bm & f bovespa embr3 nyse erj industry aerospace defense founded august 19 1969 ; 47 years ago 1969 08 19 founder ozires silva headquarters s o jos dos campos s o paulo brazil area served worldwide key people frederico curado president & ceo arthur coutinho vice president jackson schneider vice president jos filippo vice president 1 2 products aircraft aircraft parts mission systems for air and ground operation brands emb erj legacy lineage lr phenom revenue us 5.9 billion 3 2015 operating income us 543 million 4 2014 net income us 335 million 5 2014 owner government of brazil number of employees 19 116 6 september 1 2014 divisions embraer defense & security embraer commercial aviation embraer executive jets subsidiaries neiva ogma atech bradar savis website www.embraer.com.br embraer s.a. portuguese pronunciation b a is a brazilian aerospace conglomerate that produces commercial military executive and agricultural aircraft 7 and provides aeronautical services . it is headquartered in s o jos dos campos s o paulo state . the company competes internationally with canadian rival bombardier for the title of third largest airplane maker after airbus and boeing . 8 contents 1 history 1.1 early growth 1.2 license built pipers 1.3 privatization 1.3.1 initial public offerings 1.4 product line expansion military regional and executive 1.4.1 executive jets 1.4.2 military transport 1.5 government subsidy controversy 2 production bases and facilities 2.1 non brazilian main facilities 2.2 subsidiaries 2.3 joint ventures 3 aircraft products 3.1 commercial 3.2 military 3.3 corporate 3.4 agriculture 3.5 utility 3.6 experimental 3.7 future 4 licensed version aircraft 4.1 military 4.2 general aviation 5 commercial aircraft deliveries 6 competition in the regional jet market 7 references 8 external links 9 further reading history edit embraer emb 110 bandeirante an early model seeking to develop a domestic aircraft industry the brazilian government made several investments in this area during the 1940s and 50s . 9 however it was not until 1969 that empresa brasileira de aeron utica embraer was created as a government owned corporation . 10 its first president ozires silva was a government appointee and the company initially produced a turboprop passenger aircraft the embraer emb 110 bandeirante . 11 early growth edit the brazilian government contributed to embraer s early growth by providing production contracts . 12 the company sold solely to the domestic market until 1975 . while military aircraft made up the majority of embraer s products during the 1970s including the embraer at 26 xavante and the embraer emb 312 tucano citation needed by 1985 it had debuted a regional airliner the embraer emb 120 brasilia . 13 aimed at the export market this plane was the first of embraer s highly successful small airliners . 14 license built pipers edit in 1974 the company started to produce piper aircraft light planes under license . 15 piper first put together knock down kits in their us factory for embraer to assemble and market in brazil and latin america . citation needed by 1978 most of the parts and components were being sourced locally . 15 between 1974 and 2000 nearly 2 500 license built pipers were produced by embraer . 15 privatization edit born from a brazilian government plan and having been state run from the beginning 9 embraer began a privatization process during the government of itamar franco . 16 this was a period of privatization for many state controlled companies in brazil . embraer was sold on december 7 1994 10 17 which helped it avoid a looming bankruptcy . 9 the company continued to win government contracts . citation needed the brazilian government retains interest through possession of golden shares which allow it veto power . 14 initial public offerings edit in 2000 embraer made simultaneous initial public offerings on the nyse and bm & f bovespa stock exchanges . in 2008 its nyse traded shares were american depositary receipts representing 4 bm & f bovespa shares and ownership was bozano group 11.10 % previ 16.40 % sistel 7.40 % dassault aviation 2.1 % eads 2.1 % thales 2.1 % safran 1.1 % government of brazil 0.3 % the remainder being publicly traded . 14 as of december 31 2014 the shareholders with more than 5 % of the company s capital were 18 oppenheimer funds inc. 12.29 % pt caixa de previd ncia dos funcion rios do banco do brasil 6.71 % baillie gifford 6.46 % bndespar 5.31 % . product line expansion military regional and executive edit embraer 190 in the mid 1990s the company pursued a product line more focused on small commercial planes over the military aircraft that had previously made up the majority of its manufacturing . 9 it soon expanded to the production of larger regional airliners with 70 110 seats and smaller business jets . 14 today the company manufactures for both defense and commerce . 14 executive jets edit at the 2000 farnborough airshow embraer launched the legacy 600 a business jet variant of the erj . in 2002 a dedicated business unit was organised as embraer executive jets as the legacy was introduced . in 2005 the phenom 100 was then conceptualised as an air taxi like the eclipse 500 competing with cessna and hawker beechcraft . it was introduced in 2008 and is the basis of the larger phenom 300 . the midsize legacy 450 and legacy 500 were jointly developed as clean sheet designs where the lineage 1000 is a vip version of the e190 . in 2016 embraer delivered its 1 000th executive jet and have a market share of 17 % by volume acknowledging it lacks an ultra long range large cabin jet . 19 military transport edit embraer kc 390 . on april 19 2007 embraer announced it was considering the production of a twin jet military transport the embraer kc 390 . work began in may 2009 with funding from the brazilian air force . 