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GKN's Global Technology Center Aims for Net Zero Carbon Goal
GKN's new UK global technology center is a hub collaboration with partners on new aerospace technologies, including new manufacturing techniques.
GKN Aerospace CEO David Paja addressed a conference on sustainable aviation to mark the official opening of the group's Global Technology Center at Filton in the UK. (Photo: GKN Aerospace)
GKN Aerospace CEO David Paja addressed a conference on sustainable aviation to mark the official opening of the group's Global Technology Center at Filton in the UK. (Photo: GKN Aerospace)

GKN Aerospace marked the official opening of its Global Technology Center (GTC) in the UK with an October 18 conference focused on the technological challenges the company and its partners face in achieving the goal of delivering a zero-carbon future for aviation. Speakers also addressed how the industry can respond to an increasingly urgent skills shortage and improve its still-limited success in recruiting talent from beyond the traditional pool of largely white male job candidates.