Manufacturing

OMRON releases 1S Series AC Servo System with PLe/SIL3 Safety Functions OMRON Asia Pacific, a global leader in industrial automation solutions, announces the launch of its new 1S Series AC Servo System with Safety Functionality. The new model joining the 1S Series, helps achieve safer manufacturing environments and higher productivity in the digital, food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and other industries. While harmonization between people and machines is being accelerated, and there is...

Imaginarium joins GE Additive Sales Partner Network to accelerate adoption of metal 3D printing technology in India GE Additive has selected Imaginarium to join its global sales partner network as an official sales partner in India. Imaginarium will resell GE Additive’s portfolio of metal additive manufacturing machines and metal powders which includes Direct Metal Laser Melting (DMLM) and Electron Beam Melting (EBM) technologies. The products are aimed at manufacturers across...

India’s manufacturing sector activity strengthens in December: PMI India’s manufacturing sector continued to strengthen in December with companies stepping up production and input buying amid efforts to rebuild their inventories following pandemic-driven business closures earlier in 2020, according to a private survey. Data released by analytics firm IHS Markit on Monday showed Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for manufacturing sector picked up marginally in December to 56.4 from 56.3 a month ago....

Infosys, Daimler partner for IT infra transformation in auto sector Daimler AG and Infosys recently announced a long-term strategic partnership for a technology-driven IT infrastructure transformation. After the receipt of all regulatory approvals, Daimler AG will transform its IT operating model and infrastructure landscape across workplace services, service desk, data center, networks and SAP Basis together with Infosys. The partnership will enable the company to deepen its focus on software...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with key industries, startups and academia from the space sector and expressed that India will soon become a manufacturing hub of space assets. PM Modi in a video conference underlined the significance of the space sector in communication and navigation and assured the participants that they will be co-passengers with ISRO in this age of space research. He said that the decision to unlock...

Ola, one of the world’s leading mobility platforms, signed the MoU with the Tamil Nadu government for an investment of Rs 2,400 crore in setting up its first factory in the state. Upon completion, the factory will create almost 10,000 jobs and will be the world’s largest scooter manufacturing facility, which will initially have an annual capacity of 2 million units, the company said in a statement. It said, “In...