A Seattle company will supply the flight-deck control panels for the Boeing Co.’s new 7E7 airliner.
Korry Electronics, which has supplied cockpit controls and switches for Boeing planes dating back to the 307 Stratoliner in the 1930s, was named to the 7E7 supplier team on Tuesday.
The company signed a 16-year contract to be both a parts supplier and an integrator that will meld components supplied by other companies into a completed system, said Peggy Keene, a spokeswoman for Korry.
That marks a major advance for the company, which has never before taken this kind of leading role roll as a “Tier 1” integrator, she said.
“This is a nice feather in our cap,” Keene said.
She said the 7E7 contract won’t result in major hiring at Korry, perhaps only a dozen additional people at the company, which has 530 workers.
Korry is a subsidiary of Bellevue-based Esterline Technologies. It is the first Washington-headquartered company to land a major 7E7 contract.
Toray Composites (America), the Tacoma-based subsidiary of Japanese chemical company Toray Industries, is supplying the raw carbon-fiber composite material that Boeing is using for much of the 7E7’s fuselage.
Two of Boeing’s Puget Sound units have been named part of the 7E7 development team. Boeing’s Everett-based Interiors Responsibility Center was named to oversee development of the plane’s interior, and the company’s Propulsion Systems Division is Tukwila is teaming with Rolls-Royce and General Electric to develop the new jet’s engines.
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