Boeing Bets Big on South Carolina Plant to Double 787 Output
A Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner plane at the Boeing South Carolina manufacturing facility in North Charleston, South Carolina on Nov. 7.
Photographer: Sean Rayford/BloombergBoeing Co. is plowing more than $1 billion into its 787 Dreamliner factory complex in South Carolina, aiming to double monthly production as sales surge for its advanced widebody jet.
The investment in the state, where Boeing’s 8,200 workers are not unionized, will create more than 1,000 jobs over five years, according to the company. It comes as a strike by factory workers at Boeing’s defense hub in Missouri reaches its 96th day.