Article: Filton taken under the wing of gkn ; There had been so many false dawns and missed deadlines that many people feared a deal between GKN Aerospace and Airbus was never going to happen.

Article: Airbus sells UK wing component unit to GKN ...
Advanced Composites Bulletin;  November 1, 2008 ;     620 words ...Airbus and GKN Aerospace have signed a contract ... manufacturing unit based at the Airbus site at Filton, near ... GKN also includes major Airbus A350 XWB work packages ... Contact: Sandra Fearon, GKN Aerospace. Tel: 1983-283649 ...

Article: GKN Aerospace, an airplane parts supplier with ...
EconSouth;  March 22, 2004 ;     523 words ...GKN Aerospace, an airplane parts supplier with facilities in Montgomery and Tallassee, has received a new contract for a wing panel for an Airbus aircraft under development. The Tallassee plant will add about 100 people to its current 425-person workforce as production ramps up.

Article: GKN Aerospace sets its sights on low-cost ...
Interavia;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... production innovations GKN Aerospace aims to consolidate ... notable exception of Airbus) focus on the ... technologist at GKN Aerospace, will be to find ... around 30% of GKN'Aerospace total sales of ... followed by Airbus with 11%, though ...

Article: GKN Aerospace of St. Louis Could Be Bidder for ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  January 28, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Kan., some industry experts expect GKN Aerospace North America Inc. of St. Louis to ... Fitzsimmons, president and chief executive of GKN Aerospace North America-East, said the company ... manufacturing operations, including Airbus, SAS, Cessna and Bombardier. "Basically ...

Article: GKN Aerospace.(Business)
Armada International;  December 1, 2004 ;     308 words ...GKN Aerospace has been selected as the prime contractor ... composite wing trailing edge subassemblies for Airbus Military's A400M transport. The $160 million contract award was based on Airbus' current order book and will see GKN designing ...

Article: GKN Aerospace Seeks Acquisitions.
Advanced Materials & Composites News;  July 7, 2003 ;     673 words ... ... director of strategy and engineering at GKN Aerospace Services, said at Le Bourget that the ... primes such as The Boeing Company and Airbus will seek suppliers willing to accept ... for some structures to be announced. Airbus is obtaining parts from GKN based on ...

Article: El Cajon's largest private employer celebrates 50 ...
San Diego Business Journal;  October 27, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... they turn 50 this year. Employees of GKN Aerospace Chemtronics marked the company anniversary ... and Joint Strike Fighter. Boeing and Airbus airliners use Chem-tronics parts ... manufacturers merged, and new names like Airbus have emerged. Helping make the transition ...