Manufacturing

Automation Update 2022 seminars make impact on industry with new innovations from Beckhoff Multi city events were conducted by Beckhoff across the Indian cities starting at Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Pune and Mumbai by Beckhoff Automation team.Over 400 registrations were logged in with around 300 attendees across the industry segments, business segments and sizes in India. The event brought together practicing automation engineers from the end users, manufacturers, R&D engineers,...

Crisp-ML – a model for introduction of artificial intelligence Let’s Talk Science shows how AI models remain reliable even when the environment changesThere are already numerous applications for artificial intelligence (AI) - ranging from predictive maintenance and process monitoring to automated quality checks based on process data. "The relatively high investment costs only pay off if an AI model delivers reliable statements in the long term," knows Prof. Joachim Metternich,...

FPT Industrial acquires minority stake in Blue Energy Motors Blue Energy Motors, a zero-emission truck technology company headquartered in Pune, which recently launched India’s first heavy duty LNG truck, pioneering the green trucking revolution, has entered a strategic tie-up with FPT Industrial, the global powertrain brand of Iveco Group. As part of the agreement, FPT is set to acquire a minority stake in the company. While the association is currently...

New function from B&R opens up more possibilities for exchanging modelsB&R has added a new function to its Automation Studio development environment. With FMU Export, machine code can be exported and integrated as a PLC simulation into any simulation tool, allowing simulation experts to work in the familiar software ecosystem of their choice. This saves both valuable time and resources during interdisciplinary development. All necessary data is automatically bundled into...

BKT all geared up to showcase state-of-the-art masterpieces at IMME 2022 Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (BKT), the Indian multinational Group and a leading global player in the Off-Highway tire market will participate in the 16th edition of International Mining and Machinery Exhibition (IMME) event organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The event will be held between the November 16th and 19th at Eco Park, Rajarhat in Kolkata.BKT, being one...

Tata Steel board approves merger of six subsidiary companies The Board of Directors of Tata Steel Limited at its meeting held on September 22 considered and approved schemes for the proposed amalgamation of six subsidiaries into and with Tata Steel Limited.The subsidiaries are Tata Steel Long Products Limited in which Tata Steel holds 74.91% equity, The Tinplate Company of India Limited (74.96%), Tata Metaliks Limited (60.03%), The Indian Steel &...

UPL, CleanMax partner for new renewable energy project in Gujarat UPL Ltd., a global provider of sustainable agricultural solutions, announced a joint venture with CleanMax Enviro Energy Solutions (CleanMax), a Mumbai-based renewable energy company, on Thursday to establish a hybrid solar-wind energy power plant in Gujarat.UPL and CleanMax will set-up and operate a hybrid captive power plant with a capacity of 28.05 MW of solar power and 33 MW of...

Mamata Banerjee inaugurates Rs 600-crore Tata Metaliks plant at Kharagpur West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated Phase-I of expansion project of Ductile Iron (DI) Pipe plant of Tata Metaliks at Kharagpur. This Rs 600 crore expansion project will take Company’s Ductile Iron Pipe plant capacity to over 4 lakh tonnes per annum in two phases. Inauguration of this plant is expected to give a major fillip to industrialisation in...

Shell plans to install over 10,000 charging points across India by 2030 Shell launched its first electric vehicle (EV) chargers in India, for the four-wheeler and two-wheeler segments in Bengaluru today. India is the first market for Shell to launch chargers for two-wheelers. The company plans to set up more than 10,000 charging points across India by 2030 and aims to provide safe, green, and integrated mobility solutions to its...

HP announces commercial availability of its Metal Jet S100 Solution at IMTS HP Inc. announced the commercial availability of its Metal Jet S100 Solution at the ongoing 2022 International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS). Accelerating innovative designs and products and digitally printing mass quantities of quality parts, HP’s Metal Jet S100 Solution is transforming industries and helping scale 3D metals to mass production.“We are witnessing entire industries, from industrial to consumer,...

Mitsubishi Electric India launches new range of CNCs for smart manufacturing Mitsubishi Electric India launched the all new M800V & M80V series Computerized Numerical Controllers (CNCs) at its CNC technical Centre located in Peenya, Bengalore. The new series, designed to revolutionize smart manufacturing in India, features the “industry’s first” CNC with built-in wireless LAN.Mitsubishi Electric India offers advanced CNC control systems to take the machining needs of customers to a...

Skipper’s engineering business wins order worth Rs 225 Cr Skipper Limited, one of the leading manufacturers for power transmission & distribution structures and a prominent manufacturer of telecom and railway structures, announced that it has secured fresh new order of Rs 225 crores for several domestic and international T&D projects including telecom.The company’s engineering business has secured export orders of Rs 125 crore for several T&D projects across Latin America,...

ABB expands Smart Power factory in Bengaluru with Industry 5.0 processes ABB India has expanded and upgraded its Smart Power factory in Nelamangala, Bengaluru, to meet the strong demand growth for its Smart Power solutions and energy management technologies with one of the first Industry 5.0 production processes. The smart facility harnesses advanced collaborative robotics technology for better human-machine interface, artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced digitalization technologies to create a...

Indian Fan Manufacturers Association bats for energy-efficient fans Indian Fan Manufacturers Association (IFMA) bats for energy-efficient fans to reduce power consumption In India. "A holistic approach of focussing on the environmental impact, complying with government regulations and policies and promoting the global competitiveness of domestic fan manufacturing, will accelerate the adoption of energy-efficient fans in India,” said Anuj Poddar, Chairman, IFMA and MD & CEO at Bajaj Electricals. The Association unveiled...

APAR demonstrates its wire & cable innovations at CRU Conference in London APAR Industries Limited, a diversified billion-dollar conglomerate with a strong presence in over 140 countries, demonstrated its innovations across wire & cable industry at the CRU Wire & Cable 2022 Conference held in London recently.The company’s Senior President - Business Strategy & Innovation VK Bajaj was invited to the CRU Conference. This is for the first time an...