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Embraer and Mahindra eye Nagpur for future C‑390 production plant

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Embraer and Mahindra eye Nagpur for future C‑390 production plant
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  • Embraer and Mahindra have identified Nagpur in Maharashtra as a possible site for a C‑390 Millennium factory in India, pending selection of the aircraft by the Indian government and signing of a contract.
  • The companies are in preliminary talks with Indian authorities and the Maharashtra government to ready infrastructure for an assembly and industrialisation unit, which would also develop manufacturing engineering, system integration and supplier capabilities.

Why it matters

A plant in Nagpur could expand local aerospace manufacturing capacity and support the Indian Air Force's medium‑transport aircraft programme.

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