AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland is a helicopter design and manufacturing company based in Italy and the United Kingdom. It was formed in July 2000 when Finmeccanica S.p.A. and GKN plc agreed to merge their respective helicopter subsidiaries (Agusta and GKN-Westland Helicopters) to form AgustaWestland. Finmeccanica and GKN each held a 50% share in AgustaWestland.

On May 26 2004 GKN confirmed that it would sell its share to its partner for �1.06Bn.

External links

AgustaWestland Official Website (http://www.agustawestland.com/)

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