Finmeccanica SpA · Rome Italy ·(Italian: FNC)

Italy's largest engineering and aerospace/defense group, Finmeccanica makes helicopters, military aircraft, defense systems, satellites, and much more. The company operates through some 100 subsidiaries in Italy and elsewhere. While the aerospace and defense businesses account for about 80% of sales, all is not fight or flight. Finmeccanica's Ansaldo Energia subsidiary is an energy producer and also builds generation and transmission components, boilers, turbines, cogeneration plants, desalination plants, and nuclear power plants. Through three subsidiaries, the company operates in the transportation sector, producing buses, railway vehicles, streetcars, and trolleys, as well as signaling and control systems. To read the full description, subscribe now.