Embraer

The Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S. A. with headquarters in São José dos Campos ( Brazil) near São Paulo is by Boeing, Airbus and Bombardier Aerospace 's fourth largest aircraft manufacturer in the world. Embraer produced for both the civilian and military sectors. In addition to its headquarters Embraer maintains offices and service bases in Australia, the People 's Republic of China, France, Portugal, Singapore and the United States. The company is one of the largest exporters in Brazil and currently has 16,853 employees worldwide, of which 94.7 percent in Brazil operate.

Company History

Founded as a Technical Centre for Aviation

The History of Embraer goes back to a decision of the Brazilian government to establish their own national aviation industry after the end of the Second World War. In the small town of Sao Jose dos Campos to under military leadership, the CTA (Centro Técnico de Aeronáutica ) was established, which today as the General Command of Aeronautics and Astronautics ( Comando - Geral de Tecnologia Aeroespacial ) of the Brazilian Air Force operates. The German Henrich Focke was asked in the 1950s to make development work with some of its engineers in Brazil. He developed several helicopters, such as the convertiplane HC -1. In 1965 it was decided, under the direction of Major Oziras Silva known as project IPD - 6504 a twin-engined small transport aircraft for use on unpaved runways and start to develop. On October 22, 1968, lifted now Bandeirante ( Scout ) said plane with the test pilots José Mariotto Ferreira and flight engineer Michal Cury for the first time from.

State Aircraft Factory from 1969

Since the CTA was not designed for mass production of aircraft, President Artur da Costa e Silva signed on 19 August 1969, Regulation 770 establishing a government aircraft factory named Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica, short Embraer. The new company was headed by Oziras Silva and initially had a workforce of 500 employees, former members of the CTA and ITA. As the first order of construction of 80 was now as the C- 95 labeled Bandeirantes. The first machine of series production flew in 1972, a year later, a passenger model for 21 people followed by the name EMB -110 P. By 1975, various foreign models were built under license, to the EMB -121 Xingu the first, albeit with little success, own aircraft was designed with a pressurized cabin, and turboprop engine. In 1980, the successful turboprop trainer T-27 Tucano its first flight. After the AMX then followed in 1985, the 30 - seat turboprop regional aircraft EMB -120 Brasilia, from which 352 units were built. After the failure of the CBA -123 Vector 1990 the company was in a crisis, three quarters of the workforce at the time of 12,000 cost the job. The privatization of the end of 1994 and the appointment of Mauricio Botelho president of the company then brought the rescue. He was in 1995 the development of the successful Embraer Regional Jet Series 2002 then enforce the Embraer E-Jets and their financing, paving the way to the third-largest aircraft manufacturer in the world. Today, Embraer is majority-owned by institutional investors in Brazil. A share of 2.12%, EADS sold mid February 2007 for 124 million euros, which Embraer - compared to the 2.75 billion who received BAE Systems for a 20 % stake in Airbus 2006 - was almost half as much as Airbus.

2008 Embraer began with the construction of a plant at Melbourne International Airport in the U.S. Melbourne ( Florida), which was opened in February 2011. There, since Phenom 100 to be built for North American customers.

Civilian models

  • Embraer EMB 110 ( turboprop, 19 seats)
  • Embraer EMB 120 ( turboprop, 30 seats)
  • Embraer EMB 121 ( turboprop, five to nine seats)
  • Embraer EMB 200 ( Agricultural Aircraft )
  • Embraer ERJ -145 family: Embraer ERJ 135 (Jet, 37 Seats )
  • Embraer ERJ 140 (Jet, 44 seats, built mainly for American Eagle Airlines )
  • Embraer ERJ 145 (50 -seat regional jet, in use, among others, Cirrus Airlines, Aeroméxico Connect, Continental Express, bmi regional, Luxair, British Airways, LOT, Alitalia Express and Air France )
  • Embraer 170 ( up to 78 seats)
  • Embraer 175 ( up to 86 seats)
  • Embraer 190 ( up to 106 seats)
  • Embraer 195 ( up to 118 seats)
  • Phenom 100
  • Phenom 300

Military models

  • Embraer EMB 312
  • Super Tucano / ALX
  • Embraer EMB 111
  • AMX
  • EMB 145 AEW & C also R99 -A
  • EMB 145 RS / AGS R99 -B
  • EMB 145 MP / ASW also P99
  • Embraer KC- 390 - Transportation
Types of business entity International Securities Identification Number American Depositary Receipt Australia (continent) Melbourne (Florida) Embraer Phenom 100 Embraer EMB 121 Xingu Envoy (airline) Aeroméxico Connect Embraer Legacy 600 Embraer Phenom 300 Embraer Legacy 450 Embraer Legacy 500 Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano Índice Bovespa 2010 AmBev Banco Bradesco Bradespar Banco do Brasil Brasil Telecom Braskem BRF S.A. AES Eletropaulo Fibria Gerdau Klabin Petrobras Rede S.A. Oi (telecommunications) Usiminas Vivo (telecommunications)
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