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Driven by its commitment to produce best-in-class motorcycles, Bajaj Auto Ltd became the first company in India to implement Universal Robots' cobots for its assembly lines. The results, as expected, were enhanced production capabilities, improved ergonomics and evolved offerings.

The company, upon its arrival, ushered in a wave of revolution in sheet metal fabrication which was still quite nascent in the country. Since then it has been leading the industry with prime focus on customer success through well researched products, process and strong after sales support. A run-through of Amada's strategies that have taken it to the top.

A machine-monitoring system is basically installed to achieve an improvement in utilization. But that's just the start of the slew of benefits that can be derived through it.

There has been a strong surge in demand in the sectors that are dependent on the metal forming segment for providing them manufacturing machinery. This spells a bright future for the machine tools industry.

Developed with inputs from customers, SafeMove2 by ABB is an advanced robot monitoring software package that performs safety certified monitoring of robot motion, tool and standstill supervision as well as speed limitation. The new version's added capabilities allow better flexibility, space savings and cutting edge commissioning tools for more productivity at a lower total investment cost.

With favorable factors such as low labor costs; easy availability of manpower and expertise; high growth markets and active support from the government's new policies, India is all set to catapult itself into a world-class arena for global aerospace players.

High-strength steels and laser welding are increasingly popular in powertrain manufacturing. But combining those two things leads to a significant risk of hot crack formation. Now there's a solution.

India and Taiwan have started realizing each other's potential in their respective progress. Making use of the factors that favor their growth, they have joined hands with a resolve to win.

In the modern industrial world, a forging company, along with being a forging supplier, has also become a supplier of turned parts. The design aspects and practical factors in the automatic handling of forgings for feeding into the first machining process of turning operation play a crucial role in the quality and cost of the final product.

An account of out-of-the-box thinking that helped Mahindra and Mahindra's Kandivali Plant overcome a productivity bottleneck, significantly reduce rejections and cost of production. The innovative solution of converting an existing Hot Core box to Cold box process made the company the rightful recipient of the Award this year at the National Productivity Summit.