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GKN Aerospace
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"Manufacturing Monday'' stopovers with Con-
necticut producers.
Connecticut's junior senator, who proudly
boasts of his family's manufacturing roots,
looked and sounded impressed as he walked
GKN's shop floors of GKN's three-building New-
ington campus where about 137 people work.
GKN's roots date as far back as the 18th-
century but its presence in Connecticut is
more recent. In 2005, Volvo AB bought pri-
vately owned Aero-Craft, which machined
precision components for the jet-engine
market, and had one Newington building at
179 Louis Road.
At that time, Volvo surveyed its custom-
ers, including Pratt & Whitney and General
Electric, to determine what niche wasn't
being served adequately, Fiedorowicz said.
The answer: There was a need for more sup-
pliers of metallic fan cases.
Volvo Aero responded by entering that fan-
casing market through its Aero-Craft acquisi-
tion. A bonus was that Aero-Craft's Newington
facility was big enough — and contained the
equipment — to accommodate production of fan
casings whose diameters can exceed six feet.
In October 2012, GKN acquired Swed-
ish industrial giant Volvo AB's Volvo Aero
aircraft-parts production operations in New-
ington. Three years earlier, Volvo Aero got
$2 million from the state to purchase new
machinery and equipment in exchange for
the company's commitment to retain opera-
tions and workers in Connecticut.
Next-generation leaders
GKN Aerospace, too, has served as fertile
training ground for the next generation of lead-
ers in manufacturing and technology. Kaman
Corp. Chairman and CEO Neal J. Keating spent
some years as managing director and CEO of
GKN Aerospace while serving as an executive
director on the main board of GKN Plc.
Keating, who left GKN after three years
to become Kaman's CEO on Jan. 1, 2008, has
fond memories working "with some of the
best engineers around.'' Kaman and GKN,
he said, continue to supply each other with
aeroparts and components.
More recently, in October 2014, former
Pratt & Whitney commercial-engines Presi-
dent David Brantner joined GKN Group as
its president in its North American head-
quarters in Dallas.
GKN employs about 137 in Newington;
another 65 or so are stationed at GKN Aero-
space Engine Systems at 280 Adams St. in
Manchester; and around 130 more are based
at GKN Aerospace Services Structures at
1000 Corporate Row in Cromwell. n
