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New EADS Socata organization
Tarbes, 22 October 2003
EADS Socata announced today a new internal organization effective as of November 1st with the following persons:
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Alain Brodin, joins EADS Socata team as Vice-President Sales & Marketing of EADS Socata worldwide. Alain Brodin, is a Vice-President of the Aeronautics Division of EADS, which EADS Socata belongs to and he will continue to remain in this position. He will bring to EADS Socata his vast experience in sales and marketing as one of the major contributors to the success of the ATR42/72 family of which more than 650 units have been sold on the regional aircraft markets.
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Jacques Lordon, previously Vice-President Sales & Marketing of EADS Socata worldwide, is assigned to the position of Vice-President General Aviation. Lordon, will take-over the responsibility of all program management and technical activities and he will supervise the Customer Support organization which remains under the responsibility of Bernard Veyssière.
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Stéphane Bernard, President & CEO of Socata Aircraft, the US arm of EADS Socata, will also be appointed as Deputy Vice-President Sales & Marketing of EADS Socata. Under the new organization, Socata Aircraft, based in South Florida, will expand its sales and support activities beyond the USA and Canada, to also include Latin America.
« These modifications are aimed at optimizing the satisfaction of our valued customers and the relationship we entertain with our partners, as well as reaching our ambitious economic objectives. » commented Stéphane Mayer, President & CEO of EADS Socata.
EADS Socata is the leading European General Aviation manufacturer. Its industrial facilities are at Tarbes-Lourdes-Airport in the SouthWest of France. Around 5,900 Socata aircraft are in service today. TB GT range and TBM700 products have set the highest standards in terms of quality, performance and comfort.
EADS Socata belongs to EADS, the second largest aerospace and defence company in the world, with revenues of € 29.9 billion in 2002 and a workforce of more than 100,000. It is a systems integrator and, as such, EADS is one of the few companies worldwide capable of combining various products and technologies to form complete systems and offering the associated services.
The EADS group includes the aircraft manufacturer Airbus, as well as Eurocopter, the world's largest helicopter supplier, and the MBDA joint venture, the second largest missile producer in the global market. EADS is the major partner in the Eurofighter consortium. It is the prime contractor for the Ariane launcher. It develops the A400M military transport aircraft and is the largest industrial partner for Galileo, the European satellite navigation system. EADS has more than 70 sites in France, Germany, Great Britain and Spain and is active in many regions worldwide, amongst them America, Russia and Asia.
Media contact
| Philippe de Segovia | EADS Socata |
Tel.: 33 (0)1 49 34 69 93 Fax: 33(0)1 49 34 69 96 mailto: philippe.de-segovia@socata.eads.net |
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