Daniel Wheeler, vice-president of US company Spirit Aerosystems, the world's largest supplier of airplane assemblies and components, speaks during a ceremony, on October 1, 2009 in Montoir-de-Bretagne, western France, to launch a new site in France. The plant should be opening by 'the end of summer 2010' and will be involved in the production of the Airbus A350 XWB. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

Daniel Wheeler, vice-president of US company Spirit Aerosystems, the world's largest supplier of airplane assemblies and components, speaks during a ceremony, on October 1, 2009 in Montoir-de-Bretagne, western France, to launch a new site in France. The plant should be opening by 'the end of summer 2010' and will be involved in the production of the Airbus A350 XWB.

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