Finmeccanica

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Finmeccanica S.p.A.
Type	Public (ISE: IT0003856405)
Founded	1948
Headquarters	Rome
Employees	56,600 (2006)
Website	www.finmeccanica.it

Finmeccanica S.p.A. is Italy's second largest industrial group and the first of the hi-tech industrial groups. It works in the fields of defence, aerospace, security, automation, transport and energy. The company has offices in over 100 countries. Turnover of 15 Bn Euros (2005).

Contents 1 Divisions 1.1 Aeronautics 1.2 Helicopters 1.3 Space 1.4 Defence Electronics 1.5 Defence Systems 1.6 Information Technology 1.7 Energy 1.8 Transportation 2 Joint Ventures / Participations 3 External links

[edit] Divisions

[edit] Aeronautics

• Alenia Aeronautica
• Alenia SIA
• Alenia Aermacchi
• Alenia Composite
• Alenia Aeronavali
• ATR (50%, with Aerospatiale, today EADS).
  World leader in the 40-70 seat turboprop market.
• Quadrics
  A supercomputing company. Quadrics and Bull of France are currently cooperating on Europe's fastest supercomputer: the 60 teraflops French Tera-10[1].

[edit] Helicopters

• AgustaWestland
  Helicopter design and manufacturing company based in Italy and the United Kingdom. It was formed as a joint venture in July 2000 when Finmeccanica and GKN plc agreed to merge their helicopter subsidiaries. AgustaWestland is now a fully owned subsidiary of Finmeccanica.

[edit] Space

• Alcatel Alenia Space (33%, with Alcatel 67%)
• NGL Prime SpA (EADS SPACE (70%) and Finmeccanica (30%))
• Telespazio (67%, with Alcatel 33%)

[edit] Defence Electronics

• SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems (S&AS) (75%).
  Merger of Galileo Avionica (formerly Alenia Difesa) and the majority of BAE Systems Avionics under terms of the Eurosystem transaction. Finmeccanica thus becomes the second defense electronics group in Europe, after Thales of France.
• SELEX Sistemi Integrati
  The former Italian arm of Alenia Marconi Systems.
• SELEX Communications
  The former Selenia Communications plus the UK military and secure communications business of BAE Systems.

[edit] Defence Systems

• MBDA (25%)
  A joint venture company between EADS (37.5%), BAE Systems (37.5%) and Finmeccanica, MBDA is the world's No.2 missile manufacturer after Raytheon.

[edit] Information Technology

• Elsag Datamat
  Elsag Datamat is a company that designs, produces and supplies advanced technology IT systems and solutions for applications in security, automation, transport, defence and space. Elsag Datamat forms part of the "Defence Electronics" division of Finmeccanica, a leading industrial group at global level.

[edit] Energy

• Ansaldo Energia
  The company has more than a hundred years of power generation experience and an installed capacity exceeding 153,000 MW in over 75 countries. Revenues in 2003 stood at 802 million euros.
• Ansaldo Fuel Cells
  In June 2004 Ansaldo Fuel Cells inaugurated the Terni industrial fuel cell production facility for stationary applications. The production capacity, initially 3 MW, should have reached 15 MW by 2006.

[edit] Transportation

• Ansaldobreda
  Heavy and Light Rail Vehicles are to be found in Denmark (83 diesel trains and 19-29 metro cars), Norway (36 electric trains+16 light metro vehicles), Madrid (180 heavy metro vehicles), Gothenburg (40 Sirio light rail stock), Birmingham+Manchester (32+6 light metro vehicles), Lille (24 light metro vehicles), SanFrancisco+Boston (151+100 light metro vehicles), Atlanta+LosAngeles (100+42 heavy metro vehicles), and Athens (35 Sirio light rail vehicles).

[edit] Joint Ventures / Participations

• Horizon SAS and EuroSysNav
  50-50 joint ventures between DCN/Thales of France and Finmeccanica/Fincantieri of Italy for the design and construction of 27 FREMM multirole frigates and 4 Horizon anti-air frigates. FREMM/Horizon, at a cost of 4.3 billion euros, is Europe's largest naval program
• Eurotorp
  50-50 joint venture between Finmeccanica and DCN/Thales of France. Eurotorp is the world market leader for lightweight torpedoes, and the European leading company in antisubmarine weapon systems.
• NHIndustries
  Italy has a 32% stake in the program, France 31.25%, Germany 31.25%, and The Netherlands 5.5%
• Eurofighter GmbH (21%)
  Joint venture with EADS and BAE Systems for co-ordination of the design, production and upgrade of Eurofighter Typhoon.
• Global Military Aircraft Systems (GMAS) between Alenia North America Inc and L-3 IS (subsidiary of L-3 Communications) in order to compete for the FCA program (Future Cargo Aircraft):

[edit] External links

• www.finmeccanica.it