Daher Group
Company Profile
Publication Date: 8 Jul 2009
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Company Overview..............................................................................................4
Key Facts...............................................................................................................4
Business Description...........................................................................................5
History...................................................................................................................7
Key Employees.....................................................................................................8
Key Employee Biographies..................................................................................9
Major Products and Services............................................................................10
Top Competitors.................................................................................................13
Company View.....................................................................................................14
Locations and Subsidiaries...............................................................................16
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Daher Group
Company Overview
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Daher Group (Daher) is an integrated equipment and services [Link] group offers its solutions
to aerospace, nuclear, defense and industry sectors. The group operates in Europe, North America,
Africa and Australia. It is headquartered in Marseille Cedex, France and employs about 7,000 people.
The group recorded revenues of E609 million (approximately $896 million) in the fiscal year 2008,
an increase of 13.6% over 2007.
KEY FACTS
Head Office Daher Group
10 Place de la Joliette
BP 32312
13567 Marseille Cedex 02
FRA
Phone 33 4 91 39 75 00
Fax 33 4 91 90 65 85
Web Address [Link]
Revenue / turnover 609.0
(EUR Mn)
Employees 7,000
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Business Description
BUSINESS DESCRIPTION
Daher Group (Daher) is an integrated equipment and services supplier. The group operates in
Europe, North America, Africa and Australia.
The group operates through two divisions: Industry and Defense, and Daher-Socata.
The Industry and Defense division provides solutions for nuclear, defense and industry sectors.
Daher designs, develops and produces various types of containers for transporting nuclear fuel (new
and used) and waste. The group offers a range of logistics services including the management of
container fleets, maintenance and operations, and loading operations. The group also offers
transportation of fuel and waste, from loading at the industrial site to delivery to the reprocessing or
burial sites, with temporary warehousing services.
Under defense sector, the group offers its solutions to defense industrial groups and armed forces.
Daher manufactures and supplies air-mobile tactical shelters, special containers, ground support
equipment, and aircraft under 8.6 tons. It also offers integration of equipment and systems; flow
monitoring and management; logistics, transport and customs engineering; in-service support (ISS);
and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services.
The group provides sourcing management, line-side supply, warehouse engineering, platform
optimization, flow optimization, customs optimization, customer support, and flow monitoring services
to industry sector. It also offers information technology (IT) tools such as DAgeMAG, DAgeSCOPE,
DAgeTRANS, DAgeTRACE, DAgePARC, DAgePREV, DELTApass and Witness.
The group’s Daher-Socata division provides its solutions to aerospace sector. This division consists
of three sub divisions: commercial and military aircrafts; regional jets, business jets and helicopters;
and aircraft under 8.6 tons.
Daher offers highly resistant airframes, fluid distribution systems, and thermal and acoustic insulation
systems to commercial and military aircrafts market. It also provides assembly and installation, flow
control and management, and logistics, transport and custom engineering services.
The group provides fuselage sections, wing subassemblies, horizontal and vertical stabilizers as
well as engine and nacelle elements, airframes, and fluid distribution systems for regional and
business jets. It also provides cabins; box-beams and fenestrons; metallic, composite or mixed
sub-assemblies, doors, and fairings; avionic bays; and fluid distribution systems for helicopters.
Daher-Socata division produces six-seated single turboprop engine civil aircraft with a cruising speed
of 593 kilometer per hour and a maximum range of 2,935 kilometer under name 'TBM 850'. It also
offers support and maintenance, aircraft retrofit, and aircraft reconditioning services.
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Business Description
The group’s subsidiaries include ASCORA, Campagnie Daher, Daher Aerospace, Daher Algeria,
Daher CIS, Daher GmbH, Daher Inc, Daher NCS, Daher Systemes Integres, Dash Global Logistics,
KAR-BOX, Socata and Unigel, among others.
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History
HISTORY
Alphonse Barban founded the forerunner to Daher in 1863. Paul Daher later acquired the company
and gave it the Daher name. Originally, the company had two main activities: ocean freight and the
metallurgical trade.
The group expanded its shipping operations on two occasions during its first 60 years. Firstly, in
1895 when it founded the Daher Steam Navigation Company. Then in 1925, when it launched its
freight-shipping activities.
