ThyssenKrupp Hits Reset on Restructuring
With apologies to Steinbeck, the best-laid plans of mice and conglomerates often go awry.
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Bombardier Capping Restructuring with Aerostructures Sale to Spirit AeroSystems
Company now focused solely on business jets and rail transportation. Bombardier’s restructuring program continues to move along with its announcement that it will sell its aerostructures business to Spirit AeroSystems …
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France’s Naval Group On Track for a Great Year
Halfway through its latest 10-year plan, and Naval Group is showing some slow, but promising, results. Sales rose almost 13 percent in 2018 to EUR3.6 billion, and in the first …
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CAE Expands Training to Meet Heightened Pilot Demand
With aircraft production booming, all these new planes are going to need someone to fly them. For CAE this means long-term stability in its civil and defense pilot training operations.
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A New Bombardier Aviation Is Formed as It Exits Commercial Aerospace
Under a restructuring plan begun almost five years ago, Bombardier has radically narrowed its aerospace focus to business jets and aerostructure production. Three major divestitures have transformed the Canadian company …
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Raytheon Technologies Set to Become New Aerospace and Defense Conglomerate
In what is set to be the largest merger of the decade, Raytheon and United Technologies Corp (UTC) are steadily moving toward their goal, capping a period of dramatic M&A …
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Saab Rides High on T-X Win, Gripen Outlook; Kockums Not So Much
Saab is certainly a company that can punch above its weight. With a limited home market for support, the company has had to look abroad for growth. As it seeks …
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Korea Aerospace Industries Puts Past Troubles Behind It
Korea Aerospace Industries has bounced back following an earlier scandal in 2017 that rocked the company and led to the ouster of many top-level corporate officials amid allegations of corruption …
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Hyundai Heavy Industries to Remain Top Shipbuilder as Daewoo Buy Moves Ahead
After several years of restructuring its operations, a new Hyundai Heavy Industries Group has emerged. Through a complex shareholding arrangement, the various operations have been collated under one banner, with …
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Embraer to Focus on Bizjets, Airlifters Following Boeing Brasil – Commercial Formation
Boeing and Embraer continue to move forward with their commercial aircraft tie-up with the merger slated to close in late 2019. Under the multi-level deal, the new Boeing Brasil – …
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