Posts by Sudarshan Raghu

Rolls-Royce CEO Discusses GCC Growth and Co-Creating Complex Manufacturing in India with Prime Minister

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc Chief Executive Officer Tufan Erginbilgic met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss how the company is scaling up its operations in India, including expanding its global capability centre (GCC) to become its largest worldwide, co-creating complex manufacturing and building high-value engineering capabilities. Erginbilgic, accompanied by Sashi Mukundan, Executive Vice President – Transformation […]

DRDO’s GTRE Issues EoI to Develop Indigenous Aero Engine Manufacturing Infrastructure for AHTCE Programme

The Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), a Bengaluru-based laboratory under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has issued an Expression of Interest (EoI) inviting Indian industry to establish domestic manufacturing infrastructure for indigenous aero gas turbine engines. The initiative aims to transition laboratory-developed designs into flight-ready hardware and create sustained in-country production capability. In […]

Oliver Valves India moves into new 45,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Chennai

Oliver Valves India Private Limited has moved into a new purpose-built manufacturing facility with a built-up area of 45,000 square feet in New Vellanur, Chennai. The transition was completed with the relocation of all machinery by 15 December 2025, and the facility became fully operational on 2 January 2026, expanding manufacturing capacity and functional scope […]

Eicher Motors approves INR 9.58 billion Royal Enfield capacity expansion at Cheyyar plant

Eicher Motors Limited approved a proposal to expand manufacturing capacity at Royal Enfield through a brownfield project at its Cheyyar facility in Tamil Nadu, increasing annual production capacity to 2.0 million motorcycles from the current 1.46 million units. The investment is aimed at supporting projected demand growth and accelerating capacity ramp-up using existing infrastructure. The […]

AXISCADES wins avionics hardware production order for LCA Mk1A programme

AXISCADES Technologies Limited has secured a production order for supplying avionics hardware for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk1A programme. The order will be executed through its subsidiary, Mistral Solutions Private Limited, and relates to aircraft being manufactured under the programme of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The order is valued at approximately INR 800 million […]

Barga Group expands India manufacturing capacity with plant relocation in Tamil Nadu

Barga Group, a family-owned industrial manufacturer based in Navarre in northern Spain, has expanded its manufacturing capacity in India with the relocation of its plant to a larger facility in Tamil Nadu, strengthening its international production footprint and supporting medium-term growth plans. The group has moved its Indian operations from the Oragadam Industrial Corridor in […]

MTAR Technologies expands fuel cell manufacturing capacity amid record clean energy order inflows

MTAR Technologies Limited is accelerating the expansion of its clean energy fuel cell manufacturing operations after receiving its highest-ever order inflows in the segment, positioning clean energy as the company’s primary growth driver in FY26 and beyond. The company reported that demand visibility from customers has prompted a phased scale-up in manufacturing capacity, supported by […]

BEML Limited enters tripartite research collaboration with IISc Bengaluru and FSID

BEML Limited has entered into a tripartite research collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, and the Foundation for Science, Innovation and Development (FSID) to undertake joint research across emerging engineering and technology domains. The partnership aims to support blue-sky, applied and translational research linked to BEML’s long-term technology and manufacturing roadmap. The […]

Aequs reports USD 814 million aerospace order book with execution visibility to 2031

Aequs Limited reported a confirmed aerospace order book of USD 814 million, providing execution visibility over the next five years up to about 2031, as the company continues to expand its vertically integrated manufacturing operations while scaling up recently commissioned consumer manufacturing capacity. Aequs Limited, a manufacturer of precision aerospace and consumer components, said the […]

DRDO Demonstrates Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet Technology in Flight Test off Odisha

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully carried out a flight demonstration of Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha. The test was conducted at around 10:45 hrs on 03 February 2026 and marks a key technological milestone in the development of long-range […]