Kalyani Group ‘Make in pitch for the Defence
About Kalyani Group
The Kalyani Group, established in the mid-1960s, is an Indian multi-national with advanced technology, engineering & manufacturing capability across critical sectors such as Engineering Steel, Automotive, Industrial, Renewable Energy, Urban Infrastructure, and Specialty Chemicals.
Kalyani Group is a 2.5 billion USD multinational conglomerate with high technology, engineering and manufacturing capability across critical sectors such as Defence & Aerospace, Engineering Steel, Automotive, Industrial, Renewable Energy, Urban Infrastructure and Specialty Chemicals. The group has been a flag bearer of ‘Make in India’ across sectors including Defence and Aerospace.
Kalyani Strategic Systems Ltd. (KSSL) is the principal company within the Kalyani Group undertaking Defence & Aerospace initiatives. KSSL has emerged from being a traditional supplier of components and subsystems to Indian Defence to becoming a complete system and solutions provider, thus enabling a dedicated and focused approach towards realizing the aim of becoming a leading defense player in the world.
Kalyani Group and Thales have formalized a new collaboration for the design, development and manufacture of next generation weapons systems for the Defence and Law Enforcement sectors in India and abroad.
The collaboration between KSSL and Thales will leverage Thales’s more than 100 years’ experience in the design, development, and manufacture of world-leading defense systems in Australia.
Revenues from defense business
The USD 2.5 billion diversified business conglomerate Kalyani Group is eyeing to double revenue from its defence business over the next three years, a top official said here today.
“Currently, the defense business constitutes about 10 per cent of our revenues.
The company is participating in the ongoing DefExpo organised by Ministry of Defence and has showcased several products including ultra light Howitzers, artillery guns, ordnance components.
“Currently, the revenue is about Rs 100 crore from this business. The order size for making artillery guns is five units,
An exposition of the initiatives of the Kalyani Group a multinational conglomerate which has contributed significantly towards India’s quest towards self-reliance in defence. They have the technological capabilities and produce indigenous solutions in the field of defence technology. However, not resting on their laurels, they are earnestly endeavoring to indigenize all aspects related to defence manufacturing – design or technology, manufacturing capability & infrastructure and maintenance & life cycle support.
Impressive Presence
An exposition of the initiatives of the Kalyani Group a multinational conglomerate which has contributed significantly towards India’s quest towards self-reliance in defence. They have the technological capabilities and produce indigenous solutions in the field of defence technology. However, not resting on their laurels, they are earnestly endeavoring to indigenize all aspects related to defence manufacturing – design or technology, manufacturing capability & infrastructure and maintenance & life cycle support.
Over a period of about eight to nine years the Group has created a considerable portfolio, which spans across Artillery Guns, Protected Vehicles, Air Defence Solutions, Ammunition, Small Arms and Defence Electronics.
Deep focus on R&D
Technology and innovation have been the cornerstones of the Kalyani Group’s story and they have always believed in the power of advanced research in enhancing capabilities. For this, they have invested in creating specialized defense technology centers – two in Pune, one in Bangalore, and one in Hyderabad. The ones at Bangalore (for Jet engines) and Hyderabad (for RF Seekers) are purely for defense. The ones at Pune are Kalyani Centre for Technological Innovation (KCTI) and Kalyani Centre for Manufacturing Innovation (KCMI). These two cut across the complete portfolio for Kalyani group companies. This robust R&D ecosystem has been further boosted by acquiring stake in defence start-ups which the group has done over the last two years. The aim is to imbibe technologies and build competencies in Augmented Reality (AR), RF Systems, INS, Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics, etc.
World class infrastructure
The group has world class defence manufacturing infrastructures at Pune, Hyderabad, Satara& Mysore. The Advanced Gun Manufacturing plant at Pune is one of its kind in the country producing compete ordnance of an Artillery gun at a single location. They are now in the process of setting up in a new facility in Jejuri, on outskirts of Pune – a complete manufacturing set up which should come into steam in another year. These fungible manufacturing facilities augmented by Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 excellence standards enable Kalyani Group to seamlessly integrate technology with customers and ensure sustained new product development. It is well known that in terms of manufacturing capabilities on the mechanical side, they have the best technology available in terms of metallurgy, metal forming, and machining. The group is now setting up manufacturing facilities and competencies for defence electronics to include microwave & RF seekers.
Conclusion
Kalyani Group has invested sizeable resources and created a requisite infrastructure to develop technological capabilities and produce indigenous solutions in the field of defense technology. The ultimate aim is to indigenize all three aspects of any defense manufacturing – design or technology, manufacturing capability & infrastructure, and maintenance & life cycle support. Taking small steps at a time, Kalyani Group is diligently carving a path towards success in this critical field, which is bound to translate into a giant leap for the country and its defense ecosystem.
