Gulfstream has announced a further expansion of operations at its completions facility at St. Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS) in Cahokia, Illinois. Coming on the heels of last year’s expansion at the center, this latest $28.5 million improvement is a result of the airframer’s tax credits through Illinois’s Economic Development for a Growing Economy (EDGE) program. The agreement calls for significant capital investment by Gulfstream, resulting in the addition of 200 jobs and the retention of nearly 500 positions.
Through the introduction of new equipment and tooling, the facility—one of the airframer’s major completion centers along with the company headquarters in Savannah, Georgia; Appleton, Wisconsin; and Dallas—will have a greater capacity for exterior aircraft painting, cabin furniture installations, avionics integrations, and other tasks required for customer deliveries straight from the KCPS location. When completed, the facility’s footprint will total more than 642,000 sq ft.
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