# Kawasaki completes new plant for Boeing 777X fuselage production

Kawasaki Heavy Industries completed a new plant at Nagoya Works 1 in Yatomi, Aichi Prefecture, to produce forward and center fuselage panels for the Boeing 777X. Construction began in September 2015, and production operations are expected to start in June 2017.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-02-13
- Where: Yatomi, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
- Starts operating: Jun 2017
- Status: completed
- Capacity: approx. 13,000 m² building area
- Products: forward fuselage panels, center fuselage panels, fuselage sections for Boeing 777X
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Kawasaki Heavy Industries](https://endata.com/companies/1921.md)
- [Boeing](https://endata.com/companies/685.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [global.kawasaki.com](https://global.kawasaki.com/en/corp/newsroom/news/detail/?f=20150313_8170), 2017-02-13: "Kawasaki held a ceremony today to commemorate the plant's completion."
- [khi.co.jp](https://www.khi.co.jp/pressrelease/detail/20170213_1.html), 2017-02-13: "川崎重工は、名古屋第一工場に最新鋭の大型旅客機「ボーイング７７７Ｘ」用胴体を製造するための新工場を建設し、本日竣工式を行いました。"

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