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Stelia Aerospace(stylizedSTELIA Aerospace) is anaerospacecompany headquartered inToulouse,France.[3]It specializes in designing andmanufactureofaerostructures,pilot seats and premium class passenger seats, mainly for the commercialaviationsector.
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| Formerly | Aerolia / Sogerma |
|---|---|
| Company type | Société par actions simplifiée |
| Industry | Aeronautics |
| Founded | 1 January 2015 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Cédric Gautier, CEO[1] |
| Services | Aerostructures,Airline seats |
| Revenue | (€2.2 Billion (2017)) |
Number of employees | 7,000 (as at 2019)[2] |
| Parent | Airbus |
| Website | stelia-aerospace |
Stelia Aerospace was created on 1 January 2015 by the merger of twoAirbusbusiness units: Aerolia and SOGERMA. The company is a wholly ownedsubsidiaryof Airbus.
History
editStelia Aerospace traces its origins to the merger of two companies, SOGERMA and Aerolia. SOGERMA (Société girondine d’entretien et de réparation de matériel aéronautique) was a French company founded in 1924 amid the early days of aviation.[4]
Prior to its restructuring in 2006, the company largely focused onmaintenance, repair and overhaul(MRO),[5][6]but subsequently directed its resources to its specialist aerostructures and seating activities.[7]
Aerolia SA was founded on 1 January 2009 as aspin-offofAirbus France's aerostructures activities.[8][9]This involved theMéaulteandSaint-Nazaireindustrial plants, along with a design office in Toulouse.[10]
In 2007, EADS' management decided to respond to the weakeningUS dollarand large investments required for theAirbus A380andA350 XWBprograms by restructuring in order to streamline, divest several non-core activities, and cut costs.[11][12]Aerospace periodicalFlight Internationalcompared the move toBoeing's then-recent spin-off ofSpirit AeroSystems.[13]
On 1 January 2015, Stelia Aerospace was created via themergerof Aerolia and Sogerma.[14]At the time, Stelia Aerospace employed roughly 6,100 staff across 11 different locations, and the two merged businesses were considered "complementary".[15]Contracts previously undertaken by the two firms carried over to the new entity, including those for fitting-out work on Airbus airliners.[16]
In March 2017, Stelia Aerospace inaugurated a new aeronautics factory inMéaulte,NorthernFrance;this facility, which handles production of the forward fuselages of Airbus airliners and central fuselage ofBombardier Aerospace’sGlobal 7500 seriesofbusiness jets,had required a €70 million investment.[17]In February 2018, Stelia Aerospace demonstrated a metallic fuselage panel manufactured using3D printingtechniques.[18][19]The same year, the firm acquired a majority share of Toulouse-baseddigital modellingspecialist Portalliance Engineering.[20]
In October 2019, Stelia Aerospace announced plans to build a new assembly plant inPortugalat a cost of €40 million.[21]In February 2020, the company started a three-year partnership with Bombardier for the AILE (Aile Intelligente et Légère pour l’Environnement,orIntelligent and Light Wing for Environment) research programme.[22]
Starting on 1 January 2022, Stelia Aerospace sites worldwide were grouped with other Airbus sites in Nantes and Montoir-de-Bretagne under the newly formed Airbus subsidiaryAirbus Atlantic.[23]
Business activities
editStelia Aerospace has three main business segments:
- Aerostructures
- Premium classairline seats(First, Business, Premium Economy)
- Pilot seats
Stelia Aerospace also manufactures aircraft interiors.[citation needed]
Aerostructures
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Stelia Aerospace designs and manufactures fully equipped aircraft fuselage sections from the nose to the rear, wings and special Work Packages such as the main landing gear bay,A400Mramp door, and helicopter tail boom.[citation needed]
A major portion of the company's business is the design and manufacturing of aerostructures, including complex detailed parts comprising bothcompositeand metallic materials. Stelia Aerospace claims that it is one of a small number of companies able to provide a fully equipped section (metallic and/or composite fuselage section, with all the tubes and wiring systems integrated), developing the "plug and fly" concept.[citation needed]
Aircraft components manufactured by Stelia Aerospace include:
- Wings of theATR family,which are fully equipped and tested up to the final test benches.[24]
