Manufacturing

Siemens sets up production facility for bogies in Aurangabad Siemens Limited has set up a state-of-the-art factory in Aurangabad to address the increasing demand in India and across the world. The factory will deliver over 200 bogies towards an export order. Sunil Mathur, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Limited, said, “Aurangabad factory will address the increasing demand for bogies not only in India but also globally. We are proud...

B&R unlocks key capabilities for today's manufacturing challenges at SPS 2022 In times of rapidly shifting consumer behaviour and unpredictable changes in markets and supply chains, manufacturing systems need to be more adaptive, open and sustainable than ever before. At this year's SPS trade show in Nuremberg (November 8-10), B&R is showcasing some of the ways it gives machine builders and manufacturers the power to not just weather these challenges,...

RSB Group’s Chairman announces exciting initiative to boost start-ups RSB Group, a global engineering institution with turnover in excess of Rs 3,000 crore, announced an exciting initiative to encourage start-ups. “RSB Group will contribute 50% of total cost of Incubation & Innovation Centre to boost budding start-ups,” said RK Behera, Chairman, RSB Group while speaking at the 12th Convocation 2022 at National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur as Guest of Honour. Mr. Behera...

ABB India inaugurates its first smart instrumentation factory in Bangalore ABB Measurement & Analytics recently opened its first smart instrumentation factory in Bangalore. The factory is equipped with state-of-the-art manufacturing technology to meet the growing demand for instrumentation devices that enables more efficient and sustainable customer operations. The new plant will manufacture field devices such as pressure and temperature transmitters, IP convertors and electromagnetic flowmeters for a wide variety of industries,...

Light + LED Expo India to be held at New Delhi from 3 – 5 Nov Light + LED Expo India is priming for its highly-anticipated opening on 3 November in New Delhi. The trade fair will display over 1000 lighting products and technologies, including a strong line-up of ‘Make in India’ products – the organisers confirmed, during Diwali. Light + LED Expo India is all geared up for its grand...

HP launches new solutions to help Print Service Providers improve margins HP recently announced new solutions to help Print Service Providers (PSPs) meet high levels of demand, optimise work processes and grow their businesses by delivering innovative applications. “To reach higher margins, PSPs are always on the hunt for efficiency gains, and technology that allows them to say yes to more jobs with the confidence to deliver exceptional results,” said Daniel...

Dassault inks MoU with Verkor for EV Battery Manufacturing Dassault Systèmes announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Verkor, an expert in electric vehicle and stationary batteries, to accelerate the development of next-generation lithium-ion batteries and the first gigafactory that will produce them.  Together, the two companies aim to nurture a European battery ecosystem that supports Europe’s efforts to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. Under the MoU, the...

Schneider Electric Makes eConversion the Default Mode for its Galaxy V-Series UPSs Schneider Electric announced an enhanced version of eConversion (formerly known as ECOnversion), the company’s generally-recommended protection mode to provide increased sustainability for its Galaxy V Series 3-phase UPSs. After years of field tests, effective May 31, 2022, all Galaxy V Series UPSs will be shipped to customers with eConversion as the default. With cost of ownership and sustainability as...

Danfoss plans to acquire German compressor manufacturer BOCK Danfoss has announced the intent to acquire compressor manufacturer BOCK GmbH, headquartered in Frickenhausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, from NORD Holding GmbH. With over 50 years of history and assets under management of € 2.5 billion, NORD Holding is one of the leading private equity asset management companies in Germany. Developing compressors for the natural refrigerant CO2 since 1993, BOCK is a global technology leader...

VDMA conducts 11th Mechanical Engineering Summit at Pune The 11th VDMA Mechanical Engineering Summit – the annual flagship event of VDMA India was held on the 16th of September at Pune. Over 320 participants from 21 cities of India and Germany attended this event. Present at the occasion, Rajesh Nath, Managing Director of VDMA India spoke about the Ukraine-Russia Conflict and how it has affected Global Supply chains and created major...

WEISS expands expertise and availability in India Only two years after WEISS opened its campus in Pune, the specialist for rotary indexing tables, linear transfer systems and handling solutions has expanded its on-site expertise with a solution factory, localized the assembly of its rotary indexing tables and established a global sourcing center. In 2020, a year determined by the Corona pandemic, WEISS GmbH from Buchen, Germany, took an important step and...

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 changes There 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 models B&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...