Industry Addendum: Manufacturers
GKN Aerospace invests US$10 million and creates 800 hi-tech jobs in India
December 1st 2019
Global multi-technology aerospace supplier, GKN Aerospace, has opened its US$10 million Electrical Wiring Interconnection Systems (EWIS) plant in Pune in the Indian province of Maharashtra, a greenfield facility that will create jobs for 800 industry technicians and engineers by 2025. Read More »
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Initially, the Pune complex will employ 200 staff from next year to focus on the assembly of wiring systems for commercial aircraft and engines for the A320neo, the 787 and when approved to fly, the 777X.
GKN recently opened a Malaysia facility intended to service its expansion in Asia. When Pune and Malaysia are 100% operational, 15% of GKN Aerospace employees are forecast to be based in Asia.
GKN Aerostructures and Systems Europe and Asia CEO, John Pritchard, said the Pune project group “was a true demonstration of our enduring relationship with India and the solid growth of Indian aerospace”.
GKN Aerospace has 50 manufacturing plants in 15 countries and a global workforce of 18,000.
