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Spirit Breaks Ground on New French Plant
Spirit AeroSystems yesterday broke ground on a new 57,888-sq-ft facility in Saint-Nazaire, France, where it plans to receive and assemble the composite cen

Spirit AeroSystems yesterday broke ground on a new 57,888-sq-ft facility in Saint-Nazaire, France, where it plans to receive and assemble the composite center fuselage frame sections for the Airbus A350XWB from Kinston, N.C., site of another new plant under construction since last September.

The company will ship sections designed and manufactured in North Carolina across the Atlantic, to Saint-Nazaire before transporting the assembled components to Airbus as Section 15.