EADS Astrium Ltd
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| Societas Europaea (SE) | |
| Traded as |
Euronext: EAD BMAD: EAD : EAD Euro Stoxx 50 component |
| Industry | Aerospace, Defence |
| Predecessor | Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA. |
| Founded | 10 July 2000 as the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) |
| Headquarters |
Leiden, Netherlands (headquarters) Blagnac, France (main office) |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Denis Ranque (Chairman) Tom Enders (CEO) |
| Revenue |
 €64.45 billion~USD$67 Billion (FY 2015) |
| Profit |
€2.35 billion (FY 2014) |
| Total assets | €96.102 billion (FY 2014) |
| Total equity | €7.079 billion (FY 2014) |
| Owner |
As of March 2016: |
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Number of employees
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136,574 (FY 2015) |
| Subsidiaries |
Airbus Airbus Defence and Space Airbus Helicopters |
| Website | airbusgroup.com |
As of March 2016:
Airbus Group SE is a European multinational aerospace and defence corporation. Headquartered in Leiden, Netherlands, the group consists of the three business divisions Airbus, Airbus Defence and Space, and Airbus Helicopters. The company was originally formed as the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company NV (EADS) on 10 July 2000 by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA), and Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA). In January 2014, EADS was reorganised as Airbus Group NV, combining the divisions for development and marketing of civil and military aircraft, as well as communications systems, missiles, space rockets, helicopters, satellites, and related systems. On 27 May 2015 the company became the ninth component of Euro Stoxx 50 to adopt the corporate form of the European Union (EU), becoming a societas Europaea (SE; Latin: European company).
The following (incomplete) chart illustrates the consolidation of the European aerospatial industry, in terms of corporate mergers and acquisitions, that preceded the establishment of the present Airbus Group SE:
Aérospatiale
(Formed 1970)
Matra
(Est. 1937)
Daimler-Benz's aerospace interests
MTU München
(Est. 1934)
Dornier Flugzeugwerke
(Est. 1922)
...
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