Collateral materials now available for Saab, Purdue, Indiana event at Purdue Airport

Event materials including b-roll, photos and streaming now available

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Collateral materials are now available for Wednesday’s, (May 8) event in West Lafayette, Indiana announcing that Saab global defense and security company has plans to locate a new U.S. manufacturing operation in Indiana. The facility, located at Discovery Park District Aerospace on the west side of  the Purdue University campus, will support production of the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation T-X jet trainer and create up to 300 new jobs, with hiring starting in 2020.

Saab President and CEO Håkan Buskhe, Indiana Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and Purdue University President Mitch Daniels made the announcement to a crowd of more than 200 people at the Purdue Airport.

News release is available here: https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2019/Q2/saabs-global-defense-and-security-company-lands-in-indiana,-to-open-site-near-purdue-university.html

B-roll of the event is available here: http://bit.ly/2DWBN8C

Recording of the event is available here: https://www.facebook.com/PurdueUniversity/videos/1329103957243317/

Saab video “The Journey to West Lafayette” is available here: https://saab.com/region/usa/about-saab/the-journey-to-west-lafayette/

Testimonials from political leaders are available here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9iaxxzn4eu4q50g/AADg79AlQasbGfBvTLV1cPS4a?dl=0

Photographs

Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb speaks before a crowd of more than 200 people during an event to announce that Sweden-based Saab Global Defense and Security Company is opening a $37 million facility in the Purdue University-affiliated Discovery Park District in West Lafayette, Indiana. Saab will conduct aerospace production of the U.S. Air Force T-X pilot training program and other aerospace projects at the site. (John Underwood/Purdue University) https://www.purdue.edu/uns/images/2019/saab-holcomb.jpg

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb and Saab President and CEO Håkan Buskhe stand in front of a quarter-scale model of the Boeing T-X pilot training program. Officials announced Wednesday (May 8) at the Purdue Airport that Saab will establish operations in Discovery Park District Aerospace to grow its U.S. industrial and technology base, including work on the T-X. (John Underwood/Purdue University)  https://www.purdue.edu/uns/images/2019/daniels-saab.jpg

Saab will begin construction in 2020 to produce the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation training jet in Purdue’s Discovery Park District Aerospace. The project is expected to create up to 300 new jobs. (Purdue Research Foundation image) https://www.purdue.edu/uns/images/2018/daniels-sel.jpg

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