Bombardier Inc.

Type	Public company
Founded	Valcourt, Québec (1942)
Location	Montréal, Québec, Canada
Key people	Joseph-Armand Bombardier, founder
Industry	Aerospace / Railways
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Products	Challenger, Learjet, water bombers, trains, trams
Revenue	$15.8 billion USD (2005)
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Employees	59,550 (2005)
Website	http://www.bombardier.com/

Bombardier Inc. (IPA /bɔ̃baʁdje/) TSX: BBD.SV.B TSX: BBD.MV.A, a Canadian company, was founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in 1942, at Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Québec. It is a large manufacturer of regional aircraft, business jets, and railway cars. Its headquarters are in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Bombardier Logo This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... A public company is a company owned by the public. ... This article is about the year. ... City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 500. ... A Canadian 46¢ stamp, showing Bombardier and his prototype snowmobile. ... Aerospace engineering is the branch of engineering that concerns spacecraft and related topics. ... Advertising slogans are claimed to be, and often prove to be, the most effective means of drawing attention to one or more aspects of a product. ... The Canadair Challenger business jet is a family of mid-sized jets produced by Bombardier Aerospace. ... C-GBFP - Adlair Aviation - Learjet 25 (LJ25) refulling at Cambridge Bay Airport, Nunavut, Canada. ... An Air National Guard C-130 Hercules drops fire retardant on wildfires in Southern California Aerial firefighting is a method to combat wildfires using aircraft. ... Moder German Class 423 EMU trainsets meet each other There are various types of trains designed for particular purposes, see rail transport operations. ... A modern tram in the Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland Volkswagen Cargo-Tram in Dresden. ... In business, revenue is the amount of money that a company actually receives from its activities, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Green up arrow for a positive change in revenue from last fiscal year. ... USD redirects here. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... EBIT stands for Earnings before Interest and Taxes (operating income). ... Net income is equal to the income that a firm can get after subtracting Cost of goods sold, sales discounts, sales returns and allowances (the above three items are all only for a merchandizing company) and expenses from the total revenue. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia Website. ... IPA may refer to: The International Phonetic Alphabet or India Pale Ale ... Former logo of the Toronto Stock Exchange prior to the switch to TSX. The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) is Canadas largest stock exchange, and the division of the TSX Group that holds senior equities. ... Former logo of the Toronto Stock Exchange prior to the switch to TSX. The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) is Canadas largest stock exchange, and the division of the TSX Group that holds senior equities. ... This is a list of companies from Canada. ... A Canadian 46¢ stamp, showing Bombardier and his prototype snowmobile. ... This article is about the year. ... The Eastern Townships (les Cantons de lest in French) is a region in south central Quebec, lying between the Saint Lawrence River and the US border. ... During the 1960s, a terrorist group known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Concordia Salus (Salvation through harmony) Ville de Montréal, Québec, Canada Location. ... During the 1960s, a terrorist group known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices. ...

Corporate Headquarters

800 boulevard René-Lévesque ouest

Montréal, Québec

Canada

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• Rail transportation equipment
• Regional and business aircraft
• Financial services

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History

Joseph-Armand Bombardier was a shy, determined mechanic who dreamed of building a vehicle that could 'float on snow'. In 1937, the first snowmobile rolled out of his small repair shop in Valcourt, Quebec. Over the years, Bombardier continued to perfect his dream and found that winter-bound Canadians were eager to come along for the ride. Bombardier changed the way we travel over snow and he established a Canadian manufacturing giant along the way. A snowmobile tour at Yellowstone National Park, note the snowdust in the air (NPS Photo) A snowmobile (or snow scooter, often referred to by enthusiasts as a sled and in the Canadian north as a snow machine) is a land vehicle propelled by one or two rubber tracks, with skis...

