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I 1 88 I v Northrop Grumman Aircraft Door Center celebrates successful year Company employees are also active in community projects, activities By Wayne Raoen arKU i I? Tiff J(Km Integrated Systems and Aerostructures Sector Air craft Door Center facility in Perry is part of Northrop Grumman Corp., one of the world's premier defense electronics firms with healthy military aircraft, com mercial aircraft, and information systems businesses. Since 1991, airplane compo nents for the Boeing 747 have been built in Perry. Early in 1997, the corporation announced it had been selected by The Boe ing Co. to produce aircraft doors for the Boeing 737, 757. and 767 airplanes, as well as additional doors for the 747. This new production of 28 additional doors, which will extend into the next century, is being consolidated with the cur- Create a special feeling with gifts and accessories from Impressions By CHARLOTTE PERKINS aom JoywiAL Whether you're looking for a gift or a splurge to brighten your own day, Impres sions is a good place to start. Located at 912 Carroll St., Impressions is a sunny downtown Perry shop with an carefully chosen collection of accessories for your home, your bath, and even your wardrobe. Also, you can count on Elizabeth Flow ers and her staff to have something new for you to see almost every time you visit. Brighton leather accessories are among the newest lines at Impressions. These sil ver-trimmed belts, watches, wallets and “bandits" (leather bracelets) have a dis tinct style of their own. Flowers said the items are popular with teens as well as women of all ages. Impressions also offers Brighton sun glasses. and will present a line of Brighton handbags and jewelry beginning this fall. Shoppers ?t Impressions can also buy engraveable silvei jewelry by Tiger Lily and Heartstrings. There’s a complete line of Vera Bradley travel luggage. The main thing which catches most shoppers’ eyes on entering the shop is the wide array of colorful items for home and 1... ~M ..'■■. *!*.». •n.— . ■».ll M *.l.—■ M..M 1 —i——m—mm——«Mi—— i I -i«dl jm Bfc» I ~„ 11l I ... I. ■I 1 rent passenger and cargo door work at the Aircraft Door Center in Perry. In March, 1998, the company announced it had signed a mem orandum of agreement with Boe ing to produce two additional passenger doors for each 747 jet liner, making Northrop Grumman the sole supplier of aircraft doors for the 747 and bringing to 41 the total number of doors pro duced in Perry. The Aircraft Doors Center has accomplished a great deal over the past year: V delivering a door every 40 minutes: V delivering 64 ships sets of floor beams this year; V completing the first build of the newly designed 737 Main Deck Cargo Door; V completing the 747 Fuselage Frame Assembly work. Today the site has become not bath. Impressions offers everything from teapots to decorative trays, from framed prints to silver picture frames, from stain less flatware o hand painted flower pots, and new items are coming in all the time. Flowers said a new line of pottery by St. Simons Island potter Heather Shadron Branch will be in soon. What else? Here’s just a sampling of the other lines available: Thymes Limited bath items, Wilton Armatale American made metal servers, Arthur Court decora tive aluminum servingware and china by Port Meirion, Villeroy & Boch and Ralph Lauren. Other lines include Coasterstone coast ers. kitchen utensils by Oxo, home fra grances by Clare Burke, bath and body products by Upper Canada, Howard Miller clocks and candles of every color, style and fragrance. Flowers and her staff also prepare beautiful gift baskets loaded down with Georgia gourmet products and other items from the shop. They also offer deliv eries, gift selection and a bridal registry. Kay Parkerson, Jackie Burrow and Katie Moore are ready to help you at Impressions, which is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. The telephone number is 987-2255. Houston County ... now and in the future The Aircraft Door Center employees are proud of their com munity and volunteer efforts, such as; United Way, Walk America (March of Dimes), Canned Food Drive and Relay For Life (American Cancer Society). only one of the largest civilian employers of Houston County but also a partner in the commu nities where employees live. The Aircraft Door Center employees are proud of their community and volunteer efforts, such as; United Way, Walk Amer ica (March of Dimes), Canned Food Drive and Relay For Life (American Cancer Society). The employees are proud to say Northrop Grumman employ ees have been awarded “Number One Team” in dollar contribu tions to those efforts. In addition to supporting vol unteer efforts. Aircraft Door Cen ‘ w ' iwf wi*. $ | j ffSSf'A^ rum. S jrapHn ft * "A aw takaaK i ft; ,* ■ , r 'n mH ra, .. vKAkW jg ' -wr >III ah '‘TLiTßrairTl 19VHIV s£. c -‘a.** CpgLgflg t-aF It I* fl' m 1 £r/ Klilslw_® Ilf Ii» • "«< ,s " ' iMlafl fc * 'lfe > aWafoiMt ■■■' | Hjiy j 1/ READY TO IMPRESS Store owner Elizabeth Flowers inspects a display oj decorative Brighton leather accessory ter employees support education al programs through their Part ners in Education program. High School Involvement Program, and volunteer efforts through PTOs and other school sanctioned pro grams. Members of the Northrop Grumman team at the Aircraft Door Center also participate on the Perry Area Chamber of Com merce and serve on countywide boards such as the Airport Authority and "Kids Journey" of Houston County. The Aircraft Doors Center in Perry reports to the Aerostruc tures business unit of the Wed., Aug. 4, 1999, Houston Home Journal - Special Photo PUTTING IT TOGETHER A Northrop Grumman employee assembles parts for aircraft frames at the plant located in Perry. Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems and Aerostructure Sec tor, headquartered in Dallas. ISA is a premier aerospace sys tems integration enterprise with capabilities to design, develop, integrate, produce, and support complete systems, as well as air craft, airborne electronic warfare aircraft, air combat aircraft, and commercial aerostructures. Northrop Grumman Corp., headquartered in Los Angeles, is a leading designer, systems inte grator and manufacturer of mili tary and surveillance and combat aircraft. The company also pro duces defense electronics and systems, airspace management and information systems, marine propulsion, precision weapons, space systems, and commercial and military aerostructures. The plant is located along the North Perry Parkway near 1-75 at Exit 43A (138). Home Journal Photo by Charlotte Perkina belts at Impressions, a store for gifts and accessories for home, bath and wardrobe. Page 1C