GKN Aerospace, a global engineering firm based in Worcestershire, UK, has announced that it will lead two additive manufacturing research programs designed to increase market share in the global 3D printing industry. The new £33 million AIRLIFT and DAM programs will utilize Laser Metal Deposition by wire (LMD-w) technology to accelerate serial production as well […]
Additive manufacturing stakeholders unite under GKN Aersopace £32M technology center
A new GKN Aerospace Global Technology Center (GTC), with additive manufacturing front and center of its strategy, is to be launched in 2020 with the collaboration of 15 household names from across the industry. Based in Bristol, the center has been funded using £15 million from the UK Government’s Aerospace Technology Institute, and £17 million […]