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Wednesday, 30 June 2010 09:35 |
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 Bell Helicopter launched a new production plant in Chihuahua City last week where it plans to manufacture helicopter cabins, noses and tail booms for its commercial helicopters under a $85 million investment.
The Fort Worth-based Textron company will employ 375 workers in its new, 122,000 square-foot plant, located at Parque Industrial Intermex.
Arturo Avila Cisneros, president of the export and manufacturing plants association, said Bell acquired land where it envisions to build an industrial park of its own, seeking to lure suppliers and other companies, effectively doubling its operations here.
During the opening ceremony the first Chihuahuan-manufactured Bell 429 cabin was rolled out, which will be sent to Canada for final assembly.
Until the opening of its new plant, Bell had been working in a rented building since 2008.
Bell installed aluminum sheet subassembly processes and manufacturing of carbon fiber parts in Chihuahua.
The opening ceremony was attended by John Roberts, general manager of Textron International Mexico and Chihuahua State Governor Jose Reyes Baeza Terrazas.
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Get over stereotypes! There is a couple of things you'd want know about the largest state of Mexico
Chihuahua is developing an aerospace cluster. Our universities are training aerospace engineers and technicians right now.
We are developing micro-electromechanical systems at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez. Many national and international companies with operations in the State are potential beneficiaries of our projects. 
The most important archaeological site of Northern Mexico is located in the State of Chihuahua, at Paquimé
In Juarez, just across from El Paso, Texas, there is a museum with original parts of the great supersonic passenger jet