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Engine plant a major boost for China's jumbo jet project
By Yang Jian |
March 1, 2012, Thursday
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IN a major step to propel China into the world's turbofan engine market the engine supplier for the country's jumbo jet project started building its assembly line in Shanghai's Pudong New Area yesterday.
The Commercial Aircraft Engine Co under the Aviation Industry of China (AVIC/ACAE) is developing engines for the country's first 150-seat jet C919, and will make engines for more types of the country's future homemade jets.
"The company will establish China's first assembly line for aircraft engines in 2014 and have the mass production ability for the engines in 2020," said Kang Ziyue, assistant manager of the company, which is based in Pudong's Lingang New City.
Founded in the city in 2009, the engine maker's major mission is to propel China into the turbofan engine market which is now dominated by GE, Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney.
"After being established, the center for the assembly, experimentation and maintenance of engines will fill a gap in the country's aircraft engine making industry," said Kang.
The 8-million-square-meter center with a total investment of 8 billion yuan (US$1,271 million) will have six major districts for assembly, maintenance, experimentation, engine-making, public relations and administration. The first phase of the center will be completed in 2015, while the second phase of construction will be finished in 2020.
The engine maker, jointly funded by the Aviation Industry Corp of China, Shanghai Electric and Shanghai Guosheng Group, displayed its self-developed turbofan engine to be used on China's first jumbo jet for the first time in November on the China International Industry Fair 2011.
The engine named CJ1000-A is described as boosting long-term durability and produces lower emissions.
However, China's first homemade C919 jumbo jet, set to make its maiden flight in 2014, will initially fly with imported engines because the Chinese-developed engine will take a while to be put in use.
"The engine has become one of the most difficult parts for the development of China's jumbo jet," AVIC/ACAE has said in a statement.
The first batch of C919 jets will be powered by imported engines produced by CFM International. A joint venture between United States-based General Electric and France's Safran SA CFM will supply the engines in the jet's first few years of operation, AVIC/ACAE has said.
The Chinese engine maker said first deliveries of Chinese-developed engines for the 150-seat jumbo jets are expected in 2020.
The AVIC/ACAE also began recruiting more than 300 talented workers from across the world to work for the jumbo jet engine project. The 220 positions range from manufacturing to research and development as well as marketing.
In less than three years, AVIC/ACAE has evolved into a company with almost 500 researchers, many of whom were recruited from top multinational companies in the aerospace field.
The company is building its research and development base in the city's Minhang District. The base, with a floor area of 300,000 square meters to include the company's headquarters, an R&D center, an airworthiness center, is expected to be completed in 2013 at a cost of 3.23 billion yuan.
China is investing 200 billion yuan in developing its domestic jumbo jet. All facets of the process - from design to sourcing and production - will be done in China, as the project aims to reduce the country's reliance on overseas firms such as Boeing and Airbus.
The C919, with 150 seats and a flying range of 4,075 kilometers, already has 235 orders from more than 10 Chinese companies. It is due to make its first flight in 2014.
The Commercial Aircraft Corp of China, or the jumbo jet producer, began building its new headquarters at the former World Expo 2010 site in Shanghai's Pudong New Area yesterday.
The Commercial Aircraft Engine Co under the Aviation Industry of China (AVIC/ACAE) is developing engines for the country's first 150-seat jet C919, and will make engines for more types of the country's future homemade jets.
"The company will establish China's first assembly line for aircraft engines in 2014 and have the mass production ability for the engines in 2020," said Kang Ziyue, assistant manager of the company, which is based in Pudong's Lingang New City.
Founded in the city in 2009, the engine maker's major mission is to propel China into the turbofan engine market which is now dominated by GE, Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney.
"After being established, the center for the assembly, experimentation and maintenance of engines will fill a gap in the country's aircraft engine making industry," said Kang.
The 8-million-square-meter center with a total investment of 8 billion yuan (US$1,271 million) will have six major districts for assembly, maintenance, experimentation, engine-making, public relations and administration. The first phase of the center will be completed in 2015, while the second phase of construction will be finished in 2020.
The engine maker, jointly funded by the Aviation Industry Corp of China, Shanghai Electric and Shanghai Guosheng Group, displayed its self-developed turbofan engine to be used on China's first jumbo jet for the first time in November on the China International Industry Fair 2011.
The engine named CJ1000-A is described as boosting long-term durability and produces lower emissions.
However, China's first homemade C919 jumbo jet, set to make its maiden flight in 2014, will initially fly with imported engines because the Chinese-developed engine will take a while to be put in use.
"The engine has become one of the most difficult parts for the development of China's jumbo jet," AVIC/ACAE has said in a statement.
The first batch of C919 jets will be powered by imported engines produced by CFM International. A joint venture between United States-based General Electric and France's Safran SA CFM will supply the engines in the jet's first few years of operation, AVIC/ACAE has said.
The Chinese engine maker said first deliveries of Chinese-developed engines for the 150-seat jumbo jets are expected in 2020.
The AVIC/ACAE also began recruiting more than 300 talented workers from across the world to work for the jumbo jet engine project. The 220 positions range from manufacturing to research and development as well as marketing.
In less than three years, AVIC/ACAE has evolved into a company with almost 500 researchers, many of whom were recruited from top multinational companies in the aerospace field.
The company is building its research and development base in the city's Minhang District. The base, with a floor area of 300,000 square meters to include the company's headquarters, an R&D center, an airworthiness center, is expected to be completed in 2013 at a cost of 3.23 billion yuan.
China is investing 200 billion yuan in developing its domestic jumbo jet. All facets of the process - from design to sourcing and production - will be done in China, as the project aims to reduce the country's reliance on overseas firms such as Boeing and Airbus.
The C919, with 150 seats and a flying range of 4,075 kilometers, already has 235 orders from more than 10 Chinese companies. It is due to make its first flight in 2014.
The Commercial Aircraft Corp of China, or the jumbo jet producer, began building its new headquarters at the former World Expo 2010 site in Shanghai's Pudong New Area yesterday.
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