The approval for Daher’s long-term lease of its U.S. aerostructures facility at Witham Field in Stuart, Florida is a new milestone for the company’s presence in the strategic North American marketplace.
With this extended-duration lease at Stuart, Daher is able to continue the current production of large airframe components – called aerostructures – as a Tier 1 supplier to major aircraft manufacturers, and it is positioned to pursue future development in evolving the facility as an aviation industrial center of excellence.
The Witham Field factory is on land owned by Martin County, and the lease was approved this week by Martin County’s Board of County Commissioners.
Daher took over the Stuart plant in July 2022 and currently employs 700 persons at the facility, which covers approximately 440,000 square feet of production and support activities across a 44-acre site. Since the acquisition, Daher has committed millions of dollars in teams training and upskilling – as well as for equipment and inventory improvements – to further enhance the quality and output of its locally-produced aerostructures and position the Stuart plant as a high-performing partner to support the American aerospace activity.
The newly approved lease at Witham Field provides the potential for additional enhancements at the Daher site, as well as opportunities for business growth. This includes Daher’s intention to create a final assembly line at the location to build the company’s own TBM/Kodiak turboprop-powered aircraft families, introducing the first production of state-of-the-art airplanes in Martin County.
In the image: Daher’s aerostructures facility in Stuart (ph. Daher Aerospace)
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23 January 2025
