Fokker Technologies is a Dutch

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company owned by British aerospace supplier

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. The company has production companies which design, develop and produce structures,

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and electrical systems for the aerospace and defense industry. Additional to the production capabilities, it also supplies integrated maintenance services to aircraft owners and operators.

Operations

Fokker Technologies designs, develops and produces advanced structures and electrical systems for the aerospace and defense industry and supplies integrated maintenance services and products to aircraft owners and operators. The company consists of 4 business units: * Fokker Aerostructures (Lightweight structures) * Fokker Elmo (Wiring harnesses) * Fokker Landing Gear (Landing gear) * Fokker Services (Aerospace services provider)

History

After the bankruptcy of the former aircraft manufacturer

Fokker Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer named after its founder, Anthony Fokker. The company operated under several different names. It was founded in 1912 in Berlin, Germany, and became famous for its fighter aircraft in World War I. In 1919 ...

in 1996,

Stork B.V. Stork B.V. is a Dutch manufacturing and services company with headquarters in Utrecht. Stork Technical Services is a supplier of integrated technical services for installations and machines in the industrial market. The group, which consists of ...

acquired the Fokker companies specialized in the building of aircraft components and aircraft maintenance services which were named as Stork Aerospace. The group has had many names until in 2010, the Fokker name was reintroduced. In July 2015, the British aerospace supplier

announced that it intention to acquire Fokker Technologies from Arle Capital, at the value of €706 million. Fokker was acquired in the same year by GKN.

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External links

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