A/AA Boeing Aerostructures Australia Site Tour

Boeing Aerostructures Australia, the country’s only designer and manufacturer of advanced composite aerostructure components for commercial aircraft.

Based at Melbourne’s Fishermans Bend, the company has a long heritage in Australian aviation that began with its legacy companies in 1927 and has included the manufacture of aircraft which served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War Two.

Boeing Aerostructures Australia Tour

/ Mick Sorrenson, Managing Director at Boeing Aerostructures Australia
 

Unique Technologies

Today the business designs, tests, certifies and produces world class advanced structures including part of the trailing edge of the most technically advanced commercial aircraft in the world – the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Boeing Aerostructures Australia manufactures the ‘moveable trailing edge’ control surfaces of the 787 using a unique carbon fibre production technology developed in Victoria called resin infusion.

This is Australia’s largest aerospace contract valued at $5 billion over 20 years, and Fishermans Bend is the only Boeing location in the world to apply the unique resin infusion system that enables the components to be cured without a traditional autoclave. In the past two years, Boeing Aerostructures Australia has invested $70 million in site improvements to support 787 production increases over the next decade.

These types of innovations in technology and investments are due to Boeing’s long term view of its business in Australia; its investment in the training and development of its people, and its deep belief in research and development to create the next generation of manufacturing technology.

Manufacturing and R&D Partnership

Boeing Aerostructures Australia worked hand-in-hand with Boeing Research & Technology – Australia to develop this highly valued intellectual property. It requires less infrastructure, labour and energy to produce a composite part and the weight and efficiency savings created using resin-infused composite materials also contribute to increased fuel savings on the aircraft. The co-location of the two organisations are also advancing the company’s application of advanced composite and automation.

In addition to work on the 787 moveable trailing edge, Boeing Aerostructures Australia’s over 1,200 employees are the sole source producers of 737 ailerons, 747 moveable leading edges and 777 cove lip doors, elevators and rudders.

Productivity and Safety is a Priority

LEAN manufacturing systems have long played an important part in manufacturing efficiencies at Fishermans Bend and Boeing Aerostructures Australia see this as an ongoing process of continuous improvement. The company is also strongly committed to Boeing’s global Go For Zero campaign, focused on achieving an injury free workforce, one day at a time.

From Melbourne, all aircraft components are shipped to the United States for final assembly at Boeing’s factories in Charleston, South Carolina and Everett and Renton in Washington State.

Growing Community Ties

Boeing Aerostructures Australia has strong partnerships with the local community, including university partnerships with RMIT and Swinburne University, and community groups including Aviation/Aerospace Australia Beyondblue and Global Corporate Citizenship projects such as the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden program.

In addition, Boeing Aerostructures Australia also works with Australian suppliers such as Lovitt Technologies Australia, H&H and Marand, along with a range of Melbourne industry groups to support best practice sharing within the Victorian manufacturing industry.

Join A/AA as we go on a site tour of one of our longest standing A/AA Partners

TICKETS
/ NGN & WA/AA Members - x1 complimentary ticket
/  A/AA Sole Trader - x1 complimentary ticket 
/  A/AA SME Member - x2 complimentary tickets
/ A/AA Corporate Member - x5 compimentary tickets
/ WA/AA Sponsor - x7 compimentary tickets
/ A/AA Partner - x10 Complimentary tickets
/  A/AA Additional Member $20.00
/ Non member - $35.00

MORE DETAILS

Footwear: Visitors will be required to wear standard factory footwear onsite. This includes a shoe or boot that is completely enclosed with a minimum heel width of 2.5x2.5cm and a maximum height of 5cm.

Clothing: Dress code is smart casual, Boeing will supply hi-vis vests and safety glasses for all visitors.

Photography: Please note that no camera are permitted and no photographs are to be taken onsite.

Parking: There is limited car parking available in the visitor car parking, as well as on Lorimer Street.

Capacity: Please note there is a capacity of 25 pax per site tour. If this event sells out guests will be put on a waiting list.