Los Angels Times
2:12 PM PDT, August 19, 2006
Business News
The State

Boeing Moves to Close Plant

The aerospace giant says it has not given up hope of saving the Long Beach facility, but it begins notifying C-17 suppliers to stop producing parts.

By Martin Zimmerman and Ronald D. White, Times Staff Writers
August 19, 2006

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Boeing Co. said Friday that it had taken the first steps toward closing its sprawling C-17 assembly plant in Long Beach, a shutdown that is expected to be completed by the middle of 2009 unless substantial new orders are placed for the giant military aircraft.