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104. EADS

Rank: 104 (Previous rank: 127)
CEO: Louis Gallois
Employees: 118,349
Address: Mendelweg 30
Leiden, 2333
Country: Netherlands
Website: www.eads.com

	$ millions	% change from 2007
Revenues	63,326.3	18.3
Profits	2,300.9	-
Assets	105,852.7	—
Stockholders' equity	15,320.6	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	3.6
Assets	2.2

Industry: Aerospace and Defense

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	EADS	104	63,326.3
2	Boeing	116	60,909.0
3	United Technologies	123	58,681.0


4	Lockheed Martin	179	42,731.0
5	Honeywell International	212	36,556.0
6	Northrop Grumman	239	33,940.0
7	BAE Systems	279	30,569.5
8	General Dynamics	297	29,302.0
9	Raytheon	395	23,174.0
10	Finmeccanica	399	23,036.9
11	Aviation Industry Corp. of China	426	21,737.5
12	Bombardier	468	19,721.0

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