Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Company Explained

Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Company, formerly Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Factory, was founded in 1950 with a registered capital of four billion yuan, with two bases, Pudong and Dachang, with more than 5,000 employees. It is a Shanghai-based aerospace company with business in:

• aircraft manufacturing
• parts and components subcontractor
• repair and overhaul
• non-aerospace products: aerial ladders, hovercraft, glass wall manufacturing, Swerve rack for magnetic aerotrain

It now belongs to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) that was established in 2008.

Aims

It aims to continuously enhance:

• the assembly and integration
• core key component manufacturing
• supply chain construction and management
• new technology, new method, new material application and development
• manufacturing process control
• civil aircraft delivery

And aims to shoulder the important mission of the development of China's large aircraft.

Products

Regional Jets

• Comac ARJ21 - final assembly

Jetliners

• Shanghai Y-10 jetliner
• MD-82 jetliner
• MD-83 jetliner
• MD-90 jetliner
• Airbus single aisle family cargo door frame
• Boeing 737 tail section assembly & Boeing 777 vertical stabilizers https://archive.today/20100809143408/http://www.boeingchina.com/ViewContent.do?id=37732&aContent=%E6%B3%A2%E9%9F%B3%E4%B8%8E%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E7%AE%80%E4%BB%8B.
• COMAC C919
• CRAIC CR929