Manufacturing

ABB to provide electrification & automation systems for ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India’s Hazira plant ABB India has been appointed to provide electrification and automation systems for ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India’s (AM/NS India) advanced steel cold rolling mill (CRM) in Hazira, Gujarat. The contract comes through John Cockerill India Limited (JCIL), the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) for the project. AM/NS India – a joint venture between two of the world’s leading steel...

Machine tool industry grabs attention at VDW symposium in Vietnam The VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association), Frankfurt am Main, staged its third symposium in Vietnam's capital Ho Chi Minh City from 12 to 14 June. Ten German manufacturers showcased innovations in manufacturing technology - machine tools from Germany. "The Vietnamese market has been enjoying very strong growth recently, and we are now the fifth-largest supplier here. And so it is...

ABB helps Ruchira Papers increase uptime by 13% ABB India announced that its Motion OneCare solutions have helped Ruchira Papers in increasing their uptime by almost 13%. In the two years, since its service agreement with Ruchira Papers for its Motion OneCare solutions went into effect, uptime has already risen to 94.8%, an increase of almost 13%, ABB claims. Ruchira Papers manufactures printing, writing, and kraft paper from agricultural waste materials...

EV adoption in India | What Went Wrong Despite the Indian government's ambitious plan to have 80 million electric vehicles on the roads by 2030, the current numbers paint a less encouraging picture. As of December 2022, India had only 1.8 million registered electric vehicles. Even the NITI Aayog projects that by 2030, the figure may only reach 50 million. Abhijeet Sinha, National Program Director, Ease of Doing Business |...

Indian construction equipment industry to reach $25 bn by 2030 | Dimitrov Krishnan | ICEMA | Volvo Today the construction equipment industry in India is roughly about US$ 7 billion in the top line. The industry has surpassed Japan in 2018 to become the third largest market in the world. Sharing the industry’s vision, Dimitrov Krishnan, President, Indian Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association (ICEMA) and Managing Director, Volvo CE India says, “We...

Cummins India gets certification for CPCB IV+ emissions standard compliance Cummins India, one of the leading technology providers of power solutions, announced that it had received various CPCB IV+ compliance certifications from the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI). “The certifications awarded by ARAI reaffirms the readiness of Cummins India Limited to provide its customers with various CPCB IV+ emission norms compliant gensets, effective July 1, 2023, when the new regulations...

ABB Robots helping Amazon reforestation project A pilot project between ABB Robotics and US non-profit organization Junglekeepers is demonstrating the role Cloud technology can play in making reforestation faster, more efficient and scalable. ABB Robotics is supporting Junglekeepers in their mission to protect 55,000 acres of Amazon rainforest and reverse deforestation. In a first-of-its-kind demonstration, ABB’s cobot YuMi is automating planting tasks in a jungle laboratory, speeding the process and allowing...

Thyssenkrupp, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders sign MoU to jointly build submarine Thyssenkrupp AG’s marine arm and India’s Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the intended construction of conventional, air-independent-propulsion submarines. “With India being one of Germany’s strategic partners, Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems is keen to again demonstrate its expertise in the Indian market,” Thyssenkrupp said in a statement. Oliver Burkhard, CEO, Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems said, “We look back on a...

Minus Zero Unveils India's First Autonomous Vehicle Minus Zero, an AI start-up based in Bengaluru, has unveiled the zPod autonomous driving concept, positioning it as India's first autonomous vehicle. The fully-electric prototype utilizes a camera-sensor suite and exhibits Level 5 autonomy capabilities, enabling operation without human intervention across diverse environmental and geographical conditions. Level 5 autonomy represents the highest level of autonomous driving, where a vehicle can navigate without human...

EMO Hannover paving the way for zero-defect manufacturing Many production companies are facing a dilemma. Often, the only way that they can survive is to adopt zero-defect manufacturing that offers greater cost-efficiency while using less energy. This can be achieved using intelligent clamping technology – which has now developed into a machine within a machine. It makes use of sensors to detect and correct anomalies and malfunctions. EMO Hannover is...

Volvo launches its first mid-sized electric excavator in Europe Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has launched its first mid-size electric excavator, the EC230 Electric, into the European market. The company says the excavator, which delivers sustainable operation with low noise and zero emissions, is available to select customers in Europe after being first introduced in China in 2021 and Norway in 2022. The 23-ton EC230 Electric excavator promises the same performance as...

umati linking the old and the new in “brownfield” Hackathon Machine tool community working on joint solutions aimed at connecting existing machines What is the best way to connect old machines to new systems? This was the very question that spurred umati, the connectivity initiative of the mechanical and plant engineering industry, to organize a hackathon in cooperation with the international United Grinding Group. A total of 30 digitalization experts from...

How companies can capitalize on their valuable data Discover how digital business models work – at the EMO Hannover Let's Talk Science lunch talk More and more companies are using detailed process data from digitalized production, or even artificial intelligence, to enhance their own internal production. If used effectively, such massed quantities of data represent a raw material that can be used to add significantly greater value. Data-driven business models are still...

Electric Vehicles in India: Opportunities & Challenges India is witnessing a rapid shift towards electric vehicles (EVs) in recent years due to increasing awareness of the harmful effects of fossil fuels on the environment, government initiatives to promote EV adoption, and the reduction in the cost of EV components. The Indian government has also set a target of having 30 percent of all vehicles electric by 2030. However, like any...

OMRON launches new Controller NX502 with advanced Information, Motion & Safety Control OMRON Automation, the leading Japanese MNC in industrial automation business segment, has released NX502 CPU Unit automation controller with many pathbreaking   information and safety control features as the latest addition to its NX series. The launch also accompanies the introduction of NX-EIP201 EtherNet/IP Unit. The NX502 CPU Unit and NX-EIP201 EtherNet/IP Unit, with its world's highest precision data collection...