Aerospace supplier GKN faces takeover bid

UK-based aerospace supplier GKN is facing a takeover bid from turnaround specialist Melrose Industries. GKN provides a wide range of components for Airbus and Boeing and is the world’s largest supplier of aircraft transparencies. It issued two profit warnings in 2017, partly related to the discovery...
Alan Dron

Based in London, Alan is Europe & Middle East correspondent at Air Transport World.

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