Bigger and Better
The Machinist|Feb 2017

With the construction of new hall, IMTEX was even bigger in size this year compared to its earlier editions. Here is a glance at IMTEX 2017.

Bigger and Better

Eighteenth edition of IMTEX was held at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) from January 26, to February 1, 2017. Along with it, BIEC also celebrated milestone of completing 10 years at IMTEX 2017.

This edition was bigger this time and was held in six halls at BIEC covering a gross area of 66,000 sq mtr. A newly constructed hall of 17,500 sq mtr was inaugurated on the opening day of the exhibition. Manufacturers, suppliers, researchers and trade associations from almost 22 countries (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Serbia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States) participated in the seven day long exhibition.

The group participation came from China, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Spain, Taiwan and United States. Over 1000 exhibitors participated in the exhibition.

Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ (IMTMA) flagship event and South East Asia’s largest exhibition on metal cutting technologies was inaugurated by Siddaramaiah, Chief Minister of Karnataka, at the BIEC. Girish Shankar, Secretary (HI), Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Government of India; D.V. Prasad, I.A.S., Additional Chief Secretary, Commerce & Industries Department, Government of Karnataka; and Dr. Naushad Forbes, President, Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). Jamshyd N. Godrej, Chairman - Exhibitions, IMTMA; P.G. Jadeja, President, IMTMA; P. Ramadas, Vice President, IMTMA; and V. Anbu, Director General, IMTMA also presided over the inauguration. On the occasion, the IMTMA-Premier Outstanding Entrepreneur Award in memory of Vinod Doshi was given to Milind Kelkar and Mohini Kelkar, GrindMaster.

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