The company began in 1992 when manufacturing was not a focus area in the country. How has your journey in the initial stages?
We had a humble beginning in 1992 with general fabrication. Since then we have come a long way and ventured into designing, manufacturing and delivering high-end precision products for the Aerospace, Defence, Automobile, Industrial and Institutional. Since then, we have closely partnered with ISRO, HAL, BEL, DRDO and the Indian Defence forces for many landmark projects. We have also acquired technology from DRDO-DFRL to serve the armed forces.
In addition to Aerospace, we are also one of the preferred engineering products company for top automobile and engineering brands. We have long standing partnerships with with Toyota, Honda, L&T, Scania, Volvo, BHEL, BEL, Bosch, etc.
Our Electrochemical processes are used in spacecraft onboard components in the Aerospace and Defence sectors.
Other divisions of Pushpak include, Pre-fab structures for industry, commercial and home, furniture for the industrial and civilian sectors, and global sourcing of Aero-space and Defence products.
The company has contributed towards various space projects of ISRO. Can you please tell us about it?
We are partners to ISRO, for some of the successful ambitious space projects. We have contriibuted towards GSAT-15,16,17 and Project PSLV-C37- that successfully launched 104 satellites in a single flight. Additionally, the company has been part of the Moon and Mars mission.
In fact, Pushpak is the only qualified company for coating processes for satellite thermal treatment.
Apart from ISRO, our partnership with HAL also stands tall amogst the rests. We have worked with them on several projects including LCA, GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri Engines, etc.
Please tell us about your manufacturing plants.
Currently, we have couple of plants in Bidadi and Jalahalli. We have three divisions of business metal working, wood working and for the electrochemical. Bidadi plant is spread across the area of 2 acres and is equipped with state-of-the-art German and Japanese machines. Electrochemical division is located at Jalahalli. The facility in Jalahalli has been delivering products with 100% success, and zero defect since more than 15 years. The company is qualified and certified electrochemical processing partner for over 14 processes, for ISRO, HAL, BEL, L&T, Astra, Centum and more.
Additionally, one more plant is coming up in KIADB Aerospace Park.
How has been government's support to the aerospace industry?
Government of Karnataka has immense emphasis on the growth of the aerospace industry in the state. The state government has set up Karnataka Aerospace Policy, which encourages the industry players inclusing SMEs. Additionally, Aerospace Park is also being set up in the state, where all the glopal aerospace players have invested. As I mentioned before, even Pushpak will have an facility in this park.
Aerospace industry seems to be gaining momentum in India. How do look at it and how do you it growing in the years to come?
You rightly said that the aerospace industry has gained momentum. In 3-5 years, you will be able to see the difference. The aerospace industry's contribution towards the economy will increase in coming days. And in 15-20 years, it is likely to be booming a booming industry in true sense due to internal consumption. In the aerospace and defence manufacturing, the domestic consumption is predicted to grow exponentially, which will, in turn, boost SMEs and MSMEs in the sector.
Today, all aerospace and defence giants are looking at investing in India.
In this scenario, I feel this is the right time for Indian start-ups and other manufacturing companies to enter into aerospace and defence manufacturing. The gestation period for these industries is high. However, looking at the market situation, it will definitely pay back in years to come. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) also known as drones is yet another industry is expected to take a leap in the years to come.
Do you plan to explore UAV manufacturing segment?
Yes, as I said this industry has bright future. We have collaborated with a Czech company to bring Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Drones. I believe they will play an important role in various industries for applications such as remote sensing, urban area monitoring & surveillance, commercial aerial surveillance, oil, gas & mineral exploration, disaster management and relief, forest surveillance, sea and port monitoring & surveillance, videography & photography, etc.
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