Hongdu to produce parts for Boeing 747-8 airplane
Jiangxi Hongdu Aviation Industrial Shareholding Company recently signed a production sub-contract with Vought Aircraft Industries in Nanchang which allows the two companies to co-produce parts for the 48th section of Boeing 747-8 airplane.
The contract involves 116 million U.S. dollars and the sole supplier for the project is Hongdu. The first delivery of products to Vought Aircraft Industries is scheduled for the first quarter of 2011. Vought Aircraft Industries will undertake 90 percent of the Boeing 747 structural parts production.
The successful signing of this production contract between Hongdu and Vought is an important step for Hongdu to enter the international aviation industrial chain and to show Hongdu's unique advantages in manufacturing key structural parts for large planes. It will play an important role in promoting the development of Jiangxi province's civil aviation industry and the construction of Nanchang's aviation industrial city.
