Founded in 1952, Western Pneumatic Tube Company is a customized, welded tube mill company that produces specialty tubing in a wide variety of materials and configurations. Located in Kirkland, Wash., the company serves the aircraft industry with applications, including the structural, hydraulic and pneumatic systems in commercial, military and private aircrafts. Western Pneumatic Tube Company is a part of the Superior Group, which is a metal-centric holding company. The Superior Group makes and sells tubing products through its subsidiaries, Fine Tubes, Superior Tube and Western Pneumatic Tube Company. The group provides contract packaging services for pharmaceutical manufacturers. The Superior Group s companies operate from facilities in the United States and the United Kingdom.