Published: Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Contour Aerospace named 787 supplier
Contour Aerospace Corp. of Everett has signed on to be a subcontractor supplying a key part of the tail fin for the Boeing Co.'s 787.
The company announced Wednesday that it has signed an $8 million contract to provide leading-edge spars to Shenyang Aircraft Corp. of China. The 37-foot-long aluminum spars are the support beams for the jet's vertical stabilizer.
Contour will produce the spars at its Everett plant, then ship them to Shenyang, China, where they will be assembled into 787 tail fins. Shenyang then will ship the completed tails back to Everett, where Boeing workers will assemble the sections into complete jets.
Production will start later this year.
"This is significant work for us," said Bill Wallace, Contour's business manager. It's also the first contract for Contour with a Chinese company, he said in a statement.
Contour is a subsidiary of Vought Aircraft Industries, which itself is a key partner in the 787. The company employs about 140 people at its 153,000-square-foot facility at 1415 75th St. SW, where it produces a wide range of parts for Boeing planes.
Reporter Bryan Corliss: 425-339-3454 or corliss@heraldnet.com.
The company announced Wednesday that it has signed an $8 million contract to provide leading-edge spars to Shenyang Aircraft Corp. of China. The 37-foot-long aluminum spars are the support beams for the jet's vertical stabilizer.
Contour will produce the spars at its Everett plant, then ship them to Shenyang, China, where they will be assembled into 787 tail fins. Shenyang then will ship the completed tails back to Everett, where Boeing workers will assemble the sections into complete jets.
Production will start later this year.
"This is significant work for us," said Bill Wallace, Contour's business manager. It's also the first contract for Contour with a Chinese company, he said in a statement.
Contour is a subsidiary of Vought Aircraft Industries, which itself is a key partner in the 787. The company employs about 140 people at its 153,000-square-foot facility at 1415 75th St. SW, where it produces a wide range of parts for Boeing planes.
Reporter Bryan Corliss: 425-339-3454 or corliss@heraldnet.com.
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