Automation 2012, the 7th edition of Asia's leading automation exhibition, has received endorsement by some leading companies in the automation and instrumentation segments. The event is scheduled from September 7-10, 2012 at NSE Complex, Mumbai. The 2012 edition was officially launched in May 2012 at Mumbai. Mr M Arokiaswamy, Managing Director, IED Communications Ltd, is the brain behind organising this mega exhibition. "We have been participating and supporting the Automation show since inception and believe this is a great show for future trends and challenges and it is honour for me to launch the Automation show in India," Dr Gunther Kegel, CEO, Pepperl+Fuchs, had asserted during the function.

"Automation 2012 is a great platform and gives an excellent opportunity to find out the latest technology in the market and compare with the various products available to suit their requirement," said Mr V P Raman - Discipline Head - Mott Macdonald India Pvt Ltd. "We have been participating in exhibitions worldwide for the last 30 years. Since Mr Arokiaswamy introduced Automation we have been participating in this show regularly and we have been getting not only Indian but also foreign customers and we have good qualitative leads from the show," adds Mr N Nagendran, Chairman, Nagman Instruments & Electronics Pvt Ltd. Mr Kalidas Bhangare, Managing Director, Testo India Pvt Ltd, has also appreciated the show for its professional organisation and healthy visitor turnout.

Mr Kishore Degwekar, Managing Director, Detection Instruments (I) Pvt Ltd, feels participating in the show for the last 7 years has benefited the company. Another exhibitor, Mr Premchand Goliya, CMD, Meco Instruments Pvt Ltd, also feels the response at this event is very good and recommends the show to all people in the field of automation. Another laudatort comment came from Mr Jasbir Singh, VP, Instrumentation - Essar Project Management Consultants Ltd. "Essar is one of the largest companies in India in the field of hydrocarbons, fertilizers, steel, power plants, pipelines, logistics and mining, and we are increasing our capacities. Automation is good platform for us to get the biggest market to get latest technologies, devices that we can use in our next expansions," sad Mr Singh.

Other top executives who have endorsed the event include: Mr Umesh Chandra, Sr. Executive Director, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd; Mr PLN Murthy - DGM Maint (Inst) - Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd; Mr C R Deshpande - Deputy General Manager (Instruments) - Aker Powergas Pvt Ltd; Mr A K Rout - DGM (Inst) - Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd; and Mr Deepak Edwankar, Director, Forbes Marshall Pvt Ltd.