Editing Aérospatiale (section)

===Formation===
[[File:Boulevard de Montmorency, 37.jpg|thumb|Former head office on the Boulevard de Montmorency]]
In 1970, ''Aérospatiale'' was created under the name Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale as a result of the merger of several French state-owned companies - [[Sud Aviation]], [[Nord Aviation]] and [[Société d'étude et de réalisation d'engins balistiques]] (SEREB). The newly formed entity was the largest aerospace company in France. From the onset, the French government owned a controlling stake in Aérospatiale; at one stage, a 97 per cent ownership of the company was held by the government.<ref name = "cent aero">[https://www.centennialofflight.net/essay/Aerospace/Sud/Aero48.htm "Sud Aviation and Aérospatiale."] ''centennialofflight.net'', Retrieved: 19 February 2018.</ref>

In 1971, Aérospatiale was managed by the French industrialist [[Henri Ziegler]]; that same year, the firm's North American marketing and sales arm, which had previously operated under the trading name of the ''French Aerospace Corporation'', was officially rebranded as the ''European Aerospace Corporation'', which was intended to better reflect Aérospatiale's increasing focus on collaborative efforts with its European partners.<ref>{{cite journal |title=none |journal=Air Progress |date=September 1971 |page=16}}</ref>