India is witnessing rapid growth as a manufacturing hub for world corporations using new skills in design, reconfiguration, and customization. In the aviation segment, composites are gradually emerging as the preferred option to enhance performance and reduce the weight and cost of space launch vehicles. However, the main challenge faced by manufacturers is the capital expenditure (CapEx) needed to build capability and capacity as the aerospace systems must meet rigorous standards of quality and reliability in order to ensure mission success.
Walchandnagar Industries Ltd. (WIL) is excelling in this segment by leveraging its decades of industry collaborative association with DRDO/ISRO and applying lean manufacturing in a targeted way to ensure the high quality of products. The company provides products like gears, centrifugal castings, and gauges for sectors like defence, nuclear, and aerospace.
“Having worked with organizations like ISR0 and DRDO, our team has acquired the requisite skills through on job training. The best-in-class trained manpower utilizes our sophisticated manufacturing facility for producing high-quality components and deliver to our esteemed customers,” says Shri Chirag C Doshi, MD & CEO of the company.
Established in the year 1908, WIL is an ISO 9001: 2015 certified heavy engineering Indian company strengthening and expanding itself as a producer of integrated systems for the Aerospace and Defence Industries.
WIL’s lean manufacturing ensures that quality products are delivered on time and within budget. It conducts in-process quality checks ensuring the final product meets the complex geometries, close tolerances, and stringent specifications. The company is also striving to meet the scaledup requirements of its customers to cater to all new requirements.
“WIL is proud to be a trusted partner for various strategic and critical components of ISRO over 4 decades for all space programs since SLV3 including the prestigious missions of Chandrayaan 1 and 2, Mangalyaan, and the upcoming Gaganyaan Mission,” adds Mr. Doshi. The company recently inaugurated India’s first HS 200 Proof Pressure Test facility at the hands of Shri S. Somnath, Distinguished Scientist & Director VSSC, for the most ambitious Gaganyaan mission.
What propels us is our young team of passionate engineers with domain knowledge groomed to deliver seamless manufacturing of aerospace-grade materials
WIL’s missile division has contributed with the supply of more than 1000+ rocket booster motor casings to ambitious programs like India’s Agni, Akash, Astra QRSAM, etc. Additionally, the company is also aiming to strengthen and expand as a producer of integrated systems for the aerospace and defence industries.
WIL’s defence business has been closely working with organizations like DRDO & R&DE in various strategic programs of national importance. Aligned with the government’s vision to increase the number of Nuclear Power Plants in India, the company’s nuclear division is all set to contribute by supplying critical equipment . WIL remains a trusted partner for propulsion gearboxes by the Indian Navy and other process industries. In the future also, the company aspires to grow and play a larger role in nation-building by contributing significantly to achieve self-reliance in aerospace and defence sector.
Signing off, Mr. Doshi says, “I intend to make it a leaner, more focused organization that will engage more towards Strategic business. Collaboration and knowledge-sharing being key to building a successful indigenous ecosystem, going ahead I plan to collaborate with start-ups to innovate and flourish in the space domain.”
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