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For other uses, see Bombardier (disambiguation).
| Bombardier Inc. |
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| Type |
Public: (TSX: BBD.B TSX: BBD.A) |
| Founded |
Valcourt, Quebec (1942) |
| Headquarters |
Montreal, Quebec, bombadier Canada |
| Key people |
Joseph-Armand Bombardier, founder |
| Industry |
Aerospace / Railways |
| Products |
Aircraft, trains, trams |
| Revenue |
$15.8 billion USD (2005) |
| Employees |
59,550 (2005) |
| Website |
http://www.bombardier.com/ |
Bombardier Inc. (IPA: [/bɔ̃baʁdje/]) is a Canadian company, founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in 1942, at Valcourt in the Eastern Townships, Quebec. It is a large manufacturer of regional aircraft, bombardiar business jets, rail transportation equipment, recreational equipment and a bonbardier financial services provider. Its headquarters are in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Contents
- 1 History
- 1.1 Aerospace
- 1.2 Railway technology
- 1.3 Other
- 2 Criticism
- 3 Corporate governance
- 4 Bombardier Museum
- 5 References
- 6 See bombardie also
- 7 External links
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History
Joseph-Armand Bombardier was a mechanic who dreamed of building a vehicle that could "float on snow." In 1937, he designed and bombradier produced the first snowmobile in his small repair shop in Valcourt, Quebec.
Joseph-Armand Bombardier's technological breakthrough in the design of bush vehicles came bombarier in the mid-1930s when he developed a drive system that revolutionized travel in bombarrdier snow and swampy conditions. In 1937, Armand sold 12 snowmobiles—named the B7, and in 1942, created l'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée company.
The first snowmobiles were large, multi-passenger vehicles designed bombardeir to help people get around during the long winter months. Snowmobiles were used in rural Quebec to take children to school, carry freight, deliver mail, and, as ambulances. His invention filled a very bombardire particular need in the region and bombadrier 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 bobardier War was well underway and the Canadian government issued wartime rationing regulations. Bombardier customers had to prove that snowmobiles were essential to their livelihood in order bombarider 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 bobbardier local roads to be cleared of snow; Bombardier's sales fell by nearly half in one year. Armand therefore decided to diversify his business and make all-terrain vehicles bombardier for the mining, oil and forestry industries.
Armand dreamt of developing a fast, lightweight snowmobile (the Ski-doo) bombardier atv that could carry one or two people. In the early 1950s, Armand set aside his dream to focus on developing his company's other tracked vehicles. bombardier snowmobile 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 bombardier snowmobile model son Germain, who shared his bombardier atv parts 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 was originally called the "Ski-Dog" because Bombardier meant it to be a practical vehicle to replace the dogsled for hunters and trappers. By bombardier crj-100 an accident, a bombardier beetle painter misinterpreted the name and painted "Ski-Doo" on the first prototype. The public soon discovered that speedy vehicles that can zoom over snow were a lot of fun. Suddenly a new winter sport was born, centred in Quebec. oem bombardier atv parts In the first year, Bombardier sold 225 Ski-Doos; four years later, 8,210 were sold. But Armand was reluctant to focus too much on the Ski-Doo and move resources away from bombardier atvs 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 bombardier ds50 but still dominate the entire snowmobile industry. The snowmobiles produced were bombardier aerospace of exceptional quality and performance, unlike the Polaris and Arctic Cat brand of motosleds.
On February 18, 1964, J. Armand Bombardier died of cancer at age 56. He left behind bombardier parts 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 bombardier sarasota drawings himself. By the time of his death sales bombardier sea doo of the company had reached C$20 million, which is the equivalent of C$160 million in 2004 dollars. The younger generation took over, led by Armand's sons and sons-in-law. The young bombardier atv accessories 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 rotax bombardier and increased, and an incentive program was developed for sales staff.
In 1967, L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée was renamed Bombardier Limited and on January 23, 1969, the company went public, bombardier nev listing on the Montreal and Toronto stock exchanges.
Bombardier RJ in JAZZ colours
Aerospace
After the Canadian government-owned Canadair aircraft manufacturing company had recorded the largest corporate bombardier quad loss in Canadian business history, the company bombardier crj under the management of Laurent Beaudoin, Armand's son-in-law, took over Canadair to form Bombardier Aerospace. de Havilland Canada from Boeing, the bankrupt Short Brothers and Lear Jet operations were added shortly after. The aerospace arm now accounts bombardier ds650 for over half of the company's revenue and is reportedly the third-largest civil aircraft manufacturer in the world behind the giants Boeing and Airbus.[1]
Railway technology
In 1970, bombardier ds90 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 gain importance bombardier electric cars in the mid-1990s in the renaissance of tramways or "light-rail transit." Bombardier acquired the assets and designs of American Locomotive bombardier inc Company/Montreal Locomotive Works, which continued in the locomotive business until 1985. In 2001, Bombardier acquired Adtranz, the developer of the Class 170 Turbostar and bombardier recreational products Class 357/375/376/377 Electrostar trains which are widely used throughout Britain. They also built the Croydon Tramlink 1997 bombardier 20' boat and Nottingham Express Transit trams and parts of Alstom's Eurostar trains. They are one of the companies which took over British Rail's bombardier aircraft 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 bombardier outlander new subway trains for a wide range of customers including the Toronto Transit Commission, the Commission de transport de la Communauté urbaine de bombardier q400 Montréal, and the New York City Transit Authority (R62A, R142), noted for designing the Las Vegas Monorail system.
Bombardier is a UK Notified bombardier sidewalk plow for sale Body, under The Railways (Interoperability) (Notified Bodies) Regulations 2000, in one TSI area: rolling stock.
