Collins India Operations Center in Bengaluru.
Collins Aerospace has officially opened its Global Engineering and Technology Center (GETC) and Collins India Operations Center in Bengaluru, India, as part of its long-term growth plan to invest in the country.
Over the next five years Collins plans to spend $200 million on building up its engineering and manufacturing capabilities in India. Some 2,000 local staff will be hired to support the company’s aerospace and defense work.
The 413,000-ft.² GETC is absorbing 3,000 engineers from three other Collins Aerospace locations, along with 600 personnel from other Raytheon Technologies businesses. The facility sits on a three-acre site and there are plans to expand it in 2023. Pratt & Whitney’s United Technologies Corporation India will also open up shop in early 2023 in the vicinity of the GETC.
Separately, the Collins India Operations Center located at Bengaluru’s KIADB Aerospace Park will house as many as 1,700 staff once it is fully completed in 2026. This facility will produce various aircraft components such as evacuation, seating and lighting systems, primary and secondary flight control systems, and engine nacelles.
“We plan to keep growing in India as part of the government’s ‘Make in India’ initiative,” Collins Aerospace VP of Global Operations Maya Raichelson tells Aviation Daily.
“India is attractive for various reasons: progressive government policies; availability of skilled resources; ecosystem of supply base; and English-speaking talent,” she continues. “In terms of the employees supporting our manufacturing operations, we have seen stability in terms of employment with close to zero-percent attrition.”
Raichelson says that India having the largest youth population in the world and with a high literacy rate means it has fast emerged as the global talent hub for new technologies. The country also possesses an ecosystem of suppliers, not only manufacturing parts but also making equipment.
“We have suppliers today with capabilities to design and develop test rigs at half the cost when compared to other countries,” she added.
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