Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Midi (abbreviated SNCAM) was a state-owned French

France

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 aircraft manufacturer. The company was formed following the resolution of the 1936 general strike

General strike

A general strike is a strike action by a critical mass of the labour force in a city, region, or country. While a general strike can be for political goals, economic goals, or both, it tends to gain its momentum from the ideological or class sympathies of the participants...

 of French heavy industry, when the government of Léon Blum

Léon Blum

André Léon Blum was a French politician, usually identified with the moderate left, and three times the Prime Minister of France.-First political experiences:...

 introduced an act to nationalize the French war industry on or before April 1, 1937. The former Dewoitine

Dewoitine

Constructions Aéronautiques Émile Dewoitine was a French aircraft manufacturer established by Émile Dewoitine at Toulouse in October 1920. The company's initial products were a range of metal parasol-wing fighters which were largely ignored by the French Air Force but purchased in large quantities...

 aircraft company was placed under government control, and renamed SNCAM. The company had been formed as one of six state-owned Société Nationales in the 1936 nationalistation of military industries, in late 1940 these were re-organised and SNCAM was absorbed by SNCASE. Through subsequent mergers, SNCAM's former holdings are now part of the EADS

EADS

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group.