GE Aerospace has announced an investment of over $30 million to expand and upgrade its manufacturing facility in Pune, India. The investment will allow the facility to add new projects and manufacturing processes by acquiring machines/equipment and specialised tools along with capacity enhancement of existing products.

Mike Kauffman, GE Aerospace’s vice president (global supply chain), said: “Our team at our multi-modal manufacturing facility at Pune has a strong focus on safety, quality, and delivering for our customers. I am delighted to see the expansion at this site, which has already become a strong contributor to our global supply chain of aircraft engine components.”

Inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi in February 2015, the factory produces components for commercial jet engines. These are supplied to GE’s global factories, where they are used to assemble G90, GEnx, GE 9X (the world’s most powerful commercial jet engine), and the LEAP engines by CFM (a GE and Safran joint venture).

The facility has been instrumental in developing local aerospace manufacturing talent, having trained over 5,000 people in specialised aerospace precision-manufacturing processes. Furthermore, the facility is certified under ISO14001 and ISO45001 and has ‘built environmental best practices and stewardship in the community’. For example, 30% of its power consumption comes from renewable sources, it has zero liquid discharge, recycles and reuses 100 million litres of water every year, and recycles 20 tonnes of plastic.