Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,611 pages of information and 247,064 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

EADS

From Graces Guide

EADS N.V. of the Netherlands

European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co

Formation of European aerospace company involving the defence and aerospace arm of Daimler Chrysler and Aérospatiale-Matra; it would own 80 percent of Airbus Industrie, making it world number 2 in aircraft construction and leader in helicopters and satellite launches.[1]

2000 Start of operation of EADS, the European aerospace company.

2003 Astrium was renamed EADS Astrium

2014 EADS was renamed Airbus Group, which included Airbus and Airbus Defence and Space.

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Oct. 15, 1999