ReutersNew Delhi: Brazilian aerospace giant Embraer's plans for setting up an India unit, in what would be its only such production facility besides Sao Paulo, for building military transport aircraft is aimed at creating an ecosystem that would strengthen the Make-in-India initiative.
If Embraer wins the order to produce 'KC-390 Millennium' military transport aircraft in India, it will be the only other unit outside Brazil to produce this aircraft. Similarly, Embraer will set up an entire ecosystem here to make their trademark civilian passenger jets.
Currently, Embraer has Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facilities in Europe and USA mainly for its civilian aircraft. Besides, Embraer has collaborated with the Hellenic Aerospace Industry in Greece to develop MRO capabilities for the C-390 Millennium. The India unit will be Embraer's first unit abroad to produce an aircraft (KC390 Millennium). Embraer has partnered with Mahindra Group to manufacture the KC-390 and establish MRO capabilities in India if the aircraft is selected by the IAF.
Referring to the proposed India unit, a senior executive of the company handling the military component, told ET that it could take 1.5-2 years for the entire tendering and contract process to be concluded.
The executive claimed that Embraer will replicate the Sao Paulo unit that produces military aircraft as it is in India. "India, right now, has a good level of capability, and I think we also have the willingness to transfer. So, by that I mean in practical terms lots of Brazilian Embraer specialists will be residing in India for some time as part of this process, transferring knowhow and teaching the local labour. We want to take advantage of these airplanes leaving from Brazil (first lot to be delivered in fly away condition) and start transferring know-how, because we want to replicate the factory, it means the technical things, the processes. So, we would run the factory as we would run an Embraer factory in Brazil. So, we will take advantage of these first units coming out of our factory in Brazil. We will also bring labour from India, technicians from India to be with us here in our own assembly line and teach them."
Embraer and Adani Defence & Aerospace have formed a strategic partnership to establish a manufacturing ecosystem in India.
The writer recently travelled to Brazil at the invitation of Embraer
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If Embraer wins the order to produce 'KC-390 Millennium' military transport aircraft in India, it will be the only other unit outside Brazil to produce this aircraft. Similarly, Embraer will set up an entire ecosystem here to make their trademark civilian passenger jets.
Currently, Embraer has Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facilities in Europe and USA mainly for its civilian aircraft. Besides, Embraer has collaborated with the Hellenic Aerospace Industry in Greece to develop MRO capabilities for the C-390 Millennium. The India unit will be Embraer's first unit abroad to produce an aircraft (KC390 Millennium). Embraer has partnered with Mahindra Group to manufacture the KC-390 and establish MRO capabilities in India if the aircraft is selected by the IAF.
Referring to the proposed India unit, a senior executive of the company handling the military component, told ET that it could take 1.5-2 years for the entire tendering and contract process to be concluded.
The executive claimed that Embraer will replicate the Sao Paulo unit that produces military aircraft as it is in India. "India, right now, has a good level of capability, and I think we also have the willingness to transfer. So, by that I mean in practical terms lots of Brazilian Embraer specialists will be residing in India for some time as part of this process, transferring knowhow and teaching the local labour. We want to take advantage of these airplanes leaving from Brazil (first lot to be delivered in fly away condition) and start transferring know-how, because we want to replicate the factory, it means the technical things, the processes. So, we would run the factory as we would run an Embraer factory in Brazil. So, we will take advantage of these first units coming out of our factory in Brazil. We will also bring labour from India, technicians from India to be with us here in our own assembly line and teach them."
Embraer and Adani Defence & Aerospace have formed a strategic partnership to establish a manufacturing ecosystem in India.
The writer recently travelled to Brazil at the invitation of Embraer
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