CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Firm Bags Boeing Contract To Manufacture, Supply Aviation Components

CHENNAI: A Tamil Nadu based
manufacturing company has bagged a contract from global aerospace giant,
Boeing, to supply critical aviation components and deliveries would begin early
next year. 

Officials
of the two companies exchanged the contract in the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister M K Stalin at the Secretariat here for manufacture and supply of
components and parts for Boeing’s products. 

Headquartered
at Salem, Aerospace Engineers Private Limited (AEPL) has won a long-time
contract and this is a first such contract for the state from Boeing, the Tamil
Nadu government said in an official release, adding it is a step towards the
Chief Minister’s vision of “Made in Tamil Nadu.”

Investing
₹ 150 crore, AEPL would be setting up a new manufacturing facility, dedicated
for civil aerospace production at Hosur over the next 24 months with a covered
building space of 1,25,000 square feet and also expand its present Salem
facility by 50,000 square feet. The additional facilities would create job
opportunities for 1,000 youngsters, the government said. 

CEO and
Managing Director, AEPL, R Sundaram said “We are proud to work with
Boeing. The contract is a testament to our commitment to quality, precision,
and collaborative culture. The cooperation between AEPL and Boeing is a
significant milestone and will provide an impetus to the growing aerospace
ecosystem in Salem.”

Director,
Supply Chain Management, Boeing India, Ashwani Bhargava, said “This is an
important step in our commitment to the government of India’s Aatmanirbhar
Bharat vision. As a company with over seven decades of presence in India,
Boeing continues to support the development of indigenous aerospace and defence
capabilities in the country.”

Ashwani
Bhargava and Sundaram exchanged the contract in the presence of Stalin, Rural
Industries Minister T M Anbarasan and Chief Secretary V Irai Anbu. 
An APEL release said it would begin delivering the critical components to
Boeing from Q1 2022. 

“For
over three decades, AEPL has been dedicated to manufacturing and supplying
high-precision and high-quality parts and sub-assemblies to customers in the
aerospace and defence industry,” according to the press release.

The
company has several technologically advanced manufacturing capabilities and
processes, and several quality certifications, it said.