Leonardo-Finmeccanica

Leonardo-Finmeccanica
Formerly called
 Finmeccanica
Società per azioni
Traded as BIT: FNC
Industry Aerospace, defence
Founded 1948 (1948)
Headquarters Rome, Italy
Key people
 Giovanni De Gennaro (Chairman)
Mauro Moretti (CEO)
Products Aeronautics, helicopters, space, electronics, defence systems
Revenue € 13 billion (2015)[1]
Profit € 527 million (2015)[1]
Number of employees
 About 47,000[2]
Website www.leonardocompany.com

Leonardo-Finmeccanica is the leading industrial group in the high-technology sector in Italy and one of the main global players in aerospace, defence and security. The company is partially owned by the Italian government through the Ministry of Economy and Finance, which holds 30.204% of Finmeccanica's shares.

Since 1 January 2016, has become a single integrated industrial entity that have absorbed the activities of AgustaWestland, Alenia Aermacchi, Selex ES, OTO Melara and WASS. Finmeccanica is organised into 7 divisions (Helicopters, Aircraft, Aerostructures, Airborne & Space Systems, Land & Naval Defence Electronics, Defence Systems, Security & Information Systems) and is also the Parent Company and Corporate Centre for the subsidiaries and joint ventures DRS Technologies, Telespazio, Thales Alenia Space, MBDA and ATR. The Company is listed at the Italian Stock Exchange and has been admitted to the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) World and Europe 2015, which reward the companies most committed to sustainability.

As of April 2016, the company is known by the transitional name of Leonardo-Finmeccanica as part of the restructuring process of the company carried out by the CEO Mauro Moretti from the beginning of his mandate in 2014. The company will change its name to Leonardo S.p.A. on January 1, 2017.[3][4]

History

1948: The year of foundation

The company was established in 1948 as a subholding for mechanical industry of state owned IRI. Finmeccanica has held for years some historic Italian enterprises, such as Alfa Romeo (automobile), Aeritalia (aerospace) and Ansaldo (engineering). From 1960s to 1980s Italy's defence and aerospace industry was split in different state-holding entities: so EFIM owned the helicopters manufacturer Agusta, the defence company Oto Melara and the electronic enterprise Officine Galileo, whereas STET (another IRI subsidiary) held Selenia, Elsag and SGS Thomson, all electronic enterprises with specializations in security and defense. In 1989 an internal IRI reorganization process brought STET electronic enterprises to Finmeccanica, that from Aeritalia-Selenia merger made up its aerospace subsidiary Alenia.

The 90s

In 1992 EFIM wound up because of troubled financial situation; so Agusta, Oto Melara, Officine Galileo and Breda passed to Finmeccanica, which became one of the most important Italian industrial groups. Finmeccanica, which was previously fully state owned by IRI, went under a privatization process in 1993, when it was listed in Milan Borsa Italiana.

In 1992 Finmeccanica's Agusta became a 32% partner in NHIndustries, the prime contractor for NH90 helicopter, along with Eurocopter (62.5%) and Fokker (5.5%).

Early 2000s

In July 2000 Finmeccanica and the British GKN agreed to merge their respective helicopter subsidiaries (Agusta and GKN-Westland Helicopters) to form AgustaWestland. In December 2001 the missile business of Alenia Marconi Systems (AMS), a joint Finmeccanica/BAE Systems company, was merged with other European missile manufacturers to form MBDA which thus became the world's second largest missile manufacturer.[5] In July 2003 Finmeccanica and BAE Systems announced their intention to set up three joint venture companies, to be collectively known as Eurosystems. These companies would have pooled the avionics, C4ISTAR and communications businesses of the two companies.[6] In March 2007 BAE Systems sold its 25% share to Finmeccanica for €400 million.[7] In January 2013 the company merged with Finmeccanica's other defence electronics companies, SELEX Elsag and SELEX Sistemi Integrati, to become Selex ES. In May 2008 Finmeccanica announced its intention to purchase the U.S. defense contractor DRS Technologies for nearly $5.2 billion. On 22 October 2008 the sale of DRS Technologies was finalized.[8]

2011-2013

Some judicial inquiries involve Finmeccanica on several fronts and involve various management changes.

