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Boeing supply chain model unlikely to be scrapped (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Though there has been no announcement yet,  Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) appears close to acquiring a key supplier to its 787 Dreamliner, as reported last week on The Deal Pipeline (subscription required). The deal, which calls for Boeing to buy from Vought Aircraft Industries Inc. the North Charleston, S.C., facility where...

Posted on July 6, 2009 9:20 AM

Recession-proof deal market discovered (from Corporate Dealmaker)

An article from Washington Technology, titled "Windows of Opportunity," showed the recession can be a boom time for companies in the government market.A fine example is last year's $2.5 billion deal, where Carlyle Group bought the government unit of Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. The article noted Booz Allen, which was...

Posted on February 13, 2009 12:06 PM

Aviation dealmakers: Meet me at Farnborough (from Corporate Dealmaker)

The Farnborough International Airshow, now in progress and continuing four more days, is held every other year in Hampshire, England. While the the flybys draw wide-eyed spectators, it's the potential for deals that draws business development professionals from...

Posted on July 17, 2008 10:03 AM

Picturing Boeing's global Dreamliner effort (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Boeing Inc.'s 787 Dreamliner is a globalized product with wings from Japan, a fuselage from Italy, engines from Britain -- it has more parts from more places than any other plane in history, as the folks at Portfolio.com remind us. As we previously noted here, this globally distributed manufacturing...

Posted on June 27, 2008 5:25 PM

Beset by bottlenecks, Boeing buys Carlyle's Vought out of 787 JV (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Boeing Co. continues to wrestle with the trailblazing, globally distributed manufacturing model it's using to produce the 787 Dreamliner. Production of the best-selling plane has been delayed by problems at far-flung supply partners -- notably at South...

Posted on April 1, 2008 1:56 PM

China to build passenger jets, with assistance from Airbus, Boeing (from Corporate Dealmaker)

China will reportedly launch its first homegrown jumbo passenger jet manufacturer, which, at least according to official state media, could eventually rival Airbus and Boeing Co. The joint venture -- whose largest shareholders will be the Shanghai government and the state-owned China Aviation Industry Corp.'s I & II -- is...

Posted on March 31, 2008 12:59 PM

Emerging markets watch: India's new budget and its impact on foreign investors (from Corporate Dealmaker)

India's latest budget, presented in New Delhi on Feb. 29 by Finance Minister Palaniappam Chidambaram, has already drawn plenty of commentary on what it means for various constituencies, and for the prospects of the ruling Congress party in the next election.Here at Corporate Dealmaker, we're particularly interested in the question of...

Posted on March 3, 2008 8:17 AM

With India JV, Boeing continues down path of distributed manufacturing (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Boeing Co. and India's Tata Industries Ltd. unveiled plans Thursday for a joint venture to manufacture $500 million worth of defense and military-related components in the subcontinent. The plan is to leverage Tata's manufacturing capabilities...

Posted on February 14, 2008 4:32 PM

Mile-high maneuvers (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Midwest Air Group CEO Timothy E. Hoeksema deflected aggressor AirTran at every turn, instead accepting a bid from buyout firm TPG and Northwest Airlines. In the end, though, his company may still find itself owned by another airline.

Posted on December 15, 2007 12:22 PM

To Russia with love (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Russia has a deep pool of science and engineering talent, and U.S. companies are diving in through a variety of collaborative relationships.

Posted on April 15, 2006 5:27 PM