American aircraft engine supplier, GE Aerospace, is ramping-up capacity for high-value manufacturing and skilling at its Pune facility in a bid to position it as a hub for producing commercial jet engine components.
Having completed 10 years of operations here, the company is now looking to develop local capacity for high-value manufacturing and skilling in Pune, according to a senior company executive.
“Over the past decade, Pune has emerged as a hub for producing commercial jet engine components and a center for advanced manufacturing skill development, training over 5,000 production associates through its apprentice and other programmes,” GE Aerospace said in a release on Tuesday.
The components made at the facility are used for GE90, GEnx, GE9X and LEAP engines. CFM, an equal joint venture between GE and Safran, manufactures the LEAP engines.
More than 1,400 commercial engines of GE and CFM power aircraft of Indian carriers.
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Last year, GE Aerospace announced an investment of over ₹240 crore to expand and upgrade the Pune facility, which also proprietary lean operations model, FLIGHT DECK.
According to the release, the facility has also built a strong local aerospace workforce by training engineering talent in precision manufacturing.
Each year, new batches of diploma engineers undergo a blend of classroom and shop floor training, and the company also sponsors part-time graduate engineering programmes.
The company is investing and working with institutes, wherein funds are provided for equipment and training works to build the capacity, said Amol Nagar, Executive Director – Global Manufacturing Operations & Supply Chain at GE Aerospace.
“I am proud of the progress we have made to develop local capacity for high-value manufacturing and skilling in Maharashtra,” he noted.
Apart from this facility, GE Aerospace complete 25 years at the John F Welch Technology Centre in Bengaluru.
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