 2025, totaling $5 billion and accounting for roughly 28% of the state's exports, per the outlet's reporting. The state now counts more than 250 aerospace and defense manufacturing establishments supporting nearly 50,000 direct jobs, and ranks first nationally in aircraft engine and engine-parts manufacturing employment and economic output, according to AdvanceCT.
Turbine Controls is not the only shop in the region adding space to keep up. Crescent Manufacturing is building a 20,000-square-foot expansion at its Burlington facility that will bring its footprint to 30,000 square feet, while Manchester-based ACMT recently leased a third building to add a clean room and manufacturing space for its aerospace and industrial gas-turbine work, the same Hartford Business Journal report noted. Further afield, Collins Aerospace announced a 14,000-square-foot expansion of its West Des Moines, Iowa, facility in late September, a multi-million-dollar investment at a plant that employs roughly 300 full-time workers and plans to add more roles into 2027, according to RTX.
