Hyderabad: India is among the regions being explored to set up an MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul), an aircraft engine components facility and a training centre with an investment of more than $150 million in the next three years by Pratt & Whitney.
Pratt & Whitney is a leading supplier of aerospace engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines. It is a unit of the United Technologies Corporation (UTC) and has more than 11,000 customers in 198 countries and its large commercial engines serve over 500 customers across 132 nations.
Palash Roy Chowdhury, Managing Director (India), Pratt & Whitney, said that his company was already holding talks with multiple Indian firms, including Tatas and L&T, to set up a joint venture as there would be a huge market here in the coming years with the country poised to become the third largest aviation market. Besides India, the company was also considering a few other Southeast Asian countries for setting up the projects.
Welcoming some of the measures announced in the Union Budget for the aviation sector, he said the company had already begun a ‘due diligence', which was expected to be completed in the next few months. A decision would be taken based on the outcome of due diligence.
19/03/12 Y. Mallikarjun/The Hindu
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