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A NEW RECORD

Climbing up from 56.8 in September 2020 to 58.9 in October 2020, Indian manufacturing’s PMI has recorded its strongest improvement in the health of the sector in over a decade.

STANDING STRONG

The Company expects to maintain annual growth of 20 percent in next three years, says Satish Kumar Agarwal, Chairman and Managing Director, Kamdhenu Group

PREPARED FOR FUTURE

A key step in risk mitigation against future disruptions will be the creation of flexible operating models, increasing automation and reliance on technology to minimise human interface, says Rajendra Chunodkar, President – Manufacturing Operations, Lupin Limited.

PREPARING FOR TOMORROW

Health and well-being of employees and facilities have been the focus of all manufacturing facilities and will continue to hold the top priority status for the future as well. The next step has been continuing manufacturing in a safe and cautious manner. And finally, retooling and preparing for tomorrow, says Sameer Mathur, Chief Operating Officer, Schaeffler India

READY FOR THE NEXT LEVEL

‘With the announcement of Government’s Atmanirbhar initiative, we are confident that the industry will take up the future challenge and focus on deploying worldclass technologies and processes along with upgrading the skills of its workforce,’ says Raju B Ketkale, Deputy Managing Director, Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM)

BIG BOOST TO THE INDUSTRY

The machine tool industry is essential for the success of the aerospace & defence sector in India. We can already visualise the positive impact of “Make in India”, and with “Atmanirbhar Bharat” the machine tool industry will foresee big boost undoubtedly, says Mihir Baxi, President – Global Sales, Jyoti CNC Automation Ltd.

INNOVATING WITH GLOBAL AMBITIONS

The times have changed and it is imperative that we innovate all the time to effectively cater to the demands of customers, says Mohini Kelkar, Founder & Director, Grind Master Group

METAL BINDER JETTING SIMULATION

Simulation irons out Metal Binder Jetting defects to enable mass-production Additive Manufacturing

FOCUSED ON PROCESS COMPETENCY

Process competency is a very crucial factor for success in the aerospace & defence sector, says L Krishnan, MD, TaeguTec India Pvt Ltd

BUILDING ON A STRONG FOUNDATION

As the requirements of aerospace & defence sector are niche, they need niche solutions. The machines have to be built with special features and need to be robust to withstand the tough demands year on year, says Praful Shende, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer - Bharat Fritz Werner Ltd. (BFW)

A NEW SUNRISE

The Government of India has recently passed three key labour reform bills. This long due and much-awaited enhancement in the governance structure is likely to usher in a new era of progress and development.

Ensuring Smooth Business In The Covid Era

The Covid-19 crisis allowed businesses to engage in new strategic directions. It also encouraged to accelerate the implementation of existing ones and to optimise the organisational structure.

UNSHAKEABLE CONFIDENCE!

We believe India will recover sooner and better from the crisis than many other economies and growth would start to return in 2021. In the next 2-3 years, the CV industry could return to the market volumes we saw in 2019, says Satyakam Arya, MD & CEO, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV)

TQM: A SUSTAINABLE, COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

The levers to accomplishing a sustainable competitive advantage are many; but if one were to delve deeper, you would find that quality forms the guiding thread across every internal touchpoint.

THE TOUGHEST LEADERSHIP TEST!

With the changing consumer behaviour and preferences, there may be new opportunities opening-up with the need for new business models to service the changing market needs, says Krishan Kohli, Head of Hydraulic Brake Systems & Vehicle Dynamics business units, India, and Managing Director, Continental Automotive Brake Systems, India

THE QUEST FOR TERRIFIC AIR!

A company active in the real estate business was looking for an air disinfection system to be deployed in its campuses. When it could not find an appropriate solution in India, it decided to develop and manufacture the system on its own. Ankit Sharma, Director, Airific Systems Pvt. Ltd. shares the journey with The Machinist

TAKING RESPONSIBILITY

It is very important as a senior management member on how we respond to these challenges and overcome this situation, says Sanjiv Paul, Sr. Vice President, India Yamaha Motor

EYES ON SKY, FEET ON GROUND!

Riding on technology adaptability and scalability, Nishant Jairath – Director, Metalman Auto Pvt. Ltd. is confident that India will probably see the same growth in terms of achieving five percent or six percent YOY growth on GDP after March 2021.

FOCUSSED STRATEGY

“We shall focus on new product development to meet the market requirements in order to maintain our leadership position in the market,” says Nikhil Sawhney, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Triveni Turbine Ltd.

ENHANCED VISION

The new Kodak TV India manufacturing plant will develop and test more Android TV products within India thereby reducing dependency on other countries, says Avneet Singh Marwah, Director and CEO, Super Plastronics Pvt Ltd

COLLABORATIVE PROCESS PLANT ENGINEERING

Design, integration as well as the layout of industrial equipment in terms of plant design and engineering to ensure operational efficiency has become crucial as it involves many factors.

Heralding A New Beginning

Social distancing restrictions on the shopfloor call for a relook at manufacturing strategy, with better use of equipment backed by data, says T K Ramesh, Managing Director & CEO, Micromatic Machine Tools Pvt. Ltd.

The Power Of Power Skiving

As with all manufacturing technologies, quality, cost optimization, flexibility and productivity are the top issues. ‘Power Skiving’ makes a significant contribution to each of these aspects.

Dealing With The New Challenges

To be the company that is disrupting instead of being disrupted by the competition requires flexibility and agility along with a leading edge thinking and technology to make that happen, says Cas Brentjens, Vice President, Infor Nexus for Asia Pacific & Japan

EV ACE LIST 2020

With the Indian electric vehicles industry ready to ride into an electrifying period, The Machinist lists out some of the key leaders who will be at the forefront of the EV Future.

RECIPE OF SUCCESS

“We are currently working in tandem with all relevant bodies and authorities to ensure that we maintain a good balance between business continuity and fluid market conditions,” says Sunil Agarwal, Director, Vinod Cookware

ON THE MOVE!

The fact that we have created JVs in India is a visible indication that we are anticipating a continued growth in this sector, says Eli Hafets, Regional Director, India at Rafael Defense Systems Ltd

BUILDING ON A GOOD START

Public-private partnership along with autonomy to both ISRO and private industry was a much needed push forward for higher indigenous content and encouraged initiatives for local material and software as a part of the ‘Make in India’ initiative, says Surendra M Vaidya, Executive Vice President and Business Head, Godrej Aerospace

Navigating The New Normal

As we resume operations at our sites in a phased manner, we have a robust preparedness plan in place. We have relooked at our internal policies to suit it to the current situation and have mapped all possible touch points with due caution, says Alain Spohr, Managing Director, Alstom India and South Asia

Impact Of Covid-19

The economic state of affairs remains highly fluid, and ambiguity about the length and depth of the health crisis-related economic effects are powering discernments of risk and unpredictability in financial markets as well as with corporate decision-making.