# Airbus breaks ground on $600M assembly plant in Mobile, Alabama

Airbus broke ground on its first U.S. airplane assembly plant in Mobile, Alabama. The $600 million factory is expected to employ 1,000 people and begin production of the A320 jet around 2015.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-07-03
- Where: Mobile, Alabama, United States
- Value: $600.0M
- Jobs: 1,000
- Starts operating: 2015
- Status: under construction
- Products: A320 jetliners
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Airbus](https://endata.com/companies/1653.md)

## Sources

- [journal-news.com](https://www.journal-news.com/business/airbus-starts-plant-construction-in-ala/article_b258cb74-8d5c-5822-bd00-bddd1c017dc7.html), 2020-07-03: "Our future and Airbus' future are tied together, and we're extremely proud of that."

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