Agusta
Sign in to savethumb|A Swiss SAR helicopter A109K2 right|thumb|A South African Air Force A109LUH. Agusta was an Italian helicopter manufacturer. It was based in Samarate, Northern Italy. The company was founded by Count Giovanni Agusta in 1923, who flew his first aeroplane in 1907. The MV Agusta motorcycle manufacturer began as an offshoot of the Agusta aviation company at the end of the Second World War, as a means to save the jobs of employees of the Agusta firm.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Agusta
- Company.logo
- Agusta logo 1996.png
- Company.type
- Private
- Company.fate
- Merged with Westland Helicopters
- Company.successor
- AgustaWestland
- Company.founder
- Count Giovanni Agusta
- Company.location_city
- Samarate
- Company.location_country
- Italy
- Company.key_people
- Domenico Agusta
- Company.industry
- Aircraft
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Aerospace, Defence and Security
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- enterprise
- Country
- Italy
- Founded by
- Giovanni Agusta
- Headquarters
- Samarate
- Owned by
- Leonardo
- Industry
- aerospace industry
- Legal form
- joint-stock company
- Followed by
- AgustaWestland
- Official website
- www.leonardo.com/it/home
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- Commons category
- Agusta
- topic's main category
- Category:Agusta
- inception
- 1908-00-00
- location of formation
- Palermo
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2000-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Products
- Aircraft
- Aircraft engines
- See also
- References
- External links
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