# GKN Fokker Elmo to build $10M aircraft wiring facility in Pune

GKN Fokker Elmo, a fully owned GKN Aerospace business, signed an MoU with the Maharashtra government to set up a $10 million manufacturing facility for wiring interconnection systems in Pune, India. Production is expected to start in the first quarter of 2019, and the workforce is expected to grow to 800 by 2027.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-07-21
- Where: Pune, Maharashtra, India
- Value: $10.0M
- Jobs: 800
- Starts operating: Q1 2019
- Status: announced
- Products: wiring interconnection systems for commercial aircraft
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [GKN Fokker Elmo](https://endata.com/companies/33255.md)
- [GKN Aerospace](https://endata.com/companies/3849.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [thehindu.com](https://www.thehindu.com/business/gkn-fokker-venture-to-set-up-aircraft-wiring-facility-in-pune/article24484143.ece), 2018-07-21: "This electrical wiring systems site will be the first aerospace facility fully owned by us in India."

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