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Friday, August 14, 2015
Making progress Governor touts state’s growing aerospace industry
Gov. Dannel Malloy examines one of the parts manufactured at PCX Aerostructures in Newington during a tour of the headquarters. Lisa Sanchez Gonzalez | Special to the Town Crier
By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
NEWINGTON — Gov. Dannel Malloy and his economic development commissioner toured a Newington aerospace company Aug. 11 to assess the progress of the state’s quickly-growing aerospace industry. Headquartered at 300 Fenn Road, PCX Aerostructures manufactures airplane and helicopter parts for the U.S. military and
companies like Airbus, Boeing, Sikorsky, General Electric and Triumph. “More than 80,000 jobs have been created since 2011, so this is part of the governor’s ongoing efforts to talk about the economy with local businesses and find out how the state can be supportive,” Malloy spokesman Devon Puglia said. The state’s unemployment rate recently reached 5.7 percent
— the lowest it’s been since the recession. Since 2011, the workforce at PCX’s Newington facility has grown by 16 percent. The company now employs a total of 328 See MALLOY, Page 6
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