Aircraft
Embraer Starts Legacy 450/500 Production in U.S.
Up to 600 new employees will be added at the U.S. facility for Legacy production.
The first Embraer Legacy to be assembled in the U.S.—a Model 450—started rolling down the production line at the company's newly expanded Melbourne, Florida facility on May 16. It held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the enlarged facility on June 2, with company officials, elected officials and hundreds of guests attending. (Photo: Chad Trautvetter/AIN)
The first Embraer Legacy to be assembled in the U.S.—a Model 450—started rolling down the production line at the company's newly expanded Melbourne, Florida facility on May 16. It held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open the enlarged facility on June 2, with company officials, elected officials and hundreds of guests attending. (Photo: Chad Trautvetter/AIN)

Embraer Executive Jets officially opened its expanded assembly facility in Melbourne, Fla., today, adding Legacy 450 and 500 production to the existing Phenom 100 and 300 line. Florida Gov. Rick Scott, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and other elected officials joined company president and CEO Marco Tulio Pellegrini and Gary Spulak, Embraer’s president of its North American division, in cutting the ceremonial ribbon.