[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 147 (Tuesday, November 8, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H9966-H9967]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            SMITHS AEROSPACE

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to welcome Smiths Aerospace to 
the Fifth Congressional District of North Carolina. After looking at 
more than 50 potential sites, the company recently announced it will 
open a $44 million facility in Ashe County.
  The new facility is expected to hire 100 employees immediately and 
employ 305 workers within 5 years. As a major supplier to Boeing and 
Airbus, Smiths Aerospace will provide equipment for civilian and 
military aircraft and build many engine components as turbines for 
jets. The company expects to have the plant running by mid-November and 
has its first shipments planned for February of next year.
  I would like to commend Smiths Aerospace for choosing to do business 
in the Fifth District. Northwest North

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Carolina has a great deal to offer including friendly people, a 
hardworking and highly skilled workforce, excellent institutions of 
higher education, and a beautiful landscape.
  I wish Smiths Aerospace great success in all its future endeavors.

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