Embraer celebrates 55th anniversary with confidence for future
Brazilian aerospace company Embraer turns 55th today; celebrating its over nine thousand aircraft produced to date while looking to the future with confidence.
“The Brazilian aeronautical industry is a global reference, and we are proud to celebrate Embraer and its history of achievements. We have been producing aircraft for 55 years, developing cutting-edge technology, training highly qualified people and contributing to the development of society,” stated Francisco Gomes Neto, president and CEO of Embraer.
With a modern portfolio of products (and over 800 patents registered) across its business units – commercial aviation, executive aviation, defence and security, and services and support – Neto added that Embraer “[looks] to the future with confidence in the ability of [its] people to carry forward this legacy with efficiency, quality, innovation, social responsibility and a commitment to a more sustainable aviation”.
Embraer was officially conceived on 19 August 1969 as a mixed-capital company with state control; tasked with conducting the improvement, certification and serialised production of what would shortly become the EMB-110 Bandeirante twin-turboprop transport aircraft. Subsequent aircraft initiatives included the executive turboprop EMB-121 Xingu and the EMB-200 Ipanema crop-duster, before the company’s growing international presence and ongoing technical innovation led to the development of the EMB-312 Tucano military trainer and the commercial EMB-120 Brasilia in the 1980s.
Following what the company describes as “an intense period of financial turbulence” and subsequent privatisation in the early 1990s, Embraer regained its footing; commencing deliveries of the ERJ-145 regional jet families. The turn of the century would also see it launch the Phenom and Lineage business jet lines, with the addition of a Chinese production line representing the company’s global expansion. In the second half of the decade, new products arriving on the market included the second-generation E-Jets, Praetor executive jets and the military C-390 tactical airlifter, developed for the Brazilian Air Force (FAB).
Post-pandemic, “the successful execution of [a strategic recovery] plan enabled the start of a new cycle of growth and profitability, with the resumption of commercial activity in all business units,” concluded Embraer, with the company’s portfolio now also looking to the urban air mobility ecosystem through Embraer X-spinout Eve.
