An
Indian company – Dynamatic Technologies – has signed an agreement with Airbus
to make all door variants for the planemaker’s A220 planes, the companies
confirmed in a press conference on Thursday 8 Feb.
This
is by far the French planemaker’s largest contract for doors, Airbus India
President Remi Maillard said. Dynamatic Technologies’ Chief Executive Officer
Udayant Malhoutra that the company will deliver the first doors to Airbus early
next year.
The announcement was made in the
presence of Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia.
Dynamatic
Technologies shares surged 11.57 per cent to scale a one-year high of Rs
7,790.80 against their previous close of Rs 6,982.95. The stock saw heavy trading volumes today. Turnover on the
counter came at Rs 4.78 crore, commanding a market capitalisation (m-cap) of Rs
5,137.12 crore.
Dynamatic’s
order is the second in India, the earlier contract was awarded to Tata Advanced
Systems to build bulk and cargo doors for A320 planes.
The
company builds products for automotive, aeronautic, hydraulic and security
applications. Their facilities are
located in Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore and Nasik, as well as in the UK and
Germany. They have three design laboratories in India and Europe, and
numerous patents to its name.