Boeing opens first European manufacturing plant in Sheffield

Posted on 25 Oct 2018 by Maddy White
Farnborough, UK - July 16, 2018: Boeing 737 MAX on a steep angled landing descent to Farnborough Airport, UK - image courtesy of Depostiphotos.

Boeing has today opened a £40m production facility in Sheffield, this is the company’s first manufacturing site in Europe.

Boeing Sheffield will make over 100 different high-tech actuation system components – image courtesy of Depositphotos. The 6,200-square-metre facility will be located at the Sheffield Business Park, alongside The University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC). Boeing Sheffield will make over 100 different high-tech actuation system components for its 737…

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