Satys

Satys is a French industrial group that paints and seals aircraft. It has its headquarters in Blagnac, France, where it was founded in 1986 under the name STTS. The group has 50 sites in Europe, North America, the Middle East, Asia and Africa and employs 2,500 people worldwide. It is active in aircraft painting, sealing and surface treatment.

Satys Aircraft Sealing and Painting has more than 30 years of experience. It does final painting and assembly line sealing for aircraft makers and their partners, including Airbus, Airbus Defence and Space, Airbus Helicopters, Boeing, Dassault and ATR. It also paints and seals structural sub-assemblies such as fuselage sections, aerostructure panels and single parts.

The group also repaints commercial aircraft for airlines and lessors, and business jets. Its paint hangars have remote-controlled gondolas, aircraft scanning, and control of temperature, humidity and ventilation. They can take aircraft such as the A380, A350, A330, A321, A320, B747, B787, B777, B737 and ATR, and the full range of helicopters and jets. The group counts 42 paint shops among its sites.

A full repaint can include stripping to bare metal or heavy sanding, resealing production joints, corrosion treatment, composite repairs and the final paint scheme. Satys studies each project with the customer. It also runs an MRO and engineering program in Europe, with engineering support from EASA Part-145 certified partners. Packages can include aircraft reception, skin inspection, composite repairs, defuel and refuel, re-weighing, flight control removal and rebalance, fuel tank leak repair and a certificate of release to service.

A graphics department makes and applies markings. It handles short-term vinyl logos for wet lease and charter aircraft, paint mask stencils, printed removable vinyl, airbrushed images, and exterior and interior mandatory markings.

Satys grew from its first paint hangar at Blagnac, built in 1999 for Airbus and Air France. It then opened hangars in Seville, England and the Netherlands, and started work in China in 2009. More than half of its activity is outside France. The group has two divisions, Satys Aerospace and Satys Coatings.

Satys says it has numerous certifications and a team of more than 2,000 employees in France and abroad.

Services

• Aircraft painting
• Aircraft sealing
• Aircraft repainting
• Paint preparation and stripping
• Composite repairs
• MRO and engineering program
• Aircraft graphics and livery
• Mandatory markings