Editing SNCASE (section)

==History==

Following the [[Matignon Agreements (1936)|resolution]] of the 1936 [[general strike]] of French heavy industry, the government of [[Léon Blum]] introduced an act to nationalize the French war industry. The act provided for the creation of seven nationalized aeronautical manufacturing companies: six for aircraft (SNCASE, [[SNCASO]], [[SNCAN]], [[SNCAO]], [[SNCAM]], [[SNCAC]]), and one for aircraft engines ([[Société nationale de Construction de Moteurs|SNCM]] - [[Lorraine-Dietrich]]).<ref name = "Hartmann1" />

SNCASE incorporated the facilities of Potez in [[Berre-l'Étang]], CAMS in [[Vitrolles, Bouches-du-Rhône|Vitrolles]], Romano in [[Cannes]], SPCA in [[Marseille]] and [[Lioré et Olivier]] at [[Argenteuil]] and [[Marignane]]. SNCASE became the largest of the aeronautical ''{{lang|fr|Sociétés nationales}}'', with {{nowrap|{{gaps|225|000}} m<sup>2</sup>}} of space in six factories and {{gaps|2|550}} employees. ({{gaps|1|700}} of the workforce came from Lioré et Olivier, along with 90% of then-current manufacturing contracts.<ref name = "Hartmann1" />)

In 1941, during the Second World War, the Paris design bureaus of both the nationalized and the private aircraft firms were relocated to avoid capture. SNCASE acquired the failing [[SNCAM]] and moved its engineering operations to SNCAM's headquarters at the former [[Dewoitine]] factory in [[Toulouse]].<ref name = "Hartmann1" />{{rp|13}}

During the rationalisation of the nationalised Aircraft Industry during the 1950s, SNCASE merged with SNCASO to form [[Sud Aviation]] on March 1, 1957, which in turn was later amalgamated into [[Aérospatiale]] and eventually the [[Airbus]] group.