AIT Calls Work on Boeing 787 Dreamliner a Success

from www.prnewswire.com
Mon, Dec. 17, 2007

Advanced Integration Technology says media reports portray wrong story

PLANO, Texas, Dec. 14 /PRQualitywire/ -- Leaders of a Plano, Texas-based
company that provides automated manufacturing systems used to assemble the new Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner say the company has successfully completed its work on the project, contrary to recent media reports.

Advanced Integration Technology, Inc., also known as AIT, provides factory automation systems to Dallas-based Vought Aircraft Industries, which makes the aft fuselage sections of the Dreamliner. AIT says it delivered -- on time -- all of the units necessary for Vought to build its portion of the airplanes, and that the equipment is fully operational.

In fact, news coverage indicates Vought is pleased with AIT's work on the Dreamliner.

"We've had a number of telephone calls from people who read various news stories and were concerned about us," says Ed Chalupa, President of AIT. "We want everyone to know that our work on the Dreamliner is a success. We're very proud to be playing a role in building this next-generation aircraft."

Some of the recent allegations in the media are attributed to an unidentified foreman at a machine shop in Puget Sound, WA. AIT terminated the machine shop's contract due to poor performance before distributing the Dreamliner work to other facilities without affecting Vought's production requirements.

AIT provides turnkey aerospace factory automation, including the design, fabrication, installation and maintenance of fully integrated plant-floor systems. For well over a decade, AIT has served as prime contractor to some of the world's most prominent aerospace companies. More information is available at http://www.aint.com.

For more information on AIT and its work on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, please contact Mark Annick at 800-559-4534, 214-213-1754 or mark@androvett.com.