Hundreds of suppliers, one Boeing 737 airplane
For best-selling jet, vendors provide everything from engines to seats

SEATTLE - GM Nameplate isn’t exactly a household name, but its products are well-known to anyone who has flown on a Boeing airplane in recent years.

From a midsized room in a nondescript Seattle building, the family-owned company produces a vast array of graphics that go into Boeing airplanes, from the signs telling passengers where their seats are to the technical instructions for pilots and mechanics.

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