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GE Aviation Celebrates Factory Opening in Alabama
April 29, 2013
AUBURN, Alabama - GE Aviation today celebrated the grand opening of its new jet engine components factory in Auburn that will create hundreds of jobs. Joining GE Aviation president and CEO David Joyce in the ceremony were Governor Robert Bentley, Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard and Auburn Mayor Bill Ham, Jr.
The 300,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing plant will produce precision, super-alloy machined parts for GE jet engines that will power future commercial and military aircraft, and also support the vast fleet of GE jet engines already in service.
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Accelerate Alabama speeding growth in key economic sectors, Business Facilities says
MONTGOMERY, Alabama – Accelerate Alabama, the state’s strategic economic development growth plan, is positioning the state to land more jobs in coveted sectors such as automotive and aerospace, according to a report in Business Facilities magazine.
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Airbus’ “game-changing” U.S. A320 Family final assembly line comes to Alabama
8 APRIL 2013 HEADLINE NEWS
At a capacity-crowd event attended by approximately 2,000 invitees, area residents and others, the final assembly line’s creation was hailed as a “game-changing” development in Airbus’ relationship with the United States – where it already is the largest export partner for the country’s aerospace industry, and has evolved as a major aircraft supplier to its customer airlines.
Outlining the new facility’s significance were guest speakers that ranged from the top executives of a major U.S. A320 airline operator and a key avionics supplier for Airbus to a young Mobile student who spoke about opportunities in her community that will be created with the final assembly line.
JetBlue Airways CEO and President David Barger gave his perspective on how Airbus’ $600 million investment in the new Alabama industrial site is viewed by its U.S. customers: “It demonstrates the level of Airbus’ commitment of being close to its important American operator base for A320 aircraft.” He also announced that JetBlue will receive the very first A320 from the Mobile final assembly line – which is targeted for delivery in 2016.
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