EMBRAER

Embraer, the Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. is one of the largest aircraft manufacturers in the world.Embraer was founded in 1969 as a government initiative and then privatized on December 7, 1994.Based in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, it was Brazil’s largest exporter from 1999 to 2001 and the second largest in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Embraer also has a production plant and flight testing facility in Gavião Peixoto, São Paulo state and maintenance and commercial sites in the USA and commercial offices in France, Singapore and China.On August 19, 1969 under the leadership of the Aeronautics Ministry, the president of the Republic, Arthur da Costa e Silva, signs decree Nº 770, creating Embraer - EmpresaBrasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. Mandated with the serial production of the Bandeirante aircraft, Cel. Ozires Silva became chairman of the first board of directors.In the same year
The Embraer Trademark is created by Artist, designer and painter José Maria Ramis Melquizo.The first prototype of the EMB 200 Ipanema agricultural airplane was made its first flight on July 30, 1970.It was developed by the Aircraft Department (PAR),of the Research and Development Institute (IPD), of the CTA.In January 1971 Embraer launched the high performance glider, the EMB 400 Urupema designed by the CTA,the only glider manufactured by Embraer.September 6, 1971 witnessed the inaugural flight of the EMB 326GB Xavante, a flexiblesingle-turbine aircraft designed by the Italian company Aermacchi,assembled under license in Brazil by Embraer.In 1973 Embraer delivered EMB 110 Bandeirante to the Brazilian Air Force and first Commercial Aviation EMB 110 Bandeirante to Transbrasil.On October 22, 1975, the company's first pressurized aircraft, the Xingu, made its inaugural flight.Its first combat aircraft, the Tucano, which made its inaugural flight on December 16, 1980. In July, 1981, Embraer joined the AMX Program, which purpose was to establish a partnership to develop a subsonic fighter. Together with Aeritalia (current Alenia Aeronautica) and Aermacchi, Embraer worked on the development of the AMX fighter, which was later used to replace old military aircraft in Italy and Brazil. The first Brazilian AMX made its inaugural flight on October 16, 1985.The CBA 123 Vector,turboprop aircraft with a passenger capcity of 19, developed in partnership with FMA (current Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina), made its inaugural flight on July 30,1990.On December 7, 1994, Embraer was privatized.Along with other companies such as Parker Hannifin, Allison Engine Company, and Honeywell Embraer designed ,and produced regional jet ERJ 145 and aircrafts based on the ERJ 145 platform (ERJ 135, ERJ 140, Legacy, 145 AEW&C, 145 RS/AGS and P-99).Military trainer and light attack aircraft, the Super Tucano or ALX by Embraer flew for the first time on June 2, 1999. The Embraer 170, the first model from its E jet series was made on February 19, 2002.Embraer business jets are the Lineage 1000, the Embraer Legacy 600, the Phenom 100 and the Phenom 300. On April 19, 2007, Embraer announced it was considering the production of twin-engine, jet-powered military transport, the Embraer C-390. three Brazilian investment groups (Previ and Sistel pension funds and Bozano Group) are the largest share holders of the company.

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