Construction Starts on New Helicopter Assembly Plant in California

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Robinson Helicopter Company, a privately held S Corporation (Torrance, California) began construction in August 2003 on a new manufacturing plant located in Torrance, California.

The plant consists of a one story, 216,000 square foot manufacturing building located at 2931 Airport Drive, not far from their current plant located on 2901 Airport Drive. The plant will be used exclusively for manufacturing and assembly of helicopters.

Oltman's Construction Company located in Thousand Oaks, California was awarded the general construction contract for the new facility.

Robinson Helicopter Company (Torrance, California), founded in 1973, is considered to be one of the world's leading producers of civil helicopters and is a current manufacturer of the two-seat R22 and four-seat R44 helicopters. Robinson currently has 600 employees with sales exceeding $100 million annually. They are best known worldwide for their high performance, reliable helicopters.