Belagavi aerospace manufacturer Aequs is using local talent and raw materials to meet global demand for aircraft parts. It’s investing in youth to make India a serious global contender.
Belagavi: An airplane’s parts travel around the world even before the aircraft itself is made. That’s how fragmented aircraft manufacturing is. But Hubli boy Aravind Melligeri had a dream in 2007. He wanted to build aircraft components, such as doors and engine spinners, in a single place, from raw material to finished parts.
Within 500 metres, to be precise, instead of the typical 5,000 kilometres.
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