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Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association's (IMTMA) flagship exhibition IMTEX has played a stellar role in enabling the growth of manufacturing industry in India. The exhibition is now 50 years old and as it forays into new territories, we take the opportunity to reflect on its phenomenal growth and the impact it has had on the industry's coming of age.

As the country gears up to define its goals for an electric future, industry insiders present their two cents on the advantages that entail this revolutionary shift from traditional gasoline-powered vehicles to electric vehicles, the roadblocks to it, and how the road ahead seems.

Lubricants play an integral role of reducing friction between critical components of CNC machines, resulting in equipment durability, longevity and continued uptime. Here's to know a few effective ones…

Lean Manufacturing has long since been a proven way to achieve effective improvements in productivity, quality, and lead time by eliminating waste.

Human-robot collaboration enables the duo to work hand in hand with each contributing what they are best at. Together a formidable team, it promises manufacturing companies innumerable opportunities to be tapped.

Blaser Swisslube could help Dantal Hydraulics maximize its profitability of machines and tools with its liquid tool Synergy 915 coolant despite it costing much more than what the company earlier used.

In the world of integrated business processes, complex engineering platforms must work in tandem with the business. This arises the enterprises' need for a completely transparent, fully scalable, agile and efficient engineering configuration workflow in order to grow.

Asia's leading fixture builder, Forms & Gears has been providing complete fixture solutions across the globe for the last 45 years. The company divulges its simple formula for success which is to keep honing one's skill as best as is possible while resorting to all the right approaches.

There are general purpose machines and there are those meant for specific applications. The following guidelines can prove to be extremely helpful in narrowing down the hunt for the machine that fits the bill.

India witnesses a spurt in its demand for industrial robots pointing to the fact that domestic manufacturers are rapidly embracing automation to remain competitive. An overview of this trend that has been growing at a phenomenal pace worldwide and overhauling the ways in which we operate.