SEATTLE — Although a cost-cutting drive at aircraft-interiors supplier B/E Aerospace has shrunk its presence at some locations in the U.S. and overseas, it’s doubling down in Washington to support Boeing’s planned production ramp-up. The last piece of a major consolidation clicked into place around Christmas, when the final group of more than 300 employees moved down Interstate 5 from an older, leased plant in Marysville into a new $35 million building in Everett.
“We wanted to be close in support of Boeing,” said Trevor Skelly, vice president and general manager at B/E’s flight-structures unit in Everett. “It allows us to react quickly to any emergent needs on their product line and to collaborate easily with Boeing on next-generation products.”
More than 550 people work in the gleaming state-of-the-art facility. B/E, headquartered in Florida, has about 10,000 employees in 25 facilities globally. Last year, it made $501 million in profit on revenue of $2.7 billion, an 18 percent profit margin.
