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GKN Aerospace Achieves Significant Savings with Additive Manufactured Tooling and Prototypes
1 Case Study Reaching New Heights of Efficiency GKN Aerospace Achieves Significant Savings with Additive Manufactured Tooling and Prototypes GKN Aerospace (GKN) is a leading multi- technology tier one aerospace supplier, serving over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers. In the last 30 years, the GKN Aerospace team has also earned a reputation as a leader in additive manufacturing technology for the commercial, military and space markets. The team at the company’s Filton manufacturing site is responsible for producing and supplying production tools and prototypes to multiple areas of the business. When faced with the need to reduce costly production line downtime, as well as deliver the most fully- functional, ultra-realistic prototypes possible, GKN’s addit