Release from 22.07.2026

FACC expands composite production in India with partner Kineco Aerospace

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FACC is expanding its cooperation with Kineco Aerospace to a second work package of composite components for FACC's customer Airbus. The components will be produced in India, comprising several thousand parts per year, with serial production scheduled to start by the end of 2027. The step follows the completion of a qualification milestone with Airbus. The cooperation builds on the long-term supply-chain agreement signed by the two companies at the Paris Air Show in 2025. It is part of FACC's commitment to supporting the growth of India's aerospace ecosystem by developing industrial capabilities with long-term partners.

"India is becoming an increasingly important part of the global aerospace industry, and our strategy is to develop industrial capabilities there with trusted, long-term partners," says Andreas Furthmayr, EVP Aerostructures, FACC. "Kineco has already demonstrated the standards we require, and this second work package reflects the confidence we have built together. We are not sourcing from a market — we are building capabilities with partners, and growing with them as India's aerospace ecosystem develops."

S.R. Mukherjee, Chief Operating Officer – Kineco Aerospace: "Being entrusted with a second Airbus work package by FACC is a significant milestone in our partnership and a strong endorsement of Kineco's advanced composite manufacturing capabilities. Since signing our long-term agreement in Paris in 2025, Kineco and FACC's relationship has been founded on performance, quality and mutual trust. This second work package of composite components by FACC for its customer Airbus further strengthens Kineco's position as a strategic manufacturing partner within the global aerospace supply chain and supports Kineco Group’s vision of building world-class composite manufacturing capabilities in India for the world."
About FACC

FACC is a worldwide leading aerospace company in design, development and production of aerospace technologies and advanced aircraft lightweight systems. Being the technology partner of all major manufacturers, FACC works together with its customers on solutions for the aviation industry as well as on applications for passenger and logistics drones. Every second, there is an aircraft taking off with FACC technology on board. In the fiscal year 2025, FACC achieved EUR 984.4 million in revenue. More than 3,900 people from +50 nations are employed at 15 international locations worldwide. The company is listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange. For more information please visit facc.com.


About Kineco Group
Founded in 1995 by first-generation entrepreneur Shekhar Sardessai, Kineco Group is one of India's leading composite technology companies with diversified business interests spanning aerospace & defence, railways, renewable energy and industrial applications, operating nine manufacturing facilities across three countries.

Kineco's NADCAP-certified Aerospace & Defence division specialises in the design, manufacture and assembly of advanced composite structures and assemblies for leading global aerospace and defence OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers, supporting platforms ranging from fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft to unmanned systems and spacecraft.

Kineco's Railway Division is India's market leader in modular turnkey rail coach interior systems and critical exterior composite products. Through its international subsidiaries Semvac A/S (Denmark) and TRB Lightweight Structures (United Kingdom), the Group serves leading rolling stock manufacturers worldwide with rail sanitation systems, lightweight composite structures and sustainable mobility solutions. Kineco also partners with Exel Composites Oyj (Finland) through a joint venture to manufacture advanced pultruded composite solutions serving the wind energy, transportation, infrastructure and telecommunications sectors.

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