GF Machining Solutions secures US GKN Aerospace order

Signing celebration between GF Machining Solutions LLC and GKN Aerospace. Left to right: Martin Thorden, general manager and vice president, GKN Aerospace Engine Systems New England; Philipp Hauser, head of Turbine Group – Liechti, GF Machining Solutions LLC; Jennifer Riley, supply chain director, GKN Aerospace Engine Systems New England; Mike Costello, sales manager North America / Turbine Group – Liechti, GF Machining Solutions LLC; Jon Ford, director of engineering, GKN Aerospace Engine Systems New England.

GF Machining Solutions LLC, a division of Georg Fischer, has won an order from GKN Aerospace New England, Inc., Manchester, Connecticut, for high-precision milling machine tools, software, and automation. GKN Aerospace, an operation of GKN plc, is one of the world’s largest independent Tier 1 aerospace suppliers.

Liechti Engineering AG, Langnau, Switzerland – one of the companies under the GF Machining Solutions brand umbrella – will build the machine tools for GKN Aerospace, which will use them to produce stator vanes for jet engines.