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2. Fokker Technologies - Wikipedia

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   Fokker Technologies is a Dutch aerospace company owned by British aerospace supplier GKN. The company has production companies which design, develop and produce structures, landing gear and electrical systems for the aerospace and defense industry. Additional to the production capabilities, it also supplies integrated maintenance services to ...

3. GKN - Wikipedia

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   GKN went on to acquire Monitor Aerospace Corp in Amityville, New York and Precision Machining in Wellington, Kansas in 2006, [47] part of the Airbus plant at Filton near Bristol for £150 million in 2008 [48] and all of Getrag's axle business and axle manufacturing facilities in 2011.

4. British aerospace company GKN bringing 100 research ... - AOL

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   The plant will benefit from a special Fort Worth tax credit allowing the company to raise $7 million for research and development into advanced aerospace materials.

5. FPT Industries - Wikipedia

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   Finding the advanced composite business that Westlands had developed attractive, GKN retained the other Westland companies and renamed them GKN Aerospace. During this time, FPT Industries diversified again by developing advanced materials for helicopter emergency flotation systems (EFS) and now manufactures EFS equipment for many large ...

6. Melrose Industries - Wikipedia

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   Melrose Industries plc is a British aerospace manufacturing company based in Birmingham, England. It is the parent company of GKN Aerospace. The company's shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange as a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Melrose Industries was founded in 2003 by David Roper, Christopher Miller and Simon Peckham. In terms of ...

7. Kevin Smith (businessman) - Wikipedia

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   He joined GKN in November 1999 as managing director of GKN Aerospace. Born in Nelson, Lancashire, he attended Burnley College and the University of Central Lancashire, earning a bachelor's degree in business studies. Prior to GKN, he had been with British Aerospace (BAE plc) since 1980, first as a contracts officer. He advanced into the ...

8. Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   The aerospace industry of the United Kingdom is the second-largest national aerospace industry in the world (after the United States) and the largest in Europe by turnover, [1] [2] [3] with a global market share of 17% in 2019. In 2020, the industry employed 116,000 people.

9. Saab JAS 39 Gripen - Wikipedia

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   A 2012 Jane's Aerospace and Defense Consulting study compared the operational costs of a number of modern combat aircraft, concluding that Gripen had the lowest cost per flight hour (CPFH) when fuel used, pre-flight preparation and repair, and scheduled airfield-level maintenance together with associated personnel costs were combined. The ...