Sun, Jul 18, 2010
New Plant To Be Built To Manufacture Certain 787 Interior
Parts
North Charleston, SC is the site Boeing has chosen as the
location for its new 787 Dreamliner interiors fabrication facility.
In addition, Boeing said Thursday it will purchase land from Stone
Mountain Industrial Park Inc. BRPH will design the facility, and
Pattillo Construction will provide construction services. Employees
at the facility will manufacture and assemble airplane interior
parts.
"This decision is another significant step toward creating a
solid aerospace presence for future generations to come in South
Carolina," said Ray Conner, vice president and general manager,
Supply Chain Management and Operations, Boeing Commercial
Airplanes. "The selected location for our new interiors facility
will provide us with the continued flexibility we need to leverage
our production capability and meet the needs of our 787
customers."
The new fabrication factory will be 10 miles from Boeing's 787
final assembly and delivery site in North Charleston. The close
proximity of the two facilities will help improve the efficiency of
the final assembly and delivery process in South Carolina.
Dreamliner Interior
The interiors fabrication facility, which was first announced in
May, is expected to create more than 150 new jobs.
At the new facility, the Interiors Responsibility Center South
Carolina team will manufacture 787 interior parts, including
stowbins, closets, partitions, class dividers, floor-mounted
stowbins used by flight attendants, overhead flight-crew rests,
overhead flight attendant crew rests, video-control stations and
attendant modules.
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