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- JTL Defence Limited, a subsidiary of JTL Industries Limited, is an India-based metal manufacturing and engineering company specializing in non-ferrous metal products, precision metallurgy, and defence-grade components. The company operates through segments focused on metal processing, fabrication, and industrial engineering. Its comprehensive product portfolio encompasses copper products, including annealed copper wire, bunched copper wire ropes, electrolytic tough pitch (ETP) and deoxidized high-phosphorous (DHP) copper sheets, strips, ingots, and precision copper foils; brass and bronze alloy products, including brass coils, sheets, plates, foils, phosphor bronze strips, and aluminium bronze components; cupro-nickel, nickel silver, tin solders, and stainless steel fabrications; aluminium foils and extrusions; and high-precision components and specialized metal solutions engineered for critical defence, aerospace, and high-specification industrial applications. The company’s products cater to a wide array of end markets, including defence equipment manufacturing, aerospace, power transmission and electrical engineering, automotive, industrial machinery, and infrastructure. JTL Defence operates manufacturing facilities located in Baddi and Nalagarh, Himachal Pradesh, India, and serves customers across domestic and export markets. Originally incorporated in 1992 as Rameshchand Industries Limited and later operating as RCI Industries & Technologies Limited, the company is headquartered in Chandigarh, India. In recent major developments, the company completed a Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) under the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), resulting in JTL Industries Limited acquiring a 95 percent controlling stake. Following the resolution plan approval, capital restructuring, and reconstitution of executive management, the company rebranded from RCI Industries & Technologies Limited to JTL Defence Limited in 2026, executing a strategic expansion to integrate its metallurgical processing infrastructure with JTL Group's capabilities to scale production of advanced defence and aerospace equipment.