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Economic downturns give one an opportunity to introspect, rethink about ongoing activities, cut costs, increase cash flows, enhance technological capability...

Continuing to build its reputation for creative solutions, this multi-faceted medical device component manufacturer took its Swiss machining operations to a new level to meet a customer's market demands.

A family-owned and managed business, Electropneumatics & Hydraulics (I) Pvt Ltd has got all its basics right.

The Blaser coolant Blasocut 4000 Strong has a sump life of over 20 years now! It all began in 1998 when Tata Motors in Pune was looking for a high-quality metalworking fluid. Blaser Swisslube India reflects on the success story so far and is sure of it lasting for the next 20 years.

Smart manufacturing with its variety of synonyms continue to intimidate big and small manufacturing players alike. However, it's about time they shed their inhibitions and went for automation to level the playing field.

Realizing that joining forces is the best solution to bridge the widening gap between them, the Industry and the Academia are increasingly lending each other support. Fronius India's setting up of the Robotic Welding Center in Kerela's Little Flower Engineering Institute is yet another motivation for the industry to follow suit.

Optimal exploitation of different processes and multiple technologies is to be the way of fabricating metallic objects in future. To this end, IIT Bombay has developed Hybrid Layered Manufacturing, an economical Metal 3D Printing System.

The medical device industry is poised for tremendous growth. Suppliers should be prepared to adapt to the changing needs of their customers.

The Indian automotive industry has come a long way making rapid strides and providing a fillip to other industries along the way. However, there remain challenges to be surmounted for the industry to leverage significant opportunities that await it.

With the growing realization of the benefits that stem from sustainable manufacturing methods and technologies, manufacturers today are more willing to go green than ever. Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association (IMTMA), in its commitment to steer the Indian machine tool industry towards increased progress, also lends support to this much-needed manufacturing trend.