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PBS Aerospace to open North American headquarters, create about 100 jobs in Roswell
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PBS Aerospace, a Czech maker of small turbojet engines for U.S. military drones and cruise missiles, announced it will establish a U.S. assembly and testing facility in Roswell and hire roughly 100 workers, with initial production planned for September.
Kurt Willison, mayor of Roswell, announced that PBS Aerospace will locate its North American headquarters and an engine assembly and testing facility in Roswell.
The company said it will assemble small turbojet engines shipped from the Czech Republic using U.S. suppliers and conduct final testing in Roswell, with a target move-in date of April 1 and low-rate production beginning in September.
"PBS Aerospace is going to locate its North American headquarters here in Roswell," Mayor Kurt Willison said. "We are incredibly grateful and excited." Aaron Durham, chief executive officer of PBS Aerospace, described the firm’s TJ40 engine and the company’s U.S. plans: "What we're gonna do is have a US supplier base. So all the parts…
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