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MIKE DEAL / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Tour of the Boeing facility. Employees take a freshly painted landing gear door for a Boeing 787 out of a painting bay. 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.