
	Where results make sense

Topic: Aerospatiale Matra

Related Topics

Matra Marconi Space

Matra Defense

Sa Matra

Aerospatiale Matra Missiles

Matra Alice

Matra 670

Matra Ford

In the News (Fri 18 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Aerospatiale/Matra Merger : Statement by Lagardere Group
		In accordance with the Prime Minister's previous announcement of 22 July 1998, Lagardere and Aerospatiale have developed an industrial plan aimed at regrouping the operations of Aerospatiale and Matra Hautes Technologies with the objective of uniting and reinforcing existing French core competencies in the field of Aeronautics, Aerospace and Defence.
		It is a great honour for my group of companies to stand alongside French Government at this moment of European and global integration, because in creating Aerospatiale Matra, the fifth largest group in the world, my group is leading France into the forefront of global aeronautic, space and defence markets.
		The birth of Aerospatiale Matra is just one decisive step in the enormous restructuring movement now taking place in Europe and around the world.
	www.defense-aerospace.com /produit/120_us.html (803 words)

	SOLAR-ARRAY DEFECT HURTS AEROSPATIALE MATRA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Aerospatiale Matra, which is the industrial architect for Europe's Ariane rockets and a major contractor for commercial and government satellites, posted space-division sales of 1.48 billion euros in 1999, down 1.9 percent from 1998.
		Aerospatiale Matra Chairman Philippe Camus said the company is sticking with its objective of doubling its operating margins, to 8 percent, by 2003.
		Matra Marconi Space won a contract in January for one large telecommunications satellite from the Intelsat treaty organization in Washington.
	dev.space.com /spacenews/archive00/sn2000.fff746.html (677 words)

	Encyclopedia: Aerospatiale Matra Missiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		While Matra founded Matra BAe Dynamics was formed by the 1996 merger of Matra Defense of France and BAe Dynamics (a division of British Aerospace) of the UK and was Europes largest manufacturer of missiles and UAVs.
		Matra BAe Dynamics with BAe evolution since 1955 until 1999 merger to form BAE Systems British Aerospace (BAe) was a British aircraft manufacturer, now part of BAE SYSTEMS.
		This would become Aérospatiale Matra Missiles (AMM) in 1999 and finally EADS Aérospatiale Matra Missiles before it became part of European arms company MBDA, which manufactures missiles, is the result of the 2002 merger of Aerospatiale Matra Missiles (of EADS), Alenia Marconi Systems missile interests, and Matra BAe Dynamics.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Aerospatiale-Matra-Missiles (1050 words)

	Hummingbird Press Release -Aerospatiale-Matra Purchases Hummingbird Enterprise Information Portal
		France-based Aerospatiale Matra Group is a large international player in the civilian and military aeronautical manufacturing, helicopter, aerospace, and defense sectors.
		Aerospatiale Matra is a new corporate entity resulting from the merger of Aerospatiale's and Matra Hautes Technologies' business activities.
		Aerospatiale Matra is a world player and the only European group with a presence in all the businesses and markets of the aeronautics, space and defense industries.
	www.pcdocs.com /press/2000/aerospatiale.html?ptPrintPageVersion=pure_content&cks=y (602 words)

	Aerospatiale: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Aerospatiale
		Aerospatiale was a French aerospace manufacturer that primarily builds both civilian and military helicopters.
		In 1999, Aerospatiale merged with the Matra High Technology Group[?] to form the Aerospatiale-Matra company.
		Aerospatiale also manufactures the Ariane series of booster rockets.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ae/Aerospatiale.html (105 words)

	Aerospatiale Matra - Archived 9/2001
		In addition, Aerospatiale and Sextant Avionique will plan a new division for their avionics activities, to be concentrated within Sextant Avionique in Toulouse, with the exception of those activities which Aerospatiale and its partners must directly control in order to design the Airbus family of aircraft.
		SAMAT is a Matra study effort aimed at using the MICA in a surface-to-air capacity for interception of aircraft and sea-skimming missiles.
		Aerospatiale, Division Systems Balistiques and Spatiaux, Cannes-la-Bocca, France, is the ISO prime contractor and is responsible for design/development of the telescope equipment.
	www.forecast1.com /archive/da/da11082.htm (10718 words)

