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Stelia Aerospace
FormerlyAerolia / Sogerma
Company typeSociété par actions simplifiée
IndustryAeronautics
Founded1 January 2015
Headquarters
Toulouse
,
France
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Cédric Gautier, CEO [1]
ServicesAerostructures, Airline seats
Revenue (€2.2 Billion (2017))
Number of employees
7,000 (as at 2019)[2]
ParentAirbus
Websitewww.stelia-aerospace.com

Stelia Aerospace (stylized STELIA Aerospace) is an aerospace company headquartered in Toulouse, France.[3] It specializes in designing and manufacture of aerostructures, pilot seats and premium class passenger seats, mainly for the commercial aviation sector.

Stelia Aerospace was created on 1 January 2015 by the merger of two Airbus business units: Aerolia and SOGERMA. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Airbus.

History

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Stelia Aerospace traces its origins to the merger of two companies, SOGERMA and Aerolia. SOGERMA (Société girondine d’entretien et de réparation de matériel aéronautique) was a French company founded in 1924 amid the early days of aviation.[4]

Prior to its restructuring in 2006, the company largely focused on maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO),[5][6] but subsequently directed its resources to its specialist aerostructures and seating activities.[7]

Aerolia SA was founded on 1 January 2009 as a spin-off of Airbus France's aerostructures activities.[8][9] This involved the Méaulte and Saint-Nazaire industrial plants, along with a design office in Toulouse.[10]

In 2007, EADS' management decided to respond to the weakening US dollar and large investments required for the Airbus A380 and A350 XWB programs by restructuring in order to streamline, divest several non-core activities, and cut costs.[11][12] Aerospace periodical Flight International compared the move to Boeing's then-recent spin-off of Spirit AeroSystems.[13]

On 1 January 2015, Stelia Aerospace was created via the merger of Aerolia and Sogerma.[14] At the time, Stelia Aerospace employed roughly 6,100 staff across 11 different locations, and the two merged businesses were considered "complementary".[15] Contracts previously undertaken by the two firms carried over to the new entity, including those for fitting-out work on Airbus airliners.[16]

In March 2017, Stelia Aerospace inaugurated a new aeronautics factory in Méaulte, Northern France; this facility, which handles production of the forward fuselages of Airbus airliners and central fuselage of Bombardier Aerospace’s Global 7500 series of business jets, had required a €70 million investment.[17] In February 2018, Stelia Aerospace demonstrated a metallic fuselage panel manufactured using 3D printing techniques.[18][19] The same year, the firm acquired a majority share of Toulouse-based digital modelling specialist Portalliance Engineering.[20]

In October 2019, Stelia Aerospace announced plans to build a new assembly plant in Portugal at a cost of €40 million.[21] In February 2020, the company started a three-year partnership with Bombardier for the AILE (Aile Intelligente et Légère pour l’Environnement, or Intelligent and Light Wing for Environment) research programme.[22]

Starting on 1 January 2022, Stelia Aerospace sites worldwide were grouped with other Airbus sites in Nantes and Montoir-de-Bretagne under the newly formed Airbus subsidiary Airbus Atlantic.[23]

Business activities

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Stelia Aerospace has three main business segments:

  • Aerostructures
  • Premium class airline seats (First, Business, Premium Economy)
  • Pilot seats

Stelia Aerospace also manufactures aircraft interiors. [citation needed]

Aerostructures

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Wings of an ATR being delivered to the final assembly line in Toulouse.

Stelia Aerospace designs and manufactures fully equipped aircraft fuselage sections from the nose to the rear, wings and special Work Packages such as the main landing gear bay, A400M ramp door, and helicopter tail boom. [citation needed]

A major portion of the company's business is the design and manufacturing of aerostructures, including complex detailed parts comprising both composite and metallic materials. Stelia Aerospace claims that it is one of a small number of companies able to provide a fully equipped section (metallic and/or composite fuselage section, with all the tubes and wiring systems integrated), developing the "plug and fly" concept.[citation needed]

Aircraft components manufactured by Stelia Aerospace include:

  • Wings of the ATR family, which are fully equipped and tested up to the final test benches.[24]
  • Central section of the Bombardier large business jet Global 7000/8000.[25]
  • Various sections of the Airbus A220, such as the cockpit and aft fuselage.[26]
  • Elements of the Airbus BelugaXL, including the nose section, cargo door, and upper fuselage with pre-integrated systems (electrical, hydraulic, air conditioning, oxygen, etc.)[27]

