Chongqing Helicopter Investment Corporation is a Chinese aircraft manufacturer based in
Chongqing
Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...
, specializing in
helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attributes ...
s.
In 2011, the company announced that it would be working with
AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland was an Anglo-Italian helicopter design and manufacturing company, which was a wholly owned subsidiary of Finmeccanica (now known as Leonardo). It was formed in July 2000 as an Anglo-Italian multinational company, when Finmeccanica ...
on future projects.
The company acquired
Enstrom Helicopter Corporation
The Enstrom Helicopter Corporation is an American helicopter aerospace manufacturer, based at the Menominee–Marinette Twin County Airport in Michigan, United States.
The company was founded in 1959 by mining engineer Rudolph J. "Rudy" Ens ...
in December 2012 with production facilities in
Menominee
The Menominee (; mez, omǣqnomenēwak meaning ''"Menominee People"'', also spelled Menomini, derived from the Ojibwe language word for "Wild Rice People"; known as ''Mamaceqtaw'', "the people", in the Menominee language) are a federally recog ...
,
Michigan
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, United States.
The company failed for Chapter 7 and ceased operations in 2022.
References
Companies with year of establishment missing
Helicopter manufacturers of China
Manufacturing companies based in Chongqing
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