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Saab AB (originally Svenska Aeroplan AB, later SAAB and Saab Group) is now a Swedish aerospace and defence company. | Saab AB (originally Svenska Aeroplan AB, later SAAB and Saab Group) is now a Swedish aerospace and defence company. | ||
1937 Company founded as '''Svenska Aero AB''' with head office in Trollhättan. | 1937 Company founded as '''Svenska Aero AB''' with head office in Trollhättan to make military aircraft. The new company was supported by [[Bofors]] and '''Ab Ars''' (a subsidiary of the [[Electrolux|Electrolux Group]]). | ||
1947 Started manufacturing automobiles. | 1947 Started manufacturing automobiles. |
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of Sweden
Saab AB (originally Svenska Aeroplan AB, later SAAB and Saab Group) is now a Swedish aerospace and defence company.
1937 Company founded as Svenska Aero AB with head office in Trollhättan to make military aircraft. The new company was supported by Bofors and Ab Ars (a subsidiary of the Electrolux Group).
1947 Started manufacturing automobiles.
1965 The company changed its name to Saab AB.
1968 Merger with commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania-Vabis, known as Saab-Scania.
1974 Installed new machinery to speed up drying newly sprayed cars developed by Infrarod Teknik in association with Svenska AB Philips.[1]
1990 The aviation and motor vehicle production activities were separated: General Motors took-over automobile production in newly formed Saab Automobile AB. Scania became a separate company. The remaining parts remained in Saab AB.
1999 Saab acquired defence group Celsius.
2000 Saab and Celsius (including the former Bofors) merged; the aircraft, missile and avionics manufacturing was concentrated at Saab. Bofors’ artillery operations, including intelligent ammunition, were transferred to BAE Systems.
Bofors was split between Saab Dynamics (missiles and light support weapons) and BAE Systems Bofors AB (barrel systems and ammunition), which became part of BAE Systems Inc.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1974/03/07