FACC wins deal with Airbus worth more than 230 million euros
17/07/2018 10:28
ZURICH, July 17 (Reuters) - Airplane parts maker FACC AG
FACC.VI won a deal with Airbus AIR.PA worth more than 230
million euros ($269.86 million) to deliver entrance areas for
the European jetmaker's A320 planes, the Austria-based company
said on Tuesday in a statement.
Chinese-owned FACC said the deal follows previous Airbus
orders for baggage storage bins and will create 100 new jobs on
an automated production line.
"We will invest several million euros in the expansion of
our production, especially in highly automated technologies,"
FACC Chief Executive Robert Machtlinger said.
($1 = 0.8523 euros)
(Reporting by John Miller; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)
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