Indian government has set the defence production target at $25 billion by 2025 (including $5 billion from exports by 2025). Increased awareness about national security primarily due to increase in organized crime has contributed to the growth of this industry. Over the years, various players in the services and solutions domain have emerged who have been implemental in shaping the defence foundation of the nation. When it comes to customer expectations in this industry, the expectations of a client are very straightforward, which are to meet the stringent quality and documentation requirements and on-time delivery.
Meeting these expectations is TechEra Engineering, one of the largest tooling manufacturing companies in the Defence and Aerospace Sector in India. TechEra has a 75,000 sq. ft. world class manufacturing facility in Pune with HVAC Temperature Control, 5-Axis Machining Capability, CMM Inspection Services. TechEra have experience of executing key Projects like Assembly Lines of AH64 Apache and B737 Vertical Stabilizer Assembly.
Nimesh R. Desai, Chairman and Director, TechEra Engineering states, “We are pushing hard to set-up a culture and trying to build a mind-set that suits the D&A Sector. It is a very big challenge but we are willing to learn, to collaborate with our customers, supply chain and grow together in the D&A sector.
To ensure we are on the right track, we have taken corrective actions for the cultural growth of TechEra by involving our valuable team members at every stage and making them understand the significance of being a part of D&A supply chain across India. We are motivating our team to take this up as a challenge since it is a basic pre-requisite for improvement and growth”.
Excellence in Operations
The promoters Nimesh, Sarang and Meet have a combined experience of around 45 years along with high technical competency and world class infrastructure available at the company’s disposal to provide the best manufacturing solutions in the D&A sector.
TechEra has the right approach and understanding to tackle the challenges which Defence and Aerospace Manufacturing pose for an MSME. TechEra has the capacity and competency to provide one stop manufacturing solution for Aerospace and Defence Sector. The company has a team, a facility developed for a complete turnkey Design to Build solution with all the necessary infrastructure. Nimesh mentions, “We have set-up our internal SOP with reference to AS9100 Standard which has created processes suited to manufacture quality components. We have inspection check points at multiple levels/stages to ensure that we are working to the quality standards. We need to ensure that we are investing in right machinery, which is what we have been doing till date. We are using best quality equipment to manufacture, inspect and ensure that high quality standards are maintained”.
We have set-up our internal SOP with reference to AS9100 Standard which has created processes suited to manufacture quality components
Future Endeavours
TechEra aims to become one of the biggest Defence and Aerospace tooling manufacturing company in India. The company is coming up with new Technology Electroforming Process in India and will be the first in India. With this, TechEra will be able to design and manufacture the Nickle Mould tools which are required in every composite part manufacturing organizations like HAL, DRDO, ISRO and other government organizations who are in defence sector. Nimesh concludes, “We have a plan to become offset partner for one of the major Aerospace companies like Boeing, Airbus, Dassault and more. This will open up the huge defence market for TechEra”.
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