Souriau Inc (CAGE Code F0225, A027M, 09922) – NSN Parts and Components Catalog

Operating Segments: Souriau-Sunbank operates in the aerospace, defense, energy, industrial and infrastructure, medical, and transportation sectors for connector supply.

HQ: Versailles, France

Partner: Citroën and the French space program are some of the partnerships that Souriau-Sunbank has seen during their history.

About Souriau- Sunbank

Souriau-Sunbank’s story began in 1917 when Paul-Adolphe Souriau formed a car ignition coil repair company in Boulogne-Billancourt, France. One of their customers, Citroën, began fitting all of their vehicle production line with Souriau products in 1933. In 1935, Souriau entered the aerospace market with their development of connectors for aviation. Around 1945, Souriau’s son, Paul-Jean Souriau, took the place of his father as the CEO of the company.

Around 1958, the company Sunbank was founded, their speciality being connector accessories and conduits for the aerospace industry. Meanwhile, Souriau expanded their reach in various market sectors and capacities including partnerships with French space programs, participation in the Concorde project in 1962, and fitted French nuclear submarine fleets. Souriau also oversaw expansion of their offices and domestic reach, as well as established new plants for machined contracts. In 1977 and 1987, Souriau began expanding into foreign markets with establishment of offices in the United States and Japan.

By 1995, Souriau saw more success as Boeing approved their conduits for use in their B757, 747, and 777 models. A year later, they continued their focus on space, nuclear, and marine markets with the opening of a new French plant. With continued expansion into foreign markets and partnerships, Souriau established offices in Morocco and India, saw success with Airbus contracts for optical technology, integrated with Esterline, and saw the acquisition and fusion of Sunbank through Esterline. Presently, they have rebranded themselves as Souriau-Sunbank and continue their global presence in many markets and sectors.

Products, Services, and Platforms

• Connectors, Accessories, and Solutions: Souriau-Sunbank specializes in a variety of connectors and connector accessories including, but not limited to, backshells, cable assemblies, conduits, connectors, and contacts. Their connectors serve use in aerospace, defense, energy, infrastructure, medical, transportation, and industrial applications.
• Custom Solutions: Souriau-Sunbank offers product services to create customized systems to meet interconnect solutions needs of their customers.

Subsidiaries/Partners

Souriau-Sunbank has partnered with Citroën and the French space program through their years of operation. Currently, Souriau-Sunbank owns the company PA&E as a subsidiary.

Competitors

Souriau-Sunbank’s competitors include Radiall, Crouzet, Molex, Amphenol, Ceiswitches, Menlo Micro, Panduit, E+E, 3M and Acal BFi.