	Dasa and Aerospatiale Matra SA merge: Europe strengthens its armaments industry
		The French state held 48 percent of Aerospatiale Matra SA and needed to ensure its influence in the new company because of reservations within the French population over privatisations and associated staff cuts and dismissals.
		Aerospatiale Matra, with a turnover of 12.3 billion euros ($13.3 billion), made only 0.4 billion euros ($0.43 billion) in profit.
		The satellite manufacturer Astrium, operated jointly by Dasa and Aerospatiale Matra, is shortly to acquire the Italian Alenia Spazio as a new partner.
	www.wsws.org /articles/1999/oct1999/arm-o22.shtml (1375 words)

	Aerospatiale Matra
		Comprising five subsidiaries - Aerospatiale Matra Airbus, Aerospatiale Matra ATR, Socata, Sogerma and Eurocopter – it covers all aspects of this sector : civilian aircraft from 4 to nearly 400 seats, aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), civil and military helicopters (Eurocopter) and combat aircraft.
		Aerospatiale Matra is the leading European manufacturer of tactical missiles, and Number 2 world-wide based in terms of sales.
		Aerospatiale Matra is one of the leading space companies in the world.
	www.sovereign-publications.com /aeromatra.htm (544 words)

	News: Aerospatiale Matra and DASA merger
		It also confirms the achievement of the objective announced at the creation of Aerospatiale Matra by Aerospatiale and Lagardère on July 23, 1998 : to facilitate, based on this industrial project, the consolidation of the European aerospace and defense industry that was originally launched on December 9, 1997 by Germany, the United Kingdom and France.
		Over the years, Aerospatiale Matra and DASA have built the foundations for European collaboration by forming jointly-owned companies, in particular Airbus, Eurocopter and Astrium.
		The initial objective set for Aerospatiale Matra of an operating margin of 8 percent will be exceeded within the next five years.
	www.helis.com /news/1999/aedasa.htm (488 words)

	Matra Enthusiasts Club FAQ Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Matra Enthusiasts Club UK I am the Murena technical advisor for the Matra Enthusiasts Club UK, which caters for owners worldwide of Matra road cars from 1964 to 2003, as well as the René Bonnet D'jets from 1961 to 1964.
		Matra, who supplied the D'jet bodies, took over Bonnet during 1964, continued the D'jet under the Matra-Sports name until 1968 when it was replaced by a car of their own design - the M530A.
		The Espace was originally conceived and designed by Matra Automobiles as the P18 prototype at the end of the seventies and initially offered to Talbot (previously Simca) France to replace the Rancho.
	www.matraclub.org.uk (362 words)

	Financial Express: Aerospatiale highlights merger benefits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Aerospatiale's net margin was around 2.6 per cent and Lagardere's was 10 per cent, Aerospatiale said in a statement.
		Aerospatiale's Michot derided what he called the "Anglo-Saxon fantasy" of a heavy-handed state intervention in the company's commercial affairs and stressed his company's commitment to operating efficiently.
		Aerospatiale upped its orders forecast for 1998 at the half-year by 10 per cent to 68 billion francs and had reached 62 per cent of its objectives, international affairs and sales director Denis Verret said.
	www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19980907/25055254p.html (630 words)

	AeroWorldNet(tm) - Chief of New Aerospatiale Matra Gives Mixed Reports on Airbus and the Industry [June 16, 1999]
		Le BOURGET - With the state of the European aerospace industry in somewhat of a flux and Aerospatiale Matra still fresh from a recent privatization, many pointed questions were fired at chairman Yves Michot here at the Paris Air Show this week.
		He similarly had no answer as to why the Spanish government chose Dasa over Aerospatiale as a partner, although most are of the opinion that public sector interest in the French aerospace industry are still of concern to the rest of Europe.
		Aerospatiale has restructured its turboprop activity for sustainable profit levels, so they don't have to launch a regional jet "at all costs," Michot said.
	www.aeroworld.net /5tw06169.htm (523 words)

	Corpus Christi Caller Times Caller.com - European DaimlerChrysler, Aerospatiale Matra divisions announce merger
		BERLIN - The German aerospace unit of DaimlerChrysler and France's Aerospatiale Matra plan to merge in a European challenge to U.S. giants Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
		The company formed by the combination of DaimlerChrysler's DASA and Aerospatiale Matra will control 76 percent of the four-nation Airbus consortium.
		Aerospatiale chief executive Philippe Camus said the merged group plans to pool its Airbus assets into a holding company and would invite British Aerospace to join in.
	www.coastalbendhealth.com /1999/october/15/today/business/1536.html (773 words)

	Aerospatiale Matra Careers: Vault Career & Hiring Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		We annually survey and interview 10,000s of employees and job seekers to bring readers the inside scoop on careers and hiring at top industries and employers.
		We provide a free insider career profile on Aerospatiale Matra, based on interviews and surveys of Aerospatiale Matra employees.
		Vault.com is not associated or affiliated with Aerospatiale Matra.
	www.vault.com /career-company/Aerospatiale-Matra.html (220 words)

