What is "orenco"

Orenco may refer to:

• Orenco Station, a planned community in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States
• Orenco, Oregon, a former town and current neighborhood in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States
• Oregon Nursery Company, a former company whose name was combined to make the term Orenco
• Orenco/Northwest 231st Avenue (MAX station) a light rail train stop in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States
• Orenco (aircraft manufacturer), a defunct American aircraft manufacturer

Orenco was an American aircraft manufacturer founded in 1916 in New York as Ordnance Engineering Corporation. Confusion with the Ordnance Branch of the US Army led to the shortening of the name in 1919. The company's first project was the Orenco A in 1917, but they received no orders for it. The Orenco B and C received small orders, but the Orenco D was the most successful of their aircraft. The USAAS bought four prototypes, but the order for 50 production aircraft was given to the lowest bidder, in this case Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company.

Orenco's projects in civil aviation failed as well, due to the number of aircraft available after the end of World War I. The company consequently went out of business.