In July 2013, the Letta government appointed former police chief Giovanni De Gennaro as Chairman of Finmeccanica. In December 2013 Finmeccanica sold 39.55% of its share capital in Ansaldo Energia to Fondo Strategico Italiano. The remaining 15% of Finmeccanica's share will be sold by December 31, 2017.

2014-2016

In the first half of 2014, Finmeccanica's new Chief Executive Officer and General Manager Mauro Moretti started a process of profound change for the Group, both in terms of strategic choices and organizational structure. The goal was to create a more cohesive, homogeneous and efficient group in which all processes (research, marketing and sales, engineering, procurement, strategies and governance) are centralized and integrated and can interact more effectively for the benefit of industrial productivity in the various sectors where the Group is present and become more competitive in global markets encompasses the 100% owned companies of the core aerospace and defence business (AgustaWestland, Alenia Aermacchi, Oto Melara, Selex ES and WASS) transformed into seven new Finmeccanica divisions. The current holding company will then become an operating company based on seven major business areas, maintaining its parent company and corporate centre function for the Group companies excluded from the model (DRS Technologies, Telespazio, Thales Alenia Space, MBDA and ATR). At the end of 2014, Finmeccanica transferred its stake in BredaMenarinibus to the newco Industria Italiana Autobus (20% Finmeccanica and 80% King Long), thereby taking a further step in the Group's portfolio rationalization process.

In 2015 Hitachi signed a binding agreement with Finmeccanica for Hitachi's acquisition of the AnsaldoBreda business, excluding some revamping activities and residual contracts, and of the entire Finmeccanica stake in the share capital of Ansaldo STS, approximately 40% of the total capital. FATA, another subsidiary of the Finmeccanica Group since 2004 that was not part of the core business, was sold in 2015 to the Gruppo Danieli, dealing in the production of steel plants.

On 1 January 2016, Finmeccanica become a single integrated industrial entity (One Company) that have absorbed the activities of AgustaWestland, Alenia Aermacchi, Selex ES, OTO Melara and WASS.

From Finmeccanica to Leonardo

The Company rebranding operation, led by Mauro Moretti, began in March 2016, with the proposal to change the company name as of 1 January 2017 made by the Board of Directors at the Shareholders’ Meeting. With the Shareholder approval of the new company name on 28 April 2016, Finmeccanica officially became Leonardo starting from January 1, 2017 (Leonardo-Finmeccanica until 31 December 2016) , a name inspired by the Italian scientist Leonardo Da Vinci.[9][10][4]

Organization

Aeronautics

Leonardo-Finmeccanica designs, develops, produces, maintains and upgrades commercial, military and military training aircraft, as well as producing aerostructures. The Company is part of a network of joint ventures and product partnerships including programmes like the Eurofighter (with BAE Systems and Airbus Group) to build the supersonic multi-role Typhoon, ATR (with Airbus Group) to build the family of turboprop regional aircraft by the same name.
Aeronautics
M-346

Helicopters

Leonardo-Finmeccanica is a world leader in the helicopter market and manages the entire helicopter system life cycle: from development to production, pilot training and after sales support. Leonardo-Finmeccanica produces a wide range of helicopters for both the commercial and the defence market, including all the main weight categories, from 1.8-tonne single-engined to 16-tonne three-engined helicopters.
Helicopters
AW101

