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Bombardier Jet to be Assembled in Mexico
Flavio Diaz Miron, CEO for Bombardier Mexico, informed Mexico was chosen as the site to assemble Learjet 85, thanks to the fact that productivity by Mexicans was 25% higher than that in Belfast and Montreal.
During his speech in Mexico Summit Forum, organized by The Economist, Mr. Diaz Miron, head of this company which manufactures rail vehicles and aircraft, informed that the first carbon compound prototype will be built in Queretaro, thanks to the support granted by federal and state governments.
He stressed Mexico’s the advancement in the last five years in aviation development, which has gone from 61 to 164 manufacturing enterprises; presence has also been expanded from three to sixteen states, which crushed efforts to create industrial corridors for this sector.
In the next 10 years, he said, estimates are 11 thousand 500 executive airplanes and 12 thousand 400 commercial units will be assembled globally, which could represent an opportunity for Mexico.
In November 2009, Bombardier Aerospace started construction works to build their third plant in. Queretaro Aerospace Park, where they will produce airframes and wings for Learjet 85 made of carbon composite materials, as well as electric harnesses for this new executive airplane.
These works are part of the US$250 million investment Bombardier pledged to make during Felipe Calderon’s Administration, to expand their presence in Mexico, per information given by the company. Components built in Mexico will be shipped to Wichita, Kansas, in the United States for final assembly, interior completions, flight test and customer delivery.
Source: El Diario
