Yantra India’s Nagpur Facility To Get 10,000-Tonne Aluminium Press For Defence And Aerospace Needs

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will perform the Bhoomi Pujan tomorrow (19 June) for a state-of-the-art 10,000-tonne aluminium extrusion press at Yantra India Limited’s Ordnance Factory in Ambajhari, Nagpur.

The ceremony will be attended by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Secretary (Defence Production) Sanjeev Kumar and other senior officials from the Department of Defence Production.

The proposed extrusion press will be a major national asset for the defence manufacturing sector, strengthening the nation’s capability to produce large, high-strength and precision aluminium alloy extrusions to cater to the requirements of the defence and aerospace sectors.

The facility will help reduce dependence on imports of critical aluminium extruded components while supporting indigenous manufacturing under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat vision.

The foundation ceremony comes as India’s annual defence production has surged to an all-time high of Rs 1.78 lakh crore in FY 2025-26, a 15.6 per cent increase over the previous year, while defence exports also reached a record Rs 38,424 crore during the same period.

The Ministry of Defence confirmed that Defence Public Sector Undertakings accounted for approximately 76 per cent of total production during FY 2025-26.