ITP is confident that the activity of the new centre is expected to grow significantly in the coming years together with an evolution towards more complex products.
ITP Aero, a 100 percent subsidiary of Rolls-Royce has ambitious plans for India. Recently they opened their first office in India, in Hyderabad. Besides ITP has ambitious plans of increasing the capacity and doubling the headcount of its manufacturing facility. Currently employs 160 people in Hyderabad.
ITP Externals MD Jesus Catalina said, “The company is increasing its production capacity to cater to the constantly-growing demands of customers. We also have plans to further recruit skilled workforce. Our Hyderabad plant is dedicated exclusively to the production of end fittings and brackets for subsequent welding onto rigid tubes for aircraft engines. Its activity is expected to grow significantly in the coming years together with an evolution towards more complex products.”
The new office at IDA Gandhinagar here was opened by the Telangana Government’s Director of Aerospace and Defence Praveen PA. During the inauguration, he said, “Hyderabad has firmly established itself as the hub of the aviation industry. The Telangana government has laid the firm ground for the industry and we are sure companies like ITP Externals would lend the wings for the aviation sector to soar higher in Telangana.”
The plant in Hyderabad is dedicated exclusively to the production of end-fittings and brackets for subsequent welding onto rigid tubes for aircraft engines.
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This is the third foreign MRO trying to spread its roots on Indian soil over the course of the last few months. Just recently Safran announced the expansion of its facility in Bengaluru while Pratt & Whitney has ambitious plans of opening a world-class data center in India.
