Editing GKN (section)

====Crankshafts====
After the [[World War I|First World War]], it became apparent that Britain was likely to follow [[France]] and the United States in developing a large scale automotive industry.<ref name=Motor196905/> During 1919, GKN acquired another fastener manufacturer, F. W. Cotterill Ltd. Cotterill owned a subsidiary named J. W. Garrington, which specialised in forgings; the forgings produced at the Garrington [[Darlaston]] plant, later supplemented by a large plant at [[Bromsgrove]], enabled GKN to become a major supplier of [[crankshaft]]s, connecting rods, half-shafts and numerous smaller forged components to the UK auto-industry, which had a period of massive expansion during the [[interwar period]] and beyond.<ref name="Motor196905">{{Cite magazine |last=Turner |first=Philip |date=10 May 1969 |title=Making the most of it Or – are you driving a GKN? |magazine=Motor |pages=58–60}}</ref>