SEATTLE, Oct. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing
[NYSE:BA] and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) today
announced an agreement to strengthen collaboration in ways that
will enhance both companies' competitiveness. The agreement
includes efforts to reduce costs in MHI production of wings for the
787 Dreamliner and joint studies of advanced aerostructure
technologies for future-generation commercial aircraft.
MHI manufactures 787 composite wings at its factory in
Nagoya. The agreement aims to
enable sales by pursuing increased efficiency in MHI's production
system and its supply chain through lean production methods,
automation and other activities.
"This agreement advances the strong relationship between Boeing
and MHI through joint efforts to reduce cost and improve
efficiency, with a focus on MHI's production for the 787
Dreamliner," said Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO
Kevin McAllister. "Collaboration
with suppliers is at the heart of our Partnering for Success
efforts, positioning our companies to win in today's competitive
marketplace and look ahead to future opportunities."
"We are delighted to be enhancing the competitiveness of our
commercial aircraft business with this agreement," said
Shunichi Miyanaga, President and CEO
of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. "We have built our partnership with
Boeing over more than 40 years, collaborating on various aircraft
programs including the 737, 747, 767, 777, 787 Dreamliner and
state-of-the-art 777X and look forward to cooperating to explore
future opportunities."
MHI's work statement for Boeing Commercial Airplanes also
includes fuselage sections for the 767, 777 and 777X programs. In
total, about 150 Japanese companies are suppliers to Boeing across
its commercial and defense product lines. Boeing procures
approximately $5 billion worth of
goods and services from Japan
every year, and Boeing-related work supports tens of thousands of
highly skilled aerospace jobs in the
United States and Japan.
Contacts:
Jessica Kowal
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Supplier Management Communications
+1-206-660-6849 (Seattle)
jessica.m.kowal@boeing.com
Rob Henderson
Boeing Japan Communications
Office: +81 (3) 5223 2028 (Tokyo)
robert.j.henderson3@boeing.com
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SOURCE Boeing