Dart Aerospace opens manufacturing center in Chihuahua

Chihuahua

By Redacción

The Canadian company Dart Aerospace, one of the world's leading manufacturers of flotation equipment and aircraft parts, installed its manufacturing center in the city of Chihuahua.

 

The start-up of this new production plant -located in the Chihuahua Sur Industrial Park- required an investment of 3.6 million dollars and has an area of 70,000 square feet. It is expected to create 107 new jobs.

 

Eric Guernard, project director and plant manager, recognized Chihuahua as a city with a great teamwork capacity.

 

He explained that this new facility is the beginning of Dart's manufacturing operations in Mexico, the third country in North America in which they are operating.

 

He also emphasized that this project would not be a reality today, nor would it have been achieved without the valuable support of its allies in the industry, the aerospace cluster, the government, and the people of Chihuahua.

 

In February of last year, company executives and state authorities laid the Dart Aerospace plant's first stone.

 

The executive specified that the facilities' construction was completed in September 2020, and operations began in October 2020.

 

"Now, a few months into production, we can say with full confidence that our new manufacturing center is operating as expected. Chihuahua and our highly trained employees are our great allies," he stated.

 

The arrival of this Canadian company results from the collaborative work carried out by the Chihuahua Aerospace Cluster and the Mexican Aerospace Industry Federation (Femia), with the support of the municipal government and the government of the state of Chihuahua.

 

The inauguration ceremony was attended by Ryan Williamson, general vice president of Dart Aerospace; Alejandra de la Vega Arizpe, secretary of Innovation and Economic Development of the State of Chihuahua; Luis Lara Armendariz, president of American Industries; Maria Angelica Granados Trespalacios, mayor of Chihuahua, as well as plant operating personnel.

 

Dart's key products include flotation systems, landing gear, interior, and exterior accessories, cargo expansion, external loads, cable cutters, and engine protection systems.