Locations

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Stelia Aerospace is a global business with 11 worldwide industrial facilities and supporting offices.[citation needed]

Location Country / Region Facility type Notes
Toulouse France Industrial Headquarter functions and core-engineering
Méaulte France Industrial Nose assembly and large composite
Rochefort France Industrial Section assembly and seats
Saint-Nazaire France Industrial Detailed parts
Mérignac France Industrial Wings
Salaunes France Industrial Composite detailed parts
M Ghira Tunisia Industrial Detailed parts and assembly
Casablanca Morocco Industrial Composite detailed parts and assembly
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Canada Industrial Composite detailed parts
Mirabel, Quebec Canada Industrial Section assembly
Hamburg Germany Support office Airbus Final Assembly Lines support
Bangkok Thailand Support office Commercial offices
Seattle USA Support office Commercial offices
Los Angeles USA Support office Commercial offices
Miami USA Support office Commercial offices, and airline support
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Support office Airline support
Singapore Singapore Support office Airline support
Beijing China Support office Airline support

References

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  1. ^ "Interview with Cédric Gautier, CEO of Stelia Aerospace". www.journal-aviation.com. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  2. ^ Aerospace, Stelia (2019-05-24). "53ème Salon International de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace". STELIA Aerospace. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  3. ^ 2017 Annual Report. Airbus. 2017. p. 113.
  4. ^ "Company Overview of EADS Sogerma S.A." Bloomberg. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  5. ^ Morrison, Murdo (12 December 2006). "Sogerma overhaul". Flight International.
  6. ^ Kaminski-Morrow, David (3 November 2008). "Manager buys out EADS Sogerma landing-gear MRO unit". Flight International.
  7. ^ Gubisch, Michael (10 April 2013). "INTERIOR: Sogerma unveils premium seat siblings". Flight International.
  8. ^ Gubisch, Michael (11 July 2012). "FARNBOROUGH: Aerolia on expansion course". Flight International.
  9. ^ Gubisch, Michael (18 June 2011). "Aerolia runs up A350 panel production". Flight International.
  10. ^ "Toulouse · France". Toulouse · France. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  11. ^ Morrison, Murdo (19 May 2014). "ILA: Premium Aerotec gears up to meet the demands of parent Airbus". Flight International.
  12. ^ "Comment: Airbus's blessing in disguise". Flight International. 13 January 2009.
  13. ^ Morrison, Murdo (10 July 2009). "Free spirit builds its destiny". Flight International.
  14. ^ Thisdell, Dan (15 April 2015). "INTERIORS: Rebranded Stelia sets out Celeste seating concept". Flight International.
  15. ^ "Aerolia and Sogerma merge into Stelia Aerospace". sampe-europe.org. 17 December 2014.
  16. ^ Steinmetz, Juergen T. (21 June 2017). "Contract renewed: Stelia Aerospace Airbus". eturbonews.com.
  17. ^ "STELIA Aerospace inaugurates its Aeronautical Factory of the Future in Méaulte, France". industryeurope.com. 20 March 2017.
  18. ^ Gubisch, Michael (18 February 2018). "Stelia manufactures fuselage panel through 3D printing". Flight International.
  19. ^ Davies, Sam (19 February 2018). "STELIA Aerospace utilises Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing to build fuselage panel demonstrator". tctmagazine.com.
  20. ^ Gubisch, Michael (22 November 2018). "Stelia takes over digital engineering partner Portalliance". Flight International.
  21. ^ "Airbus-owned Stelia Aerospace to build Portugal assembly plant". Reuters. 29 October 2019. Archived from the original on October 29, 2019.
  22. ^ "Stelia Aerospace participates in AILE project with Bombardier". jeccomposites.com. 7 February 2020.
  23. ^ Airbus Annual Report 2021: Connecting and protecting. Airbus. 2022. p. 79.
  24. ^ Morrison, Murdo (16 June 2015). "ANALYSIS: Revamped production line allows ATR to ramp up". Flight International.
  25. ^ "Stelia Aerospace – Assembling Global 7500 Fuselages in Mirabel". airinsight.com. 19 April 2019.
  26. ^ Kaminski-Morrow, David (13 February 2020). "Airbus to shift A220 cockpit and fuselage work to Mirabel site". Flight International.
  27. ^ Kaminski-Morrow, David (10 July 2017). "Beluga XL upper fuselage shipped to Airbus line". Flight International.
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