Airbus Helicopters and Tata Advanced Systems Limited inaugurated a final assembly line (FAL) for the H125 helicopter in Vemagal, Karnataka, on 17 February 2026. The facility is expected to deliver the first “Made in India” H125 in early 2027. The Vemagal facility, described as India’s first private-sector helicopter FAL, will undertake full assembly, integration and […]
Central Manufacturing Technology Institute (CMTI) inaugurated three new testing and certification facilities at its Bengaluru campus on 12 February 2026 during a visit by Kamran Rizvi, Secretary, Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI), Government of India. The facilities have been established under the Capital Goods Scheme of MHI and are intended to support advanced manufacturing and […]
Toyo Ink India Pvt. Ltd. inaugurated the artience Technology and Innovation Centre – India (aTIC-India) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, marking the artience Group’s first research centre outside Japan. aTIC-India has been established in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science and is located on its campus. The centre is intended to […]
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited the Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Bengaluru on 16 February 2026 to review ongoing projects related to indigenous military gas turbine engine development. The minister was briefed on projects under development, collaboration with Indian industry, academia and research institutions, and support […]
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) inaugurated a Missile Integration facility at its Bengaluru premises on 16 February 2026 and flagged off the Akash 3rd and 4th Regiment Combat Systems while unveiling the Mountain Fire Control Radar. The company also remotely inaugurated a Centre of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence (CoE-AI) in Pune and formally launched its Artificial […]
Thales on 16 February 2026 launched Thales Research & Technology India at its Engineering Competence Centre in Bengaluru, adding India to its network of five global corporate laboratories for Research & Technology. The launch was held during the week of the India AI Impact Summit and aligns with the India–France Year of Innovation 2026. According […]
BASF is expanding its dispersions production capacity at its Mangalore site in India with the addition of a new production line. The move is intended to support demand from the architectural paints, construction chemicals and paper industries, and to enhance local supply reliability. “The expansion of our Mangalore site will strengthen synergies across BASF’s Asia […]
Zetwerk Electronics, a contract manufacturing services provider, inaugurated a new electronics manufacturing facility for defence, automotive and information technology hardware at the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) Hi-Tech Hardware Park in Bengaluru. The company said the unit has been set up to support manufacturing of high-reliability electronics for mission-critical applications and is expected to […]
Texas Instruments today opened a new product research and development centre in Bengaluru, marking 40 years of the company’s presence in India and expanding its semiconductor design and engineering footprint in the country. The new facility spans about 550,000 square feet and is focused on chip design, reliability testing and integrated circuit development. The Bengaluru […]
Rossell Techsys Limited plans to lease an additional manufacturing facility of about 210,000 square feet in Bengaluru from 01 April 2026 to support rising demand across its defence, aerospace, semiconductor and space technology programmes. The expansion comes alongside a smaller 20,000 square feet capacity addition within its existing premises, which is expected to become operational […]
