Governor Quinn Breaks Ground on AAR Corporation Expansion in Rockford That Will Create 500 Jobs
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"This new major aerospace facility will expand
The 200,000 square-foot maintenance, repair and overhaul facility is expected to operate 24 hours a day. The facility will expand the airport's current infrastructure to allow for scheduled and unscheduled service, modification, overhaul and all other support services for military and commercial
The project was made possible by a
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Today's groundbreaking follows a series of aerospace investments in the region including the construction of a second campus for aerospace technology leader Woodward and the groundbreaking earlier this year of the 40,000 square-foot Rock Valley College Aviation Maintenance Technology Program facility. Graduates of the program are prepared to join the ranks of the more than 6,500 workers currently employed in aerospace companies like AAR, assuming positions as airline or general aviation engine and/or airframe mechanics.
AAR is a global aerospace and defense contractor that employs more than 6,000 people in 17 countries. Based in
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Since taking office and inheriting decades of mismanagement, the Governor has enacted worker's compensation reform and unemployment insurance reform to make
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