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Footprint for the future WHERE THEY MAKE THE BIG PLANES Boeing’s factory at Paine Field in Everett is the biggest building in the world by volume. In coming years, the company will need to reallocate space as needs change. Developing a line for the 777X separate from that of the 777 classic is a likelihood.
PLANNED • New building for fabrication of carbon-fiber composite wing parts for the revamped 777X.
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• Addition to building where robots will build 777 and 777X fuselages.
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FATE OF THE 747 The plane for which the factory was first built has an uncertain future. Boeing is expected to discontinue the 747 within the decade. The company will then have lots of room for flexibility.
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A surge line is an assembly area created to temporarily boost production output. At some point, the 787 surge line in Everett will likely be shut down, opening space for other purposes.
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When Boeing stops making ‘classics,’ this space will be available for some other use. SOURCES: BOEING CO.; HERALD REPORTING
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Boeing will use robots, revamp production space
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EVERETT — An increase in the fees for booking and housing inmates at the Snohomish County Jail means bigger bills for local cities next year. The city of Everett, for example, expects to pay an additional $900,000 in 2015 under its contract with the county jail. The city of Edmonds is looking at a $150,000 increase. Mill Creek expects a $71,258 rise — a 26 percent increase. The Everett Police Department projects spending $4.2 million in jailing bills next year, officer Aaron Snell said. That’s roughly 13 percent of the department’s annual budget. The sheriff ’s office notified cities about the coming increases earlier this year. Sheriff Ty Trenary in January said “the cost of housing people is not being reflected in what we’re charging.” The increase in fees also comes on the heels of comprehensive See FEES, back page, this section
Changing catalog
By Dan Catchpole Herald Writer
EVERETT — Boeing’s venerable 747 faces an uncertain future, as do the 767 and the 777 classic. Those older airplane models have threadbare customer demand. Robots, meanwhile, have slashed the number of people needed to paint a 777 wing, and more bots are on the way to automate other tasks. With so many changes coming — from the Boeing Co. product line to the way the planes are made — what will the Chicago company’s Everett plant look like in a decade? If older models are discontinued, there will be room for other work. Advances in manufacturing will mean fewer workers on an assembly line at Paine Field. However, tech advances and a workforce with new expertise could help Everett compete for other projects, softening the effect of any job losses. Wherever all this leads, it will be felt most by people on the factory floor.
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Four large airplane models are assembled in the Everett factory today. As customer needs change, so will that catalog, and that will affect space needs. 747: The sun is likely setting on the airplane that brought Boeing to Everett in the first place — the 747. The giant factory we see today started as a much smaller building to accommodate Boeing’s biggest jetliner. Industry analysts say the company will almost certainly keep the 747-8 line alive until early in the next decade, when the U.S. Air Force is expected to replace the two 747s used by the president. But the four-engine 747 is less in demand due to a weak air cargo market and more efficient two-engine alternatives. The 747 line could be closed by 2024. “The 747 is probably dying, if not dead,” said Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace analyst with the Fairfax, Virginia-based Teal Group.
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Robots are expected to be used to automate more tasks on the production floor.
The 747 is probably dying, if not dead.
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