Romaero
Romanian aerospace company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Romaero, formerly Intreprinderea de Reparatii Material Aeronautic or IRMA ('Enterprise for the Repair of Aeronautical Material'), is a Romanian aerospace company, headquartered in the Băneasa neighborhood of Bucharest. In recent years, it has largely concentrated on aircraft repairs as well as component manufacturing for overseas companies.
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Industry | Aerospace |
Founded | 1920; 104 years ago (1920) |
Headquarters | , Romania |
Website | romaero |
The company was founded by Royal Decree in 1920 under the name ASAM. It was rebranded as IRMA during 1944. In 1978, the company again changed its name to IAvB – Întreprinderea de Avioane București ('Bucharest Enterprise Aircraft'). Finally, it was rebranded as Romaero S.A. in 1991.[1][2] Perhaps its largest manufacturing programme that the company has been involved in was mass production of the British-designed Britten-Norman Islander; over 500 airframes were reportedly completed in Romania. Another major independent undertaking of the firm was the Rombac 1-11 airliner, a license-produced model of the BAC One-Eleven produced in Romania; however, sales never reached expectations and the programme was abandoned during the late 1990s.