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RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, PA—Boeing has opened its newly renovated Chinook assembly plant here. The aerospace giant invested $130 million to upgrade the plant.

STUART, FL—Triumph Aerostructures expects to hire 80 new employees as it expands its assembly plant here by 16,000 square feet.

COLUMBUS, MS—Aurora Flight Sciences has added automated fiber placement equipment at its assembly plant here so it can make larger and more complex composite structures for the aerospace industry.

SEATTLE—Top-level talks might be the only way to end a seven-year state-aid dispute between aerospace manufacturers Boeing and Airbus, an EU diplomat said Wednesday after the WTO sent both sides its ruling on the issue. The decision, given confidentially, was made on a European Union appeal against U.S. government aid to Boeing.

Airbus has manufacturing facilities across the globe, including Tianjin, China, and Broughton and Filton in the United Kingdom.

A major new report from the Council on Competitiveness provides a multipoint plan to reignite American manufacturing.

SEATTLE—Boeing said replacing improperly installed shims on its new 787 Dreamliners will take 10 to 14 days per airplane and doesn’t indicate that the model needs a redesign.

PINELLAS PARK, FL—Lockheed Martin has opened a new assembly plant here to produce aircraft canopy components for the F-35 fighter.

 

EXETER, NH—Cobham Sensor Systems is adding 105,000 square feet to its assembly plant here, creating 120 new jobs.

SUPERIOR, MN—Kestrel is now hiring for positions at its new assembly plant here. The first 11 jobs are now posted on the company’s Web site. The company plans to hire 300 to 600 people over the next several years.