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Bentley in Europe

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  • Friday, May 17 2013 11:17 PM EDT2013-05-18 03:17:33 GMT
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Governor Robert Bentley's economic development trip to Europe has taken him to an Airbus manufacturing plant in Hamburg, Germany, and to the Daimler AG headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. Bentley says he met with Airbus officials on Thursday to discuss their plans for an aircraft assembly plant in Mobile. Then he visited with Daimler officials on Friday to talk about their supply chain strategy for the production of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class in Vance.

Bentley is scheduled to arrive at the Farnborough International Air Show in England on Sunday. He will be meeting with officials from aviation and aerospace companies.