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Alenia ramps up on 787: Alenia Aeronautica is building all-composite one-piece barrel fuselage sections for the 787 at a brand-new facility in the south of Italy.(FINANCE, MARKETS & INDUSTRY)
From:
Interavia Business & Technology
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September 22, 2007| Author:
MacRae, Duncan
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The timing could not have been better. Only days after Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Scott Carson and 787 programme leader Mike Bait formally announced a delay of several weeks in the first flight of Boeing's new long-range twin--thereby swinging the spotlight onto production issues--Italian partner Alenia Aeronautica invited representatives of the global media to visit its brand-new facility dedicated to the production of all-composite one-piece barrel (OPB) fuselage sections fo...