DEVELOPMENT & INNOVATION

A POWERFUL GROWTH DRIVER

“WE CONTINUE OUR DEVELOPMENT WITH THE AIM OF CONSTRUCTING AND CONSOLIDATING THE POSITIONS OF GLOBAL LEADERS IN OUR MARKETS THROUGH A TARGETED ACQUISITIONS POLICY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES... OUR AMBITION IS TO BE THE MOST EFFICIENT AND INNOVATIVE IN OUR CUSTOMER SERVICES.”

Maurice Pinault
Deputy CEO - Strategy & Business Development

“Innovation remains a strong driver of our growth, profitable growth based on a niche strategy aimed at developing global leadership positions in our markets. Our acquisitions can make this happen.”

A strong position with innovative products

“The acquisition of the California-based company IMS, the global leader in decentralized or ‘passenger centric¹ IFE⁶ systems, rounds out our SiT business and strengthens our position in the rapidly growing avionics sector

The acquisition of the American company IPS strengthens our position in electrical generation and conversion and enables us to be present in the whole on-board electrical systems, where we already are the global leader for primary distribution systems. NAT, a company based in Seattle, gives us an additional competitive advantage, in particular for the retrofit of cabins. They bring certification competence for innovative cabins that we have developed for narrow-body aircraft. In France, the acquisition of ACC La Jonchere also rounds out our offering. They supply ball joints, an interesting new technology to reduce the mass of high-temperature pipes on aircraft engines. We continue our development approach, internally and externally, with the aim of constructing and consolidating the positions of global leaders in our markets through a targeted acquisitions policy and the development of the latest technologies”

⁵ In-Flight Entertainment system

14 • TRAVEL JOURNAL 2012 • 2013