TCR Advanced Engineering earns Nadcap accreditation, strengthening aerospace materials testing in India.

India's aerospace sector is growing quickly — with stronger domestic programmes, deeper participation in global supply chains, and far higher expectations around quality and reliability. In that environment, materials testing is no longer a support activity. It plays a direct role in qualification, production, and long-term performance.

TCR Advanced Engineering Pvt. Ltd. has successfully completed the Nadcap Materials Testing Laboratories audit and has been listed on the Qualified Manufacturers List (QML). In practical terms, this means our Vadodara laboratory now joins a limited group of facilities recognised for meeting the demanding aerospace testing requirements set by the Performance Review Institute (PRI) on behalf of the global aerospace, defence, and space industry.

For customers in aerospace and defence, this provides added confidence that TCR Advanced Engineering can support critical programmes with testing processes that have been independently audited and aligned with global industry expectations.

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Why Nadcap accreditation matters in aerospace

Nadcap is more than a certificate. It is an industry-led system designed to ensure that tests used for design, qualification, and production are carried out in a way that is accurate, traceable, and repeatable.

Administered by the Performance Review Institute (PRI), the Nadcap programme was established in 1990 by SAE International and is governed by aerospace Primes themselves — Boeing, Airbus, GE Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney, Safran, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, and more than fifty others. For aerospace OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers, that matters because Nadcap accreditation helps deliver:

• Greater confidence in standardised testing practices

• Lower supplier risk and reduced audit burden

• More reliable material-property data for design decisions

• Better access to international aerospace supply chains

• Support for AS9100, OEM-specific, and regulatory compliance needs

"Put simply, Nadcap helps build trust in the testing data behind aerospace decisions.

- The principle underlying every Nadcap-accredited laboratory

Our accredited scope — what TCR can now perform

The approved scope at our Vadodara laboratory covers four audit-criteria areas under AC7101 — the Nadcap Audit Criteria for Materials Testing Laboratories. Each is summarised below, with the specific methods we are accredited to deliver.

AC7101/3 AC7101/4	Mechanical Testing Room Temperature Tensile Testing · Impact Testing · Bend Testing
AC7101/4 Rev F	Metallography & Microindentation Hardness Metallographic Evaluation · Microindentation Hardness (interior and surface) · Grain Size Measurement · Inclusion Rating · Carburization & Decarburization · Nitriding & Case Depth Analysis · Oxidation & Corrosion Examination · Macro Examination
AC7101/5 Rev E	Hardness Testing Brinell Hardness · Rockwell Hardness · Vickers Hardness · Electrical Conductivity Inspection
AC7101/14	Proficiency Testing & Internal Round Robin Statistical consistency · Inter-laboratory comparability · Long-term measurement reliability

Together, these capabilities address the testing demands of the aerospace materials lifecycle — from incoming inspection through manufacturing process control, heat-treatment validation, and post-service failure investigation. Mechanical testing characterises strength and ductility. Metallography and hardness testing verify microstructure and surface integrity. Proficiency testing confirms the laboratory's measurement consistency over time and against peers.

What this means for India's aerospace ecosystem

As India's aerospace manufacturing base expands — across engines, structures, space systems, and defence platforms — local access to Nadcap-accredited testing makes a meaningful difference to the cost, speed, and competitiveness of Indian suppliers. Three practical advantages stand out.

i. Faster qualification cycles Access to an accredited domestic lab can reduce dependence on overseas testing, helping programmes move faster while still meeting global expectations. Samples that previously travelled to laboratories in the UK, Singapore, or the United States can now be tested in Vadodara — same audit criteria, same QML scope, in days rather than weeks.	ii. Lower compliance costs Working with a local Nadcap-accredited facility can reduce: Re-testing costs International shipping and logistics complexity Audit-related effort Supplier qualification delays
iii. Stronger supply-chain credibility Indian suppliers can demonstrate, through an independently verifiable QML listing, that they are meeting the quality expectations of global aerospace customers — without relying on overseas test reports as a proxy for capability.	iv. Geographical advantage Our laboratory in Vadodara is well placed to support the Tata-Airbus C-295 ecosystem being established locally, alongside aerospace, defence, and research organisations in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Coimbatore, and the National Capital Region.

