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CAE launches a year of celebrations for its 70th anniversary
Founded on Saint Patrick's Day in 1947, CAE is launching a year of celebrations with its 8,000 employees worldwide to commemorate its 70th anniversary. CAE is today a global training company headquartered in Montreal.
March 21, 2017 By Marketwired
“Over the last decades, we’ve built on our diversity, our passion for excellence and the talent of people all over the world to create a great company,” said Marc Parent, CAE’s president and CEO. “We come from different countries, different cultures and we have different expertise, but we are united as one team – one team focused on one vision: to be the worldwide training partner of choice to enhance safety, efficiency and readiness. This year, we are going to celebrate CAE’s history and bright future.”
Employees in each of CAE’s 160 sites around the world will participate in celebrations which will continue throughout the year; they include activities, historical videos, a global contest encouraging employees to tell their CAE story, a global family day, and more.
Formerly known as Canadian Aviation Electronics Ltd., CAE was founded seventy years ago on the determination and vision of ex-Royal Canadian Air Force officer, Ken Patrick, who assembled what he called “a war-trained team that was extremely innovative and very technology-intensive.”
“Today, innovation is still at the heart of our company,” said Marc Parent. “Since our first contract to build a flight simulator for the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1952, we transformed ourselves over the years from a simulator manufacturer to a global training company focused on making air travel safer, allowing defence forces to return home safely, and helping medical personnel provide better care. That’s something we are really proud of.”
