# Collins Aerospace opens additive manufacturing center and expands MRO capabilities in Monroe, North Carolina

Collins Aerospace opened a new additive manufacturing center and expanded MRO capabilities at its Monroe, N.C., campus. The company invested an additional $15 million following a $30 million expansion in 2021.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2022-06-10
- Where: Monroe, North Carolina, United States
- Value: $15.0M
- Jobs: 70
- Starts operating: 10 Jun 2022
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 9,000 square feet
- Products: additive manufactured aircraft parts and components
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Collins Aerospace](https://endata.com/companies/11989.md)
- [Raytheon Technologies](https://endata.com/companies/46719.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [thefabricator.com](https://www.thefabricator.com/additivereport/news/additive/collins-aerospace-opens-additive-manufacturing-facility-expands-mro-capabilities), 2022-06-14: "By using additive manufacturing to produce aircraft parts and components, we can help reduce weight, costs, and time to market and provide more sustainable solutions for our customers."
- [enquirerjournal.com](https://enquirerjournal.com/enquirer_journal/collins-aerospace-hosts-ribbon-cutting-for-facility-expansion/article_9e2b42ca-4219-5a18-b274-768ce336d291.html), 2022-06-22: "Our Monroe site is one of Collins’ largest (maintenance, repair and overhaul) facilities in the world, and the repairs we provide are essential to keeping our airline and military customers’ aircraft in service."
- [businessrecord.com](https://www.businessrecord.com/collins-aerospace-announces-14m-expansion-of-wdm-facility/), 2022-07-22: "This expansion will significantly increase our additive capacity and enhance our ability to produce more parts faster for our engine and airframe customers."
- [airforce-technology.com](https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/collins-expansion-iowa-facility-us/), 2022-07-25: "With this expansion, we will significantly increase our additive manufacturing capacity and enhance our ability to produce more parts faster for our airframe and engine customers."

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