Spirit AeroSystems has announced it’s opened a new composite manufacturing facility at its Prestwick site in Scotland. This new facility will be responsible for manufacturing the lift spoiler for the Airbus A320.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new facility, which will create more than 100 new jobs in Scotland has been equipped with state-of-the-art composite manufacturing machinery using the latest automation and robotics. With this new facility, Spirit will achieve the required rate of approximately 700 aircraft and 7,000 spoilers annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The opening of this new facility is part of Spirit’s journey to becoming a leader in advanced out of autoclave composite technology. It demonstrates how we can develop cost-effective new technologies and manufacturing processes that will play a central role in the next generation of aircraft programs.<\/p>Scott McLarty, Spirit AeroSystem’s senior vice president of Airbus programs<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Spirit AeroSystems<\/a> is one of the largest manufacturers of aerostructures in the world with design and builds capabilities for both commercial and defence customers.\u00a0In addition to spoilers, the company currently produces Airbus’s<\/a> A320 family leading and trailing edge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Spirit AeroSystems has announced it’s opened a new composite manufacturing facility at its Prestwick site in Scotland. This new facility will be responsible for manufacturing the lift spoiler for the Airbus A320. The new facility, which will create more than 100 new jobs in Scotland has been equipped with state-of-the-art composite manufacturing machinery using the latest automation and robotics. With this new facility, Spirit will achieve the required rate of approximately 700 aircraft and 7,000 spoilers annually. The opening of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,906],"tags":[305,358,794,643,75],"class_list":["post-15635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industrial-news","category-investments","tag-airbus","tag-rtm","tag-scotland","tag-spirit-aerosystems","tag-uk"],"yoast_head":"\n
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