Daher continued to expand during the next 50 years through the development of a number of
subsidiary operations. Warehousing activities were added in 1955, container-production activities
in 1963, air freight activities in 1968, customized projects activities in 1978 and logistics activities in
1987.
During 1998, the group acquired the FLS Group, a transport and logistics company formed by
Jean-Rene Doiteau in 1985. In the following year, Daher acquired Lhotellier Montrichard, a French
transportation and logistics company.
In 2001, Daher reorganized itself into two branches of activity: Daher International & Logistics and
Daher Lhotellier.
The group acquired Sawley Packaging, a UK based subsidiary of Rolls Royce, and MANUTEX, a
Saint Nazaire, France based company specialized in thermal insulation and sound of aircraft, in
2003.
Daher acquired Aeroforme in 2006. In the same year, Daher acquired KAR-BOX, a Czech company
specialised in designing and building metal-framed shelters for armed force land deployment.
In 2007, the group acquired NCS, the Deutsche Bahn subsidiary. In the same year, Daher acquired
Unigel and five Sese Group subsidiaries in Spain specialised in the Automotive sector. The group
combined its six French aerospace subsidiaries into a single legal entity, DAHER Aerospace, in
2007. Also in 2007, Daher acquired a British company LCN, a precision engineering and
manufacturing specialist.
In June 2008, Florent Perdriau was appointed as the Financial Director at the group. In November
2008, Daher acquired ASCORA (ASsistance and COnsulting for RAdiation protection) Orleans based
provider of radiation protection and radiological measurement services.
Daher acquired 70% stake in SOCATA, one of the leading general aviation manufacturers, from
EADS in January 2009.
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Key Employees
KEY EMPLOYEES
Name Job Title Board
Patrick Daher Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Executive Board
Jean Paul Lafitte President, Industry and Defence Division Senior Management
Francois Lepinoy President, Daher-Socata Division Senior Management
Francis Etienne Human Resource Director Senior Management
Didier Kayat Strategy and Development Director Senior Management
Florent Perdriau Financial Director Senior Management
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Key Employee Biographies
KEY EMPLOYEE BIOGRAPHIES
Florent Perdriau
Board: Senior Management
Job Title: Financial Director
Since: 2008
Age: 48
Mr. Perdriau has been the Financial Director at Daher Group since 2008. Previously, he worked with
GIAT, VALEO and ALSTOM TRANSPORT. He graduated from ESSEC in 1983 with a degree in
finance and accounting (DECS).
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Major Products and Services
MAJOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Daher Group (Daher) is an integrated equipment and services supplier. The group's key products
and services include the following:
Products:
Industry and defense division
Nuclear sector
Containers for transporting nuclear fuel and waste
Defense sector
Aircraft under 8.6 tons
Air-mobile tactical shelters
Ground support equipment
Special containers
Industry sector
Information technology (IT) tools
DAgeMAG
DAgePARC
DAgePREV
DAgeSCOPE
DAgeTRACE
DAgeTRANS
DELTApass
Witness
Daher-Socata Division
For commercial and military aircrafts
Fluid distribution systems
Highly resistant airframes
Thermal and acoustic insulation systems
For regional and business jets
Airframes
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Major Products and Services
Engine and nacelle elements
Fluid distribution systems
Fuselage sections
Horizontal and vertical stabilizers
Wing subassemblies
For helicopters
Avionic bays
Box-beams and fenestrons
Cabins
Fluid distribution systems
Metallic, composite or mixed sub-assemblies, doors, and fairings
Six-seated single turboprop engine civil aircraft (TBM 850)
Services:
Industry and Defense Division
Nuclear sector
Logistics services
Loading operations
Maintenance and operations
Management of container fleets
Temporary warehousing services
Transportation of fuel and waste
Defense sector
Flow monitoring and management services
In-service support (ISS)
Integration of equipment and systems
Logistics, transport and custom engineering services
Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services
Industry sector
Customer support services
Customs optimization services
Flow monitoring services
Flow optimization services
Line-side supply services
Platform optimization services
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Major Products and Services
Sourcing management services
Warehouse engineering services
Daher-Socata Division
Aircraft reconditioning services
Aircraft retrofit services
Assembly and installation services
Flow control and management services
Logistics, transport and custom engineering services
Support and maintenance services
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Top Competitors
TOP COMPETITORS
The following companies are the major competitors of Daher Group
LISI Group
Reims Aviation Industries
Triumph Group, Inc.
