FINMECCANICA

'Finmeccanica S.p.A.' is Italy's second largest industrial group and the first of the hi-tech industrial groups. It works in the fields of defence, aerospace, security, automation, transport and energy. The company has offices in over 100 countries. Turnover of 12.5 Bn Euros (2006).

Contents

Divisions

Aeronautics

Helicopters

Space

Defence Electronics

Defence Systems

Information Technology

Energy

Transportation

Joint Ventures / Participations

Fhink Master

References

External links

Divisions

Aeronautics

★ 'Alenia Aeronautica'

★ 'Alenia SIA'

★ 'Alenia Aermacchi'

★ 'Alenia Composite'

★ 'Alenia Aeronavali'

★ 'ATR' (50%, with Aerospatiale, today EADS).
World leader in the 40-70 seat turboprop market.

★ 'Quadrics'
A supercomputing company. Quadrics and Bull of France are currently cooperating on Europe's fastest supercomputer: the 60 teraflops French Tera-10[1].

Helicopters

★ 'AgustaWestland'
Helicopter design and manufacturing company based in Italy and the United Kingdom. It was formed as a joint venture in July 2000 when Finmeccanica and GKN plc agreed to merge their helicopter subsidiaries. AgustaWestland is now a fully owned subsidiary of Finmeccanica.

Space

★ 'Thales Alenia Space' (33%, with Thales 67%)

★ 'NGL Prime SpA' (EADS SPACE (70%) and Finmeccanica (30%)

★ 'Telespazio' (67%, with Thales 33%)

Defence Electronics

★ 'SELEX Sensors and Airborne Systems (S&AS)'.
Merger of Galileo Avionica (formerly Alenia Difesa) and the majority of BAE Systems Avionics under terms of the Eurosystem transaction. Finmeccanica thus becomes the second defense electronics group in Europe, after Thales of France.

★ 'SELEX Sistemi Integrati'
The former Italian arm of Alenia Marconi Systems.

★ 'SELEX Communications'
The former Selenia Communications plus the UK military and secure communications business of BAE Systems.

Defence Systems

★ 'MBDA' (25%)
A joint venture company between EADS (37.5%), BAE Systems (37.5%) and Finmeccanica , MBDA is the world's No.2 missile manufacturer after Raytheon.

Information Technology

★ 'Elsag Datamat'
Elsag Datamat is a company that designs, produces and supplies advanced technology IT systems and solutions for applications in security, automation, transport, defence and space. Elsag Datamat forms part of the "Defence Electronics" division of Finmeccanica, a leading industrial group at global level.

Energy

★ 'Ansaldo Energia'
The company has more than a hundred years of power generation experience and an installed capacity exceeding 153,000 MW in over 75 countries. Revenues in 2003 stood at 802 million euros.

★ 'Ansaldo Fuel Cells'
In June 2004 Ansaldo Fuel Cells inaugurated the Terni industrial fuel cell production facility for stationary applications. The production capacity, initially 3 MW, should have reached 15 MW by 2006.

Transportation

★ 'Ansaldobreda'
Heavy and Light Rail Vehicles are to be found in Denmark (83 diesel trains and 19-29 metro cars), Norway (36 electric trains+16 light metro vehicles), Madrid (180 heavy metro vehicles), Gothenburg (40 Sirio light rail stock), Birmingham+Manchester (32+6 light metro vehicles), Lille (24 light metro vehicles), SanFrancisco+Boston (151+100 light metro vehicles), Atlanta+LosAngeles (100+42 heavy metro vehicles), and Athens (35 Sirio light rail vehicles).

Joint Ventures / Participations

★ 'Horizon SAS and EuroSysNav'
50-50 joint ventures between DCNS of France and Finmeccanica/Fincantieri of Italy for the design and construction of 27 FREMM multirole frigates and 4 Horizon anti-air frigates. FREMM/Horizon, at a cost of 4.3 billion euros, is Europe's largest naval program

★ 'Eurotorp'
50-50 joint venture between Finmeccanica and DCN/Thales of France. Eurotorp is the world market leader for lightweight torpedoes, and the European leading company in antisubmarine weapon systems.

★ 'NHIndustries'
Italy has a 32% stake in the program, France 31.25%, Germany 31.25%, and The Netherlands 5.5%

★ 'Eurofighter GmbH' (21%)
Joint venture with EADS and BAE Systems for co-ordination of the design, production and upgrade of Eurofighter Typhoon.

★ 'Global Military Aircraft Systems (GMAS)' between Alenia North America Inc and L-3 IS (subsidiary of L-3 Communications) in order to compete for the FCA program (Future Cargo Aircraft):

Fhink Master

The Fhink Master is an initiative developed by Finmeccanica in order to integrate and enrich the Group’s Training and Knowledge Management System. It was submitted to the Finmeccanica Board of Directors, which approved the course at its meeting on May 11 2006, and initiated its first edition on November 15 2006. It has been designed to forge a link between academic institutions and industry, with the involvement of prestigious partner universities from around the world ^[1].
Fhink Master aims to develop students from high-potential graduates into world class professionals working in an international business engineering environment, in the areas of:

★ Project & Program Management

★ Operations & Technology Management

★ Marketing & Sales

★ Business Development

★ Strategic Management

★ Business Improvement

★ Risk Management

★ Financial Control
The Master's Programme combines intensive learning with an internship in one of the Finmeccanica Group operating companies, totalling approx. 1500 hours of full-time learning and development activities. Following the successful completion of the programme, graduates will be offered a job opportunity within a Finmeccanica group company. Furthermore, Finmeccanica also offers financial support, for all participants, to cover tuition fees, accommodation and living expenses.
The Master's Programme is taught in English and held in Rome (Italy).

References

1. Adapted from Finmeccanica Annual Report 2006

External links

★ www.finmeccanica.com

★ www.finmeccanica.com/fhink