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| Ratier-Figeac | |
|---|---|
| Name | Ratier-Figeac |
| Type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Aerospace, Manufacturing |
| Founded | 1920s |
| Founder | Pierre Satre |
| Headquarters | Figeac, Occitanie, France |
| Products | Propellers, Actuation systems, Turbines |
| Parent | Safran |
Ratier-Figeac is a French aerospace manufacturer headquartered in Figeac, Occitanie, France that specializes in aircraft propellers, flight controls, and precision components. The firm developed from interwar industrial efforts and later integrated into multinational supply chains associated with companies like GE Aviation, Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney, Safran, and Airbus. Ratier-Figeac has contributed parts to programs such as the Dassault Mirage, Eurofighter Typhoon, Airbus A320 family, Boeing 737 and has engaged with institutions including ONERA, CNES, CEA, and INSEAD for technical, testing, and managerial collaborations.
Ratier-Figeac traces roots to early twentieth-century French aviation enterprises linked to pioneers like Louis Blériot, SNCASO, and suppliers active during World War II. During the postwar era the company intersected with organizations including Messier-Bugatti-Dowty, SNECMA, Alstom, Thales Group, and the French Air Force procurement ecosystem. In the Cold War period Ratier-Figeac supplied components for contractors such as Dassault Aviation, Hawker Siddeley, Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas, and Northrop Grumman. Structural changes in the 1990s and 2000s involved mergers and acquisitions alongside groups like Goodrich Corporation, Honeywell Aerospace, EADS, GKN Aerospace, and culminated in partnerships with Safran and other European aerospace primes.
Ratier-Figeac produces propellers, propeller hubs, pitch control systems, power actuators, hydraulic units, and precision-machined parts used by Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, Bombardier Aerospace, and ATR. Its offerings address platforms including the Dassault Falcon, Embraer E-Jet family, ATR 72, Saab 340, Lockheed C-130 Hercules, and rotorcraft such as the Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin, Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, and NHIndustries NH90. Ratier-Figeac provides aftermarket services and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) solutions intertwined with networks like Lufthansa Technik, ST Aerospace, SR Technics, and Air France Industries. The company supplies to defense integrators including NATO contractors, MBDA, Thales Alenia Space, and Naval Group.
The corporate form evolved through relations with conglomerates such as Safran, Messier-Bugatti-Dowty, Goodrich Corporation, and finance entities like Ardian, Rickyard Capital and French industrial holding firms. Board-level governance aligns with norms practiced by Euronext Paris listed corporations and aerospace primes including Airbus SE and Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. Strategic partnerships and supplier agreements link Ratier-Figeac to major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) such as GE Aviation, Pratt & Whitney Canada, MTU Aero Engines, Iveco, and contracting authorities like DGA.
Primary manufacturing and assembly facilities are located in Figeac, with additional machining, testing, and logistics operations integrated into regional industrial clusters near Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lyon, and Paris. The company participates in European supply chains that include sites run by Safran Helicopter Engines, Airbus Defence and Space, Dassault Falcon Service, and MBDA France. Ratier-Figeac uses test benches and laboratories associated with ONERA facilities, flight test ranges near Cazaux Air Base and collaborations with research campuses such as ISAE-SUPAERO, INSA Toulouse, and regional innovation hubs like Cerfacs.
R&D at Ratier-Figeac engages with universities and labs including CNRS, CEA, ONERA, ISAE-SUPAERO, and engineering schools like École Polytechnique. Innovation efforts focus on composite materials, digital manufacturing, additive manufacturing collaborations with firms such as 3D Systems and EOS GmbH, and control systems leveraging suppliers like Thales Group, Safran Electronics & Defense, and Siemens. Projects integrate simulation tools from ANSYS, Dassault Systèmes, and MATLAB workflows; testing has been conducted in partnership with ArianeGroup test facilities and aerospace test centers such as CIRA and DGA Essais en vol.
Notable contracts include supply agreements for Airbus A320neo components, propellers and actuators for regional turboprops like the ATR 72-600, work packages for Eurofighter Typhoon subsystems, and aftermarket MRO frameworks with operators like Air France, Ryanair, Lufthansa, and EasyJet. Defense contracts have interfaced with Dassault Rafale programs, support to NATO logistics, and subcontracts for helicopter programs including NHIndustries NH90 and NHIndustries Tiger. Collaborative industrial programs have involved primes such as Safran, Rolls-Royce, MTU Aero Engines, Leonardo S.p.A., MBDA, Thales Group, and research consortia funded by the European Commission and Horizon 2020.
Category:Aerospace companies of France