Russian investment in composite airframe plant

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A Russian company is investing $100m in the construction of a new joint venture plant in Tatarstan to manufacture composite airframe components for commercial aircraft.

AeroComposite, part of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), is to locate the production complex at the premises of Tupolev plane maker Kazan Aircraft Production Association (KAPO) in the Tatarstan capital Kazan.

The complex is due to produce composite structures for up to 140 planes including the Sukhoi Superjet 100 and UAC’s next generation narrow body MS-21 airliner.