“OUR SINGLE-MINDED FOCUS IS TO INCREASE IN COUNTRY VALUE ADD”

In an interaction with Urvi Shrivastav, Editorial Lead, BW BFSI, BW Businessworld; Aravind Melligeri, Chairman and CEO, Aequs talks about the formation of the company, their diverse portfolio, ESG initiatives, and objectives of the company

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How has Aequs’ journey been?

We started our facility in 2006 with aerospace manufacturing in Bangalore. It kicked off because of the 30 per cent offset offered by the then government for aerospace. Then another programme came which offered us 50 per cent offset. We were already doing design for Airbus and asked them if they would be interested in getting the manufacturing done from us as well. While they agreed, we realised it will not solve the billion dollar plus requirement these companies have. Also, for them to give us work, we had to remain globally competitive. In addition, we had to sustain over decades, because that is how aerospace programmes work. The Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Policy came up at that time and we thought this is the right opportunity.