CADES, India's leading product design and engineering services company has been selected as a preferred supplier for Engineering Services by EADS, a global leader in aerospace, defense products and related services. The certificate & contract was awarded to CADES at Airbus Toulouse, France on 3rd June 2008.
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, June 16, 2008 (PRESSbooth.ORG) -- CADcES has been rated by EADS as one of the valued company from India in terms of Engineering competency, domain strength, project management & delivery capability apart from high skilled resource availability & scalability. This is inline with EADS's global sourcing strategy and the Smart Buying objective of Airbus's Power8 program.
Speaking at the occasion Mr Dataram Mishra, MD and CEO, CADES said, "It's a great achievement for CADES. We are proud to be associated with EADS family. After nearly two years of rigorous evaluation for technical capability, project management, quality, IT, security and commercial considerations; EADS has selected CADES as an E2S preferred supplier for engineering services. With this CADES will be able to execute engineering services projects for all EADS Group directly, which includes Airbus, Eurocopter, Astrium and Defence & Security and the business units ATR, Socata and Sogerma at various design and manufacturing facilities from Europe and across the globe".
"CADES through its high-technology advantage and cost effective business models is committed to support EADS to achieve its global competitiveness. We expect this relationship to get into more strategic which will augment CADES's growth significantly. The services provided under this relationship will be eligible for offset credit in India." He added.
Mr. Mark Walker, VP - Product Related Services General Procurement, Airbus said "India is a strategic country in EADS global industrial footprint and for the offsets. CADES has been a E2S preferred supplier from India, capable to perform against the high quality standards of EADS at affordable cost structure, and provide us with the flexibility and capacity necessary to further strengthen our position in the market."
Currently EADS spends about € 2 billion per year on engineering services and is looking forward to significant benefit in capacity & cost through preferred suppliers like CADES. As an aligned structure of all EADS divisions, this will apply from now on and for the entire EADS group. The number and size of work packages, which will be received by CADES, is expected to grow significantly.
About CADES Digitech Private Limited: CADES is a leading, domain focused product design and engineering services company with a strong emphasis on innovation. CADES provides Projects, Consulting and R&D services to aerospace, defense and automotive industries. CADES is ISO 9001:2000, ISO/IEC 27001 & AS 9100B certified and also approved by CEMILAC and DGCA. CADES is approved by Airbus for providing Design Engineering Services
Headquartered in Bangalore, CADES has multiple delivery centers in the city and has 15 offices in 10 countries across India, North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. CADES has core competencies in the areas of Design, Analysis, Simulation, Virtual testing, Digital manufacturing, Product Data Management & Technical Publication.
CADES is known for its team of professionals with rich domain expertise, industry processes, practices and applications. The team also has proven capabilities in working from concept to manufacturing with value addition of technology innovations. CADES has formed strategic partnerships with R&D, Manufacturing, Testing, Systems development organizations and Educational Institutions.
www.cadestech.com
About EADS:
EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. In 2007, EADS generated revenues of € 39.1 billion and employed a workforce of about 116,000. The Group includes the aircraft manufacturer Airbus, the world's largest helicopter supplier Eurocopter and EADS Astrium, the European leader in space programmes from Ariane to Galileo. Its Defence & Security Division is a provider of comprehensive systems solutions and makes EADS the major partner in the Eurofighter consortium as well as a stakeholder in the missile systems provider MBDA. EADS also develops the A400M through its Military Transport Aircraft Division.
www.eads.com
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