Cessna Breaks Ground on Columbus Expansion

Cessna Aircraft Company broke ground on what will be its third building in Columbus, Ga, as it invests up to $24 million to expand aircraft subassembly work here, including construction of an $11 million facility at Muscogee Technology Park.
The 100,000-square-foot building is slated to be completed in August 2008. Cessna Columbus started with a 110,000-square-foot building in 1996. The company added a second building – roughly 130,000 square feet – in 2001 to move the newly acquired McCauley Propeller Systems from Dayton, Ohio, and to support increased production rates in Wichita, and Independence, Kan.
Cessna Columbus employees manufacture detail parts and assemblies for Cessna’s line of single engine pistons, Caravans and business jets. Additionally, employees manufacture high quality propellers under the brand McCauley Propeller Systems. Cessna expects to add up to 150 jobs in Columbus over the next five years.
Cessna’s newest building will be on a 40-acre site at Muscogee Technology Park. The company’s existing two buildings will continue operation on the 30-acre site they occupy at Columbus East Industrial Park, three miles from the new building.
Cessna plans to spend an additional $13 million over the next two to three years to add machinery for increased capacity and to introduce new technology at all three Columbus buildings.