Born in 1907, Joseph-Armand Bombardier showed a genius for tinkering early in life. He was only 10 years old when he took a cigar box and a broken alarm clock and made a working model of a tractor. As he grew older, Armand dreamt of building a vehicle that could glide over snow—a fitting goal for a boy growing up in rural Valcourt. At 15, Armand designed and built his first snow vehicle which was basically a large sleigh powered by a Ford Model T engine with a wooden airplane propeller at the back. He and his brother drove the noisy contraption through Valcourt before their father ordered them to stop. Undeterred, Armand kept working on his idea while he earned a living as an auto mechanic. His big breakthrough came in the mid-1930s when he developed a drive system that would revolutionise travel in snow and swamp. In 1937, Armand sold 12 snowmobiles—named the B7—and opened the company l'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée five years later.

J. Armand Bombardier never intended his snowmobile invention to be fun. The first snowmobiles were large, multi-passenger vehicles designed to help people get around during the long winter months. Snowmobiles are used in rural Quebec to take children to school, to carry freight, to deliver mail, and as ambulances. His invention served a very real necessity and soon business was booming. In 1941, Armand opened a large new factory in Valcourt. Then a major setback hit the growing business: the Second World War was well underway and the Canadian government issued wartime rationing regulations. Suddenly, Bombardier customers had to prove that snowmobiles were essential to their livelihood in order to buy one. To keep his business going, Armand switched gears and developed vehicles for the military. After the war, Armand experienced another setback in his snowmobile business. In 1948 the Quebec government passed a law requiring all highways and local roads to be cleared of snow; Bombardier's sales fell by nearly half in one year. Armand decided to diversify his business and make all-terrain vehicles for the mining, oil, and forestry industries. For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ...

Bombardier was an inventor who never rested. By the late 1940s, the quiet French Canadian had survived several setbacks and had a modestly successful small business centred in Québec. But Armand was not satisfied with the status quo and dreamt of developing a fast, lightweight snowmobile (the Ski-doo) that could carry one or two people. He worked tirelessly on his idea but always found the engine too heavy for the vehicle. In the early 1950s, Armand set aside his dream to focus on developing his company's other tracked vehicles. But by the end of the decade, smaller, more efficient engines had been developed and were starting to come on the market. Armand resumed his efforts to build a 'miniature' snowmobile. He worked alongside his eldest son Germain, who shared his father's mechanical talents. Armand and Germain developed several prototypes of the lightweight snowmobile and finally the first Ski-Doo went on sale in 1959.

The Ski-Doo became an instant hit but not for the reasons imagined by J. Armand Bombardier. The Ski-Doo was originally called the Ski-Dog because Bombardier meant it to be a practical vehicle to replace the dogsled for hunters and trappers. But the public soon discovered the speedy vehicles that can zoom over snow were a lot of fun. Suddenly a new winter sport was born, centred in Quebec. In the first year, Bombardier sold 225 Ski-Doos; four years later, 8,210 are sold. But Armand was reluctant to focus too much on the Ski-Doo and move resources away from his all-terrain vehicles. He vividly remembered his earlier business setbacks that forced him to diversify. Armand slowed down promotion of Ski-Doo to prevent it from dominating the other products.

On February 18, 1964, J. Armand Bombardier died of cancer at age 56. He left behind a thriving business, but also one that had been focused on one person. Armand dominated his company, overseeing all areas of operation. He controlled the small research department, making all the drawings himself. Now the younger generation took over and was led by Armand's sons and sons-in-law. The young team reorganized and decentralized the company, adopting modern business tactics. The company adopted the latest technological innovation—the computer—to handle inventory, accounts, and billing. Distribution networks were improved and increased, and an incentive program was developed for sales staff. February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ...

Joseph had the ability to overcome great odds in his life to develop a company that laid a solid foundation for the creation of a transportation giant. He had a unique ability for an inventor which was to parlay his inventions into a successful business. By the time of his death sales of the company had reached C$20 million, which is the equivalent of C$160 million in 2004 dollars. During his lifetime the province of Québec had been economically dominated by the top anglophone businessmen and socially by the Catholic Church, with very limited opportunities for francophone businesspeople. He was able to overcome these obstacles through sheer determination and inventiveness. The Canadian dollar, CAD or C$, is the unit of currency of Canada. ... One million (1000000), one thousand thousand, is the natural number following 999999 and preceding 1000001. ... An anglophone is someone who speaks English natively or by adoption. ... The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the Christian Church led by the Pope, currently Benedict XVI, and whose adherants constitute almost half of all Christians worldwide. ... A francophone is a person who speaks French natively or by adoption (i. ...

