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Boeing Buys Troubled 787 Facility in South Carolina
from KUOW News Podcast on July 08, 2009
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Speculation is flying over why Boeing is buying a major aircraft production facility in South Carolina. On Tuesday, the company announced it would purchase the plant from Vought Airplane Industries for $580 million. The plant makes the rear fuselage section of the 787 Dreamliner. Vought is a longtime supplier of parts to Boeing, but has had a difficult time performing on the 787 program.
also in: 787 Dreamliner Aerospace Airplane Aviation Boeing Business Jim Proulx Leeham Company Manufacturing News Politics Pat Shanahan Scott Hamilton South Carolina Vought Aircraft Industries
