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LISTEN: Boeing Closes First Shadow Factory
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Eric Sorensen
One down, one to go.
A little more than two weeks ago, reports surfaced regarding Boeing’s refocused effort on closing the plane maker’s shadow factories, sites where some of the company’s top talent fix, maintain, and update planes instead of building new ones.
The company had two sites still working on some 115 aircraft, one that services 737 MAX jets in Moses Lake and one that was working on 787 Dreamliners in Everett, Washington.
On Friday, The Seattle Times reported that Boeing is already closing up shop in Everett.