Yunus Dar

The Kalyani Group, a USD 3 billion multinational conglomerate with significant presence in defence and aerospace announced a slew of partnerships at the recently concluded Aero India 2019 in Bengaluru.

Director (marketing), BEL, Anandi Ramalingam with president and CEO (Defence & Aerospace), Bharat
Forge, Rajinder Singh Bhatia signing a MoU

One of the significant partnerships was with the global engineering and services supplier, Belcan, LLC, with whom the company announced the partnership to provide highly advanced technological product and service offerings in defence, aerospace, and other technical segments in India. The companies said they will work together in the design and development of helicopter engines and transmission systems in defence and aerospace, as well as collaborate on advanced manufacturing practices and digital manufacturing and Internet of Things solutions.

The President & CEO (Defence & Aerospace), Bharat Forge Limited, Rajinder Singh Bhatia, said, “This collaboration allows Kalyani Group to dovetail the metallurgical and manufacturing excellence of its flagship company Bharat Forge Limited with cutting edge design and engineering capabilities of Belcan, LLC to deliver high-quality products and services to our customers.”

“We are excited to collaborate with Kalyani Group to leverage our world-class design expertise combined with Kalyani Group’s state-of-the-art manufacturing expertise. We will continue to investigate other synergistic opportunities in this space towards our mutual goal of becoming a key player in the global aerospace & defence domain,” said Naveen Munn