The David Brown- Bharat Forge, an Indian joint venture between leading global gearing expert David Brown and Bharat Forge, a global leader in the manufacture of automotive and non-automotive components opened its first industrial gearbox service and assembly facility at Hosur in Tamil Nadu, India. The state of the art facility was declared open by the chief guest, Mr SP Singh, Director NTPC Ltd at a ceremony attended by distinguished guests as well as the chief executive of David Brown- Bharat Forge, Venkatesh Subramanyam and Subodh Tandale, Executive Director of Bharat Forge. Also present on the occassion were David Brown's Commercial Director Gavin Money. The 56,000 sq ft for Hosur service, repair and assembly centre provides support to customers across India giving them access to more than 150 years of engineered gearing innovation and expertise. It is fully equipped, has an industrial crane, and the capability to service, repair, upgrade and provide strategic gearbox maintenance as well as supply new gearboxes for customers in industries such as power generation, metals, cement and renewables as well as the defence sector.