Fri, Jul 01, 2011
Half Of A320 Rudders To Be Produced In China By 2014
Airbus has signed an agreement with its Chinese partners on
progressively increasing the production of A320 rudder at the Hafei
Airbus Composite Manufacturing Center (HMC), a joint venture
between Airbus and AVIC HAFEI and other Chinese partners.
The agreement was signed today in Berlin, Germany, by Fabrice
Bregier, Airbus Chief Operating Officer, and Liu Guanglin, Vice
President of AVIC HAFEI and Chairman of HMC, at the Third
Airbus/NDRC Aviation Cooperation & Development Summit,
organized by Airbus and China's National Development and Reform
Commission (NDRC) and attended by Zhang Xiaoqiang, Vice Minister of
NDRC.
According to the agreement, HMC will increase its production of
A320 rudders progressively in the next years to reach 21 shipsets
per month by 2014, which represents half of the total production of
A320 rudders worldwide. Currently HMC produces about three shipsets
of A320 rudders per month.
"The agreement is an important development of the joint venture
manufacturing center. We are proud to be further integrated into
the Airbus worldwide supply chain network and play a more important
role in the production of the world's best selling single-aisle
aircraft," said Liu Guanglin.
"The agreement demonstrates our long-term commitment to the
partnership with Chinese aviation industry," said Tom Enders,
President and CEO of Airbus. "The ramp up of the rudder production
at HMC will be a strong support to the further development of the
joint venture."
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