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Seletar Park is home of the jet (engine) set

Hub manufactures massive engines propelling Airbus's A380, Boeing's Dreamliner

Published Wed, Feb 17, 2016 · 09:50 PM
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ASIA'S ascent towards the top of the world's aerospace market is being powered by a former colonial airbase in northern Singapore.

Once known for making mosquito coils and hair wigs, Singapore is now a hub for manufacturing the massive engines propelling Airbus Group SE's superjumbo A380 and Boeing Co's Dreamliner. Those efforts are centred across the water from Malaysia at the Seletar Aerospace Park, a former mangrove swamp cleared for a British landing strip.

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