GKN Aerospace AB

GKN Aerospace Sweden with HQ in Trollhättan is a first tier supplier to the global aviation industry. The business is focused on military, civil and space markets. Military, GKN is main supplier of the RM12-engine to Gripen fighter responsible for design, development, production and product support. Civil, GKN is an active partner with all major OEMs, like General Electric, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce and Snecma, contributing with technology- & product development and production of sub-systems and components to mid-size and big turbofans. Today, GKN is represented in more than 90% of the operating civil fleet of airplanes above 90 pax. In space, GKN design, developes and produces sub-systems to the rocket-engines used by ESA:s Ariane 5 for launching commercial satellites.