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Region lags as employment improves elsewhere

In a bright and airy factory in Northeast Philadelphia, technicians are needed to tackle a three-year backlog of helicopter orders at AgustaWestland.

On the manufacturing floor of AgustaWestland, an Italian helicopter manufacturer with its US Headquarters on Red Lion Road in Northeast Philadelphia, mechanic Shawn Brooks installs lines on an AW 139 model helicopter.  ( CLEM MURRAY / Staff Photographer )
On the manufacturing floor of AgustaWestland, an Italian helicopter manufacturer with its US Headquarters on Red Lion Road in Northeast Philadelphia, mechanic Shawn Brooks installs lines on an AW 139 model helicopter. ( CLEM MURRAY / Staff Photographer )Read more