Boeing, Strata celebrate delivery of 100th 777 empennage rib ship set

ABU DHABI, 8th March 2016 (WAM) --- Badr Al-Olama, CEO, Strata Manufacturing PJSC; Marc Allen, President of Boeing International; Dababa Al Khyeli, Project Officer, Boeing project at Strata Manufacturing ; and Bernard Dunn, President of Boeing Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, today celebrated the delivery of the 100th empennage rib ship set for Boeing 777. The delivery of the 100th empennage rib ship set is an important milestone in reinforcing the value and capability Strata offers Boeing and its airline customers. In 2012, Boeing and Mubadala announced a 10-year direct contract for Strata to produce carbon fibre composite 777 empennage ribs and 787 vertical fin ribs making Strata Boeing’s first direct composites supplier in the Arab world. – Emirates News Agency, WAM - http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395292508553.html