Embraer’s newly opened facility in Melbourne, Florida, is already about to expand. The Embraer Engineering and Technology Center, a 67,000-square-foot aviation research, development and design center, will be built adjacent to Embraer’s 80,000-square-foot Phenom assembly plant and 58,000-square-foot customer center, both of which opened last year.
Construction on the new facility will begin immediately and is expected to be complete sometime next year. Initially, work at the facility will focus on interior design for Embraer’s ever expanding line of business jets. Interior design materials will be tested in a new laboratory at the facility. Eventually, the center will also include research and development for new technologies and products.