Global expansion

Under the management of Laurent Beaudoin, Bombardier's son-in-law, the company took over the Canadian government-owned Canadair aircraft manufacturing company in Montreal that had recorded the largest corporate loss in Canadian business history. Bombardier became a leading manufacturer of business jets, regional aircraft, and trains. Besides the Challenger and Global business jets, in 1990 Bombardier acquired the Learjet Company of Wichita, Kansas, builder of the Learjet business aircraft. The aerospace arm, Bombardier Aerospace, accounts for over half of the company's revenue and is reportedly the third-largest aircraft manufacturer in the world behind the giants Boeing and Airbus. In 2003 it spun off as a separate company the Bombardier Recreational Products division, whose snowcats and snowmobiles had been the origin of the company. Laurent Beaudoin, C.C., O.Q., M.Comm. ... Canadair was a civil aircraft manufacturer in Canada, and formed the core of Bombardier Aerospace History Canadair was created in 1944 by the government of Canada as a manufacturer of PBY Canso flying boats for the RCAF for patrol duty. ... Business jet (slang, Bizjet) is a term for a jet aircraft, usually of modest size, designed for transporting small groups of business people for commercial reasons at a time convenient to their business needs. ... SN Brussels Airlines Avro RJ85 regional jet A regional jet (RJ) is a small jet aircraft that was intended to fly passengers from point to point as efficiently as possible. ... Moder German Class 423 EMU trainsets meet each other There are various types of trains designed for particular purposes, see rail transport operations. ... The Canadair Challenger business jet is a family of mid-sized jets produced by Bombardier Aerospace. ... This article is about the year. ... C-GBFP - Adlair Aviation - Learjet 25 (LJ25) refulling at Cambridge Bay Airport, Nunavut, Canada. ... Wichita, also known as the Air Capital, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas, as well as a major aircraft manufacturing hub and cultural center. ... Bombardier Aerospace is a division of the Bombardier group. ... The Boeing Company NYSE: BA is the leading American aircraft and aerospace manufacturer, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with its largest production facilities in Everett, Washington, about 30 miles north of Seattle, Washington. ... Airbus S.A.S. or simply Airbus, based in Toulouse, France, is the worlds largest commercial aircraft manufacturer. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bombardier Recreational Products or BRP is a Canadian company, which was founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as LAuto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in 1942 at Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Quebec. ... Pisten Bully 300 Polar snowcat moving snow A Snowcat is an enclosed-cab, truck sized, fully tracked vehicle designed to move on snow. ... A snowmobile tour at Yellowstone National Park, note the snowdust in the air (NPS Photo) A snowmobile (or snow scooter, often referred to by enthusiasts as a sled and in the Canadian north as a snow machine) is a land vehicle propelled by one or two rubber tracks, with skis...

