Agusta adds AW139 to its Philly stake toppings
AgustaWestland celebrated the opening of a new AW139 medium-twin helicopter assembly line in Philadelphia last week, just days before the company announced

AgustaWestland celebrated the opening of a new AW139 medium-twin helicopter assembly line in Philadelphia last week, just days before the company announced here at Heli-Expo 2008 new orders worth an estimated $163 million. More than half the orders were for AW139s.

The Philadelphia facility–site for final assembly and production of the AW119 model and AW109 completion and customization–encompasses nearly 300,000 sq ft of warehouse and office space on 12.3 acres of land. It is the OEM’s third main helicopter final assembly plant (the others are in Italy and next door to the new factory in Philadelphia), able to produce 30 AW119 and 30 AW139 helicopters per year at the full-scale production rate. It will employ approximately 500 people by the end of the year.

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