Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd ready to rope in entrepreneurs to make Sukhoi spare parts

NASHIK: Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), a premier state-owned aeronautical company, is open to involving local entrepreneurs for manufacturing spare parts required for Sukhoi aircrafts, a senior official said today.

"Nashik-based entrepreneurs will get an opportunity to produce Sukhoi spare parts, its milling and griding components, electrical circuits, among others, for the HAL," president of Nashik Industries and Manufacturers Association (NIMA) Dhananjay Bele said here today.

"HAL is ready to provide technology to local entrepreneurs," HAL General Manager (Indigenisation) Poonam Srivastav said while interacting with reporters here after an event.

"HAL requires 350 to 400 spare parts for overhauling and repairing work of each Sukhoi-30 aircraft. The spare parts are currently imported from Russia," she said.

"If local entrepreneurs produce these spare parts, they will get business of Rs 10,000 crore," Srivastav added.