Coimbatore: In a maiden transfer to leap at the defence production bandwagon, the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from the town would get a possibility to have interaction with the representatives of eight defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs) at the defence indigenisation exhibition to be hung on March 5 and six at the Codissia business fair advanced.
“The event would provide an opportunity for MSMEs to get to grasp the product requirements of DPSUs,” president of Codissia V Sundaram stated. The expo can be an initial step of the plan to make the town a defence production hub within the next 10 years, Sundaram stated.
Representatives from Codissia had visited a number of DPSUs equivalent to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bharat Earth Movers Limited and Bharat Electronics Limited, among others, up to now 15 days, Sundaram stated. “We have recognized products which may well be manufactured within the metropolis. About 300 products can be exhibited within the expo,” he added.
Bharat Dynamics Limited, MIDHANI, Goa Shipyard Limited, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited and Mazagon Dock Limited are a number of the DPSUs to participate within the exhibition, stated a liberate from Codissia. Along with those, Ordnance Factory Board, DRDO and Indian Army, Navy and Air power would also take part, it added.
Besides, participants of Codissia had visited the defence-industry building meet held in Chennai in January and had selected products that might suit the manufacturing scene within the metropolis, stated Sundaram. “The expo could be a production-based one as we've requested just for products for manufacturing, now not for maintenance,” he stated.
Sundaram added that the event would provide an opportunity for representatives of city-based corporations to have one-to-one conferences with representatives of DPSUs. “If a company thinks it might manufacture a product that has been exhibited, its representatives can have a discussion with the DPSUs workforce,” he stated.
The interest in defence production becomes vital in anticipation that the car production sector could be made redundant by means of the appearance of electric cars, stated Sundaram. “Automotive components production sector, which bureaucracy almost half of commercial manufacturing within the metropolis, could be phased out in the future by means of electrical cars that have less selection of components,” he stated. He added that this used to be the correct time to shift to industries equivalent to defence supply, which has a continuous call for.
The expo comes within the backdrop of Union defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman saying Rs 20 crore initial grants to set up a defence innovation centre at Codissia and in addition Coimbatore being announced part of the defence hall together with Chennai, Trichy, Salem, Hosur, Bengaluru and Mysore.
“The event would provide an opportunity for MSMEs to get to grasp the product requirements of DPSUs,” president of Codissia V Sundaram stated. The expo can be an initial step of the plan to make the town a defence production hub within the next 10 years, Sundaram stated.
Representatives from Codissia had visited a number of DPSUs equivalent to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bharat Earth Movers Limited and Bharat Electronics Limited, among others, up to now 15 days, Sundaram stated. “We have recognized products which may well be manufactured within the metropolis. About 300 products can be exhibited within the expo,” he added.
Bharat Dynamics Limited, MIDHANI, Goa Shipyard Limited, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited and Mazagon Dock Limited are a number of the DPSUs to participate within the exhibition, stated a liberate from Codissia. Along with those, Ordnance Factory Board, DRDO and Indian Army, Navy and Air power would also take part, it added.
Besides, participants of Codissia had visited the defence-industry building meet held in Chennai in January and had selected products that might suit the manufacturing scene within the metropolis, stated Sundaram. “The expo could be a production-based one as we've requested just for products for manufacturing, now not for maintenance,” he stated.
Sundaram added that the event would provide an opportunity for representatives of city-based corporations to have one-to-one conferences with representatives of DPSUs. “If a company thinks it might manufacture a product that has been exhibited, its representatives can have a discussion with the DPSUs workforce,” he stated.
The interest in defence production becomes vital in anticipation that the car production sector could be made redundant by means of the appearance of electric cars, stated Sundaram. “Automotive components production sector, which bureaucracy almost half of commercial manufacturing within the metropolis, could be phased out in the future by means of electrical cars that have less selection of components,” he stated. He added that this used to be the correct time to shift to industries equivalent to defence supply, which has a continuous call for.
The expo comes within the backdrop of Union defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman saying Rs 20 crore initial grants to set up a defence innovation centre at Codissia and in addition Coimbatore being announced part of the defence hall together with Chennai, Trichy, Salem, Hosur, Bengaluru and Mysore.
MSMEs to climb on defence manufacturing bandwagon
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