Avio

Avio

Avio S.p.A. is an Italian company operating in the aerospace sector with its head office in Rivalta di Torino, Turin, Italy. Founded in 1908, it is present in Italy and abroad with different commercial offices and 10 production sites. Avio operates in 5 main business areas in both the civil and military sectors:

• modules and components for aircraft and helicopter propulsion systems
• solid-propellant motors for space and tactical propulsion
• MRO and services
• aeroderivative gas turbines for marine and industrial applications
• electronic/electrical control and automation systems

Moreover, Avio is Prime Contractor for the new European launcher Vega.

The company is very active in the field of technological research. It carries out projects in collaboration with 14 among Italian universities and research centres and 10 foreign, aimed at the continuous improvement of product and process technologies. It also undertakes the research of solutions in order to reduce the environmental impact of aircraft engines, in conformity with the objectives of consumption and emissions reduction dictated, within the European area, by the ACARE body.