# Safran inaugurates factory for ELT mirror segments in Poitiers

Safran Electronics & Defense and Safran Reosc inaugurated a new factory in Poitiers, France, dedicated to manufacturing the M1 mirror segments for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). The facility uses advanced manufacturing technologies to produce 931 segments for the telescope, which is scheduled for first light in 2025.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-02-04
- Where: Poitiers, France
- Starts operating: 2025
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 931 segments
- Products: high performance optics, mirror segments for telescopes
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Safran](https://endata.com/companies/1270.md)
- [Safran Reosc](https://endata.com/companies/24586.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [safran-group.com](https://www.safran-group.com/pressroom/safran-inaugurates-new-factory-40-make-primary-mirror-segments-extremely-large-telescope-2020-02-04), 2020-02-04: "Martin Sion, Chief Executive Officer of Safran Electronics & Defense, and Xavier Barcons, Director General of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), today inaugurated Safran’s new production unit at the company’s Saint-Benoît plant near Poitiers in central France, which will make the primary mirro"
- [safran-group.com](https://www.safran-group.com/news/factory-40-made-safran-mirrors-extremely-large-telescope-2020-02-04), 2020-02-04: "On February 4, 2020, Safran Electronics & Defense and Safran Reosc inaugurated a brand new factory dedicated to the manufacture of the M1 mirror segments of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT)."
- [safran-group.com](https://www.safran-group.com/news/new-safran-additive-manufacturing-campus-track-2020-03-12), 2020-03-12: "Construction of this Factory of the Future began in March."

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