Opinion: Europe’s Super Supplier: Reasons To Cheer Safran-Zodiac Deal

The trend of Tier 1 supplier consolidation continues with the €8.5 billion ($9.1 billion) deal for Safran to buy Zodiac Aerospace. This combination of two of Europe’s largest aerospace companies would create the industry’s second-largest aircraft equipment supplier (excluding aero-engines). On the...
Kevin Michaels

Contributing columnist Kevin Michaels is managing director of AeroDynamic Advisory in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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