Why companies may consider TCR Advanced Engineering

For companies working on qualification, production, or failure analysis, our Nadcap accreditation adds an extra layer of confidence in TCR's testing systems and technical discipline. Five reasons stand out.

1. Recognised technical competence

Nadcap accreditation indicates that the laboratory has met rigorous technical requirements reviewed within the aerospace industry — and that those requirements are reassessed at every audit cycle.

2. Broad test coverage

The approved scope covers a useful breadth of mechanical, metallurgical, hardness, and supporting quality-verification tests — all in one accredited facility, eliminating the need to coordinate across multiple laboratories for a single qualification programme.

3. Traceability and data integrity

Each test is supported by the fundamentals that demanding customers expect from a serious laboratory environment: controlled procedures, calibrated equipment, qualified personnel, and documented traceability.

4. Support across the product lifecycle

Our work supports clients in qualifying a new alloy, validating a heat-treatment batch, investigating a field failure, and assessing a supplier. In each case, dependable test data supports better technical decisions — and is the foundation on which TCR has built 25+ years of trusted relationships with India's most demanding clients.

5. Depth behind the credential

Nadcap accreditation gives our scope a globally recognised standard. The depth comes from the team that delivers it: a metallurgical investigations house with thousands of failure analyses on record across 18 industries, four decades of catalogued damage mechanisms in Indian process and manufacturing industry, and a Managing Director — Paresh Haribhakti, MSc Materials Technology, MSU Baroda — who personally reviews complex aerospace failure cases.

Key accredited test areas and their relevance

The following summary links our accredited test areas to their practical relevance in aerospace work.

Room Temperature Tensile	Strength, ductility, and design allowables
Impact Testing	Fracture behaviour and low-temperature performance
Bend Testing	Ductility and weld quality
Metallography	Grain flow and heat-treatment verification
Microindentation Hardness	Case depth and surface-treatment assessment
Grain Size and Inclusion Rating	Fatigue life and fracture resistance
Carburization and Decarburization	Surface integrity checks
Nitriding and Case Depth	Wear resistance evaluation
Macro Examination	Weld quality and forging-defect review
Brinell, Rockwell, Vickers Hardness	Material verification
Electrical Conductivity	Aluminium alloy temper verification

Together, these tests support the qualification and release of aerospace materials and components — from raw-material verification, through manufacturing process control, to in-service performance investigation.

"Twenty-seven years ago, we started TCR Advanced with a small lab in Vadodara and a single conviction — that India deserved metallurgical engineering as rigorous as anywhere in the world. With Nadcap accreditation for Materials Testing Laboratories, the global aerospace industry now agrees. From Vadodara to Boeing.

- Paresh Haribhakti, Managing Director, TCR Advanced Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

In closing

With this accreditation, TCR Advanced Engineering Pvt. Ltd. strengthens its position as a capable testing partner for aerospace materials work in India — offering recognised processes, local access, and a broad technical scope.

For aerospace OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, and defence programmes, that can translate into faster decisions, lower testing friction, and stronger support for participation in global supply chains.

We invite quality, sourcing, and supplier-development teams across India's aerospace and defence ecosystem to visit our Vadodara laboratory, walk the floor, meet the team, and see the scope first-hand. The visit takes two hours and costs nothing.

Contact — Aerospace Materials Lab

Talk to our team about your next qualification, production-control, or failure-investigation programme.

Whether you are qualifying a new alloy, validating a heat-treatment batch, investigating a field failure, or assessing a supplier — we can help.

Email testing@tcradvanced.com	Phone +91 265 2634375 · +91 98252 83446
Visit 250-252/9 GIDC Makarpura Vadodara 390010, Gujarat	Verify Our Nadcap status on PRI EAN at eauditnet.com