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Bombardier Inc French pronunciation: [bɔ̃baʁdje] is a Canadian business jet manufacturer.[4] Headquartered in Montreal, the company was founded in 1942 by Joseph-Armand Bombardier to market his snowmobiles and became one of the worlds biggest producers of aircraft and trains In the 1970s and 1980s, the company diversified into public transport vehicles and commercial jets and became a multinational corporation It grew particularly fast at the end of the 1980s when the turnover multiplied sixfold within six years At that time it was North Americas most important producer of railway vehicles, Canadas most important aerospace producer and the worldwide leading snowmobile manufacturer The growth came mainly from buying failing government-owned companies at a low price and orchestrating a turnaround