Bombardier Inc.
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Bombardier Inc. (French: [bɔ̃baʁdje]) is a Canadian aerospace manufacturer which produces business jets. Headquartered in Montreal, the company was founded in 1942 in Valcourt by Joseph-Armand Bombardier to market his snowmobiles; it later became one of the world's biggest producers of aircraft and trains. During the 1970s and 1980s, the company diversified into public transport vehicles and commercial jets, and it became a multinational corporation. Bombardier grew particularly fast at the end of the 1980s, when the turnover multiplied sixfold within six years. At that time, it was North America's most important producer of railway vehicles, Canada's most important aerospace manufacturer and the worldwide leading snowmobile maker. The growth came mainly from buying failing government-owned companies at a low price and orchestrating a turnaround. However, the launch of the CSeries aircraft sent Bombardier into deep debt, pushing it to the brink of bankruptcy by 2015. As a result, the company sold nearly all of its operations except business jet manufacturing. Bombardier manufactures two families of corporate jets, the Global series and the Challenger series. On May 18, 2021, the Global 7500/8000 series during testing became the first business jet to break the sound barrier and the fastest civil aircraft since the Concorde. With deliveries of 138 business jets in 2023, Bombardier was the number one manufacturer of business jets in the world.
Infobox
Company type
Public
Traded as
mw- TSX: BBD.A, BBD.BS&P/TSX 60 component
Industry
Aerospace
Founded
10 July 1942; 83 years ago (1942-07-10) in Valcourt, Quebec, Canada
Founder
Joseph-Armand Bombardier
Headquarters
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Pierre Beaudoin (Chair)Éric Martel (President & CEO)
Revenue
US$8.7 billion (2024)
Operating income
US$1.36 billion (2024)
Net income
US$0.547 billion (2024)
Total assets
US$12.668 billion (2024)
Total equity
US$ } }(1.991) billion (2024)
Number of employees
18,752 (2024)
Divisions
Bombardier Defense
Website
bombardier.com
Tables
· Corporate affairs
2018
2018
Year
2018
Revenue (US$ bn)
16.2
Net income (US$ m)
318
Employees
40,650
2019
2019
Year
2019
Revenue (US$ bn)
7.4
Net income (US$ m)
–1,607
Employees
24,350
2020
2020
Year
2020
Revenue (US$ bn)
6.4
Net income (US$ m)
–568
Employees
16,000
2021
2021
Year
2021
Revenue (US$ bn)
6.0
Net income (US$ m)
5,070
Employees
13,800
2022
2022
Year
2022
Revenue (US$ bn)
6.9
Net income (US$ m)
–148
Employees
15,900
2023
2023
Year
2023
Revenue (US$ bn)
8.0
Net income (US$ m)
445
Employees
18,100
| Year | Revenue (US$ bn) | Net income (US$ m) | Employees | Refs |
| 2018 | 16.2 | 318 | 40,650 | |
| 2019 | 7.4 | –1,607 | 24,350 | |
| 2020 | 6.4 | –568 | 16,000 | |
| 2021 | 6.0 | 5,070 | 13,800 | |
| 2022 | 6.9 | –148 | 15,900 | |
| 2023 | 8.0 | 445 | 18,100 |
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