EVERETT, WA—Boeing will build a new factory here to make wings for its 777X wide body jet, assuring more than a decade of work on advanced composite materials for thousands of Snohomish County workers. The facility will be adjacent to the final assembly line for the jet.
SEATTLE—Since late last year, Boeing 787 Dreamliner fuselage sections from North Charleston, SC, have arrived at the final assembly line in Everett, WA, seriously incomplete with wiring and hydraulics lines missing, according to multiple sources in the factory.
STERLING HEIGHTS, MI—Boeing Corp. and KUKA Systems are hosting a day-long summit Feb. 6 to help aerospace suppliers find their niche in the supply chains of the two companies. KUKA and Boeing have identified more than 50 procurement needs for which they would like to find suppliers.
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC—Boeing is adding more contractors at its 787 assembly plant here, acknowledging unspecified “challenges” as it prepares to make a new, longer version of the Dreamliner.
SEATTLE—Angry Boeing machinists have filed eight charges of unfair labor practices with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging their union’s top leaders manipulated a recent contract vote, and demanding that ballots be recast.
On Nov. 13, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) overwhelmingly rejected a contract offer from Boeing that would have kept manufacturing of the company’s new 777X jet in Washington state.
NORTH CHARLESTON, SC—Boeing plans to double its 787 Dreamliner assembly plant here. The enlarged factory will accommodate a second, parallel production line.
SEATTLE—Leaders from Boeing Co. and the machinists union met on Wednesday about restarting talks that could lead to building the company’s new 777X jetliner in Washington state.
JEFFERSON CITY, MO—Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon will press state legislators next week to provide up to $150 million a year in tax breaks and other incentives in hopes of luring Boeing Co.’s 777X commercial airplane assembly plant to his state.
