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51% of Indian manufacturers plans to adopt smart manufacturing by the next year

A recent study by industrial automation company, Rockwell Automation titled ‘8th Annual State of Smart Manufacturing Report’ reveals the impact of technology on the profitable growth of the global manufacturing sector. The report has intakes from 1,350 manufacturers across 13 leading manufacturing countries. Arvind Kakru, Director of Sales, Rockwell Automation India, in this interview tells how Indian manufactures, OEMs, SMEs/MSMEs etc can benefit from smart manufacturing in the coming future. Read more

The skilling evolution in India’s manufacturing industry

Over the past decade, the role of automation in manufacturing has increased significantly. As the sector continues to change and evolve, the skill sets required to succeed are changing as well. The need for strong core competencies alongside new age skills and soft skills will be critical to success, says Neeti Sharma.Read more

Collaborative robots are doing wonders for manufacturers

In this interview with Rakesh Rao, Sougandh K M, Country Manager of India, Universal Robots, elaborates on how cobots can make small & medium enterprises (SMEs) competitive in a global landscape without taking on undesirable risks.Read more

Adopting the right technology can make India self-reliant

In this interview with Rakesh Rao, Suprakash Chaudhuri, Head - Digital Industries, Siemens Ltd, highlights importance of Industry 4.0 or digitalization in furthering India’s manufacturing growth.Read more

3i EXPO & Conference gets a rousing response from the manufacturing industry; IPF presents awards to 19 SMEs from across India

3i EXPO & Conference - hosted by Industrial Products Finder (IPF) from May 20-21, 2022 in Mumbai - received an arousing response from the Indian manufacturing sectors with senior representatives from some of the leading companies like Emerson, Godrej & Boyce, Aditya Birla Group, Reliance Industries, Mitsubishi Electric, etc visiting the event.Read more

Baby steps to automation for SMEs

While automation and Industry 4.0 are the need of the hour, it is advisable for companies - especially Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) - to take small (incremental) steps at a time towards automation, says Rakesh Rao.Read more

Vedanta Aluminium to deploy large fleet of electric forklifts at Odisha plant

The new lithium-ion forklifts - to be supplied by GEAR (Gemini Equipment and Rentals Pvt Ltd) - will help maximise productivity of operations by enabling longer working cycles via rapid charging.Read more

Igus sees opportunity coming from all segments in India

India is growing fast and with more and more industries adopting automation, the demand for moving parts is set to rise exponentially. With its core capabilities motion plastics, Igus will drive Indian industry across most segments and is slated for phenomenal growth. In this interview with Rakesh Rao, Santhosh Jacob, Country Manager and Director, Igus India, talks of his company's “Improve What Moves” maxim, emerging trends and future prospects.Read more

Automation offers huge potential for SMEs

Securing supply chains has gained prominence due to Covid 19 pandemic; thus, increasing the need for scalable infrastructure and high-performance communication networks. Digitalization has certainly received an extra boost from the Covid pandemic, says Manoj Dunung, Managing Director, Weidmuller Electronics India Pvt Ltd. In this interview, Manoj Dunung explains how Weidmüller is helping manufacturing companies to prepare for the future with its pioneering solutions.Read more

Crisis looming over aluminium industry due to coal shortage

The recent decisions for stoppage of secured coal supplies and rakes for non-power sector is detrimental for aluminium industry and will jeopardise the sustainability as these continuous process-based plants are not designed for adhoc shutdown and start of operationsRead more

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