GKN Aerospace advances global plans
GKN Aerospace is looking to capitalize on a buoyant civil aerospace industry and expand its global footprint with a specific focus on Mexico and India, the company has revealed.
Speaking to journalists at pre-Farnborough press conference, Markus Bryson, CEO GKN Aerospace and Land Systems, said the company had posted good results in 2013 following the successful integration of Volvo Aero, and was tracking well to pursue its strategic growth objectives internationally.
‘The civil market is not a bad place to be, we have seen ten years of unbroken growth since 2004, and we will get maybe eight to ten
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