Strengthening its presence in India, Airbus has opened a large technology centre on the outskirts of Bengaluru. The new facility can accommodate 5,000 professionals and marks a significant expansion of the company’s operations in the country, where it already employs more than 30,000 people.
Spread across 8,80,000 sq. ft, the centre will focus on engineering, digital transformation, customer services and procurement. Company leaders said the facility will act as a key hub supporting the organisation’s “Make in India” strategy.
Jürgen Westermeier said the launch of the Airbus India Technology Centre marks a major step in the company’s growth journey in the country. “It provides the scale and headroom for our next phase of growth. This centre will allow us to scale existing technological competencies and innovation ecosystems. It ensures that Indian expertise continues to be woven into every stage of our global value chain,” he said.
The facility is the company’s largest engineering and digital centre outside Europe. Work carried out here will contribute to the entire lifecycle of aircraft. Engineers and digital specialists in India will help maintain and optimise all commercial aircraft and helicopter programmes.
According to company officials, the centre will also support advanced research in next-generation aircraft technologies, cyber security, robotics and artificial intelligence.
Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu said Bengaluru has emerged as the aviation, aerospace and defence manufacturing capital of India, and the new centre further strengthens the city’s role as a global aviation hub.
“This campus represents the confidence of India and confidence that the world has in India’s technological capabilities,” the minister said while addressing the event through a video link. He added that critical technologies used in Airbus aircraft and helicopters will now be designed and developed by Indian engineers in Bengaluru.
Airbus officials also highlighted the company’s growing sourcing activity from India. Annual procurement has increased from $500 million in 2019 to more than $1.5 billion, with plans to cross $2 billion. More than 100 Indian companies currently supply key components such as flap track beams, aircraft doors and helicopter fuselages for global programmes.
These suppliers also support final assembly lines for the Airbus C295 in Vadodara and the Airbus H125 in Vemagal near Bengaluru.
D. K. Shivakumar, who inaugurated the facility, said India’s young engineers are driving innovation and global companies see the country not only as a market but also as a manufacturing base.
During the event, the civil aviation minister also invited Shivakumar to Delhi to discuss plans for a proposed 2nd airport in Bengaluru.
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