Boeing barely makes airplanes -- they just stick together all the pieces the subcontractors build. :wink2:
787 Subcontracted assemblies included (lifted from wikipedia):
wing (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan, central wing box)
tail and horizontal stabilizers (Alenia Aeronautica, Italy Korea Aerospace Industries, South Korea)
fuselage sections (Global Aeronautica, Italy; Boeing, North Charleston, US; Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan; Spirit AeroSystems, Wichita, US; Korean Air, South Korea)
passenger doors (Latécoère, France)
cargo doors, access doors, and crew escape door (Saab AB, Sweden)
software development (HCL Enterprise India)
floor beams (TAL Manufacturing Solutions Limited, India)
wiring (Labinal, France)
wing-tips, flap support fairings, wheel well bulkhead, and longerons (Korean Air, South Korea)
landing gear (Messier-Bugatti-Dowty, UK/France)
power distribution and management systems, air conditioning packs (Hamilton Sundstrand, Connecticut, US)