March 2015 27 What would you like employees around the company to know about Boeing South Carolina? Jones: Boeing South Carolina is the only site within Boeing that actually builds the aft- and midbody components for the 787. Every aft- and midbody fuselage section of every 787 comes through these buildings. We are producing widebody airplane components here at 10 a month and 787 Dreamliners at three a month. The 787 program is at the fastest rate of any widebody commercial airplane ever, at 10 a month. Everett builds seven a month and we build three. I’m not sure everyone really understands or appreciates that. n successful have been used here in North Charleston and vice versa. The teams have gotten better about sharing across the company. Jack has sent people to Renton and I have sent people to North Charleston. It’s very powerful the way we are able to share back and forth. Jones: That’s one of the strengths of Boeing South Carolina. And our leaders have come from around the company, from Long Beach (Calif.) and St. Louis, from Everett and Renton, from San Antonio. We have a melting pot of some of the best of Boeing, sharing all those ideas. Photo: As part of the fabrication process, aft-body composite sections are cured in an autoclave, which uses heat and pressure over an extended period of time to bond the layers of carbon fiber. Ala n Marts | Boeing
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