Hawker Beechcraft opened its new sheet metal assembly facility in Chihuahua, Mexico. According to the Wichita-based airframer, the new light metal shop will support the company’s current and projected workforce needs and alleviate space constraints at its U.S. manufacturing facilities. Current plans for the operation call for an initial staff of 250 workers with a growth potential of up to 650 over the next five years.
The company is the latest to join a rapidly growing aerospace industry enclave in Chihuahua. “The city government was working hard to create an aerospace cluster, and as we looked at a lot of other locations we came away from our meetings with the Chihuahua government with high confidence that they were going to succeed in attracting other aerospace industry and creating an infrastructure that would support a complex industry like aerospace,” said Bill Patterson, Hawker Beechcraft director of strategic initiatives.
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