# GKN Aerospace opens new repair solutions plant in El Cajon, California

GKN Aerospace opened a new 162,000-square-foot repair solutions facility in El Cajon, California, relocating 300 employees and planning to hire 50 more. The company invested about $55 million in construction and machinery.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2024-12-17
- Where: El Cajon, California, United States
- Value: $55.0M
- Jobs: 50
- Starts operating: 17 Dec 2024
- Status: completed
- Products: aircraft components, engine repair and overhaul
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [GKN Aerospace](https://endata.com/companies/3849.md)

## Sources

- [eastcountymagazine.org](https://eastcountymagazine.org/gkn-aerospace-opens-new-state-art-plant-bringing-aerospace-jobs-el-cajon/), 2024-12-19: "We've outgrown that campus and needed a little more space so we decided to move the repair solutions here."

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