Bevel Gears India (BGI) has inaugurated a new 70,000 sq ft manufacturing facility near Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, dedicated exclusively to aerospace and defence gearing. The new unit marks the company’s first purpose-built aerospace facility as BGI celebrates 50 years of operations and targets Rs 500 crore in revenue by 2029.

The facility has been designed to manufacture flight-critical gearing solutions with dedicated production, inspection and quality infrastructure to meet stringent aerospace requirements. It will produce spiral and straight bevel gears, zerol and angular bevels, beveloids, hypoid and high-ratio hypoid gears, curvic couplings and precision parallel-axis gearing for aero-engine, helicopter, UAV, actuation and aerospace gearbox programmes.

Located within Bengaluru’s aerospace corridor, the facility provides BGI closer access to aircraft and aerospace OEMs, MRO companies, Tier-1 suppliers and other stakeholders across the aerospace ecosystem. The company expects the unit to support growing global demand for Indian precision-manufacturing capabilities.

The new plant is equipped with advanced Gleason and Klingelnberg CNC bevel and hypoid gear grinding lines, including India’s first Gleason 275G CNC hypoid grinder with a special straight bevel grinding option and India’s first Klingelnberg Oerlikon G80 CNC hypoid grinder. It also features DMG 5-axis machining centres, ZEISS coordinate measuring machines and Gleason gear inspection systems.

Operating under AS9100D-certified aerospace quality systems and ISO 9001:2015 certification, the facility will support BGI’s capabilities from prototype development to serial production. Heat treatment capabilities and NADCAP accreditation for special processes are planned as part of the next expansion phase.

Founded in 1976, Bevel Gears India is part of the Jamal Group and specialises in high-precision bevel gears for aerospace, space, motorsport, mining, steel and industrial applications. The company has also contributed to India’s space programme, including gears used aboard Pragyan, the lunar rover deployed during the Chandrayaan-3 mission.