Mumbai-based Sure Safety Solutions Pvt ltd (SSS) would set up a manufacturing unit of Aerial Target Products for defence purposes at the Gopalpur Industrial Park in Ganjam district.
Groundbreaking ceremony for the project was held on Wednesday inside the park in the presence of Industries Minister Debi Prasad Mishra and Science and Technology Minister Dr Pradeep Panigrahy, MlA Dr Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik, Army Air Defence College Commandan lt General Saighal and Tata Steel Special Economic Zone ltd MD Arun Misra and SSS MD Anant Bhalotia.
The Aerial Target Manufacturing facility will be set up jointly by the SSS and the UK-based Megitt Defence, United Kingdom. The SSS is expected to invest `50-60 crores in the assembly plant to be built over five acres under the ‘Make in India’ scheme. The project will begin with an assembly line for aerial targets, followed with servicing Meggitt’s more than $50 million order procured from Defence ministry for aerial targets.
“This is a bright beginning for us and we look forward to many more such investments and opportunities in this industrial park in coming days. We are in discussions with investors in China and other South-East Asian countries too who have shown interest to partner with us in this growth,” said Arun Mishra.