‘Brand Hyderabad’ received a shot in the arm with aerospace engine manufacturers Pratt and Whitney (P&W) all set to throw open the country’s first customer training centre here. The facility, spread over two acres, and located close to the international airport in Shamshabad, will be operational by mid-2015.

After training centres in USA and China, Hyderabad is the company’s third facility that will exclusively train aircraft engineers and technicians of their customers on their current and new engines. “About 40 per cent of the world’s training of our engines will happen here,” informed Bruce Hall, general manager (customer training), Pratt & Whitney, UTC India at the ground-breaking ceremony of the facility on Thursday. “Setting up of this facility was a logical decision for us since we have a huge customer base here,” Mr. Hall said.

He said the engineers of their customers from other countries in the region would also train at the centre and the training volume would double by 2018. In the initial phase, the facility will be used to train only the technicians of airlines using Pratt and Whitney engines but in future, academic education would also be imparted. The training would be provided on V2500 and PW1100G-JM Engines with scope for adding newer models. Telangana IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao, who was the chief guest, invited the company to set up their manufacturing unit in the city.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Staff Reporter / Hyderabad – October 17th, 2014