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No sooner did India get some much-needed respite from the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the second wave hit us from nowhere with the threat to undo the gains we managed in the interim phase. However, the Indian manufacturing industry, as resilient it is, is taking the economic pinch in the right spirit, conforming to all norms and waiting it out to emerge all the more successful.

Advanced technologies such as the internet of things, artificial intelligence, and additive manufacturing are proving to be a boon for the manufacturing industry, bringing in benefits including reduction in the cost of production, downtime, and errors, and improvement in the speed of operations. The case in point is a testimony to how IIoT-enabled metal processing machines can prove themselves crucial with their multitude of advantages.

The combination of Quaker Chemical and Houghton International positions Quaker Houghton as a global leader in industrial process fluids for the metal and metalworking customers. Armed with an expanded products and services portfolio, the company plans to broaden its horizons across a wide spectrum of customer segments including steel, automotive, mining, industrial parts manufacturing, aerospace, and tube and pipe.

China-based Quick Laser Technology’s strategic cooperation with Beckhoff has further boosted the success of its high-performance laser cutting machines. The latter’s TwinCAT software as an open CNC system has had a major role in the process.

As industrial operations become increasingly autonomous, ‘connected workers’ are vital for digital business success.

Leading technology platform for agribusinesses AgNext Technologies strives to solve the problem of food quality to accelerate transactions and build sustainability. Company CEO & Founder Taranjeet Singh Bhamra shares the gaps in the market that prompted him to foray into the agricultural space and transform it like never before…

U-Tech Group’s meteoric rise to success is a culmination of focus, determination, and a constant strive towards it. Its separate business units for sales and manufacturing are independent entities that work in synergy for the group to achieve its future goals.

Smaller tool manufacturers are eventually doing away with their doubts regarding industrial automation and are embracing it owing to the wide range of advantages it offers.

An interesting account of how Blaser Swisslube’s Synergy 735 and Vascomill CSF 35 helped Sigma Surgical in India achieve tool cost savings and stable processes…

Simulation ensures programs are error free and all operations work together as intended, but optimization ensures the whole process is operating as efficiently as possible to save time and money. Here's knowing how has VERICUT CNC simulation and verification software from CGTech helps to achieve that…