Farnborough, UK. 12 July, 2016, Tata Technologies, Tata Advanced Materials and TAL Manufacturing Solutions Ltd announced a collaboration to offer an end to end Design, Manufacturing and Assembly capability to the aerospace manufacturing industry.
These three Tata group companies have agreed to establish a focused infrastructure, offering the industry an opportunity for design and build components across the aerospace value chain. This includes a strong focus on outsourced manufacturing for both metallic and composites and a strong capability in the design and engineering domains supported with a holistic capability in product lifecycle management integration.
Warren Harris, Tata Technologies MD & CEO, speaking at the Farnborough Air Show said:
“This is an exciting and comprehensive strategy to support design, engineering and manufacturing in the aerospace industry on a global level.The industry is looking for quality, cost and capability as it strives to meet the unprecedented demand for higher productivity across the supply chain. Tata’s strength lies in a decade of significant investment in cutting edge next generation manufacturing facilities in India and a strong leadership position at Tata Technologies in advanced design and manufacturing engineering capabilities.”
S R Mukherjee, Tata Advanced Materials CEO, said, “the collaboration between the three companies allows them to leverage their individual domain strengths to bring a wider and more complete offering to their customers. With the unprecedented level of backlog in the commercial aerospace industry, and India’s emergence as a destination of choice for manufacturing, the partnership is aimed at offering a robust, dependable, and high quality supply chain to global aerospace companies.
Rajesh Khatri, TAL Manufacturing Solutions Limited, ED & CEO, added, “the collaboration between the three Tata Companies, in pursuit of offering design-to-build solutions on a common platform for the global aerospace industry, offers a strong and unique value proposition.Backed by the state-of-the-art facilities, robust systems & best practices and proven track record, the joint working will enable customers to source end-to-end solutions covering metallic & composite – parts and assemblies and tooling with assured quality and delivery through a single window.”