# Boeing receives planning approval for £20M facility in Sheffield

Boeing Commercial Airplanes received planning approval for a £20 million production facility in Sheffield, UK, to manufacture actuation systems for commercial aircraft. The facility will employ over 30 people and open in late 2018.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-07-31
- Where: Sheffield-Rotherham Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District, United Kingdom
- Value: $26.0M (20.0M GBP)
- Jobs: 30
- Starts operating: Q4 2018
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 8,000 components per month
- Products: actuation systems for commercial aircraft
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Boeing](https://endata.com/companies/685.md)

## Sources

- [rothbiz.co.uk](https://www.rothbiz.co.uk/2017/07/news-5592-boeing-receives-clearance-for.html), 2017-07-31: "Boeing Sheffield will produce actuation systems for commercial aeroplanes, specifically the Next-Generation 737, 737 MAX and 777 and will employ more than 30 people when it opens in late 2018."
- [bdaily.co.uk](https://bdaily.co.uk/articles/2017/09/12/groundbreaking-ceremony-to-mark-start-of-construction-at-20m-boeing-facility-in-sheffield), 2017-09-12: "Seven months after announcing our intention to build a factory in South Yorkshire, we are proud to celebrate the ground-breaking of Boeing Sheffield"
- [thebusinessdesk.com](https://www.thebusinessdesk.com/yorkshire/news/2009789-construction-new-boeing-facility-takes-off), 2017-09-13: "Construction has begun on a multi-million pound manufacturing site in Sheffield which will produce 8,000 parts a year for the growing aviation industry."

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