	Dasa merges to form EU aerospace giant
		Aerospatiale Matra and Dasa merger their activities to create the European Aeronautical, Defence and Space Company (EADS) [14 Oct '99] - Aerospatiale Matra
		Dasa and Aerospatiale Matra to be merged to establish world's largest aerospace company [14 Oct '99] - DaimlerChrysler Aerospace
		The remaining 60pc of stock would be 30pc-owned by DaimlerChrysler, and 15pc by the French government, a shareholder in Aerospatiale Matra.
	www.opinion.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/10/15/cndasa15.html (430 words)

	CORDIS: Press Service: Press Releases: Technology Transfer: CORDIS helps Aerospatiale Matra Airbus
		For high tech companies, like Aerospatiale Matra Airbus, it can be a valuable source of development capital.
		After negotiations with Aerospatiale Matra Airbus, a collaboration agreement was signed with a Belgian SME for a laser technology, which guarantees an accurate positioning of the laser beam for cutting metal sheets of large dimension.
		If its current partnership with Aerospatiale Matra Airbus survives the test, it will be a demonstration of how CORDIS can help both small and big companies across national frontiers and industrial sectors to do business together.
	www.cordis.lu /press-service/20001030.htm (451 words)

	Space Truck Will Automate ISS Resupply
		When the contract was signed in Bremen on Friday, Dasa said that within the German-French alliance Aerospatiale Matra Lanceurs will be responsible for the development and Dasa for the production phase of the orbital transport system in their function as prime-contractors to the European Space Agency ESA.
		Under contract to Aerospatiale Matra Lanceurs, Dasa will be in charge of the development of the propulsion system of the automated orbital transport vehicle including integration and testing.
		When signing the contract with the President of Aerospatiale Matra Lanceurs Philippe Couillard, Josef Kind, President of the Space Infrastructure Business Unit of Dasa, said: "The ATV development contract is the first definite step towards operation and utilization of the International Space Station."
	www.spacedaily.com /news/iss-99e.html (405 words)

	Aerospatiale Matra to develop test sets for the French Army's Leclerc MBT
		Aerospatiale Matra Test & Services has just received an order from the French Procurement Agency services to develop all the test programme sets which will be used for the field testing of the electronic and optronic equipment of the French Army's Leclerc MBT.
		The company will be responsible for the end quality of these programmes, co-developed with the OEM suppliers of the Leclerc MBT, not only to the French procurement Agency but also to the end user, the French Army.
		These programmes will be run on the SESAR 3000 Diademe 2e' Generation test stations also developed by Aerospatiale Matra Test & Services under a DGA contract for the maintenance of the French Army's weapon systems including the Leclerc MBT.
	defence-data.com /eurosatory2000/pagees16.htm (282 words)

	Matra Datavision: towards an open source business model
		On December 1999, Matra Datavision announced the adoption of an open source strategy for its CASCADE geometric modeling libraries with publication of their source code on the Internet, as the Open CASCADE product, distributed under a LGPL-like licence.
		The importance of this announcement was larger than the importance of the product being made free software, since it was probably the first one in its class made by a large European company (Matra Datavision is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aerospatiale Matra, Europe's second largest aeronautics/defense group).
		Matra Datavision itself currently supports over 6,000 customers worldwide, with sales and service teams based principally in Europe and North America.
	eu.conecta.it /paper/Matra_Datavision_towards_op.html (264 words)

	Airline Industry Information : Broad merger between European Aerospace, Defence & Space Co. and British Aerospace ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Broad merger between European Aerospace, Defence and Space Co. and British Aerospace possible claims Aerospatiale Matra.
		Comments from the chairman of French aerospace company, Aerospatiale Matra, have indicated that a broader merger between the recently announced formation of European Aerospace, Defence & Space Co. (EADS) and British Aerospace is not impossible.
		The new EADS grouping, which is comprised of Aerospatiale Matra and Germany's DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (Dasa), may soon also add Spain's Construcciones Aeronauticas (Casa) to the joint venture.
	static.elibrary.com /a/airlineindustryinformation/november021999/broadmergerbetweeneuropeanaerospacedefenceampspace/index.html (256 words)

