SNCAN
| Industry | Aerospace, defence |
|---|---|
| Fate | Acquired (nationalization) |
| Predecessor |
Potez (Méaulte) C.A.M.S. (Sartrouville) ANF (Les Mureaux) Amiot (Caudebec-en-Caux) Breguet (Le Havre) |
| Successor | Nord Aviation |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Defunct | 1954 |
| Headquarters | France |
| Products | Aircraft |
SNCAN, (abbreviated from Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Nord), or commonly, Nord, was a state-owned French aircraft manufacturer in the pre- and post-World War II era. The company had been formed as one of six state-owned Société Nationales in the 1936 reorganization of military industries, and was created by the nationalization of several aircraft factories in the north of France. It survived until 1954 when it merged to form Nord Aviation.
Following the resolution of the 1936 general strike of French heavy industry the government of Léon Blum introduced an act to nationalize the French war industry on or before April 1, 1937. This led to the formation of six nationalized aircraft manufacturing companies, organized regionally: SNCAN (in the north), SNCAO (west), SNCAM (Le Midi), SNCAC (centre), SNCASO (the south-west), and SNCASE (south-east). A further company, SNCM, (previously Lorraine-Dietrich), was created for building aircraft engines.
SNCAN was formed from the Potez factory at Méaulte in Picardie, CAMS in Sartrouville and ANF Les Mureaux in the Ile-de-France, and Amiot/SECM Caudebec-en-Caux and Breguet Le Havre in Normandy.
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