The KCP Limited
| Location: | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
|---|---|
| Subordinate To: | N/A |
| Size: | N/A |
| Facility Status: | Active |
The KCP Limited is a private sector company with an annual turnover of nearly $32.06 million (FY 2000-2001).
The company's heavy engineering unit at Chennai manufactures:
- Heat-treatment furnaces used for heat treatment of low-alloy, high-strength steels, ultra high-strength steels, maraging steels, precipitation steels and heat-treatable aluminum alloys; used in missiles developed under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program.
- Parts of the airframe such as propellant and oxidizer tanks for the Prithvi ballistic missiles.
Sources:
[1] The KCP Group, www.kcp.co.in;
[21] Dr. N.C. Birla and B.S. Murthy, eds., "Airframes and Composites," Indian Defence Technology: Missile Systems (1998: DRDO, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi), pp. 58-59;
[3] Dr. N.C. Birla and B.S. Murthy, eds., "Fabrication and Manufacturing Technologies," pp. 89-90.
This material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, or agents. Copyright © 2011 by MIIS.
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