Custom Design
We invite customer engineers to meet with us to identify the components best made with composites. Our engineers can help you get the maximum benefit from composites, working to meet your objectives of improved cost, higher quality, and reliable scheduling.

Profit from our experience
GKN maintains a skilled staff of composite design, manufacturing and materials & process engineers. We are a very progressive company investing heavily in research and development. GKN has a dedicated R&D organization and an Advanced Materials Laboratory. We are experienced in all aspects of composite design and fabrication including:
Resin Film Infusion (RFI)
High temperature resin systems Prepreg manufacturing
SMC and BMC molding
Rapid Prototype Tool fabrication
Specialty woven engineered materials
Tackifier manufacture
Engineered preform fabrication

GKN has developed a full service engineering capability to compliment that of our customers. We can provide the right level of service for your needs.
Capabilities Include:
- Design, analysis and complete project services
- Build to print manufacturing engineering services
- Basic research services
- Customer IPT support
GKN can apply the relevant engineering design services to meet your specific requirements.
- Complete component design
- 30 workstations running CATIA and Unigraphics design software
- Internet data transfer capabilities
- Complete structural analysis (NASTRAN FEA and CLAM)
- Complete tool design
- Mechanical, thermal and flow modeling
- Flat pattern development
- FiberSim software
- Preform design and development