BRANET HISTORY
1993
Founded by Bill & Rita Brady in Southwest Louisiana
1994
Began working with major airline for all their cargo net needs
1997
Added our 2nd major airline
2000
Bill & Rita’s daughter, Brenda Yorks, joined as Manager
2001
9/11 Tragedy, aviation industry as we all knew it was changed forever
2004
Brenda Yorks named to Secretary/ Treasurer of Branet, Inc.
2005
Hurricane Rita devastated entire area
2006
Entered into data license agreement with The Boeing Company
2007
Founder Bill Brady formally retired but is still essentially involved behind the scenes even to this day
2007
Brenda Yorks named President of Branet, Inc.
2012
Started working with major aerospace distributor for cargo nets
2013
Michael Brady, son of Bill & Rita, retired from the Air Force after 24 years and joined Branet as Manager
2014
Rita Brady formally retired and Michael Brady is named new Vice President and Director of Quality Assurance
2014
Branet sales increased due to added distributors
2015
Brenda Yorks is new owner of Branet, Inc.
2017
Branet flooded due to Hurricane Harvey
2018
Designed custom cargo netting for professional football team’s private aircraft
2019-2020
FAA grounded the 737Max and the aviation industry, including Branet, felt the effects of it
2020
Global Pandemic forced Branet to layoff for the first time in company history
2020
Hurricane Laura and then Hurricane Delta caused massive destruction in the area
2021
Branet began hiring back their laid-off employees as the industry slowly gets back to the new “normal”
2023
Branet celebrated 30 years while founder, Bill Brady, celebrated his 80th birthday