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North Charleston
title: Boeing South Carolina text: had factories there. The Boeing South Carolina Delivery Center, a facility, opened on Nov. 12, 2011, and delivers South Carolina-built 787s to customers from around the world. As of September 28, 2017 the site employs 6,943 workers and contractors The site is located on the southern portions of the joint-use Charleston Air Force Base and Charleston International Airport. Ground was broken on the site in October 2009 with limited operations commencing in July 2011. In 2013, Boeing South Carolina was chosen for the design and manufacturing of the Boeing 737 MAX inlet components located in the City of North Charleston, title: Boeing South Carolina text: Boeing South Carolina Boeing South Carolina (previously "Boeing Charleston") is an assembly site for Boeing's Commercial Airplanes division, located in North Charleston, South Carolina. The site is the major manufacturing, assembly and delivery site for Boeing commercial aircraft in the eastern United States and is one of the largest employment centers in the state. The site currently serves as one of two final assembly and delivery points for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The site has seen rapid investment and growth since Boeing made a number of purchases in 2008 and 2009 from its former suppliers Vought and Global Aeronautica who title: Boeing South Carolina text: Center located near Ladson, South Carolina. The new factory has provided a boost to the local economy in the wake of record-high unemployment rates during the Great Recession, especially in the manufacturing industry. North Charleston mayor Keith Summey called the new factory the "reversal of the shipyard closing," alluding to the 1996 closure of the Charleston Naval Base and Shipyard that took a heavy toll on the local economy. Boeing was offered an incentives package reportedly worth $450 million provided the company create 3,800 jobs and invest $750 million over the next seven years. Later calculations determined that the state-offered title: Boeing South Carolina text: South Carolina for transporting components of the 787. All variants of the 787, which consists of the 787-8, the 787-9 and the 787-10, are assembled there; Boeing South Carolina is the exclusive assembly and delivery site of the -10 variant, as the fuselage pieces of the -10 are too large to fit inside a Dreamlifter for transport to Everett. Boeing South Carolina Boeing South Carolina (previously "Boeing Charleston") is an assembly site for Boeing's Commercial Airplanes division, located in North Charleston, South Carolina. The site is the major manufacturing, assembly and delivery site for Boeing commercial aircraft in the eastern title: Boeing South Carolina text: South Carolina. The site was also chosen to host an Information Technology Center of Excellence and Engineering Design Center in 2013. The final assembly building is 1.2 million square feet and produces the 787 Dreamliner. This building contains eight positions for aircraft assembly and multiple floors of offices, conference rooms, and equipment storage. 18,000 tons of structural steel was used during the assembly and the building is 1,041 feet long by 618 feet wide. The building also hosts 10 acres of solar panels on the roof that can generate up to 2.6 megawatts of energy that is able to power