Aequs Earns State Export Excellence Award

Bengaluru, March 24, 2015: Aequs, one of the Indias fastest growing precision
engineering companies, was awarded the prestigious State Export Excellence Award by
Mr. Siddaramaiah, Chief Minister of Karnataka during the award ceremony hosted at
Vidhana Soudha at Bengaluru on 18th March 2015. The Chief Minister, Mr.
Siddaramaiah, Mr. Satish Jharkiholi, Small Scale Industries Minister and Ms. Ratna
Prabha, Additional Chief Secretary of Commerce and Industries department were
present at the venue along with other government dignitaries.
Aequs earned the State Export Excellence Award under the Belagavi district category
and is the only aerospace manufacturing company to earn it. Mr. Sampathkumaran S.T.,
Vice President of India Defence at Aequs, accepted this award on the companys behalf.
Aequs has major manufacturing facilities at Belagavi serving the Aerospace, Automotive
and Oil & Gas industries. Aequs started its manufacturing operations at the Belagavibased Aequs Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in 2009 with its first unit; today, Aequs
operates six units and is constructing three additional units there.
We are honored to receive this award in recognition of Aequs success in
manufacturing for the export market from our Belagavi SEZ, said Aravind Melligeri,
Chairman and CEO of Aequs. We are committed to continuing to provide world-class
quality, value and delivery to our global customers and contributing to Karnatakas
economy.
Aequs successful growth has created almost 1,000 jobs, most of it in the Aequs SEZ
located in Belagavi. Karnataka is already the hub of the aerospace manufacturing in
India and with additional investment in infrastructure and worker skills development,
Karnataka could compete more effectively for a larger share of the global precision
engineering market. We are committed to partnering with the government of Karnataka
to develop further the manufacturing ecosystem in the state, added Mr. Melligeri.

About Aequs
Aequs is among Indias fastest growing precision engineering companies specializing in
precision machining, sheet metal fabrication, assembly, forging, and special processing
for the aerospace, automotive, and oil & gas industries. The companys customers
include global industry leaders such as Bosch, Airbus, UTAS, Eaton, Baker Hughes and
Halliburton. Aequs operates manufacturing facilities in Bengaluru, Belagavi, and
Houston. The Belagavi facilities are located in the Aequs SEZ, India's first integrated
precision engineering ecosystem. Visit www.aequs.com for more details.

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