Manufacturing
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Thanks to Drones, Boeing’s Ridley Plant Will Keep Humming Through the 2030s
Drones and space sensors are the predominant reasons the Boeing Ridley plant benefits from a shift in thinking from the U.S. Army, writes Loren Thompson for Forbes. The Army surprised everyone when it canceled a planned scout helicopter, previously its top aviation priority, to focus instead on upgrading the Chinook helicopter, manufactured at Boeing’s Ridley…
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Army Renews Chinook Contract for Boeing, Saving Thousands of Jobs in Ridley Park
The U.S. Army is renewing and extending a Chinook production contract for its helicopter fleet, built at the Ridley Park Boeing plant, writes Kathleen E. Carey for the Daily Times. The news guarantees 20 years of production at the plant, saving thousands of jobs. “I am thrilled to announce the Army’s decision to recommit to…
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80 Furloughed at Boeing Ridley Plant Amid Osprey Production Adjustments
The Boeing Ridley Park plant is furloughing 80 union employees in December, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. This is the second layoff this year, and more are expected in 2024. Boeing has about 4,100 employees at the Ridley Park facility. A Boeing spokesman said Bell Boeing, which builds the V-22 Osprey, has adjusted…
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Boeing Pays $8.1M to Resolve Allegations on V-22 Osprey Contracts
Defense contractor Boeing is paying $8.1 million to settle allegations it failed to comply with contractual manufacturing specifications when creating composite components for the V-22 Osprey at its Ridley Park plant, writes the UPI staff for Space Daily. The allegations charge that Boeing violated the False Claims Act in connection with the V-22 Osprey contract…
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SAP Creates an Interactive Factory of the Future in Newtown Square
The future of manufacturing is in Newtown Square. Or at least a reasonable facsimile of it. SAP America, the U.S. headquarters of international software company SAP, has created a $4 million Industry 4.0 Center, a model factory that demonstrates the future of manufacturing. It’s been attracting the attention of SAP’s Fortune 500 clients that include…
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Bubble Gum Is One of Philadelphia’s Greatest Exports: It Was Invented By Local Candy Accountant
One of Philadelphia’s biggest exports comes in a small but tasty package: bubble gum, writes Avi Wolfman-Arent for Billy Penn at WHYY. It was invented by a 23-year-old accountant who worked for the Fleer Corporation. The company was started by Frank Fleer, a German immigrant who arrived in Philadelphia in the 1880s. He established a…
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Chinooks Descend on Boeing Ridley as Contracts Fly-In
Boeing’s Ridley Park helicopter plant has received a contract valued up to $793 million to build the final CH-47F Block I Chinooks with a potential $8 billion order to build dozens of upgraded Block II Chinook aircraft, writes Emma Dooling for Philadelphia Business Journal. Boeing’s Ridley plant employs more than 4,000 people. The Block I…
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FMC Corporation Once Again Makes Barron’s List of 100 Most Sustainable U.S Companies
For the second consecutive year, Philadelphia-based FMC Corporation, a global agricultural sciences company, has made Barron’s annual list of the 100 Most Sustainable U.S. Companies. FMC Corporation is also the only agriculture company to make the list for the second year in a row and one of only 29 companies on the list that posted…
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Aero Aggregates CEO Grateful to be Part of Team That Got I-95 Running Again
The last couple of weeks have been “full tilt” for Archie Fishill, CEO of Eddystone-based Aero Aggregates of North America, Inc., writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times. Those are the guys that provided 8,000 cubic yards of glass composite to PennDOT to rebuild the collapsed section of Interstate 95. “It’s still adrenaline, going with…
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Ridley Boeing Production Faces SlowDown if More Orders Don’t Come In
The Ridley Park Boeing production could be curtailed, with the plant forced to shut down two main assembly lines unless it can increase orders of Chinook helicopters, writes Joseph N. DiStefano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The plant is producing Chinook CH-47F heavy-lift helicopters at a rate of 20 a year, from 60 in 2021 and…
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Check It Out: Auto Dealership Lots Are Full Again
For a while there, car dealerships were looking pretty deserted, writes Ryan Felton for The Wall Street Journal. “We had times where you could have a helicopter land on my lot,” said David Kelleher, president of a dealership group based in Glen Mills that sells the Chrysler, Ram, Jeep, and Dodge brands. But now new…
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Delaware County Senator Pushing for Recycled Materials in Stuffed Toys
Kids who love to hug the stuffing out of their teddy bears and other stuffed animals may be hugging recycled material if Delaware County state Sen. John Kane has his way, writes Jan Murphy for Yahoo! Sports. He, along with Sen. Devin Robinson of Allegheny and Art Haywood of Montgomery County, hope to change a…
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World Cocoa Producer Leases Eddystone Warehouse Next to Factory
Global cocoa producer Barry Callebaut is leasing 350,000 square feet of Eddystone’s Delco Logistics Center, writes Paul Schwedison for Philadelphia Business Journal. The Zurich-based Barry Callebaut will use the warehouse at 1500 E. 2nd Street to streamline its supply chain, storing cocoa products and beans that will be used at its manufacturing facility next door…
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Boeing Loses Appeal on Army Bid and a Big Defiant X Contract
A U.S, Army decision to award a lucrative contract to Texas-based Bell Texatron for its Valor aircraft over Boeing’s Defiant X will stand, writes Ryan Mulligan for Philadelphia Business Journal. Boeing and Sikorsky protested the Texatron contract win over the Defiant X aircraft, designed by Boeing and Lockheed and Martin subsidiary Sikorsky. The two aircraft…
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2019 House Panel Rejects Plan to Stop Production of Boeing’s Chinook Helicopters
An Army proposal to stop production of Boeing’s Chinook helicopters was rejected by a House panel that controls defense spending, a victory for Delaware County’s Boeing workers, writes Roxana Tiron and Anthony Capaccio for Bloomberg.com. Instead, the House Appropriations Defense subcommittee added $28 million for continued production of the Chinook CH-47 Block II. It directed…
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Chinook Production Lucrative for Boeing Ridley Park as Contracts Roll in
The Boeing helicopter plant in Ridley Park, with 4,000 employees, reached the last stage of production for its first CH-47F Block II Chinook, the newest model of the heavy-lift Chinook helicopters, writes Ryan Mullgan for Philadelphia Business Journal. The latest model Chinook is part of a $136 million contract Boeing received from the U.S. Army…
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Local Companies See Gains and Losses From Ukraine War
Not surprisingly, Boeing’s Ridley Park helicopter factory has seen an uptick in orders as a result of the Ukraine war, writes Joseph N. DiStefano for The Philadelphia Inquirer as reported in pennlive.com. Boeing’s Ridley Park plant was one of the first contracts announced since the Ukraine war began. It is supplying Germany with 60 Chinook…
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Auto Repair Shops Seeing Biggest Parts Disruption Since WWII
Michael Weaver of Glenolden has owned his 2022 Ford Bronco Sport since late September, but he hasn’t seen much of it, writes Scott Sturgis for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The vehicle has been in the shop for five months. The vehicle was rear-ended before Weaver had even made his first payment. During repairs a wait for…
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