Aermacchi

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Aermacchi

Company type	Private Subsidiary
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1912
Founder	Giulio Macchi
Defunct	2003
Fate	Merged
Successor	Alenia Aermacchi
Headquarters	Varese , Italy
Parent	Leonardo S.p.A.
Website	https://aircraft.leonardo.com/en/home

Aermacchi was an Italian aircraft manufacturer. Formerly known as Aeronautica Macchi, the company was founded in 1912 by Giulio Macchi at Varese in north-western Lombardy as Nieuport-Macchi, to build Nieuport monoplanes under licence for the Italian military. With a factory located on the shores of Lake Varese, the firm originally manufactured a series of Nieuport designs, as well as seaplanes.

After World War II, the company began producing motorcycles as a way to fill the post-war need for cheap, efficient transportation.

The company later specialised in civil and military pilot training aircraft. In July 2003, Aermacchi was integrated into the Finmeccanica Group (now Leonardo)^[1] as Alenia Aermacchi, which increased its shareholding to 99%.