French MNC Thales Inaugurates New Office in Bengaluru to Foster Growth in India

French aerospace Thales has recently inaugurated its second office in Bangalore in order to strengthen its ambition of expanding its industrial footprint and local team in India. The new launched office is a perfect example of state-of-art architecture with top-notch facilities. Yannick Assouad, Executive Vice-President - Avionics, Thales, and Ashish Saraf, VP and Country Director for Thales in India, were present at the inauguration ceremony.

The first office of Thales was inaugurated in 2019, in order to support of the group's ramp-up plans in India and the region.  It is called Engineering Competence Centre (ECC), which is a first-of-its-kind centre in India focusing on software and hardware capabilities in civil and defence businesses serving Thales's global needs. 

The new office offers advanced technologies solutions for sectors such as defence & security, aeronautics & space, and digital. It added that the extension will support new growth and contribute to the Group’s plans to double engineering staff in India by 2027.

In a press conference the company said, “The new building will serve as an extension of Thales' Engineering Competence Centre (ECC) in Bengaluru, inaugurated in 2019, in support of the Group’s ambitious ramp-up plans in the region and country.”

They further stated that, the ECC, opened in 2019, is a first-of-its-kind centre in India focusing on software and hardware capabilities in civil and defence businesses. Since its launch, the centre has played a significant role in job creation and skill development in India, growing to over 500 in staff. This ECC, along with an additional center based in Noida form one of the Group’s three major engineering competency center hubs. Thales’ engineering teams in Bengaluru are contributing to high-value-added systems in the fields of aerospace and defence, including Air Traffic Management, complex avionics systems, cockpit, flight management and connectivity systems, radar software, airborne Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance tactical management systems, among others.

VP and Country Director for India, Ashish Saraf, said “As we grow our engineering set-up in Bengaluru together with that in Noida, we continue to develop in-country capabilities by leveraging our global expertise and local talent, fostering new opportunities and innovations for Indian and global customers.”