# Spirit AeroSystems opens Five-Axis Center of Excellence in Wichita

Spirit AeroSystems unveiled its new Five-Axis Center of Excellence at its south Oliver plant in Wichita, Kansas, with a $30 million investment. The center is part of a plan to hire 1,000 workers and invest $1 billion, and will produce complex parts like hinge-and-latch beams for the Boeing 737 Max.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-02-20
- Where: Wichita, Kansas, United States
- Value: $30.0M
- Jobs: 1,000
- Starts operating: 20 Feb 2018
- Status: completed
- Products: five-axis CNC machined parts, hinge-and-latch beams for Boeing 737 Max
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Spirit AeroSystems](https://endata.com/companies/16652.md)

## Sources

- [kansas.com](https://www.kansas.com/news/business/aviation/article201082884.html), 2018-02-20: "The (737) part that we're building here … is literally the most complex part we make of all 38,000 of those parts."

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