UAE’s EPI to Produce Boeing 787 Parts Locally

UAE’s EPI to Produce Boeing 787 Parts Locally

The announcement was made on the side-lines of the ongoing Global Aerospace Summit virtually from Abu Dhabi, reported Emirates news agency Wam.

EPI will machine aluminium trailing edge ribs for use in the 787-commercial aircraft. The serial assembly lines will be an extension to the Abu Dhabi facility, with the processed parts additionally going through EPI's surface treatment plant launched last year.

The plant is part of an industrial collaboration agreement between Tawazun Economic Council, Tawazun, Boeing Defence, Space & Security, Boeing and EPI, to build a chemical processing plant that would ramp up its existing production capabilities, and move beyond machining and into aircraft assembly for aerospace Original Equipment Manufacturers, OEMs.

Khalid Al Breiki, President, Mission Support, EDGE, said: "In recent years, the UAE has significantly amplified its domestic manufacturing capabilities and