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Safran To Create Four Electric Motor Production Lines
Five aircraft manufacturers have selected Safran's EngineUs electric motors to power their aircraft.
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Safran's new production lines for its EngineUs electric motors will include eight workstations that will perform screwing, glueing, and pressing operations. (Photo: Safran/Cyril-Abad)

Safran Electrical & Power plans to install production lines for its EngineUs electric motors at sites in France and the UK. Starting in 2026, a high-volume production model inspired by the automotive sector will enable the manufacture of 1,000 motors a year to serve electric and hybrid aviation markets.

In 2025, Safran will open four lines to automate the production of the motors. Two will be located in Niort, western France, at the group's electrical systems center of excellence, and two in the UK, at Pitstone, Buckinghamshire, which serves as Safran's rotating machines center of excellence. The UK site will be home to automatic production lines for rotors and stators—rotating machines at the heart of the motors—while Niort will handle the automatic production of power electronics and final motor assembly, Safran said.

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