Boeing Tianjin Composites, A Joint Venture With AVIC, Unveils
Energy-Efficient Facility
Boeing and Aviation Industries Corporation of China (AVIC)
celebrated the opening of a new factory on Monday that doubles the
footprint of their joint venture, Boeing Tianjin Composites Co.,
Ltd. The new facility will increase Boeing Tianjin
Composites’ production capacity by 60 percent and company
employment is expected to rise from 700 to more than 1,000 by 2013,
the target date for full production. Boeing Tianjin Composites
produces components for all of Boeing’s in-production
programs including the 737, 747-8, 767, 777 and 787. Boeing
invested $21 million to develop the new factory, which was built
next to the existing factory in the New Binhai Area of Tianjin.
“Boeing Tianjin’s new factory is an example of
win-win collaboration between China and Boeing,” said Ray
Conner, vice president and general manager, Supply Chain Management
& Operations, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. “We rely on
our Chinese partners to produce high-quality components for Boeing
airplanes, and we are excited to expand this successful joint
venture to increase production and employment.”
“The expansion of Boeing Tianijin Composites is just one
example of how Chinese companies have an increasing role as our
manufacturing partners and collaborators,” said Marc Allen,
president of Boeing China. “Through commercial airplane
sales, manufacturing, airplane services and research partnerships,
we are committed to finding mutually beneficial avenues to advance
our long-term relationships in China.”
Building on Boeing’s environmental leadership in
manufacturing, Boeing Tianjin Composites’ new facility in
China is certified to meet the internationally recognized rating of
the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design (LEED). This rating highlights Boeing's
commitment to use building strategies that improve environmental
performance, including energy and water efficiency, greenhouse gas
emissions reductions, improved indoor environmental quality and the
stewardship of natural resources.
The new factory capitalizes on Boeing Tianjin’s existing
world-class composites manufacturing operations and product
offerings, and will allow Boeing Tianjin continue providing support
to Chinese-owned aviation factories that are also part of
Boeing’s commercial airplane supply base.
Boeing has worked with China’s aviation industry for
nearly four decades and is the largest customer of made-in-China
airplane parts, with a direct spend of more than $200 million
annually in China on aviation hardware and services. Boeing expects
to more than double its Chinese procurement by 2015 and, with its
supplier partners, has active contracts with China’s aviation
industry valued at more than US$2.5 billion. Boeing-related
businesses support an estimated 20,000 Chinese jobs, including more
than 6,000 employees who work directly for Boeing, its subsidiaries
and joint ventures.