Airbus, as part of its plan to produce 63 A320 Family aircraft per month in 2021, will expand its industrial footprint in the U.S. by increasing the production rate of A320 family aircraft at its Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Ala., to seven per month by the beginning of next year. This increase will result in 275 jobs added at the facility over the next year. The company will also invest another $40 million through construction of an additional support hangar on the site, bringing its total investment to more than $1 billion in the Gulf Coast city.

Solar Manufacturing shipped two vacuum furnaces to an aviation-engine repair facility located in the western U.S. Each furnace is designed with energy-efficient graphite insulation and engineered to accommodate various part and load sizes. Both are tailored specifically to fit the needs of aerospace-engine component repair processing to the aerospace specification AMS 2750E.