GE Aerospace’s manufacturing facility in Pune has become a global centre for producing components for commercial jet engines. The site is undergoing capacity expansion to meet surging post-pandemic aviation demand and to address persistent global supply chain challenges.
The company is currently executing a $30 million expansion program to boost the production of critical jet engine components. This coincides with GE Aerospace celebrating a decade of operations in Pune.
The Pune plant serves as GE’s $200 million multimodal manufacturing hub, supporting production across aviation, energy, and healthcare segments. As part of a global restructuring, GE has reorganised its India operations — energy manufacturing has shifted to a new facility under GE Vernova, while the healthcare business has been consolidated in Bengaluru.
With these changes, Pune has evolved into GE’s dedicated aerospace manufacturing hub in India, employing around 5,000 trained production associates specialising in precision manufacturing. Amol Nagar, executive director of global manufacturing operations & supply chain at GE Aerospace, said, “When we started this factory, there was no aero-engine ecosystem in Pune.
Ten years later, we have not only established a world-class manufacturing skill base but have also contributed significantly to the wider aerospace sector by developing local capacity for high-value manufacturing and skills training.”
The facility began with the production of basic components such as tubes and brackets and has since scaled up to nearly 1,000 different parts, including titanium components. Over the past five years, the plant has doubled its output, producing parts that are critical to air, oil, and fuel systems in jet engines.
“Components produced in Pune supply our global factories, where they are used to assemble CFM’s LEAP, GEnx, and GE9X engines. We are efficiently meeting their escalating demands using our proprietary FLIGHT DECK lean operations model,” said Vishwajit Singh, managing director of the Pune Manufacturing Facility.
CFM International is a joint venture between GE Aerospace and Safran. The Pune facility plays a pivotal role in GE’s global supply chain, working closely with 13 local Indian partners. At the plant, GE Aerospace has implemented its Flight Deck model, which has streamlined production processes for critical components.
This has led to shorter lead times, higher productivity, and reduced downtime — all without increasing headcount. As a result, the new line now produces more than twice the number of parts compared to six quarters ago.
GE Aerospace is a global leader in aerospace propulsion, services, and systems, with 49,000 commercial and 29,000 military aircraft engines in service worldwide. In India, the company has long been a partner to the aviation sector, powering major airlines and supplying defense engines and systems for the Indian Air Force’s Light Combat Aircraft Tejas Mk 1 and helicopters, as well as for the Indian Navy’s aircraft carriers and frigates.