Ducommun Incorporated
Studsvik AB
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Company View
COMPANY VIEW
A statement by Patrick Daher, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Daher Group is given below.
The statement is taken from the group's website.
Despite the difficulties of predicting developments in the global economic situation and in knowing
how long the crisis will last and just how serious it is, DAHER continues to pursue its development
plan and can point to a number of strengths in the short and medium term.
Committed to growing both organically and via external acquisitions, within Europe and worldwide,
DAHER clearly displays its objectives for 2009 as well as its ambitions for 2012.
Good conditions for short-term stability
As 2009 begins, conditions are favourable for DAHER’s short-term stability: the Group increased in
size with the acquisition of SOCATA, becoming a tier-1 aerospace equipment manufacturer with a
wide array of relevant expertise, a new plant was launched in Mexico and forex risk on our business
in dollars is under control until the end of 2010.
In addition, DAHER has recently won several significant contracts in each of its strategic business
sectors:
- All service contracts with EUROCOPTER renewed until 2016, with the creation of a 44,000m2
storage platform and 10,000 m2 of office space at Marignane in the south of France
- Large order from NAMSA to produce approximately 200 logistics shelters for NATO forces
- New contract with the French Atomic Energy Agency (C.E.A.) for the sorting and processing of
nuclear waste, with new value-added sorting services
- New plant to be opened in Nantes in the second half of 2010, specialising in the production of
aerospace parts by thermo-plastic deep-drawing.
High medium-term visibility
After over 145 years of 100% family ownership, the family shareholders acted with remarkable
celerity in taking the decision to open up the company's capital to outside investors. The Strategic
Investment Fund set up by President Nicolas Sarkozy on November 20, 2008 and Aerofund now
hold 20% of Compagnie DAHER’s share capital. This means DAHER reinforces its equity capital,
to consolidate medium-term growth and step up development in key sectors, especially Aerospace
and Nuclear. The new growth will consolidate the company’s positioning as a tier-1 equipment
manufacturer in these sectors.
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Company View
Solid positioning in France’s strategic sectors
With a healthy basis for short-term success and excellent medium-term visibility, DAHER is on course
to become a major industrial player in France’s strategic sectors: Aerospace, Nuclear and Defence.
It is up to the Group to rise to this challenge and embrace the prospects for a bright future ahead.
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Locations and Subsidiaries
LOCATIONS AND SUBSIDIARIES
Head Office
Daher Group
10 Place de la Joliette
BP 32312
13567 Marseille Cedex 02
FRA
P:33 4 91 39 75 00
F:33 4 91 90 65 85
[Link]
Other Locations and Subsidiaries
Daher Algeria DL Aerotechnologie
Lotissement Hardi Ilot 19 B
Sidi Merzoug Villa no 2 lot 3
16030 Alger Zone Franche d'exportation de Tanger
DZA 90000 Tanger
MAR
Daher Lhotellier CSI Compagnie Daher
ZI Ouest Les Docks
41400 Montrichard Atrium 10.2
Centre 10 Place de la Joliette
FRA 13567 Marsielle
Paca
FRA
DAHER GmbH DAHER Inc
1 Gubener Strasse 4400 East Broadway
Z.I West Suite 600 and 606
31655 Stadthagen Tucson
DEU Arizona 85711
USA
UNIGEL DAHER Aerospace Ltd
Avenue Del Vidrio Amberley Drive
s/n (km.43 A-2) Sinfin Lane
19200 Azuqueca De Henares Derby DE24 9RE
ESP GBR
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Locations and Subsidiaries
DAHER Aerospace S.A de C.V SOCATA
Calzada Industrial Nuevo Nogales N 270 Route de L'aeroport de
Nuevo Nogales Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrenees
84094 Nogales 65921 Tarbes
MEX Midi-Pyrenees
FRA
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