SONACA ASCO INDUSTRIES EURAIR	BELAIRBUS was created in 1979 in response to a desire expressed by AIRBUS INDUSTRIE to deal with a single partner for each country taking part in the AIRBUS programmes. BELAIRBUS became Associated Partner of AIRBUS INDUSTRIE starting from the A310 programme and after for all the following Airbus Programmes. BELAIRBUS supplies as a single source the complete slat-slat track systems (Leading Edge Devices) for A310, A319/A320/A321, A330/A340, A340- 500 / 600 and for the A380. BELAIRBUS manages the commercial, financial and administrative aspects of the AIRBUS contracts. The industrial activities (development and production) are subcontracted by BELAIRBUS to the following shareholders of BELAIRBUS: SONACA, located in Gosselies, manages the research and development and the certification for all the BELAIRBUS supplies and produces the moving slats; SONACA is approved by AIRBUS as the certified technical leader of BELAIRBUS ASCO INDUSTRIES, located in Zaventem produces the slat-track mechanism and participates in the research and development of its supplies EURAIR, based in Bruges, a subsidiary of the Watteeuw Group within the BMT Group, manufactures the gears, pinions and racks The shares of BELAIRBUS are distributed in the amounts of approximately 58% for SONACA, 35% for ASCO INDUSTRIES and 7% for EURAIR in relation with their respective sales. Moreover, SABCA, another Belgian aerospace company, owns one share. Since 1979 and until end 2006, BELAIRBUS has achieved a total sales figure of 2.3 B€ which is still expanding. Joining the three specific technology expertise of its Partners, BELAIRBUS achieved, by supplying AIRBUS with a complete functional subassembly, a real success story.