India's GDP growth speeds up at 7.7% in Q4FY18

The improvement in growth appears to be broad-based, with both consumption and investment showing improvement, says CrisilRead more

Shell Lubricants celebrates industry collaborations with ‘Power of Partnerships’ campaign

Shell Lubricants, the global market leader in finished lubricants, recently launched ‘Power of Partnerships’ in Mumbai, to encourage industry collaboration and harness relationships to achieve operational efficiency together.Read more

Smart factories are all about sustainability, flexibility and quality

At a time when India is committed to increase the contribution of the manufacturing sector to GDP to 25 per cent, for the country’s MSMEs digitalisation can be a potent tool to survive the onslaught of much bigger global players, says Ashish Bhat, Executive Vice President, Digital Factory, Siemens Ltd.Read more

Germany’s Schmersal opens first global support IT centre in Pune

The Germany-based Schmersal Group, a manufacturer of electromechanical safety and lift switchgear and systems, has opened its first global support IT centre in Pune. The centre - inaugurated by Michael Ambros, Managing Director, K A Schmersal GmbH & Co KG, is spread across an area of 3305 sq ft with a workforce of 15 functional and technical consultants.Read more

Hannover Messe: Taking Industry 4.0 to the next level

With ‘Integrated industry – Connect & collaborate’ as the theme this year, the trade show will highlight how connectivity in industry facilitates completely new forms of business, work and collaboration. Curtains will be raised for this year’s Hannover Messe, one of the world’s leading trade shows for industrial technology, on April 23, 2018. To be held from April 23-27 with the theme of ‘Integrated industry - Connect & collaborate’, the trade fairRead more

India’s engineering industry has a lot of potential

…says Dr Jochen Köckler, Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Messe AG – the organiser of Hannover Messe.

Hannover Messe 2018 will be underway from April 23. What are the highlights of this edition?

There are too many highlights to list. We have five main exhibit sectors, each of which presents its own highlights. Our lead theme in 2018 is “Integrated Industry – Connect & Collaborate”, which means companies should use digitalisation not only to oRead more

Cooper Corporation launches emission certified Gas Generators from 10KVA-25KVA

Cooper Corporation, one of India’s leading engine manufacturers is amongst the first in the industry to get approval from Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) to develop a series of gas generator sets (gensets) ranging from 10 KVA – 25 KVA, that are certified to be compliant with the new mass emission norms being administered by the Central Pollution Control Board in India.Read more

SDK strengthens R&D function for aluminum alloy materials

Showa Denko has established an 'Aluminum Product Evaluation Center' in its Kitakata Plant, located in Fukushima Prefecture, as a laboratory in its institute for integrated product development, business development center, to accelerate development of aluminum alloy materials.Read more

Walter s.r.o. celebrates launch of a flow assembly line in Kurim, Czech Republic

Walter s.r.o. in Kurim recently celebrated the launch of its flow assembly line with numerous invited guests. Jürgen Schock, CEO of Walter Maschinenbau GmbH, welcomed the group of about forty invited guests followed by a short speech from project manager Markus Schulze about the flow assembly line project, before kicking off the official opening ceremony. Together, the entire project team pressed a start button to symbolize the official launch of the flow assembly line. Construction work forRead more

Phoenix Contact India celebrates 25 years

Phoenix Contact India (Pvt.) Ltd. established as a joint venture with Phoenix Contact GmbH and Co., Germany has been one of the leading technology oriented company since its inception in 1993. With innovative products in the range of terminal blocks, PCB connectors, interfacing solutions, surge protection devices, power supplies, ethernet switches and automation components, Phoenix Contact India has offered value added solutions to the different industrial segments including energy, process, macRead more