Exelis, which produces parts for military and commercial aircraft, opened a design and manufacturing center in Salt Lake City facility Thursday that it hopes will bring more jobs to Utah in coming years.
Company officials, along with Gov. Gary Herbert and Congressman Jim Matheson, marked the occasion at the 250,000-square-foot facility on Amelia Earhart Drive in the International Center just west of the Salt Lake International Airport.
The new plant, which builds on to Exelis’ existing 130,00-square-foot integrated structures center, was created from a strategy in which the company wants to produce more composite-material aircraft parts with automation. This initiative and new building have so far created 100 more jobs to go with Exelis’ existing staff of 200. (Exelis has another, separate Salt Lake City plant that produces special acoustic sensors for the military and private companies). Salt Lake Tribune