	DASA, Aerospatiale-Matra Plan Huge Merger
		DaimlerChrysler chairman Juergen Schrempp described the merger as a "ground-breaking contribution" to the integration of the aerospace industry in Europe and would enable DaimlerChrysler to achieve profitable growth by being "the driving force in the aerospace sector just as we are in the automotive industry".
		The combined unit would be the second-biggest maker of civilian aircraft in the world via Airbus, the European consortium in which DASA/CASA holds some 42 percent, Aerospatiale 37.9 percent and British Aerospace 20 percent.
		In fact, "the creation of EADS is a vital pre-condition to the establishment of Airbus as a truly integrated commercial enterprise," DaimlerChrysler said.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/eads-99a.html (801 words)

	Interavia Business & Technology: Aerospatiale Matra -- a new force for European excellence. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Aerospatiale Matra -- a new force for European excellence.
		Who would have imagined at the last Paris show that Aerospatiale and Matra would be today a single, privatised, fully operational unit, quoted on the stock exchange, with a 46% stake in Dassault?
		The newly-created Aerospatiale Matra has 54,000 employees, and posted combined sales of FFr80 billion ($13.5 billion) in 1998, coming in at number five position worldwide.
	calbears.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_hb3126/is_199907/ai_n7792586 (301 words)

	Aerospatiale Matra - Career, Employment and Hiring Information: Vault (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		We annually survey and interview 10,000s of employees and job seekers to bring readers the inside scoop on careers, employment and hiring at top industries and employers.
		We provide a free insider employer profile on, based on interviews and surveys of Aerospatiale Matra employees.
		Vault.com is not associated or affiliated with Aerospatiale Matra.
	www.vaultmatch.com /career-company/AerospatialeMatra.html (208 words)

	Aerospatiale Matra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The report has benchmarked Aerospatiale Matra against competing firms in the Aircraft and Parts Manufacturing industry worldwide—going beyond traditional methods of company benchmarking.
		On the liability side, does Aerospatiale Matra typically have a higher percent of payables compared to the benchmarks, or does it hold a higher concentration of long-term debt?
		For each part of the financial statement, the larger structural differences and gaps between Aerospatiale Matra.
	www.icongrouponline.com /pr/Aerospatiale_Matra_FR/PR.html (648 words)

	Aerospatiale, DASA and Marconi Form Astrium
		Aerospatiale Matra, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG and Marconi Electronic Systems have signed the Formation Agreement for the first trinational European space company, which will be named Astrium.
		As the companies announced on Monday, the merger of the Franco-British joint venture Matra Marconi Space (MMS) with Dasa's space activities will create one of the world's leading space companies.
		Once the European Commission has given its approval, Astrium is expected to be formally created at the beginning of the year 2000.
	www.spacer.com /news/astrium-99a.html (380 words)

	Berlin to Press for Dasa/Aerospatiale Merger
		There have been frequent rumors about the possibility of the two companies merging in the recent past, but the biggest obstacle has been said to be the French government's 47.7 percent stake in AS Matra.
		The German Dasa has demanded in the past that the French government would give up its stake before a merger would be a conceivable option.
		Dasa and Aerospatiale each hold 37.9 percent on Airbus, Handelsblatt said.
	www.space.com /businesstechnology/business/dasa_aerospatiale_wg.html (161 words)

	AEROSPATIALE MATRA LANCEURS BECOMES EADS LAUNCH VEHICLES — EADS Astrium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		AEROSPATIALE MATRA LANCEURS, the industrial leader for civil and military Space transportation, has become EADS LAUNCH VEHICLES.
		With the creation of EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) a group including Aerospatiale Matra (France), DASA (Germany) and CASA (Spain), AEROSPATIALE MATRA LANCEURS Stratégiques & Spatiaux is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Europe’s leading group – third worldwide – in the field of aeronautics, space and defence.
		At its Special Shareholders’ meeting of 11 July 2000, it was accordingly decided to change the company name to EADS LAUNCH VEHICLES.
	www.space.eads.net /press-center/archives/2000/185-en (183 words)

	DJC.COM: Boeing joins trans-Atlantic venture to develop missile for Eurofighter, provided by Seattle Daily Journal of ...
		LONDON (AP) -- Competition to market the next generation of air-to-air missiles intensified Wednesday with Boeing Co. teaming up with British Aerospace PLC and France's Aerospatiale Matra SA in a bid to arm the Eurofighter jet.
		In a related move, British Aerospace and Aerospatiale Matra have agreed with Italy's Finmeccanica SpA to pool their missile operations into a single business.
		Boeing will act as an adviser and won't take an ownership stake in the venture, which will continue to be controlled by the European partners through a partnership called Matra BAe Dynamics.
	www.djc.com /news/business/10059671.html (609 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)