- Central section of the Bombardier large business jet Global 7000/8000.[25]
- Various sections of theAirbus A220,such as the cockpit and aft fuselage.[26]
- Elements of theAirbus BelugaXL,including the nose section, cargo door, and upper fuselage with pre-integrated systems (electrical, hydraulic, air conditioning, oxygen, etc.)[27]
Locations
editStelia Aerospace is a global business with 11 worldwide industrial facilities and supporting offices.[citation needed]
| Location | Country / Region | Facility type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toulouse | France | Industrial | Headquarter functions and core-engineering |
| Méaulte | France | Industrial | Nose assembly and large composite |
| Rochefort | France | Industrial | Section assembly and seats |
| Saint-Nazaire | France | Industrial | Detailed parts |
| Mérignac | France | Industrial | Wings |
| Salaunes | France | Industrial | Composite detailed parts |
| M Ghira | Tunisia | Industrial | Detailed parts and assembly |
| Casablanca | Morocco | Industrial | Composite detailed parts and assembly |
| Lunenburg, Nova Scotia | Canada | Industrial | Composite detailed parts |
| Mirabel, Quebec | Canada | Industrial | Section assembly |
| Hamburg | Germany | Support office | Airbus Final Assembly Lines support |
| Bangkok | Thailand | Support office | Commercial offices |
| Seattle | USA | Support office | Commercial offices |
| Los Angeles | USA | Support office | Commercial offices |
| Miami | USA | Support office | Commercial offices, and airline support |
| United Arab Emirates | United Arab Emirates | Support office | Airline support |
| Singapore | Singapore | Support office | Airline support |
| Beijing | China | Support office | Airline support |
References
edit- ^"Interview with Cédric Gautier, CEO of Stelia Aerospace".journal-aviation.Retrieved2024-07-24.
- ^Aerospace, Stelia (2019-05-24)."53ème Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace".STELIA Aerospace.Retrieved2024-07-24.
- ^2017 Annual Report.Airbus. 2017. p. 113.
- ^"Company Overview of EADS Sogerma S.A."Bloomberg.Retrieved7 April2016.
- ^Morrison, Murdo (12 December 2006)."Sogerma overhaul".Flight International.
- ^Kaminski-Morrow, David (3 November 2008)."Manager buys out EADS Sogerma landing-gear MRO unit".Flight International.
- ^Gubisch, Michael (10 April 2013)."INTERIOR: Sogerma unveils premium seat siblings".Flight International.
- ^Gubisch, Michael (11 July 2012)."FARNBOROUGH: Aerolia on expansion course".Flight International.
- ^Gubisch, Michael (18 June 2011)."Aerolia runs up A350 panel production".Flight International.
- ^"Toulouse · France".Toulouse · France.Retrieved2022-12-26.
- ^Morrison, Murdo (19 May 2014)."ILA: Premium Aerotec gears up to meet the demands of parent Airbus".Flight International.
- ^"Comment: Airbus's blessing in disguise".Flight International. 13 January 2009.
- ^Morrison, Murdo (10 July 2009)."Free spirit builds its destiny".Flight International.
- ^Thisdell, Dan (15 April 2015)."INTERIORS: Rebranded Stelia sets out Celeste seating concept".Flight International.
- ^"Aerolia and Sogerma merge into Stelia Aerospace".sampe-europe.org. 17 December 2014.
- ^Steinmetz, Juergen T. (21 June 2017)."Contract renewed: Stelia Aerospace Airbus".eturbonews.
- ^"STELIA Aerospace inaugurates its Aeronautical Factory of the Future in Méaulte, France".industryeurope. 20 March 2017.
- ^Gubisch, Michael (18 February 2018)."Stelia manufactures fuselage panel through 3D printing".Flight International.
- ^Davies, Sam (19 February 2018)."STELIA Aerospace utilises Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing to build fuselage panel demonstrator".tctmagazine.
- ^Gubisch, Michael (22 November 2018)."Stelia takes over digital engineering partner Portalliance".Flight International.
- ^"Airbus-owned Stelia Aerospace to build Portugal assembly plant".Reuters.29 October 2019. Archived fromthe originalon October 29, 2019.
- ^"Stelia Aerospace participates in AILE project with Bombardier".jeccomposites. 7 February 2020.
- ^Airbus Annual Report 2021: Connecting and protecting.Airbus. 2022. p. 79.
- ^Morrison, Murdo (16 June 2015)."ANALYSIS: Revamped production line allows ATR to ramp up".Flight International.
- ^"Stelia Aerospace – Assembling Global 7500 Fuselages in Mirabel".airinsight.19 April 2019.
- ^Kaminski-Morrow, David (13 February 2020)."Airbus to shift A220 cockpit and fuselage work to Mirabel site".Flight International.
- ^Kaminski-Morrow, David (10 July 2017)."Beluga XL upper fuselage shipped to Airbus line".Flight International.