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New Aircraft Wiring Facility Opens in Turkey

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Friday, December 12th, 2008

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Stork Aerospace's Fokker Elmo recently opened its new wiring systems facility during the Global Aerospace Conference in Izmir and in the presence of Turkish defense officials. The facility, which was announced last year in Ankara, is located in the Aegean Free Zone in Izmir and will manufacture aircraft and aircraft engine wiring systems for Fokker Elmo customers such as Boeing [BA], European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) Airbus, Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Finmeccanica's Agusta-Westland. The new facility is now…

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