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1971
1971 - 0020.PDF
FLIGHT International, 7 January 1971 India. All its series products are built under licence, includ ing the Russian Type TRD Mk R37F 12,5001b, 56.7kN turbojet at the company's large new Koraput Division being delivered for HAL-built MiG-21 fighters. At the Bangalore Division, production is under way of Rolls-Royce Orpheus turbojets and Dart turboprops, and Turbomeca Artouste turboshafts, all for aircraft being built under licence by HAL's airframe sector. A design and development department at Bangalore has developed a small turbojet and piston engine. ALFA ROMEO SpA FIATSpA GENERAL ELECTRIC CO 33J PER CENT [ \ t 33i PER CENT jfl 331 PERCENT c TURBOMOTORI INTERNAZIONALE SpA I Distribution & service support of General Electric engines J ISRAEL BET-SHEMESH Bet-Shemesh Engines Ltd. Headquarters: Bet-Shemesh. Public company owned 51 per cent by Turbomeca SA and 49 per cent by Israeli government. Engaged in licensed aircraft turbine component manufacture. Employees 452. As Israel's sole aero-engine company. Bet-Shemesh is cur rently engaged in manufacture of components for Turbomeca turboprops. By 1972 or '73, it is planned that the company will licence-build Turbomeca Marbore turbojets. ITALY ALFA-ROMEO Alfa-Romeo SpA. Headquarters: Milan. Subsidiary of state- owned IRI holding company for large industrial group. Alfa- Romeo engaged in motor vehicle and aircraft turbine manu facture. 1969 1R1 sales of Lr3,000,000 million, £2,011 million. Representing a small proportion of Alfa-Romeo's overall activities, aero-engine work comprises licence-manufacture of General Electric J85-GE-13A 4,0801b, 18.5kN turbojets for Fiat G.91Y trainers, together with participation in Fiat's licence- ITALIAN GOVERNMENT 100 PER CENT IRI—FINMECCANICA 100 PER CENT TURBOMOTORI INTERNAZIONALE SpA ALFA ROMEO SpA <F=0 J GENERAL ELECTRIC CO J 79 EUROPEAN CONSORTIUM Viper 600 turbojet 3,750 lb-4.000 lb ROLLS-ROYCE LTD INDUSTRIE AERONAUTICHE E MECCANICHE RINALDO PIAGGIO SpA AERO ENGINE DIVISION VIPER 500 Series^ turbojet 2,500lb ROLLS-ROYCE LTD ATLAS AIRCRAFT CORP \ OF SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD ] T AVCOCORP I /" T53 "\ turboshaft j —**- • V 1,400 s.h.p^/ manufacture of General Electric J79 turbojets. The company also collaborates with Rolls-Royce in Gnome turboshaft manu facture, and has acquired Italian licence for General Electric T58 turboshaft. In addition, extensive commercial and military turbine overhaul is undertaken. FIAT Fiat SpA. Headquarters: Turin. Public company engaged in motor vehicle, aircraft and aircraft turbine manufacture. 1969 corporate sales up at Lr 1,420,000 million, £950 million, of which very small proportion was aero-engines. As Italy's largest aero-engine concern, Fiat has traditionally relied on licence-manufacture of General Electric and Rolls- Royce products—of which manufacture of J79-GE-19 17,9001b, 81.20kN, turbojets for Fiat-built Lockheed F-104 Starfighters is currently typical—including participation in Alfa-Romeo's licence-manufacture of General Electric J85 turbojets. More recently the company has in addition sought to establish a design and development capability as evidenced by Fiat's 20 per cent share in Turbo-Union's RB.199 programme for MRCA and the company's technical collaboration agreement with Rolls-Royce on the Viper 600 military and commercial turbojet. PIAGGIO Industrie Aeronautiche e Meccaniche Rinaldo Piaggio SpA. Headquarters: Genoa. Private company engaged in aircraft, aircraft turbine, rolling stock and industrial vehicle manu facture. Employees 1,200. The Piaggio Aero Engine Division licence-manufactures the Rolls-Royce Viper 500 series turbojets for Macchi MB326 trainers (the more powerful Viper 600 series being the subject of a separate agreement with Fiat). Licence-manufacture is also underway of Lycoming T53-L-13 1,400 s.h.p., l,044kW turboshafts for Agusta-Bell 204B and 205 helicopters, and of selected Lycoming piston engines. TURBOMOTORI - Turbomotori Internazionale SpA. Headquarters: Rome. Public company owned equally by General Electric Co, Fiat SpA and Alfa-Romeo SpA. Engaged in marketing of aircraft turbines. Formed in 1970, the company provides a joint management service to co-ordinate the resources of its three parent con cerns to meet aircraft engine market requirements with GE turbines. Turbomotori is initially engaged in distributing GE-designed engines and spare parts and in providing service support for Italian based programmes. JAPAN IHI fshifcau>ajima-Hartroa Heavy Industries Ltd. Headquarters: Tokyo. Public company engaged in general engineering, ship building and aircraft turbine manufacture. 1969 corporate
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