Electronics, Defence & Security Systems

Leonardo-Finmeccanica is an international leader in the production of defence, aerospace, security and information, infrastructure and land protection systems. It develops and integrates systems for the air and sea traffic management and the control and protection of land and sea borders; it also develops secure communications networks and solutions for the management of infrastructure and systems. The services offered also include the design and management of IT infrastructure and data processing for intelligence and cyber security. Leonardo-Finmeccanica is also active in the design, development and production of naval artillery, armoured vehicles and underwater systems. In the Electronics, Defence and Security Systems sector, Leonardo-Finmeccanica also operates through its US subsidiary DRS Technologies and the joint venture MBDA (37,5% BAE Systems, 37,5% Airbus Group and 25% Leonardo-Finmeccanica) that produces missiles and missile systems.
Electronics, Defence & Security Systems

Space

In the space sector, Leonardo-Finmeccanica is active mainly through joint ventures Telespazio (Leonardo-Finmeccanica 67% - Thales 33%) and Thales Alenia Space (Leonardo-Finmeccanica 33% - Thales 67%).Telespazio offers a wide range of skills and services from design and development of space systems, launch services management and in-orbit satellites to Earth observation services, integrated communications and satellite navigation and localisation. Thales Alenia Space is engaged in the design, integration, testing and implementation of innovative space systems, equipped with the latest technology, for navigation, telecommunications, meteorology, environmental control, defence, scientific missions and Earth observation.
Space
Raffaello MPLM

Subsidiaries

Joint ventures

Others

Shareholder structure

As of 13 March 2016 Leonardo-Finmeccanica's largest shareholder was Italian Ministry of Economy and Finances with 30.20%. Other declared shareholdings at this date were Norges Bank (2.03%) and Libyan Investment Authority (2.01%).[11] and the Vanguard Group (1,30%).

Key Budget Items (2007 - 2015)

In million of €
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2013* 2014 2014** 2015
Orders 17.916 17.5757 21.099 22.453 17.434 15.869 17.571 15.059 15.619 12.667 12.371
Order book 39.304 42.937 45.143 48.668 46.005 44.908 42.697 36.831 38.234 29.383 28.793
Revenue 13.429 16.504 18.176 18.695 17.318 16.504 16.033 13.690 14.663 12.764 12.995
Ebita 7,8% 8,7% 8,7% 8,5% -216 1.006 949 878 1.080 980 1.208
Net profit 521 621 718 557 -2.306 -792 74 74 20 20 527
Ordinary net profit nd nd nd nd nd nd 74 (649) 70 15 253
Group net borrowing 1.158 3.383 3.070 3.133 3.443 3.382 3.316 3.902 3.962 3.962 3.278
FOCF 375 469 563 443 -358 91 (307) (220) (137) 65 307
Employees 60.748 73.398 73.056 75.197 70.474 67.408 63.835 56.282 54.380 54.380 47.156

Sources: Finmeccanica Budget - 2014

References

  1. 1 2 "Annual Report 2013". Finmeccanica.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Official Press Release. "FINMECCANICA: SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING APPROVES THE CHANGE OF THE COMPANY'S NAME AND THE 2015 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS". Leonardocompany.com.
  4. 1 2 Kington, Tom (April 28, 2016). "It's Official: Finmeccanica Is Now Leonardo". Defense News. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  5. ↑ "EADS, BAE and Finmeccanica Complete MBDA Merger". Defense Daily International. 2001-12-21. the new MBDA, the world's second largest missile manufacturer behind Raytheon
  6. ↑ "BAE ties up £2.6bn Italian deal". BBC News. 3 June 2003. Retrieved 13 September 2007.
  7. ↑ Parmalee, Patricia J. (9 April 2007). "Selex Sale Sealed". Aviation Week and Space Technology (The McGraw-Hill Companies).
  8. ↑ "Finmeccanica completes $5.2B DRS buy". The Business Journal of Milwaukee. 22 October 2008.
  9. ↑ "Finmeccanica: Shareholders’ Meeting approves the change of the Company’s name and the 2015 Financial Statements". Finmeccanica. April 28, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  10. ↑ Ansa Nesw. "Finmeccanica meeting approves new name, 'Leonardo'".
  11. ↑ "Azionisti rilevanti di FINMECCANICA SPA". Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

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