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| Company type | Division |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive |
| Headquarters | London, |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Automotive Components |
| Owner | Dowlais Group PLC [1] |
Number of employees | 25,000 (2023) |
GKN Automotive is a multinational manufacturer of driveline components, all-wheel drive systems and plug-in hybrid systems for the automotive industry.[2]
It employs around 25,000 people across 47 manufacturing facilities and 6 technology centres in 19 countries.[3]
In 2018, Melrose Industries[4] acquired GKN Ltd and renamed it GKN Automotive.[5] This encompasses both the Driveline and ePowertrain divisions.[6]
GKN Automotive became the world's largest producer of constant-velocity joints (CVJs), which it began manufacturing in the 1960s for early front-wheel drive cars.[7] Its other products include sideshafts, propshafts, modular eDrive systems, multi-mode hybrid transmissions for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, torque vectoring systems for electric drivelines and a range of all-wheel drive and four-wheel drive systems.[8]
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