“Aequs Powers India's Aviation Ascent”

Aequs is redefining India's rise as a global aviation powerhouse with a fully integrated aerospace ecosystem in Belagavi. Its end-to-end capabilities accelerate production, strengthen supply chains, and anchor India's ascent as a manufacturing hub. RAJEEV KAUL, MD, Aequs, outlines and elaborates on this vision.

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India is set to become the world's third-largest aviation market. How is Aequs positioning itself to support this growth through its Belagavi aerospace ecosystem?

As India stands proudly as the third-largest aviation market, Aequs is positioning itself as a company that delivers quality aerospace components, leveraging its world-class aerospace manufacturing ecosystems, primarily at Belagavi (Karnataka). The scalable, globally integrated aerospace manufacturing ecosystem, which is India's first notified precision engineering and aerospace-focused SEZ, Aequs, has brought together the entire aerospace manufacturing value chain from forgings and precision machining to surface treatment and aerostructure under one roof. This enables faster turnaround, better quality, and lower supply-chain risk for aircraft programs. The cluster is designed to support both domestic and global demand, allowing Aequs to partner with OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers. By building depth, scale and end-to-end capabilities at the cluster, Aequs aims to play a long-term role in supporting fleet expansion, localisation, and India’s emergence as a key aerospace manufacturing hub.

Aequs has emphasised the need to reduce supply chain distances dramatically. Could you explain how this localisation benefits both global OEMs and India's aviation ambitions?