Boeing and TAL Manufacturing announce new contract

TAL Manufacturing Solutions have announced a contract for manufacturing the Advanced Composite Floor Beam (ACFB) for Boeing’s 787-9 and 787-10 Dreamliners. Boeing had awarded the first contract to TAL for the floor beams in October 2011 and TAL recently delivered the 13,000th floor beam to 787 fuselage suppliers. TAL has a dedicated manufacturing facility for Boeing at Nagpur from where it manufactures and delivers the ACFBs.