New Delhi, December 21: In a bid to empower the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises MSME, Chennai's Swatantra Foundation is going to host the Defence Expo at the Chennai Trade Centre from 19 to 21 March.

 

 

Aerospace Industry Development Association of Tamil Nadu (AIDAT) and Tamil Nadu Small and Tiny Industries Association (TANSTIA) will be the Co-organisers of the expo. According to the reports, more than 400 large, medium, small and micro (MSMEs) units were expected to participate in the defense industry-related expo-empowering.

 

 

The main aim of the expo was to connect the Indian MSME sector companies who have the capacity and the capability to cater to the Defence Sector.

The main objective of the expo is to connect MSMEs to end-users in the Services, Indian Defence Manufacturing majors, and the various R&D institutions under DRDO and DPSUs and to build and harness the capacity and capability of the MSME sector to cater to the needs of the Defence sector and to create a broad and sustainable Supply Chain base for a vibrant MSME sector for Defence and Defence Exports. Apart from it, aim to provide a forum for MSME and Defence sector buyers to interact and identify mutually beneficial areas of business opportunities.

 

Leading firms like Larsen and Toubro, Bharat Forge, Super Auto Forge, the Ordnance Factories, DGQA, Hindustan Shipyard, LMW, LCC, and few other large units have already agreed to participate and exhibit their products in the expo. The expo will give the opportunity for Tier 1 and OEs to seek out and develop prospective suppliers.

 

According to expo Convenor and Secretary S Ramasubramanian, 'the B2B meet is the key during the expo where we expect a real-time business generation to happen.''We are planning to have at least 120 one hour sessions of B2B meet between the Large, Medium, and MSEs', he added