Eurocopter held its own in 2009
Last month during Eurocopter’s annual press conference in Paris, CEO Lutz Bertling announced the company received 344 net orders in 2009, down from an expe

Last month during Eurocopter’s annual press conference in Paris, CEO Lutz Bertling announced the company received 344 net orders in 2009, down from an expected 450, but was able to keep deliveries at a high level. Efforts to cope with the economic downturn are ongoing, he said, including a recently launched cost-cutting program dubbed Shape.

Last year, the French helicopter manufacturer inked contracts for 449 gross sales but had 105 orders cancelled. During 2008, Eurocopter’s second-best year, it received 715 net orders.

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