CFM International

CFM International

Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1974 (1974)
Headquarters	France Cincinnati, Ohio
Key people	Jean-Paul Ebanga (CEO)
Products	Gas turbine engines
Parent	GE Aviation and Safran Aircraft Engines
Website	www.cfmaeroengines.com

CFM International is a joint venture between GE Aviation, a division of General Electric of the United States and Safran Aircraft Engines (formerly known as Snecma), a division of Safran of France. The joint venture was formed to build and support the CFM56 series of turbofan engine.

The names of CFM International and the CFM56 product line are derived from the two parent companies’ commercial engine designations: GE's CF6 and Snecma's M56.

As of June 2016, the CFM56 have more than 550 operators.^[1] As of July 2016, 30,000 engines have been built, CFM plans to produce 1,700 engines in 2016, the highest production rate in the industry.^[2] There are 13,700 engines in backlog.^[3]

Products

CFM International CFM56 (F108)
CFM International LEAP, which entered into service in 2016.

References

↑ "CFM56 fleet surpasses 800 million flight hours" (Press release). CFM international. 2 June 2016.
↑ "30,000th CFM56 engine comes off the production-line" (Press release). CFM international. 12 July 2016.
↑ "2016 promises to be another strong year for CFM" (Press release). CFM international. 11 July 2016.

External links

Gunston, Bill (2006). World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines, 5th Edition. Phoenix Mill, Gloucestershire, England, UK: Sutton Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7509-4479-X.
Official site

General Electric aircraft engines

Turbojets	CJ610 CJ805 GE1 GE4/J5P J31 J33 J35 J47 J73 J79 J85 J87 YJ93 J97 YJ101

Turbofans	CF6 CF34 CF700 CFE738† CFM56/F108† CJ805-23 F101 F110 F118 YF120 F136† F404/F412/RM12 F414 GE90 GEnx GP7000† HF120† LEAP† Passport TF34 TF39 RM12

Turboprops/Turboshafts	GE27 GE36 GE38-1B GE93 H80 T31 T58/CT58 T64/CT64 T407 T408 T700/CT7

Aeroderivative gas turbine engines	LM500 LM1500 LM1600 LM2500 LM6000 LMS100 LV100†

† Joint development aeroengines

Snecma aero engines

Turbojets

Turbofans

Spacecraft engines

Joint development

CFM International	CFM56 LEAP

PowerJet	SaM146

Europrop International	TP400-D6

Rolls-Royce	Olympus 593 M45H

Turbomeca	Larzac

General Electric

Subsidiaries and
divisions

Current	GE Capital GE Capital Aviation Services GE Commercial Finance GE Energy Financial Services GE Capital Rail Services (Europe) GE Technology Infrastructure GE Aviation GE Aviation Systems GE Healthcare GE Transportation GE Energy GE Digital Energy GE Jenbacher GE Measurement & Control Solutions GE Oil & Gas GE Power GE Wind Energy GE Wind (offshore) GE Home & Business Solutions GE Intelligent Platforms GE Global Research GE Ventures

Former and defunct	Australian Guarantee Corporation¹ Canadian General Electric¹ Compagnia Generale di Elettricità² Electric Bond and Share Company² GE Americom² GE Aerospace² GE Betz¹ GE Capital IT Solutions² GE Consumer & Industrial GECIS² GE Capital Rail Services² GE Equipment Services¹ GE Industrial¹ GE Infrastructure¹ GEIS² Genesis Lease² GE Security² Genworth Financial² Montgomery Ward² Synchrony Financial² Tungsram¹ Whatman¹

Joint ventures and
shareholdings

Current	CFM International (50%) Engine Alliance (50%) GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (60%) GE Honda Aero Engines (50%) Penske Truck Leasing Prolec GE (49.99%) TBS GB

Former	Alco-GE (1940–53) NBC (1926–30, 1986–2004) NBCUniversal, LLC (2004–13)

Products and brands

People

Founders	Charles A. Coffin Thomas Edison Edwin J. Houston J. P. Morgan Elihu Thomson

Other	James Cash Jr. Ann Fudge Susan Hockfield Jeffrey R. Immelt Andrea Jung Rochelle Lazarus Sam Nunn Roger Penske Douglas A. Warner III Jack Welch Bob Wright

Places and facilities

Other

¹Now integrated into other GE divisions or business groupings
²Sold or spun off

Category
Commons

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