Centre of excellence confirms confidence in India

John Crane EAA has announced the opening of a new GBP1.5 million manufacturing, service and support centre in Bangalore, India, a significant addition to the Crane global network

John Crane EAA has announced the opening of a new GBP1.5 million manufacturing, service and support centre in Bangalore, India.

The move represents a significant addition to the company's global network and in particular it adds extra capacity to the ability of John Crane - part of the global engineering business Smiths Group plc - to support its customers in the growing Indian and Asian markets.

The company has underlined its confidence in the emerging Indian economy by selecting Bangalore as the location for its new Centre of Excellence which, in addition to serving local customers, will provide a variety of services to other parts of the John Crane network.

Located in the Bangalore Peenya industrial area the premises have been designed with flexibility and future expansion in mind.

With an initial 25,000 sq ft factory capacity plus 20,000 sq ft of office accommodation they house 120 people with a range of world-class skills and abilities.

The Bangalore region offers a well-educated high quality workforce that can provide engineering-oriented people to help support the design elements of the new centre's activities.

The centre will also be a key-manufacturing hub for John Crane seals for the domestic Indian market, fully assembled power transmission couplings for both the domestic (Indian) and Asia Pacific region plus coupling components for assembly at other John Crane facilities.

Additionally, engineering and technical back up for the John Crane network will be provided including a newly created CAD 3-D modeling service.

Support for John Crane software development, database administration and web maintenance activities will also be available from Bangalore, along with project support, administration services plus market analysis and research capabilities.

The Bangalore international time zone position makes it an excellent location for this new Centre as it will share part of its working day with the John Crane European and Asian facilities allowing projects to be progressed on a round-the-clock basis.

John Crane already has regional and local branch offices in Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Baroda, Kolkata, Jamnagar and Surat with the original Indian International Support Centre being established in Bangalore in 1999.

This modest operation laid the foundations for the company's progress in India to date.

John Crane has an international network of more than 6,000 employees and over 200 facilities (including 20 main manufacturing sites) in more than 40 countries.

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