 Airbus Americas’ Business Development department is responsible for identifying opportunities that can expand its current business activities.
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As the biggest export customer for America’s aerospace industry, Airbus creates high-value jobs across the country.
Airbus aircraft are literally equipped with U.S.-manufactured parts and components from nose to tail, while the production of its aircraft also relies on tooling, material and services from American companies.
More than 180,000 jobs in 40 states are supported by the work, as Airbus spent $10 billion in the U.S. during 2008 – in increase from $900 million the previous year. This represents about 45 percent of Airbus’s worldwide procurement budget for the manufacture of its aircraft.
The U.S. supply chain includes such prominent companies as Alcoa, Eaton, GE, Goodrich, Hamilton Sundstrand, Honeywell, Northrop Grumman, PPG, Pratt & Whitney and Rockwell Collins.
In 2008, Airbus selected Spirit AeroSystems for the design and manufacture of the A350 XWB’s lower composite centre fuselage frame. This major work package for Airbus’ newest jetliner underscores the company's commitment to growing its development and manufacturing activities in the United States and around the world.
An Airbus procurement team based in North America provides day-to-day working contacts with the region's suppliers, supporting the procurement process that is handled through the central management organization at Airbus' Toulouse headquarters.
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