EADS
EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) is an aerospace and defence manufacturer headquartered in the Netherlands. Military products include: fighter and transport aircraft, helicopters and missiles. It formed from the merger of Daimler Aerospace (DASA, Germany), Aerospatiale Matra (France), and Construcciones Aeronauticas SA (CASA, Spain). EADS is the largest aerospace firm in Europe and second only to Boeing worldwide. Its largest holding is Airbus.
In 2006, sales were US$52 billion. [1]
Access Airbus's corporate rap sheet compiled and written by Good Jobs First here.
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Ownership of other companies
- Eurocopter (100%)
- Astrium (75%)
- Dassault Aviation (46.5%)
- Helisim (45%)
- Eurofighter (43%)
- MBDA (37.5%)
- Arianespace (30%)
Personnel
Executives: [2]
- Thomas Enders, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus
- Louis Gallois, Chief Executive Officer and Director
- Hans Peter Ring, Chief Financial Officer, EADS and Airbus
Board of directors: [3]
- Rüdiger Grube, Chairman of EADS
- Louis Gallois, Chief Executive Officer and Director
- Rolf Bartke, Chairman of Kuka AG
- Dominique D'Hinnin, Chief Financial Officer of Lagardere SCA
- Juan Manuel Eguiagaray, Director of Studies at Fundacion Alternativas
- Arnaud Lagardere, General Partner and CEO of Lagardere Group
- Hermann-Josef Lamberti, Member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank AG
- Lakshmi N. Mittal, President and Chief Executive Officer of Arcelor Mittal
- John Parker, Chairman of National Grid
- Michel Pebereau, Chairman of BNP Paribas
- Bodo Uebber, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG
Contact details
Headquarters:
Le Carre, Beechavenue 130-132
1119 PR Schiphol-Rijk
The Netherlands
Phone: +31-20-655-4800
Fax: +31-3120655-4800
Web: http://www.eads.net
EADS Deutschland GmbH
P.O. Box 801109
81663 Munich
Germany
EADS France S.A.S.
37 boulevard de Montmorency
75781
Paris
Cedex 16
France
Resources
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References
- ↑ European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, Hoovers, accessed January 2008.
- ↑ Officers & Employees, Hoovers, accessed January 2008.
- ↑ Board of Directors, EADS, accessed January 2008.
