BOEING has
opened its first European factory, a GBP40 million (US$52 million)
facility in Sheffield, England, that will make system-control components
used for 737 and 737 Max narrowbody and 767 widebody jets.
The plant will employ 52
people, it gives US-based Boeing a platform to expand in the UK just as
the country leaves the European Union, reports Bloomberg News.
Boeing feels there may be
opportunities as it goes after more business in the UK. Its arrival also lends
support when other businesses - including Toulouse-based Airbus - have been
sharply critical of the Brexit project.
"We are always looking for
opportunity wherever we are around the world," Jenette Ramos, senior vice
president for manufacturing, supply chain and operations, said on a conference
call with reporters.
"We have been very supportive
of the UK prosperity agenda. We have invested not only in our commercial,
defence and services presence in country, and this adds a manufacturing
presence to the whole portfolio," she said.
Boeing is trying to increase its share of Britain's
defence spending, while battling Airbus globally for dominance of commercial
planemaking. The company has been
selected for exclusive talks to supply the Ministry of Defence with a new
generation of surveillance aircraft, a contract also sought by Airbus.
Source : HKSG.
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