West Jefferson lands aerospace jobs.

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Smiths Aerospace Components, which has a 295-employee factory in Asheville, will spend $44 million to set up an operation in West Jefferson to make turbine-engine parts. Production will begin in February. Company executives say the plant is needed to meet demand from aircraft builders such as Boeing and Airbus. About 100 employees, mostly skilled machine operators, will earn an average of $520 a week, compared with...

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