HISTORY
SOCATA (later EADS
Socata and DAHER-SOCATA) was
a French producer of general
aviation aircraft propelled
by piston
engines and turboprops,
including business planes,
small personal or training
aircraft, as well as the
production of aircraft
structures for other
manufacturers such
as Airbus, Dassault, Embraer, Eurocopter and Lockheed
Martin. The company had its
headquarters, along with
much of its production
capabilities, located
in Tarbes, France.
During 1966, the French
aircraft
manufacturer Morane-Saulnier changed
its name to SOCATA (which is
an abbreviation for Société
de Construction d'Avions de
Tourisme et d'Affaires,
French for "Company for the
construction of aircraft for
tourism and business")
following its acquisition
by Sud Aviation. During
2000, SOCATA became a wholly
owned subsidiary of the
multinational aerospace
conglomerate EADS; shortly
thereafter, the business was
rebranded as EADS SOCATA.
On 3
November 2008, EADS and
French technology
business DAHER announced
that they had reached a
final agreement for DAHER to
acquire a 70% stake in EADS
SOCATA. In June 2014, DAHER
announced that it had
acquired the remaining 30%
of EADS SOCATA from Airbus
Group (formerly EADS).
During March 2015, the
SOCATA name fell out of use,
the company's name having
been changed to
just Daher at this time as
part of a rebranding to
align the division with its
parent company.
Source:
Wikipedia
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