# Bowmill Group invests £3.5m in machining centre for A320 landing gear

Bowmill Group invested £3.5m in a new Chiron 5-axis machining centre at its Tewkesbury facility to produce landing gear components for the Airbus A320/A321. The machine has been installed and is producing 1500 units per month.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2018-04-04
- Where: Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
- Value: $4.90M (3.50M GBP)
- Jobs: 17
- Starts operating: 4 Apr 2018
- Status: completed
- Products: landing gear components, prismatic parts
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Bowmill Group](https://endata.com/companies/18442.md)
- [Airbus](https://endata.com/companies/1653.md) (customer)
- [Safran Landing Systems](https://endata.com/companies/16755.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [themanufacturer.com](https://www.themanufacturer.com/articles/uk-airbus-supplier-improves-accuracy-by-9-due-to-automation/), 2018-04-04: "The creation of the Tewkesbury facility is a resounding success and we are now entering phase 2 as part of our commitment to supporting other strategic clients."

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