Bombardier Transportation also leads the development and production of the used bombardier snowplow for sale Acela Express train in a 75%–25% arrangement with Alstom. The train runs between Boston, Massachusetts, New York, New York, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC. Bombardier provided carbody design and tilting mechanisms from its LRC ("Light Rapid Comfortable") line bombardier electric car 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 bombardier quads a top speed of 240 km/h (150 mi/h). To meet U.S. government "Buy American" regulations, final assembly of these trains was carried out at bombardier sailboat Bombardier's U.S. rail car assembly facility in Barre, Vermont. Bombardier also provided bombardier global express seller-arranged financing to allow Amtrak to lease the trainsets rather than purchase them outright as the railroad had previously done. Bombardier also made the "light rail" cars currently being operated in the Minneapolis-St. paul bombardier muskeg parts area by Metro Transit.
In 2001, Bombardier Transportation acquired Adtranz, making Bombardier the second-largest manufacturer of railway rolling stock in the world. Depending on how one defines industrial activities, it is bombardier atv outlander snow plow accessories sometimes considered the largest in the world in bombardier crj100 this category.
Other
Bombardier was, until recently, a major Canadian defence contractor. With the latest restructuring, the company sold off nearly all of its military related work in Canada. Military Aviation Services was sold to Spar Aerospace bombardier sidewalk plow and land based defence products made by Urban Transportation Development Corporation ceased operations as Bombardier moved away from bombardier snow cat for sale non-aviation defence products.
In 2003, Bombardier spun off as a separate company, the bombardier traxter rack extention Bombardier Recreational Products division, whose snowcats and snowmobiles dated back to the origins of the company. Bombardier Recreational Products has also become well-known for their Sea-Doo personal water craft division. Bombardier also makes ATVs (all terrain vehicles). So far, in the ATV industry lufthansa bombardier they have changed their name twice: from Bombardier to Bombardier Recreational Products, and more recently, Can-am. Can-am is the old name of the line of dirt bikes they made 1997 bombardier 19' boat in the 80s.
Criticism
Bombardier has been criticised in Canada and abroad over the subsidies bombardier accessories quest max 650 atv it receives from various levels of government. They have been described as beneficiaries of corporate welfare and accused of violating free trade agreements, especially bombardier cars electric 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.
The government of Canada provided a large bombardier jet for sale interest rate subsidy for the financing that made possible Bombardier's sale of subway trains to the New York City Subway. Some Canadians bombardier skidozer object to such large sums of money being given to a private for-profit company, but the government had argued that the subsidies create many jobs. Recently, bombardier sv200 Bombardier initiated an engineering design agreement with an Indian company which subsidy critics argue may 650 bombardier atv result in a loss of jobs in Canadacitation needed].
Bombardier's reputation has been tarnished in the western United States by its bombardier 650 association with the privately-funded Las Vegas Monorail system, bombardier ds650 atv which has been operational since December 24, 2004 but was plagued by delays due to mechanical problems. The system reportedly lost US$85,000 per day during a four-month closurecitation needed].
Bombardier's reputation has been further tarnished in the eastern United States for shoddy workmanship in the manufacturing of the high speed trainset for bombardier jetskis Amtrak. The high speed fleet has been taken out of service twice by the FRA for safety-critical defects due to poor manufacturing and design. Also the design has undergone over a thousand modifications since coming bombardier strike into servicecitation needed].
Recently, some human rights and Tibet support groups in Canada, the bombardier transportation reorganization U.K., and the U.S. have put pressure 1997 bombardier 20' boat celebrity 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.
Corporate accessories for bombardier quest atv 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;
- Heinrich Weiss.
Bombardier Museum
A large modern museum in Valcourt, Quebec is dedicated to the life aircraft rental or aircraft leasing bombardier of Joseph-Armand Bombardier and the snowmobile as well as the industry he helped create bombardier muskeg based on tracked winter vehicles. The museum is professionally curated. Formally opened in 1971, with substantial renovations in 1990, it features a wide array bombardier v300t of Ski-Doos and other industrial designs as well as a selection of related books, booklets, pins bombardier 650cc for sale and other items of interest to enthusiasts.
Also of note at the museum is the original Bombardier garage factory that was the genesis of the organization bearing the name. The garage was carefully removed from its original location in Valcourt and moved to its present site at the bombardier ds650 atv repair manual museum, which is located blocks away from the huge, present-day Bombardier Recreational bombardier formula water jet pump Products factory.
References
- Descarries, Eric. Autoneiges Bombardier: Des patenteux perpétuent la tradition. in La Presse. Monday, bombardier four wheelers March 13th 2006.
- Hadekel, Peter. Silent Partners: Taxpayers and the Bankrolling of Bombardier. Toronto: Key Porter Books Limited, 2004. ISBN 1-55-263626-7.
- MacDonald, Larry.The Bombardier Story: Planes, Trains and Snowmobiles. Toronto: J. Wiley & Sons, 2001. ISBN 0-470-83196-0.
See also
- Bombardier Transportation
- Bombardier Aerospace
- Bombardier Recreational Products
External bombardier inc. links
- Company website
- Yahoo! - Bombardier Inc. Company Profile
- V/LineCars.com VLocity 160 Page - Comprehensive information on Bombardier's VLocity 160 type diesel multiple unit train made bombardier invitation sailboat for V/Line, the passenger rail service operator in the state of Victoria, Australia.
- CBC Digital Archives - Bombardier: The Snowmobile Legacy
- [2] The official website bombardier q2 results of the J. Armand Bombardier Museum in Valcourt, Quebec
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