Dal sito airbus.com:
Airbus Chinese A320 final assembly line to be located in Tianjin
8 June 2006
The National Development & Reform Commission of China (NDRC) and Airbus announced today that the site for a potential A320 family final assembly line (FAL) in China is Tianjin Binhai New Coastal District, a state level new development zone. This follows the signing of the memorandum of understanding between NDRC and Airbus in December 2005 to further upgrade cooperation between Airbus and China in the field of civil aviation.
Out of 4 cities considered for the establishment of the FAL, Tianjin has been selected after a thorough evaluation including multiple criteria such as, facility site and land, sea port proximity, airport characteristics, labour and industrial capability.
The site selection is an important step, which enables the on-going feasibility study to continue, with an objective to reach a final joint decision on the setting up of the FAL by end September 2006. Subject to such decision, the shared target is to commence FAL operations in 2008 with a production ramp up to four aircraft per month by 2011.
Industrial cooperation between Airbus and China has been steadily increasing in recent years. In addition to the FAL feasibility study, a number of other initiatives are already underway. They include targets for increased parts procurement, as well as the setting up of the Airbus (Beijing) Engineering Centre (A(B)EC) which was inaugurated in July 2005 with a target of 200 Chinese engineers by 2008. Furthermore, a participation of up to five per cent of airframe content in the A350 programme is being proposed to the Chinese aviation industry, with specific design of the parts to be manufactured in China being carried out at A(B)EC.
Siete d'accordo su questa decisione?
A me, personalmente, sembra una grossa cagata politica!!!
Cavolo, i cinesi hanno un'enorme necessita' di nuovi aerei per i prossimi anni, sarebbe il momento giusto per aumentare la capacita' produttiva negli stabilimenti europei e fargli cacciare tutti i soldini, ed invece vanno ad aprire una linea di montaggio in Cina portando investimenti laggiu' (cosi', tanto per fargli vedere come si costruiscono gli aerei...).
Poi, fra 10-15 anni, si ritroveranno con il benservito (della serie: "grazie, amico, ora puoi anche levarti dalle balle, gli aerei me li so costruire da solo!")
Ma davvero dobbiamo sempre fare di tutto per farcelo mettere in quel posto?
Ci mancavano pure gli aerei "made in China"...
VW ha fatto +/- la stessa cosa nel settore automobilistico, solo che, almeno all'inizio, gli ha fatto assemblare roba tipo la Jetta che da noi erano andate fuori produzione almeno 10 anni prima!
Ma i capoccioni di B., per caso, hanno in cantiere progetti del genere, o siamo noi europei i piu' coglioni?