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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Teri Thompson, general manager of Boeing Canada Winnipeg, during the ground breaking ceremony at the Boeing Winnipeg plant at 99 Murray Park Road Wednesday morning. Boeing Winnipeg broke ground Wednesday morning on a $20 million, 12,000 square-foot expansion of its Winnipeg manufacturing plant to more efficiently meet the growing demand for composite airplane parts. The expansion includes a 7,250 square-foot freezer for storing composite manufacturing materials, nearly doubling the site’s freezer capacity and reducing manufacturing downtime due to built-in 100% operational redundancy. The freezer will lower annual energy usage by more than 20% and utilizes a modern CO2-based refrigeration system that produces less emissions. See Martin Cash story 231101 - Wednesday, November 01, 2023.