# GKN Aerospace moving fan blade repair hub to larger El Cajon facility

GKN Aerospace is moving its El Cajon fan blade repair business to a new 162,000-square-foot building at Gillespie Field iPark, adding about 200 jobs by end of 2025.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2023-08-15
- Where: El Cajon, California, United States
- Value: $150.0M
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: Jan 2027
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 162,000 square feet
- Products: fan blade repair services
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [GKN Aerospace](https://endata.com/companies/3849.md)
- [Pratt & Whitney](https://endata.com/companies/234.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [sdbj.com](https://sdbj.com/manufacturing/gkn-aerospace-ramping-up-for-future-growth/), 2023-08-15: "We're getting more volume, more growth and more in the product line."
- [adsgroup.org.uk](https://www.adsgroup.org.uk/knowledge/industry-member-news/gkn-aerospace-expands-connecticut-facility/), 2023-09-19: "GKN Aerospace today announced the expansion of its Newington, Connecticut facility, bringing a new production line dedicated to additive fabrication of the Fan Case Mount Ring"
- [adsgroup.org.uk](https://www.adsgroup.org.uk/knowledge/industry-member-news/gkn-aerospace-to-double-f-35-canopy-production-capacity/), 2023-09-19: "GKN Aerospace today announced plans to double the F-35 canopy production capacity of its Garden Grove, California, US site"

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