Agnikul opens large-format additive manufacturing facility

Spacetech player Agnikul Cosmos on Monday said it has commissioned an additive manufacturing facility dedicated to aerospace and rocket systems. The facility will introduce a fully integrated ecosystem - covering design, simulation, printing, postprocessing, and finishing to enhance quality, reliability, and supply chain resilience, while lowering the cost of building for space by 50%.

The company said that for the first time in India, the facility also enables 3D printing of aerospace and rocket components up to one metre in height.

“Agnikul was started with the goal of making space available to everyone. One way to do that is build capability that allows us to advance rocket manufacturing with precision while also focusing on quality," Srinath Ravichandran, CEO of Agnikul Cosmos said.