Eaton unveils first aerospace manufacturing facility

Us-based power management giant Eaton on Tuesday unveiled its first aerospace manufacturing facility in India. The new facility, located in Bengaluru, will manufacture hose assemblies and other fluid distribution products, including oil debris monitoring systems, to serve commercial, business and regional aircraft. Eaton, which posted sales of $21.6 billion in 2018, now operates 27 aerospace manufacturing locations around the world. “We expect this facility to be our model plant for digital and smart manufacturing. We see the opportunity here to create a whole new facility with a culture (about) how we want to manufacture in the future... that we can showcase to all our customers and facilities globally,” said Nanda Kumar, president, Aerospace Group, Eaton. “We believe this investment in India will help us grow our original equipment business, because customers are investing heavily here,” said Kumar.