Bombardier accelerates plans for Mexico
OCTOBER/15/2006

Queretaro, Qro, Mexico- Bombardier Aerospace modified its initial plans from Mexico and is now expecting to build the first airplane in Mexico in 2009 instead of 2012 as planned. Flavio Diaz Miron, Chief Representative for Bombardier Mexico said in an interview with EL FINANCIERO Bajio that in the provisional plant that this Canadian Company is operating in El Marques Industrial Park 塗arnesses manufacture has started and we even shipped the first pieces to Canada・ Training for the 200 people working at the plant has been successful 殿nd seeing how fast they learn how to work, Bombardier decided to schedule investments for earlier dates・ He said that they are even manufacturing fuselages which were expected to be assembled by the end of 2006. The first fuselage will be exported within three months. 鄭ll of this is a story of success, which we need not sell abroad because they are realizing about Mexicans capacity and commitment to their work, in addition to the support provided by the State Government to make of this place a very competitive one・ he said. He reminded that another Bombardier plant is being built in Colon Municipality, close to Queretaro International Airport. He further said that Bombardier Aerospace has been operating in a provisional plant for 8 months now 殿nd we already produced between 15 and 70 harnesses ready to be assembled in an airplane as a final product・ Mr. Diaz said that Universidad Tecnologica de Queretaro (UTEQ) was the institution in charge of training the 200 people currently working at the plant. He also said that as a consequence of moving forward harness and fuselage assembly processes, there are also plans to assemble an aircraft in full at an earlier date. The project could be moved forward to 2009, 澱ecause the surprise is that we are making now things that were expected to be made by the end of the year, and if we keep on like this, we can assemble airplanes earlier than planned・ Regarding suppliers, he said that Bombardier is enforcing a program together with the Ministry of the Economy and the Ministry of Sustainable Development so that 25% of supplies are from local origin, and in the future, when aircraft are being assembled, a larger volume is achieved. To this purpose, the example of the automotive industry must be followed. The automotive industry has 妬ntegration processes・and has up to 70% of domestic suppliers, 殿nd that would be Bombardier痴 aspiration・ He further said that they are currently working with 50 domestic suppliers, from all over the Mexican Republic, mainly the Northeast, Center-North, and Queretaro itself. Source: El Financiero

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