In 1970, Bombardier acquired the Viennese company Lohner-Rotax, a manufacturer of snowmobile engines and tramways, and thus became involved in rail business. This section started to grow important in the mid-1990s in the renaissance of tramways or 'light-rail transit'. Bombardier acquired the assets and designs of American Locomotive Company/Montreal Locomotive Works, who continued in the locomotive business until 1985. They built the Class 170 Turbostar and Class 357/375/376/377 Electrostar trains which are widely used throughout Britain. They also built the Croydon Tramlink and Nottingham Express Transit trams and parts of Alstom's Eurostar trains. They are one of the companies which took over British Rail's R&D facilities after privatisation (the remainder largely being absorbed into AEA Technology and Alstom). They were part of a major consortium in the construction of the Eurotunnel railway cars, and also built new metro trains for a wide range of customers including the Toronto Transit Commission, the Commission de transport de la Communauté urbaine de Montréal, and the New York City Transit Authority (R62A, R142), and developed the Las Vegas Monorail system. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Rotax is an Austrian engine manufacturer, founded in 1920 in Dresden, Germany. ... Trains can travel at very high speed, are heavy, are unable to deviate from the track and require a great distance to stop. ... A modern tram in the Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland Volkswagen Cargo-Tram in Dresden. ... This article is about light rail systems in general. ... The American Locomotive Company, shortened to ALCo was a builder of railroad locomotives in the United States. ... Montreal Locomotive Works builders plate, 1913 Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) was a Canadian railway locomotive manufacturer which existed under several names from 1883-1985, producing both steam and diesel locomotives. ... A locomotive (from lat. ... This article is about the year. ... Class 170/2, no. ... Class 357, no. ... Class 375/6, no. ... The Class 376 Suburban Electrostar is an electric multiple-unit passenger train manufactured by Bombardier Transportation. ... Class 377/1, no. ... Tramlink (until recently known as Croydon Tramlink) is a public transport system in south London, operated by FirstGroup on behalf of Transport for London. ... A tram in downtown Nottingham. ... Alstom (formerly GEC-Alsthom) (Euronext: ALO) is a large French company whose businesses are power generation and manufacturing trains (e. ... A Eurostar train running through London suburbs on the third-rail electric supply Eurostar is a train service that connects London with Paris and Brussels. ... Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... The privatisation of British Rail was the result of the Railways Act 1993 introduced by John Majors Conservative government. ... AEA Technology plc was formed in 1996 as the privatised offshoot of the UKAEA. Originally consisting of divisions with expertise in nuclear safety, nuclear engineering, and environmental protection, it was a contractor organisation for UKAEA and other governmental customers. ... Eurotunnel plc (in the UK) and Eurotunnel S.A. (in France) make up the Eurotunnel Group, founded in August 1986, which manages and operates the Channel Tunnel between the UK and France. ... Metro is: a general term, synonymous with rapid transit, subway or underground, for an urban underground rail public transit system (see list of rapid transit systems); any of several specific public transport systems, including: Bi-State Development Agency in Missouri and Illinois, d/b/a Metro since 2003 Buffalo Metro... The Toronto Transit Commission, or TTC, is a public transport authority that operates buses, streetcars, and rapid transit lines in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The Société de transport de Montréal or Montreal Transit Corporation is the agency that operates bus and subway (metro) in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, NYCT for New York City Transit or simply the TA for Transit Authority) is a New York State Authority that operates buses and subway trains in New York City. ... An R62A on the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line The R62A cars, built by Bombardier for the New York City Subway, continued after the R62 order. ... R142 is the model class of the newest generation of IRT cars for the New York Subway. ... A monorail train arrives at the Sahara Station on a spring evening in Las Vegas. ...

Bombardier is a UK Notified Body, under The Railways (Interoperability) (Notified Bodies) Regulations 2000, in one TSI area: rolling stock. UK Notified Bodies (UK NoBos) are UK bodies authorised to assess the compatibility of works or equipment with Technical Specifications for Interoperability (TSI) as part of the system to effectively and safely allow the interoperability of railway services within the European Union. ...

Bombardier Transportation also leads the development and production of the Acela Express train in a 75%–25% arrangement with Alstom. The train runs between Boston, New York City and Washington, DC. Bombardier provided carbody design and tilting mechanisms from its LRC ("Light Rapid Comfortable") line of passenger trainsets, and integrated a variant of Alstom's TGV propulsion system. This is the first high-speed rail line in North America, running at a top speed of 240 km/h (150 mi/h). To meet U.S. government "Buy American" regulations, final assembly of these trains was performed at Bombardier's U.S. rail car assembly facility in Barre, Vermont. Bombardier also provided seller-arranged financing to allow Amtrak to lease the trainsets rather than purchasing them outright as the railroad had previously done. Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier group. ... Acela Express (often called simply Acela, leading to early confusion with the Acela Regional) is the name used by Amtrak for the 20 high-speed tilting trains that run between Washington, D.C. and Boston via New York City and Philadelphia along the Northeast Corridor in the Northeast U.S... City nickname: City on a Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Solar System), Athens of America Official website: www. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... TGV trains depart from Gare Montparnasse in Paris to western and south-western destinations. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the... ... Barre City, Vermont Barre is a city located in Washington County, Vermont. ... Amtrak, is the trademark name of the intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. ...

