With more than a century of manufacturing heritage, Cooper Corporation Pvt Ltd has evolved from a Satara-based engine manufacturer into a globally competitive engineering powerhouse. Farrokh Cooper, Chairman & Managing Director, reflects on legacy-driven decision-making, rapid growth over the past decade, key milestones, export successes, and the company’s vision for a cleaner future in power generation.

Infrastructure has been positioned as the core part of India’s growth strategy in the Union Budget 2026-27, as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a steep jump in Government capital expenditure to INR 12.2 lakh crore. The increased allocation aims to expedite large-scale infrastructure as well as create jobs and maintain the economic momentum, creating champion MSMEs.

TMTS 2026, the Taiwan International Machine Tool Show, is returning to Taichung from March 25-28, 2026, marking an important new chapter for the exhibition as it debuts at the newly inaugurated Taichung International Convention and Exhibition Center (TICEC). Located within the Shuinan Trade and Economic Park, the newly opened TICEC sits amid Taiwan’s machine tool cluster.

Teradyne Robotics hosted ElevateX 2026, its flagship industry forum bringing together Universal Robots (UR) and Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) to spotlight the next phase of human-centric, collaborative, and intelligent automation shaping India's manufacturing and intralogistics landscape. ElevateX 2026 reinforced how Indian enterprises are progressing from isolated automation pilots to scalable, business-critical deployments.

NORTEC witnessed the presence of decision-makers and project planners into Hall A4 of Hamburg’s trade fairgrounds. The show had further strengthened its position, despite the current challenging economic conditions, as a focused, pioneering trade fair for industry in the north of Germany. According to Roland Bleinroth, President, Messe Stuttgart, NORTEC represented a reliable platform for the industrial SMEs.

Paul Horn GmbH has expanded its slot broaching system with new type 117 inserts, suitable for internal diameters from 9 mm. The tool system is sustainable thanks to the low carbide content. The new system has an advantage over solid carbide broaching tools. The tool shanks enable the broaching of longer or deeper grooves.