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**angeldimmon** · 04-16-2012, 08:39 PM

Liberalised offset norms give Bell a better opportunity to compete: John L Garrison, Bell Helicopter - The Economic Times

Nearly 60 years after a Bell helicopter arrived in India on a lease for Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's Mount Everest ascent (following which it stayed back in the country), the company has set up a full-fledged office in India. Bell Helicopter, which sold its first chopper in India in 1957, and opened a liaison office in 1995, claims to lead the market with 107 helicopters operating onshore and offshore.

Is there a reason why Bell hasn't been active in India's military procurements?

We don't have any military projects as of now. But the navy has sent several requests for proposals for light utility helicopters and we have been responding. So in military sales, the navy is the nearest-term option. One of the good things is that offset requirements have been relaxed from India's previous onerous norms, which prevented us from bidding in the past. We would have had to move all of our production facilities to India to meet those offset norms, which didn't make business sense. Liberalised offset norms give companies like Bell a better opportunity to compete.

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angeldimmon Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 358 Senior Member	Liberalised offset norms give Bell a better opportunity to compete: John L Garrison, Bell Helicopter - The Economic Times Nearly 60 years after a Bell helicopter arrived in India on a lease for Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's Mount Everest ascent (following which it stayed back in the country), the company has set up a full-fledged office in India. Bell Helicopter, which sold its first chopper in India in 1957, and opened a liaison office in 1995, claims to lead the market with 107 helicopters operating onshore and offshore. Is there a reason why Bell hasn't been active in India's military procurements? We don't have any military projects as of now. But the navy has sent several requests for proposals for light utility helicopters and we have been responding. So in military sales, the navy is the nearest-term option. One of the good things is that offset requirements have been relaxed from India's previous onerous norms, which prevented us from bidding in the past. We would have had to move all of our production facilities to India to meet those offset norms, which didn't make business sense. Liberalised offset norms give companies like Bell a better opportunity to compete.
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