"We're excited to enter the aerospace industry with a work force
and facilities that are deeply rooted in the aviation business. The
new company, Mid-Western Aircraft Systems, is now the world's
largest independent supplier of structures for commercial
aircraft."
Source: Nigel Wright, managing director at Onex, a
Canadian investment firm that Thursday completed the purchase of
three Boeing commercial aircraft plants in Oklahoma and Kansas. In
spite of the optimism, union leaders are fuming at Onex cuts in
salaries and benefits.