SENER

SENER

Industry	Engineering & Construction
Founded	1956
Founder	Enrique de Sendagorta
Headquarters	Getxo, Basque Country, Spain
Number of locations	Facilities in 11 countries
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Jorge Sendagorta, president
Revenue	€1,159 million (2011 figures)
Net income	€107.58 million (2011 figures)
Number of employees	+2,000
Website	www.sener.es

SENER is a private engineering and technology group founded in 1956 specialized in offering technological solutions. It accomplishes specific activities related to Engineering and Construction, and has industrial holdings in companies working in the areas of energy, environment and aeronautics.

The Engineering and Construction area, called under the name SENER Ingeniería y Sistemas, has a turnover of more than 653 million euros (2011 figures), about 2,200 employees and branch offices in Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United States and India. The company develops projects in the sectors of Aerospace, Civil and Architecture, Power and Process and Marine Engineering.

During the last 43 years SENER has supplied equipment, systems integration and engineering services to international markets in the fields of Space, Aeronautics and Vehicles and Defense.
In the Space field, the company develops components and systems for the flight segment in its three areas of activity: precision mechanisms, guidance, navigation and control (GNC) systems and optical payloads. As far as precision mechanisms are concerned, SENER carries out projects such as providing the entire antenna system used in the Solar Orbiter mission and the medium- and high-gain antennas for the BepiColombo satellite. In optical payloads, it has developed systems such as the UV camera for the World Space Observatory satellite. Regarding guidance, navigation and control (GNC) systems, mention should be made of projects such as the Attitude and Orbit Control System (AOCS) for the Herschel and Plank scientific satellites or the project as prime contractor for the Proba-3 space mission. This activity is complemented by projects carried out by NTE-SENER, company owned by SENER, specializing – as far as the Space sector is concerned - in developing life support projects, such as the European Space Agency’s MARES or MELISSA programs.
In Aeronautics and Vehicles, the company delivers detail designs for automotive vehicles as well as of complex tooling facilities for aeronautical production lines. In this field, it has delivered turn-key production systems for wing stringer production and HTP assembly for the A350XWB. Regarding part production, SENER delivers turn-key equipment such as hot forming systems and pultrusion machines for wing spar production.
In the Defense field, SENER’s main area of activity is that of missiles: missile subsystems, actuation and control and SAL guided systems. Furthermore, the company has the ability to provide complete systems. Among its projects, we can mention the supply of Taurus missiles for the Spanish Air Force as main contractor or the participation in the IRIS-T and Meteor programs. SENER is also leading the project for the development of the future air defense system for the Spanish Army and Air Force, entitled Sagitario.