Group

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aircraft propulsion and equipment, space and defense markets.

Safran has a global presence, with more than 58,000 employees worldwide, and logged sales of 16.5 billion euros in 2017. Comprising a number of companies, Safran holds, alone or in partnership, world or European leadership positions in its markets. Safran undertakes extensive Research & Development programs to keep pace with its fast-evolving markets, including expenditures of 1.4 billion euros in 2017.

In February 2018, Safran took control of Zodiac Aerospace, significantly expanding its aircraft equipment activities. Together with Zodiac Aerospace, Safran has more than 91,000 employees and would have around €21 billion in adjusted revenue (pro forma 2016).

850

initial patents

filled in 2017

Ranked among

Top 100

Global Innovators

by Thomson Reuters

N°1

worldwide

for single-aisle commercial jet engines, in partnership with GE

World's

leading

manufacturer of helicopter turbine engines

N°2

worldwide

in cryogenic rocket engines and solid rocket motors

N°4

worldwide in military aircraft engines

World's

leading

manufacturer of landing gear, wheels and carbon brakes

(for mainline jets with over 100 seats)

World's

leading

manufacturer of aircraft wiring systems

World's

leading

manufacturer of power transmissions

(for mainline jets with over 100 seats)

N°2

worldwide in aircraft engine nacelles

World's

leading

manufacturer of helicopter flight controls

European

leader

in tactical drones

European

leader

in optronic systems

European

leader

in inertial navigation systems

 

Download

Essentials

Download "Essentials" to learn more about the Group

 

Corporate governance

Safran is a French-registered company, listed on NYSE Euronext Paris. Its share is part of the French stock market index, CAC 40 and of the European market index, Euro Stoxx 50.

An Executive Committee representing the Group's different businesses implement the strategic objectives defined by the Board of Directors. This governance principle guarantees a balance of power, and ensures quick responsiveness for Safran, to meet the changing requirements of its economic, financial and competitive environment.

On April 23, 2015, during the Board of Directors meeting following the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Philippe Petitcolin was named Chief Executive Officer of Safran, and Ross McInnes was named Chairman of the Board.

Click here to download the company's articles of incorporation and bylaws

Safran's broad international footprint enables us to build business and industrial partnerships with the world's leading prime contractors and operators, respond quickly and locally to customer needs, and continuously strengthen our competitive edge.

Safran's presence spans the globe. We deploy production plants, research facilities, service centers and sales offices worldwide as part of a global industrial strategy that underpins our performance. We are committed to providing responsive local solutions and winning new markets.

Find our location here

For further information regarding our activities in the following countries: 

Africa / Middle East

• Morocco

America

• United States
• Canada
• Mexico
• Chile
• Brazil

Europe

• United Kingdom
• Germany
• Poland
• Netherlands

Russia

Asia

• Malaysia
• South Korea
• China
• India
• Singapore

Oceania

• Australia - New Zealand

The world's oldest aircraft engine manufacturer, Safran has gradually been built by consolidating prestigious aerospace and defense companies.

Discover Safran's history

Discover Safran's museum website

Discover Safran's Heritage center

Passot

Safran applies an ambitious quality policy to ensure total customer satisfaction by deliveringoutstanding products and services. Reflecting this policy, Safran is recognized as a partner of choice by all customers.

Philippe Stroppa / Safran

Safran's Quality policy

Quality underpins our expertise. A company that designs critical products for the demanding aerospace, defense and security markets must absolutely deliver outstanding quality to all of its customers. Safran's quality policy is deployed across all of our companies worldwide, within the scope of a dynamic innovation and continuous improvement approach.

Three top objectives

Safran's quality policy draws on our core values, especially technical excellence and constant innovation. It is organized around three top objectives: customer satisfaction, continuous performance improvement, and enhanced competitiveness.

• Customer satisfaction, a central focus in Safran's quality management organization, is based on carefully listening to our customers and understanding their requirements. Our policy is built on meeting our commitments in terms of quality, costs and deadlines, and delivering safe products and services.

• Continuous performance improvement has a direct impact on customer satisfaction. It entails the unrelenting improvement of our processes, especially by identifying and applying innovative concepts, developing teamworking with our suppliers to help them improve their own performance, and more widely sharing best practices across Safran.
• Enhancing our competitiveness is based on three fundamentals: leveraging feedback to better manage risks; guaranteeing the security of our products by using the appropriate methods and tools, and the ongoing development of employees' skills and expertise.

Accreditation and certification

Quality is an absolute prerequisite for all Safran companies, which develop critical technologies for sectors where customers demand impeccable quality.

Our companies count on proven quality management systems reflecting the top standards in each of their businesses, including engineering compliance certification (EN 9100, EN 9110, etc.) and accreditation by recognized aviation authorities (EASA, FAR, CAAC, etc.).

Philippe Stroppa / Safran

Listening to our customers is a top priority for Safran

We focus on four areas to make customers an integral part of our businesses and processes:

• Understanding each customer's expectations and requirements, and integrating these factors at all levels.
• Stimulating the continuous improvement of processes and methods.
• Guaranteeing performance, to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Adapting our quality system to customer requirements.