TOP 10 – AEROSPACE & AVIATION MANUFACTURERS

MARKET CAP: US $ 160.7BN CEO: GUILLAUME FAURY FOUNDED: 1970

Airbus has built a sophisticated multi-country aircraft manufacturing system, with assembly lines operating in Toulouse, Hamburg, Tianjin and Mobile, Alabama. The company’ s A350 programme showcases Airbus manufacturing at its most advanced, with more than 50 % of the airframe by weight made of carbon fibrereinforced polymer. Its Nantes facility has pioneered the automated drilling and riveting of composite centre wing boxes, reducing manual operations and improving repeatability at scale.

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