Ansaldo vs British Aerospace

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Ansaldo is the older of the two, founded in 1853 — 124 years before British Aerospace.

Founded: 1853; 1977
Status: Closed 1993; Closed 1999
Headquarters: Genoa, Italy; Farnborough, United Kingdom
Industry: weapons industry; weapons industry
Founders: Giovanni Ansaldo, Carlo Bombrini, Raffaele Rubattino; Not recorded
Legal form: società per azioni; joint-stock company
Parent: Leonardo; Not recorded
Website: Not recorded; bae.co.uk

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Ansaldo and British Aerospace.