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OGMA - Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal
Company typeJoint venture
IndustryAerospace / Defense
Founded1918
HeadquartersAlverca do Ribatejo, Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal
Key people
António Monteiro, CEO
ProductsAircraft components, aircraft maintenance services
Number of employees
1,700 (2006)
Websitewww.ogma.pt

Founded in 1918, OGMA – Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal, S.A., has dedicated ever since to the maintenance of aircraft and aircraft engines, as well as to the manufacturing of aircraft components and to aircraft engineering and logistic support. OGMA is situated in Alverca do Ribatejo, approximately 15 km north of Lisbon, and presently (2006) employs a workforce of 1,700[1] and provides a 3Km H24 runaway. The abbreviation OGMA stands for "Oficinas Gerais de Material Aeronáutico", which changed to "Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal" in 1994.[2]

OGMA currently holds a wide range of domestic and foreign customers, both civil and military, and is authorised maintenance centre for Embraer, Lockheed Martin, Eurocopter, Rolls-Royce, Turbomeca and Honeywell. Some aircraft maintained by OGMA include: C-130 Hercules, P-3 Orion, F-16 Fighting Falcon, Embraer ERJ 145 family, Embraer E-Jets, Airbus A320 family and Embraer Legacy.

Since its creation, the company was government-owned until 2005, when Airholding SGPS, a consortium made of Embraer and EADS acquired a 65% share of OGMA's capital, with the Portuguese state holding the remaining 35% through the Empordef company.[3]

On July 10, 2006, OGMA inaugurated the Executive Jets Center, created to improve the maintenance services of the Embraer Legacy 600 and future business jets developed by Embraer. On August 8, 2006, Embraer and the Portuguese Government signed an agreement setting Embraer to assess cooperation with OGMA towards the development of a capacity to design and manufacture aerostructures for the world-wide market.[4]