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Great Success for the GIFAS Mission to Strengthen French-Indian Aerospace Cooperation and Support the Make in India Policy
by businesswireindia.com
April 20, 2018
Business Wire IndiaGIFAS, the
French Aerospace Industries Association, a driving
force behind
French-Indian cooperation, has head a
major industrial mission to
India from
16 to 19 April 2018.
This mission
has been an exceptional opportunity for the
Indian and French aerospace industries to
meet and explore common fields of win-win
cooperation, and all its
objectives have been achieved.
Drawing on the very constructive State visit to
India of
French President Emmanuel Macron in
March 2018, this mission hence
has supported the
commitment of
French industries to the
“Make in
India” policy, in the
fields of
aerospace, defence and space.
Eric Trappier, the Chairman of
GIFAS and Chairman of
CIDEF (Council of
French Defence Industries), has led this mission.
In New Delhi and
Bangalore, he met with
several ministers and officials such as Mrs.
Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of
Defence, Mr. Suresh Prabhu, Minister of
Commerce, Industry
and Civil
Aviation, Dr.
Bhamre, Minister of State for
Defence, Mr.
Jayant Sinha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, or
Mr. RV. Deshpande, Minister of
Industry and Commerce of the State of
Karnataka.
The delegation has made stops in
New Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai and Hyderabad, where more than 390
business-to-business meetings have been
co-organised with
SIDM (Society of
Indian Defence Manufacturers) and CII
(Confederation of
Indian Industry). They
have brought
together the
sectors’ companies
from both
countries. This took
place on the
occasion of two
seminar dedicated to the
“Indo–French Defence &
Aerospace Cooperation”. A MoU
between GIFAS and SIDM (Society of
Indian Defence Manufacturers) has been
signed to promote
partnerships and cooperation.
60
French aerospace industrial companies participated. The major aviation
and space players
representing both civilian
and defence business interests were
present –
Airbus, Ariane Group, Dassault Aviation, MBDA, Safran and Thales – not to mention 54
subcontractors, suppliers, SMEs
and equipment manufacturers.
The
Chairman of GIFAS,
Eric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault
Aviation, stated: “This GIFAS visit is a real
success. Cooperation in the areas of
aeronautics and space will be
strengthened by all the
meetings and interactions we
got this
week and the
measures now to
implement. We
are glad to
contribute to the
“Make in
India” policy
and strengthen the
strategic partnership between India and France”.
Source: Businesswire