Thermoplastic Composites – Towards More Sustainable Aviation

About Arnt Offringa

Arnt studied aerospace engineering at the University of Delft. He started his career in 1985 as a design engineer at Fokker Aircraft. In 1989 he joined Fokker Special Products and started a market oriented thermoplastics R&D effort. In 2003 he became Director R&D of Fokker Aerostructures. In 2019 he became GKN Aerospace’s Head of Technology for Thermoplastic Composites and in 2020 Director GKN Global Technology Center Netherlands. Arnt is a SAMPE Fellow and member of the SAMPE Global Board.