Industry Aeronautics, defence Defunct 11 August 1936 Headquarters Cannes Successor SNCASE | Fate Merged Products Aircraft Founded 16 August 1929 Ceased operations August 11, 1936 | |
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Predecessor Chantiers aéronavals de la Méditerranée Founder Étienne Romano & André Auniac | ||
The S.A. des Chantiers aéronavals Étienne Romano (CAER) was an aircraft manufacturing company based in Cannes, France. The predecessor company, Chantiers aéronavals de la Méditerranée had been founded by Étienne Romano in 1921.
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History
André Auniac and Étienne Romano founded the SA des Chantiers aéronavals Étienne Romano on 16 August 1929. The factory was ideally located between the Mediterranean Sea and a flat expanse of grassland where the planes could take-off and land. That field would become later Cannes – Mandelieu Airport. In 1931 the Romano factory became operational and full production started.
On 11 August 1936 the Romano company was nationalized following which in 1937 it was merged with Lioré et Olivier, Potez, CAMS and SPCA in order to form the Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Sud-Est (SNCASE) on 1 February 1937.