Tuesday April 18, 2006
For Immediate Release
Arnprior, ON – Arnprior Aerospace Inc. has been awarded a production contract to supply parts for the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner and that’s good news for members of Machinists Local Lodge 1542. “We’ve landed significant work with this contract,” explained a jubilant IAMAW Grand Lodge Representative Bill Shipman. “This tells the aerospace world that we’re in the game and we can compete. It’s recognition of the skilled workforce and the production capabilities of the Arnprior facility”
Spirit AeroSystems Inc. of Wichita, Kansas, awarded Arnprior the production responsibility for the E1, E2, E8 racks and racks P300 and P400 for the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Deliveries for the multi-year contract are scheduled to begin in 2006. Arnprior Aerospace President and CEO John Wilbur describes the award as a “significant step towards becoming a global leader in avionics assembly, test and integration.”
The 359 members of Local Lodge 1542 signed a new five-year collective agreement with Arnprior Aerospace in March 2006. The agreement was considered a key component in landing the new contract award.