They were, until recently, a major Canadian defence contractor. With the latest restructuring the company sold off nearly all of its military related work in Canada. However it continues to participate in military contracts in other countries, such as in the United Kingdom, with the ASTOR (Airborne Stand-Off Radar) conversion of the long range Challenger Global Express jet. The actual conversion is carried out by Raytheon. A defense contractor (sometimes called a military contractor) is a business organization or individual that provides products or services to a defense department of a government. ... Astor may refer to: The Astor family, a wealthy 19th century American family. ... The Bombardier BD-700 Global Express is an ultra long range corporate and VIP high speed jet which has also been modified for military missions. ... Raytheon Company NYSE: RTN is a major United States military contractor based in Waltham, Massachusetts. ...

In 2001 Bombardier Transportation acquired Adtranz, making it the second largest manufacturer of railway rolling stock in the world. Depending on how one defines industrial activities, it is sometimes considered the largest in the world in this category. Adtranz was a German rail rolling stock equipment manufacturer which designed rail cars and engines. ...

Criticisms

Bombardier has been criticised in Canada and abroad over the subsidies it receives from various levels of government. They have been described as corporate welfare and accused of violating free trade agreements, especially by Brazil. Canada and Bombardier have countered by citing Brazil's direct and indirect subsidies to Embraer, its own major aircraft manufacturer and one of Bombardier's principal competitors in the regional jet market. This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... Corporate welfare is a pejorative term, first coined by Ralph Nader in 1956, describing a governments bestowal of grants and/or tax breaks on corporations or other special favorable treatment from the government. ... Free trade is an economic concept referring to the selling of products between countries without tariffs or other trade barriers. ... Embraer, the Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. is a Brazilian leading aircraft manufacturer. ... SN Brussels Airlines Avro RJ85 Air France ERJ 145 A regional jet (RJ) is a small jet aircraft that is intended to fly passengers from point to point as efficiently as possible. ...

The government of Canada provided a large interest rate subsidy for the financing that made possible Bombardier's sale of metro trains to the New York City Subway. Some Canadians object to such amounts of money being given to a private for-profit company, but the government argues that the subsidies create many jobs. Recently Bombardier opened a engineering design agreement with an Indian company which subsidy critics argue may result in a loss of jobs in Canada. The New York City Subway is a large rapid transit system in New York City, New York, United States. ...

Bombardier's reputation may have been tarnished in the western United States by its association with the privately-funded Las Vegas Monorail system, which has been operational since December 24, 2004 but was plagued by delays due mechanical problems. The system reportedly lost US$85,000 per day while closed over a period of four months. A monorail train arrives at the Sahara Station on a spring evening in Las Vegas. ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... USD redirects here. ...

Recently, some human rights and Tibet support groups in Canada, the U.K., and the U.S. have put pressure on Bombardier over its sale of passenger carriages to the People's Republic of China for projects including the controversial Qingzang Railway line into Tibet. The Qinghai-Tibet railway, or Qingzang Railway (Simplified Chinese: 青藏铁路; Traditional Chinese: 青藏鐵路; pinyin: ), is a railway which connects Xining, Qinghai Province, to Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西藏, pinyin: Xīzàng or 藏区 Zàngqū [the two names are used with different connotations; see Names section below]) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. ...

Corporate governance

Current members of the board of directors of Bombardier Inc. are: Laurent Beaudoin, Pierre Beaudoin, André Berard, J.R. André Bombardier, Janine Bombardier, L. Denis Desauutels, Michael Durham, Jean-Louis Fontaine, Daniel Johnson, Jr., Jean Monty, André Navarri, James Perrella, Carols Represas, Federico Sada, and Heinrich Weiss. It has been suggested that Board of Trustees be merged into this article or section. ... Laurent Beaudoin, C.C., O.Q., M.Comm. ... Daniel Johnson, Jr. ...

See also

• Bombardier Transportation
• Bombardier Aerospace
• Bombardier Recreational Products

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External links

• Company website
• Yahoo! - Bombardier Inc. Company Profile