Safran in the United Kingdom Safran in the Uk

SAFRAN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM SAFRAN IN THE UK

URNLEY Safran Nacelles UK DERY Aero Gearbox International* GLOUCESTER SAFRAN Safran Landing Systems UK PITSTONE Safran Landing Systems Services UK Safran Electrical & Power UK IS AN INTERNATIONAL Safran Engineering Services RAINTREE HIGH-TECHNOLOGY GROUP, Safran Aerosystems operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and CMRAN interiors), defense and space markets. Its core Safran Seats purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable RACKLEY Safran Seats world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has FAREHAM a global presence, with 76,000 employees and sales Safran Helicopter Engines UK SLOUGH of 16.5 billion euros in 2020 and holds, alone or in Safran Electrical Components UK partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets. Safran undertakes research and Industrial site Services Design office development programs to maintain the environmental priorities of its R&T and Innovation roadmap. With a presence in the United Kingdom (UK) dating back 90 years, Safran is the partner of choice for customers in the aerospace and defence markets. Safran provides solutions for top-tier customers in the United Kingdom and worldwide, including government agencies and leading prime contractors.

OPERATING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR 10 3,000+ 600+ LOCATIONS EMPLOYEES SUPPLIERS 90 YEARS IN THE UK

*The 50/50 company between Safran Transmission Systems and Rolls-Royce

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1935 Opening of an aircraft and automotive hose manufacturing plant marking the beginning of Safran’s presence in the UK.

1935 Opening of a landing gear manufacturing plant in Gloucester.

1940s © Adrien Daste / Safran Beginning of nacelle manufacturing activities in Burnley. A WORLD-LEADING SUPPLIER 2000 OF LANDING GEAR Establishing a new factory in Cwmbran for the production of aircraft seats. Throughout its long history, Gloucester is also home to Safran’s Safran Landing Systems' Gloucester landing gear maintenance, repair facility has designed and produced and overhaul facility, which provides a wide range of landing gears for services to a customer base 2003 commercial aircraft such as the spanning Europe, Africa, Middle Safran develops its engineering service activity Airbus A320/321, A330/340 and East and Russia, on civil and military in the UK. A350. The facility has also provided aircraft. a broad range of landing gears fitted to most of the UK military aircraft, 2008 such as the Eurofighter Typhoon. Safran establishes a European maintenance hub for helicopter engines in the UK.

2012 10,000+ 500 Safran opens a facility specialised in the design LANDING GEARS LANDING GEARS and production of electrical systems for aircraft. MANUFACTURED IN GLOUCESTER REPAIRED EACH YEAR FOR AIRBUS AIRCRAFT IN GLOUCESTER

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A LONG-ESTABLISHED MANUFACTURER A KEY PLAYER OF NACELLE SYSTEMS IN ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT Safran Nacelles in Burnley responsible for, with components Safran Electrical & Power in specialises in the manufacturing for nacelle systems for the Airbus Pitstone designs and produces of nacelles and thrust reversers A320neo, A330neo, COMAC C919, electrical systems for commercial, for a wide range of aircraft. Bombardier CL350, Gulfstream regional and business jets, The Burnley facility has three areas G280, Embraer Legacy 450, Cessna helicopters, and for the defence of expertise: assembly, world class Longitude and Gulfstream G700 sector. In Slough, teams design composites and sheet metal. all being manufactured in Burnley. and manufacture electrical interconnect components and In recent years, there has been fluid transfer assemblies. an increasing diversity to the programmes that the site is Both facilities are spearheading Safran’s strategic contribution to the development of a ‘more electric’ aircraft, with reduced 70 YEARS carbon emissions. OF NACELLE MANUFACTURING

IN THE UK © Cyril Abad / Capa Pictures Safran

TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS: A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH ROLLS-ROYCE

Safran signed an agreement in 2014 with Rolls-Royce to create Aero Gearbox International, a 50/50 joint venture tasked with developing and producing accessory drive train transmissions for aircraft engines. Based on a 25-year, renewable partnership, Aero Gearbox International is the exclusive supplier of these systems for all future commercial aircraft engines produced by Rolls-Royce. The Derby-based engineering office, located close to Rolls-Royce teams, is involved in the design and development of power transmission systems. © ORAO Production / Safran. © Agnieszka Rayss / CAPA Pictures Safran

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A LEADING MANUFACTURER A GROWING ROLE OF AIRCRAFT SEATS IN THE HELICOPTER MARKET For over 80 years, Safran Seats Safran Helicopter Engines Safran's largest UK customer for its in the UK has designed, produced, in Fareham is the European helicopter engines is the Ministry certified and integrated maintenance hub for both civil of Defence, although the number innovative and customisable and military gas turbine engines of customers in the civil sector is aircraft seats for customers supporting over 1,000 engines growing steady. around the world. for more than 150 customers. Safran’s seat activities in the United Kingdom are located in Cwmbran (engineering, design office, test centre, production, assembly and support services) and Brackley (engineering, design office, test centre). © Ben Gold / CAPA Pictures Safran © Frédéric Lert / Safran ENGINEERING SERVICES A MAJOR MRO CENTRE Located in Gloucester, Safran Engineering Services provides FOR AEROSYSTEMS recognised expertise in Located in Braintree, Safran engineering areas to support Aerosystems’ facility has not only Safran companies but consolidated its place as a major also other companies within the MRO centre for an extended range aerospace, energy and ground of products: evacuation slides, transport industries. water and waste management We focus on mechanical and systems, oxygen systems… electrical design, production and The site has over 80 employees systems engineering support, and its customer porfolio includes software development and are all major operators in the UK, also developing future business as well as airlines across Europe models with integrated services. and Middle-East. © Abdellah Azizi / CAPA Pictures Safran © Christophe Viseux / CAPA Pictures Safran)

8 9 DEFENCE COOPERATION BETWEEN FRANCE A KEY UK PARTNER AND THE UNITED KINGDOM Safran works closely with the UK Safran is also a corporate member Government, local trade associations, of the UK Aerospace, Defence and universities, institutions and industry Security trade organisation (ADS), the partners across the UK. Safran is a Royal Aeronautical Society and the key strategic member of the public- Confederation of Business Industries private Aerospace Growth Partnership the CBI. (AGP) and an integral part of the The Group is a signatory to the Women UK Aerospace Technology Institute in Aviation and Aerospace Charter (ATI), as we develop next generation (WiAA) and continues to be a key UK technologies to meet the challenges of partner in our core businesses. tomorrow’s aviation industry. © Adam Wiseman / CAPA Pictures Safran © Adrien Daste / Safran)

Building on shared strategic Safran Helicopter Engines provides objectives, Paris and London formed in-service support for RTM322 an extensive and structural defence engines in the Merlin EH-101 relationship, bolstered by the helicopter fleet of the Royal Navy so-called Lancaster House treaty, as well as the Apache MK1 fleet of signed in 2010 concerning the British Army. Safran Helicopter collaboration on defence and Engines also supports the UK Military security. Given the Brexit situation, Flying Training System's H135 and the challenge now is to develop H145 fleet powered by Arrius 2B2 a structural bilateral collaboration and Arriel 2E engines. between France and the United Kingdom.

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