- Business
- Centum Electronics Limited, headquartered in Bengaluru, India and founded in 1993, designs, manufactures and supplies high-reliability electronics subsystems, hybrid microcircuits, embedded systems and test solutions primarily for defence, space, aerospace, industrial, medical and transportation sectors; core offerings span engineering research and development services including electronic hardware, embedded software, FPGA, analog and RF products; electronic manufacturing services encompassing PCB assembly, SMT, through-hole, fine-pitch components, multi-chip modules, conformal coating, box build, system integration and advanced testing such as in-circuit, boundary scan, functional, environmental stress screening, thermal vacuum and vibration; as well as build-to-specification turnkey solutions from conceptualization to mass production featuring avionics LRUs, satellite bus systems, power converters, data recorders and mission-critical subsystems. The company operates manufacturing facilities across four locations in Bengaluru including the Aerospace Park in Devanahalli and a dedicated space facility in Yelahanka, with global presence in six countries through design, sales, support and production teams in India, Canada, France, Belgium, the United Kingdom and the United States, supported by its British subsidiary Centum Electronics UK Ltd. Recent developments include a February 2025 teaming agreement with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to advance spectrum dominance, situational awareness and AI-based intelligence systems for the Indian Armed Forces; a March 2025 strengthened partnership with Thales for manufacturing next-generation flight avionics sub-systems under the Make in India initiative; an August 2025 memorandum of understanding with Bharat Electronics Limited for collaboration on electronic warfare, radar and secure military communication systems; and National Company Law Tribunal approval in October 2025 for the merger with its wholly-owned subsidiary Centum T&S Pvt Ltd.