Will suppliers follow Boeing to S.C.?
South Carolina officials believe thousands of jobs will flow to the Palmetto State following Boeing Co.'s announcement last week that it will locate a second 787 assembly line in North Charleston. But even with lower labor costs and a largely non-union workforce, South Carolina may not see the huge influx of jobs it is expecting, according to some experts, who point out that the aerospace industry already is highly diversified geographically. "Will companies in your area pack up and move? That's going to depend on their business model and what's best for their customers," says Brian McDermott of the Aerospace Industries Association. "With modern technology and transportation and infrastructure, it's not necessarily critical that [suppliers] be in the same neighborhood."
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This story published in AIA dailyLead on 11/02/2009
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