of the 1930s and 40s see power jets . powerjet type joint venture industry aeronautics founded 2004 headquarters paris france products aircraft engines parent snecma safran npo saturn website powerjet.aero sam146 powerjet is a 50 50 joint venture held by snecma safran and npo saturn created in july 2004 . the company is an engine manufacturer in charge of the management of the sam146 program including studies production marketing and after sales support . it delivers a complete propulsion system comprising the engine nacelle and equipment . the sam146 is the sole powerplant for the sukhoi superjet 100 ssj100 entered into service in 2011 . building on the experience and resources of its two founding companies powerjet has developed a dedicated sam146 support organization called powerlife ensuring fast and reliable access to information and assistance under any circumstances . powerjet aims to set a new standard in customer support for regional jet engines by delivering local service to customers anywhere in the world . through powerlife label the company provides a customer support center technical assistance from both parent companies and a strong network of field representatives based on resources already deployed by snecma and npo saturn . powerjet has two operational units dedicated to production one in villaroche france and the other in rybinsk russia . history edit snecma safran and npo saturn began to work together in 1998 when snecma subcontracted the production of cfm56 engine parts to npo saturn . in 2004 the creation of the powerjet joint venture for the sam146 engine took the collaboration a step further . the sam146 development program proceeded very smoothly reflecting the successful collaboration a first between western and russian engine manufacturers . it is the result of both confidence in the market and the longstanding mutual trust between the two partners . in 2005 the state of the art production plant volgaero was founded in rybinsk in order to make parts for the sam146 as well as parts and assemblies for other engines produced by the two parent companies . 1 in 2007 snecma and npo saturn built an open air test cell in poluevo russia near rybinsk to handle certification tests for the sam146 . it is the only open air test facility for this type of engine in europe and it also provides test services for other engines . on 23 june 2010 it was announced that easa certified powerjet for its sam146 engine . 2 it gained russian certification in august 2010 and the ssj100 entered into service in 2011 . in 2013 the mexican airline interjet has received its first sukhoi superjet 100 aircraft . with an order for 20 aircraft interjet is the first western customer to take delivery of the ssj100 powered by the sam146 . 3 references edit bernard fitzsimons sum of superjet s parts more than an airplane ainonline july 25 2007 david kaminski morrow easa certifies powerjet sam146 for superjet flight global jun 23 2010 first ssj100 delivered to mexican airline interjet deagel.com june 18 2013 external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title powerjet & oldid 668393347 categories multinational aircraft engine manufacturersaircraft engine manufacturers of russiajoint ventures navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran aisbahasa indonesianederlands edit links this page was last modified on 24 june 2015 at 01 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view