Yves Delatte
Chief Executive Officer
Global leading aerospace partner
About Sonaca
Sonaca is one of the world leaders in development, manufacturing, assembly and detailed parts supply in the aeronautical sector. Its competencies are spread throughout civil, defense and space markets.
Across 6 countries, 3,800 people are working with the goal of serving major OEMs and super tier-ones.
Sonaca combines one-stop shop industrial capabilities with metallic and composite supplies.
Sonaca offers the best price combination with the latest automation technologies, low cost country manufacturing facilities and worldwide engineering offices.
Sonaca is recognized by its customers. We have engaged transition to reach 4.0 industry while materializing sustainable transformation.
Sonaca works closely with its customers, from early design stages to in-service support, focusing on reducing overall costs.
Our entities
Vision
Reaching new heights together by making air and space safe and sustainable.
Mission
We fulfill our worldwide customer expectations by developing and delivering innovative aerospace and defense solutions through best in-class engineering and operational excellence.
Values
Customer driven
Build a relationship based on partnership, transparency and listening to the customer, fostered with anticipation of needs, responsiveness and rigour in achieving customer requirement.
Team spirit
Work together in a supportive, transparent and respectful way, involving every team member to build trust and achieve a common goal.
Accountability
Consider the consequenceof actions, take responsibility for decisions and actions, recognize and repair mistakes, to solve problems and to follow through commitments.
Integrity
Act with honesty and transparency, respecting people and rules, adhering to the company's values and sharing all relevant information.
Excellence
Harness energy, creativity and collaboration to achieve outstanding results, challenging the status quo in a spirit of continuous improvement.
Foundations
Digitalizing our operations
Digitalizing our operations has three objectives: satisfying our customers with reliable on-time delivery, optimizing our costs by improving our processes and integrating end-to-end product traceability.
Sonaca relies on experienced and recognized technological partners for this transition. Sonaca has launched the implementation of a Manufacturing Execution System and several digital initiatives development.
Building a sustainable future
Today, Sonaca in aerospace decarbonation by developping an ambitious roadmap around the following 5 sustainability axes: Clean & Safe Aerospace, Sustainable Production, Extended Corporate Responsibility, Caring for People, and Business Integrity.
We have launched a project to reduce our CO2 emissions by getting all our employees on board for this challenge. Thanks to these efforts, we have already reduced our C02 production by 15% compared to the previous year (TCO2/hr produced). We will continue these efforts with a global diagnosis of the performance of our major equipment and our buildings.
Fostering our Talents
Talents are one of the main foundations of our strategic plan and a key to ensure its success. Talent management approach has the ambition to offer each employee the necessary conditions for their personal and professional development.
With this talent management approach, we intend to create a sense of purpose.
Leadership
Steve Sciarrabone
Chief Technical Officer
Xavier Carnoy
Chief Finance and Strategy Officer
Laurent Troquet
Chief Procurement Officer
Jean-François Vranken
Chief Operations Officer
Yannick Rongvaux
Chief Information Officer
Michel Princen
Chief Quality Officer
Kevin Goossens
CEO Sonaca North America
François Pirard
Chief Human Resources Officer
Thierry Duesberg
SVP Military and Defence
Dominique Zeoli
Chief Program and Services Officer
Thibault Carrier
Chief Commercial Officer
Board of directors
The Board of Directors is composed of representatives of company shareholders: the Walloon Region and the federal government of Belgium. The Board is currently composed of eleven directors and one observer. It is chaired by Yves Prete and daily management is ensured by Yves Delatte.
Yves Prete
Chairman
Yves Delatte
Chief Executive Officer
Denis Ronday SFPI
Non-Executive Director
Michaël Vanloubbeeck SFPI
Non-Executive Director
Virginie Dufrasne
Non-Executive Director
Charles Champion
Non-Executive Director
Amaury Bertholomé
Non-Executive Director
Marc Denève
Non-Executive Director
Cédric du Monceau
Non-Executive Director
Grégoire Dupuis
Non-Executive Director
Renaud Moens Igretec
Non-Executive Director
Jean Leblon
Non-Executive Director
Olivier Vanderijst Sparaxis
Non-Executive Director
Sarah Krins
Observer
History
Today
2023Sonaca
To align its entities under one Sonaca brand, Sonaca has renamed LMI Aerospace to Sonaca North America, including LMI Aerospace and Sonaca Montreal.
2017
Sonaca has acquired LMI Aerospace.
Foundation
Sonaca
2016 : Opened Sonaca Aircraft manufacturing line.
2016 : Acquired AST GMBH, Sonaca Space now
2014 : Expanded its activities in Romania (Sonaca Transilvania).
2011 : Opened assembly line in Tianjin, China
2003 : Acquired NMF, now Sonaca Montreal
2003 : Developed its strategic presence in Brazil
Sonaca North America
2012 : Acquired Valent, Inc.
2012 : Acquired TASS, Inc.
2009 : Acquired Intec, Inc.
2007 : Acquired D3 Technologies, Inc.
2006 : Opened manufacturing center in Mexicali, Mexico.
2001 : Acquired Versaform Corporation, Southern Stretch Forming and Fabrication, Inc.
2001 : Acquired Tempco Engineering.
Heritage
1920Sonaca
Sonaca started as a flight school company in Gosselies, Belgium.
1948Sonaca North America
Founded as a manufacturer of aircraft components.