The aircraft manufacturer Boeing announced today that it has managed to find alternative sources of Japanese parts suppliers affected by the earthquake that shook the country almost two weeks, so that production of Aircraft U.S. company has not been affected. The Richter 9 earthquake of 11th of March in the northeastern Japan disrupted the operations of some of the suppliers second-tier U.S. company, but did not affect the manufacturers of the most important pieces of the 777 and 787.
"Our most important partners in terms of the structures are located well away from the region where there have been extensive damage," said Boeing CFO James Bell said during a conference on aviation industry organized by the JP Morgan in New York, according to financial website MarketWatch.
Major Japanese Boeing suppliers such as Mitsubishi, Kawasaki and Fuji, are located around the city of Nagoya, over 600 kilometers south of the area devastated by the earthquake and tsunami.
Bell also said the U.S. manufacturer, if it decides to offer a new version of its popular 737, adopt the same strategy that has continued construction on the 787 Dreamliner, despite more than three years behind dragging.
The same Boeing has admitted he made mistakes in the production of new generation equipment to rely too heavily on the engineering of other companies to develop the new device.
Anyway, the official said the aircraft manufacturer, the savings and the ability to open new markets the system followed in the construction of the Dreamliner outweigh the risks.
Bell also said in his speech at the conference that they expect an increase in cash flow over this year, which would be produced in 2012 to increase dividends, reduce corporate debt and a stock repurchase program.
Shares of Boeing, a member of the Dow Jones industrials rose today by 1.48% to $ 72.91 each, in the absence of a closing time of the New York Stock Exchange, where they accumulate a appreciation of 11.75% so far this year.
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