Singapore Ramps Up Aerospace Parts Production

摘要

Acurious thing has happened in Singapore over the past decade or so: Aerospace manufacturing has moved into, not out of, the city-state's highly developed, high-cost economy. Maintenance remains the dominant aerospace activity in the city-state, but a succession of companies has announced and implemented plans to at least make parts in the Southeast Asian nation. Sia Kheng Yok, chief executive of the Association of Aerospace Industries (Singapore), says Singapore is well positioned to sustain this trend. Along with the rise of manufacturing since the first decade of the century, aerospace research and development has widened in Singapore— moving beyond its traditional focus on supporting the country's defense forces. This may also be an area where Singapore can make further advances.