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.

READY TO BOUNCE BACK

The cutting tools industry is also starting to come back to its pre-lockdown numbers, though it may take another couple of months to fully return, says Gautam Ahuja, Managing Director, Dormer Pramet India.

THE MARKET WILL IMPROVE!

Although there is uncertainty in the market, we are equipped and ready to serve our customers, says Anil Kumar, Managing Director, Ceratizit India Pvt. Ltd.

READY FOR THE NEXT LEVEL

Saankhya Labs is betting big on the growing indigenous defence market says Parag Naik, its Co-Founder and CEO.

TOWARDS SELF-RELIANCE

Cutting tools industry would play important role in achieving India’s dream of ‘Atamnirbhar Bharat’, says Ravi Prem, Chief Operating Officer, Forbes & Company Limited

MOVING INDIA'S ARMED FORCES

Ashok Leyland’s special application vehicles have been performing faultlessly in altitudes varying form sea level to over 5,500 meters above sea level and in temperatures ranging from -40 degrees Celsius to +55 degrees Celsius, says Nitin Seth, COO, Ashok Leyland

THE FUTURE IS GOOD!

With a comprehensive portfolio catering to some of the mega programs, Bharat Forge’s Defence & Aerospace division is ready to further enhance the scope of its work and contribute towards a self-reliant India, says its President and CEO, Rajinder Bhatia.

INCREASE PRODUCTION SIGNIFICANTLY

Wohlhaupter India and Allied Machine share motorsports manufacturer success with GEN3SYS® XT Pro Drill

EDGE OVER COMPETITORS

Since we cater to a niche segment, our drilling and boring products are well accepted there and we did not face any major hurdles last year except few price competitiveness challenges, says Keshav Khurana, Executive Director, Wohlhaupter India Pvt. Ltd.

TRANSFORMING THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

Additive manufacturing has already ingrained itself at several steps of the production line, even among Indian automakers. Having started in the design and prototyping lab, 3D printing is now showing its value to automakers in several ways.

STRATEGIC FOCUS

We are focused on projects which we consider as strategic and have long term prospects for our operations in India, says Rajeev Joisar, Country Leader for India at Bombardier Transportation.

INDUSTRY 4.0 IN THE NEW NORMAL

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered large scale digital transformation across industries and the globe. This creates new opportunities to implement innovative digital strategies and rapidly embrace Industry 4.0 technologies, says Saravanan Panneer Selvam, General Manager – INDO Region, Grundfos

PLAN FOR A MARATHON, BUT NOT A SPRINT!

While we formulate strategies to engage global companies looking for alternative markets, it is pertinent to remain focussed on the fundamentals of investments – market, regulatory certainty, cost of doing business and world-class infrastructure.

USHERING A TECHNOLOGICAL RENAISSANCE

Additive manufacturing has evolved into a viable industrial manufacturing solution, says Preran Prasad JM of amace solutions pvt. Ltd.

MODULARITY IN PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY: JUST HOW GRANULAR DO YOU WANT TO GO?

Find out how engineering customers can make the modularization of their products as efficient as possible.

FROM CRISIS TO TRANSFORMATION

The value-adding journey of manufacturing in the supply chain is currently going through an unprecedented rough-terrain of COVID-19 crisis but is definitely going to transform itself to a much more robust chain tomorrow.

GROUNDBREAKING AND FIELD-TESTED

A software company has driving forward automation and the integration of additive manufacturing with the latest release of its CAD/CAM suite. The developers have also implemented numerous functions to further simplify everyday machining tasks.