GE Aerospace is highlighting the growth of its India supply chain at the DefExpo. Its aero-engine supply chain has now grown to 13 companies, in addition to GE’s Pune multi-modal manufacturing facility. These growing capabilities have coincided with its increase in local sourcing spend, which has grown by 20 folds in the last five years.
GE Aerospace and its Indian partners are in the process of establishing the aero-engine manufacturing infrastructure that the country needs to achieve its self-reliance goals.
“Indian companies have a keen willingness to partner with GE Aerospace and to join the aero-engine marketplace. They have demonstrated the ability to master the complex manufacturing and special processes required for aero-engine manufacturing while simultaneously maintaining focus on quality,” said Youngje Kim, Vice President, Sales for Asia at GE’s Military Aviation Division.
GE’s aviation footprint in India includes military aviation equipment, commercial aviation engines, marine operations, avionics, maintenance, product development and research, and local manufacturing. G
E’s supply chain partners in India include:
- Tata Advanced Systems
- Tata Advanced Materials
- HAL Foundry & Forge
- Mahindra Aerostructures
- Godrej & Boyce
- Tata Sikorsky Aerospace
- Azad Engineering
- Raghu Vamsi
- Ankit Aerospace
- Sundaram Fasteners
- IndoMIM Tec
- Maini Precision Products
- Recaero
Marquee Indian companies, including Tata Advanced Systems, Mahindra Aerostructure and Godrej, have set up GE aero-engine component production lines. Components made in these facilities are exported to GE’s engine manufacturing facilities. India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, is powered by GE’s LM2500 marine engines, built at an Indian assembly line established by Hindustan Aeronautics.
GE Aerospace is pursuing an aggressive skill development programme for growing its manufacturing workforce in India to match the growing industrial base. Over the past two years, this GE-funded programme trained more than 150 manufacturing staff at various partner organisations, and these trained workers have then gained employment with one of several GE suppliers in India.
“GE’s Indian skill development programme, when combined with our growing Indian industrial base is a testament to our support of Make in India,” added Kim. More than 1,000 of GE’s aviation researchers and engineers work in India and have deep connections with leading academic institutions, such as IIT-Madras, IIT-Kapur and IIT-Patna.
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