Pratt & Whitney Canada has announced it will open in fall 2009 a final-assembly and test facility at Montreal-Mirabel International Airport for its new generation of PW800 engines.
P&WC, a unit of Hartford-based United Technologies Corp., said it will invest a total $575.3 million in the 300,000-square-foot Mirabel Aerospace Centre and P&WC’s other Quebec facilities in the next five years. The investment is expected to generate 565 jobs, Pratt said.
The announcement comes a week after the Quebec government announced that it would invest $141.9 million for infrastructure and equipment at Mirabel.
In a statement, P&WC President Alain M. Bellemare praised Quebec “for its vision and leadership in propelling the high-value aerospace industry.”
Mirabel construction will start in coming months. When complete, it include two bays for P&WC’s Boeing B747SP test aircraft to support flight testing for the complete range of Pratt & Whitney engines, from turboprops to turbofans.
