COGNICASE Wins Long-Term AIRBUS France Project Management Contract.Business Editors MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 2001 COGNICASE a New European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. Force COGNICASE Inc. (Nasdaq:COGI COGI Coalition on Government Information (also known as the Minnesota Coalition on Government Information, or MNCOGI; promotes open access to public records) ) (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :COG.), a leading e-business services provider specializing in secure and scalable real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. transactional solutions, today announced that it has won a major contract for managing the project and designing manufacturing processes for the AIRBUS A380 from AIRBUS France. AIRBUS France is a subsidiary of AIRBUS. The European division of COGNICASE will participate in implementing the AIRBUS A380 program by ensuring operational support for the processes and management tools and will also provide assistance with the flight management system. COGNICASE France's involvement in the projects corresponds to 30% of AIRBUS France's responsibility. COGNICASE will work on the five-year contract in the AIRBUS France plant in TOULOUSE. "We are pleased to be associated with AIRBUS France and consider this agreement an important vote of confidence for COGNICASE. This strategic project, in combination with other recent agreements, will allow COGNICASE to position itself as a major European IT supplier of services and solutions," declared Ronald Brisebois, COGNICASE President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . Vincent Rouaix, Executive Vice-President and General Manager of COGNICASE Europe added, "This agreement is an excellent opportunity for COGNICASE. It will support our rapidly growing IT solutions and consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" in Europe." The AIRBUS A380 program represents the largest plane ever developed by AIRBUS. It is designed for airlines requiring long-range and high capacity aircraft (both passengers and freight). About COGNICASE COGNICASE is an innovative company specializing in the development and integration of real-time transactional solutions. Relying on its results-driven approach, software and technology, and its international Internet engineering A person responsible for developing and maintaining the infrastructure that supports the public Web site, intranet and associated LANs and WANs. May be involved in developing transaction-based applications for e-commerce. See e-commerce engineer. and hosting centres, COGNICASE offers secure and scalable solutions that contribute to the success of its customers in the age of the new economy. The Company is active in several countries, including Canada, the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , France, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Australia. About AIRBUS AIRBUS has 44,000 employees in Europe, distributed among 16 locations and four countries (France, United Kingdom, Germany, and Spain). The French locations total 15,000 people located in Toulouse, Nantes, St. Nazaire and Meaulte. AIRBUS has annual sales of 18.5 billion Euros, including 3.7 billion for AIRBUS France. AIRBUS currently delivers one plane per day. |
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