Posts by Sudarshan Raghu

Safran Expands Aviation MRO and Defence Manufacturing Operations in India

Safran inaugurated a new maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) centre for LEAP engines in Hyderabad on 26 November 2025 and announced additional investments across civil and military aerospace. The initiatives include a second engine MRO facility, a new weapon-manufacturing joint venture, and expansion of engineering and electronics capabilities. The developments form part of the company’s […]

DRDO and DGA France Sign Technical Agreement to Expand Defence R&D Cooperation

Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has signed a Technical Agreement with the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA), France, to expand bilateral collaboration in defence research and development. The agreement was concluded in New Delhi on 20 November 2025 and is intended to strengthen joint work on advanced military technologies and future capability requirements. Secretary […]

Toyo Ink India to Expand Gujarat Plant Capacity by One-and-a-Half Times

Toyo Ink India Pvt. Ltd., a member of Japan’s artience Group, plans to expand liquid ink production capacity at its Gujarat plant to support rising demand from the domestic packaging sector. The new facility is scheduled to begin operations in 2028 and will increase total output by approximately one-and-a-half times. The expansion comes as India’s […]

DRDO’s DMRL Transfers Advanced Materials Technologies to Industry Partners

Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), a unit of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), marked its sixty-second annual day by transferring several advanced materials technologies to domestic industry partners. The technologies support programmes in naval platforms, combat vehicles and missile systems. The technologies handed over include the manufacturing process for DMR 249A steel in […]

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders targets INR 100 billion order book with upcoming submarine and frigate contracts

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited outlined a series of upcoming defence manufacturing programmes that are expected to drive production volumes over the next several years. The company is working toward contract finalisation for three additional Scorpene-class submarines under Project 75 and six submarines under Project 75I, supported by an operational capacity that allows up to eleven […]

Cotemp Sensing Group Expands Manesar Facility and Doubles Production Capacity

Thermo Electric Company – Cotemp Sensing has expanded its temperature-sensor manufacturing facility in Manesar, Haryana, doubling production capacity to support increasing demand from industrial customers in India and neighbouring markets. The expanded unit strengthens the group’s manufacturing footprint in the region and is intended to enhance supply capabilities and response times across critical applications. TE […]

PTC Expanding Mehsana Casting Facility to Increase Precision Cast Component Capacity

PTC Industries Limited, a manufacturer of high-precision castings and advanced materials for critical sectors, has commenced a large expansion of its production facility in Mehsana, Gujarat. The project will add more than 50,000 square feet of shop floor area on the plant’s 17-acre campus and is intended to increase machining and casting capacity over the […]

Greaves Cotton supplies 499cc diesel engines for Ligier microcars, production from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar plant

Greaves Cotton Limited has supplied Euro V+ certified 499cc REVO D+ single-cylinder diesel engines to Ligier Group for installation in the Ligier JS50 and Ligier Myli microcar models retailed in several European countries. The engines, manufactured at the company’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar facility, deliver 6.0 kW at 3000 rpm and 26 Nm of torque between 1800 […]

Hyundai Welding inaugurates new welding consumables facility in Chennai

Hyundai Welding Co. Ltd. has inaugurated its new manufacturing facility operated by its Indian subsidiary, Chennstar Private Limited, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The plant, located at Origins Mahindra Industrial Park in Ponneri, marks the company’s first production unit in India and expands its presence in one of the country’s key industrial regions. The Chennai unit […]