GKN sees new horizons at Filton
Market conditions have hardly been kind to aerospace these past six months or so, but when a company is celebrating its 250th birthday–as GKN is this year–

Market conditions have hardly been kind to aerospace these past six months or so, but when a company is celebrating its 250th birthday–as GKN is this year–it can probably afford to take the long view. In fact, the aerospace arm of a group that started life building lighthouses back in 1759–just 30 years before French revolutionaries stormed the Bastille in 1789–continues to be thankful for the exceptional growth it has achieved in the past decade alone.

“Our business has trebled over the past 10 years,” said GKN Aerospace CEO Marcus Bryson. “Back then we were a UK company with 1,500 employees and now we are global with 10,000 employees.”