Thales Group

French multinational company
Organization organization Q1161666
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Thales Group

Summary

Thales Group is an organization[1]. It ranks in the top 0.23% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,470 views/month, #21 of 9,083).[2]

Key Facts

  • Thales Group was a member of Union des Industries Ferroviaires Européennes[3].
  • Thales Group was a member of FIDO Alliance[4].
  • Thales Group was a member of ITU Radiocommunication Sector[5].
  • Thales Group was a member of Trusted Connectivity Alliance[6].
  • Thales Group is in the country of France[7].
  • Thales Group's image is recorded as Thales Paris-Saclay.JPG[8].
  • Thales Group's instance of is recorded as organization[9].
  • Thales Group's instance of is recorded as multinational corporation[10].
  • Thales Group's owned by is recorded as Q54734727[11].
  • Thales Group's owned by is recorded as Présidence de la République française[12].
  • Thales Group's owned by is recorded as Dassault Aviation[13].
  • Thales Group's owned by is recorded as Q16626550[14].
  • Thales Group's owned by is recorded as employee stock ownership[15].
  • Thales Group's owned by is recorded as public float[16].
  • Thales Group's logo image is recorded as Thales Logo.svg[17].
  • Thales Group's follows is recorded as Thomson-CSF[18].
  • Thales Group's follows is recorded as Racal[19].
  • Thales Group's headquarters location is recorded as Meudon[20].
  • Thales Group's chief executive officer is recorded as Patrice Caine[21].
  • Thales Group's ISNI is recorded as 0000000417548494[22].
  • Thales Group's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 138848074[23].
  • Thales Group's GND ID is recorded as 10122790-5[24].
  • Thales Group's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nr2004019780[25].
  • Thales Group's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13769964x[26].
  • Thales Group's IdRef ID is recorded as 086213822[27].

Body

Founding

+2000-12-06T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Thales Group[28]. Its location of formation is recorded as Paris[29].

Identity

Thales Group's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'THALES'}[30]. Its part of is recorded as CAC 40[31]. Predecessors include Thomson-CSF[18] and Racal[19].

Leadership

Thales Group's chief executive officer is recorded as Patrice Caine[21]. Its chairperson is recorded as Patrice Caine[32].

Operations

Thales Group's headquarters location is recorded as Meudon[20]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Agence des participations de l'État[33]. Subsidiaries include Thales Air Defence[34], an organization[35], in United Kingdom[36], founded in 1993[37], headquartered in Belfast[38]; Thales Underwater Systems[39], an organization[40], in France[41], founded in 2001[42]; Thales Nederland[43], a subsidiary company[44], in Netherlands[45], headquartered in Hengelo[46]; Thales Australia[47], a business[48], in Australia[49], founded in 2000[50], headquartered in Sydney[51]; Thales Training & Simulation[52], a business[53], founded in 1946[54]; and Thales[55], a business[56], in United Kingdom[57], headquartered in Glasgow[58].

Industry

Industries include weapons industry[59], aerospace industry[60], telecommunications[61], activities of head offices[62], computer security[63], and software industry[64].

Ownership

Owners include Q54734727[11]; Présidence de la République française[12], an organization[65], in France[66]; Dassault Aviation[13], an aerospace manufacturer[67], in France[68], founded in 1929[69], headquartered in Paris[70]; Q16626550[14]; employee stock ownership[15]; and public float[16], a term[71]. Stock exchanges include OTC Markets Group[72] and Euronext Paris[73]. Products include remote weapon station[74], radar[75], infantry mobility vehicle[76], and aeronautics[77].

Why It Matters

Thales Group ranks in the top 0.23% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,470 views/month, #21 of 9,083).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[78] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[79]

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