Source SACC 2019-10-26
On October 25th 2019, AVIC SAC Commercial Aircraft (SACC) held the delivery ceremony of the 1000th Boeing 787 vertical tail leading edge at the Hunnan plant in Shenyang. This is the 1000th product delivered by SACC as the sole global supplier of the "Dreamliner", one of the world's most advanced airliner.
The delivery ceremony was presided over by Mr. Chen Hongfeng, Deputy General Manager, of SACC , Ian Chang，VP of Boeing China, Robert Bastad, senior manager of supply chain quality for Boeing Asia, Liaoning Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, Liaoning Provincial Civil-Military Integration Office, and Shenyang Industrial The leaders of the Information Technology Bureau, and Deng Yudong, Chairman of SACC, Li Jisheng, General Manager, and Tommy Huang, General Manager of AVIC INTL's Supply Chain Subcontracting Department, attended the ceremony.
The Boeing 787 vertical tail leading-edge project contract was signed in July 2005. Since the first shipset was delivered, it has maintained excellent performance of 100% on-time delivery, and has been in the ranks of the silver supplier of Boeing. At present, the production rate of the leading edge of the Boeing 787 vertical tail has reached 14 ss per month, and by 2020, it will reach a production rate of 16 ss per month.
Robert Bastad, Boeing's senior manager of supply chain quality in Asia, said at the delivery ceremony that SACC has always provided a trailing leading edge for the Boeing 787and has been the sole supplier of the company. At the same time, SACC is also the sole supplier of the torque box front panel and wingtips of the 777. SACC also delivered Boeing 737 section48 through a contract with Spirit Aero Systems. Thanks to SACC for helping Boeing develop in China for a long time. We look forward to further strengthening our cooperation and will work together to meet Boeing's high standards for safety, quality, efficiency and on-time delivery.