20 correios the brazilian postal service has shown interest in buying this aircraft . 21 22 using much of the technology developed for the embraer 190 the c 390 would carry up to 23 tons of cargo 23 and aims to replace cold war era cargo aircraft . 24 while firm orders for this yet to be produced hauler had not yet been made in the fall of 2010 20 argentina had asked for six examples and several other south american nations also expressed interest . 25 26 government subsidy controversy edit main article bombardier aerospace and embraer s.a. government subsidy controversy brazil and canada engaged in an international adjudicated trade dispute over government subsidies to domestic plane makers in the late 1990s and early 2000s . the world trade organization determined that both countries had provided illegal subsidies to what were supposed to be privately owned industries . brazil ran an illegal subsidy program proex benefiting its national aviation industry from at least 1999 2000 and canada illegally subsidized its indigenous regional airliner industry comprising bombardier aerospace . production bases and facilities edit the company s headquarters and a production base are in s o jos dos campos s o paulo brazil . it also has production bases in the state of s o paulo at botucatu eug nio de melo a district of s o jos dos campos and gavi o peixoto . it may have other production bases as well . citation needed the company has offices in beijing fort lauderdale florida us paris singapore and washington dc us . 27 non brazilian main facilities edit embraer portugal europe vora portugal . production facilities for the phenom 100 and 300 and legacy 450 and 500 at melbourne international airport in florida usa . 28 subsidiaries edit eams embraer aircraft maintenance services inc. nashville tn us maintenance services site . ogma ind stria aeron utica de portugal alverca do ribatejo portugal aircraft component maintenance repair and manufacturing plus aircraft maintenance services . embraer aircraft holding inc. its us headquarters are in fort lauderdale florida in a facility founded in 1979 . its external relations office is in washington dc . 29 joint ventures edit harbin embraer harbin china manufactures aircraft from the erj family for the chinese market . 30 aircraft products edit commercial edit lufthansa cityline embraer 195lr air canada express embraer 175 embraer emb 110 bandeirante embraer emb 120 brasilia embraer fma cba 123 vector cancelled after 2 prototypes built embraer regional jet embraer erj 135 37 passengers embraer erj 140 44 passengers embraer erj 145 50 passengers embraer e jet family embraer 170 80 passengers embraer 175 88 passengers embraer 190 110 passengers embraer 195 122 passengers embraer e jet e2 family embraer 175 e2 80 88 passengers embraer 190 e2 97 106 passengers embraer 195 e2 120 132 passengers 31 military edit amx a 1a of brazilian air force emb 145 aew & c of hellenic air force embraer emb 111 bandeirulha a special version designed for maritime patrol used by the brazilian air force embraer emb 312 tucano embraer emb 314 super tucano amx international amx embraer r 99 embraer 145 aew & c embraer 145 rs ags embraer p 99 embraer kc 390 corporate edit legacy 600 embraer phenom 100 embraer phenom 300 embraer legacy 450 embraer legacy 500 embraer legacy 600 embraer legacy 650 embraer lineage 1000 agriculture edit embraer ipanema utility edit embraer emb 121 xingu experimental edit embraer mft lf future edit in october 2010 embraer suggested plans to develop very long range business jets entering a sector currently dominated by gulfstream bombardier and dassault . 32 in october 2013 they unveiled the lineage 1000e . 33 in may 2011 embraer announced that it was considering building a larger airliner than the e jets with five abreast seating 34 but eventually choose to develop the second generation of its e jet family as e jets e2 . 35 in feb 2014 india s newest airline air costa announced an order for 50 e jets e2 aircraft worth 2.94 billion at list price . the order has an option for another 50 planes . 36 licensed version aircraft edit military edit embraer xavante general aviation edit embraer s neca embraer corisco embraer carioca embraer emb 720 minuano embraer navajo embraer sertanejo embraer tupi commercial aircraft deliveries edit year 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 deliveries 4 32 60 96 160 161 131 101 148 141 130 169 204 244 246 37 204 38 205 39 209 the numbers include military versions of commercial aircraft . total delivered backlog options as of june 30 2007 862 53 131 145 family 256 399 719 170 190 family competition in the regional jet market edit for short range passenger aircraft known as regional airliners see regional jet . orders and deliveries by year arj21 crj700 e jet mrj 70 superjet 100 an 148 year deliveries orders 55 503 619 582 877 65 122 1 50 2009 deliveries orders 87 576 649 671 916 15 137 5 72 2010 deliveries orders 189 593 654 770 1018 15 3 168 180 2011 deliveries orders 2012 deliveries orders 252 636 725 966 1212 165 23 229 2013 arj21 crj700 e jet mrj 70 superjet 100 an 148 year world airliners regionals 2009 40 world airliners regionals 2010 41 world airliners regionals 2011 42 world airliners regionals 2012 43 world airliners regionals 2013 44 references edit corporate governance . embraer . retrieved 21 september 2014 . botelho resigns as chairman of embraer . flightglobal . retrieved 15 january 2012 . 2015 results . embraer . retrieved 2016 09 09 . embraer investor relations operating income . embraer . retrieved 2015 05 29 . embraer investor relations net income . embraer . retrieved 2015 05 29 . highlights embraer . aircraft . br embraer . retrieved may 12 2014 . kansas airplane maker beechcraft sues u.s. air force . forbes . march 21 2013 . . a