# Saab unveils Gripen aerostructures plant in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil

Saab unveiled a 5,000-square-meter facility in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, for its Gripen fighter jet aerostructures plant. The plant, operated by Saab Aeronáutica Montagens (SAM), will produce six complex structural parts for the Brazilian Gripen fighter and is expected to start manufacturing in 2020 with 55 employees, increasing to 200 by 2024.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-05-09
- Where: São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: 2020
- Status: under construction
- Products: aerostructures for Gripen fighter jet
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Saab AB](https://endata.com/companies/9708.md)
- [Akaer](https://endata.com/companies/31812.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [saab.com](https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-releases/2018/saab-unveils-its-gripen-aerostructures-plant-in-brazil), 2018-05-09: "By 2020 the entire plant structure will be ready to start manufacturing Gripen components."

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