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Snecma - SN (France)

The Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation-Partenaires (SNECMA), France's largest aircraft engine manufacturer, was created in 1945 to design and manufacture aircraft engines for France. SNECMA was a key player in the global engine market for military and civil aircraft with more than 100 seats. According to its annual report, SNECMA had achieved a 17.5 percent share of this global engine market (excluding the countries of the former Soviet Union) by 1991. General Electric (GE) had about a 36.5 percent share; Pratt and Whitney, a 30-percent share; and Rolls-Royce, a 13-percent share.

Snecma is a company of the SAFRAN Group. Snecma is one of the world's leading aerospace propulsion companies, with a wide range of propulsion systems on offer. By drawing on these different propulsion technologies, Snecma leverages its ability to deliver innovative solutions and develop the multidisciplinary synergies that are critical for tomorrow's air and space power-plants.

In the civil aviation sector, Snecma develops, produces and markets the best-selling family of CFM56 turbofans through CFM International, a joint company equally owned with General Electric. These engines power many different Airbus and Boeing jetliners. Snecma is also General Electric's main partner in the GE90 engine with 25% of the program. In addition, we have a stake in the CF6 and GP7000 engine programs.

Snecma designs, develops and builds military aircraft engines offering world-class performance. For example, the M88 engine that powers France's new-generation Rafale fighter has the highest turbine inlet temperature in the world. Our engines power over 20 different types of transport, training and combat aircraft for 41 armed forces around the world. A military aircraft powered by Snecma takes off somewhere in the world every minute. Snecma leads the team of European companies that make propulsion systems and equipment for other launch vehicles, satellites and space vehicles.