# Kawasaki Heavy completes first cargo door for Boeing at Lincoln plant

Kawasaki Heavy Industries completed the first cargo door for Boeing commercial aircraft at its Lincoln, Nebraska plant. The door is for the Boeing 777, and production of doors for the Boeing 777X is expected to begin shipping in February 2019.

- Type: Product launch
- Announced: 2018-09-18
- Where: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
- Status: completed
- Products: cargo doors for Boeing 777 and 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

- [airframer.com](https://www.airframer.com/news/release/kawasaki-s-us-plant-completes-first-commercial-aircraft-cargo-doors-for-boeing), 2018-09-18: "Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced the completion of its first cargo doors to be used in a commercial aircraft for The Boeing Company."
- [khi.co.jp](https://www.khi.co.jp/pressrelease/detail/20180918_1.html), 2018-09-18: "当社は、本日（米国時間 ２０１８年９月１７日）、ボーイング社の民間旅客機用の貨物扉を、米国・ネブラスカ州の現地法人Kawasaki Motors Manufacturing Corp., U.S.A.のリンカーン工場で初めて完成させました。"

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