As manufacturing gets increasingly automated and smart due to connected and intelligent devices \u201cFactory of Future\u201d is no longer a fictional myth but is the most talked about and many of the manufacturing units are considering becoming smart. Smart Factories, Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, etc. are some of the key areas that technocrats are talking today.<\/p>\n
Attended by more than 250 delegates from around 110 companies, the second edition of the Symposium on Smart Manufacturing organised by Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers\u2019 Association (IMTMA) at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre in Bengaluru focused on\u00a0\u201cEvolving the Factory of the Future\u201d<\/strong>. The two day symposium featured technical presentations, case studies, interactive sessions and panel discussions with industry experts. \u2018Automation Buzz\u2019, a concurrent exhibition displaying automation devices and systems, software and a host of automation solutions was held concurrently.<\/p>\n The symposium was inaugurated by Mr. Rahul Gangal, Partner at Roland Berger Strategy Consultant.\u00a0Delivering the key note address Mr. Gangal gave an overview of smart manufacturing in the Indian context and said, \u201cThere is an imminent need for a policy at national level in India for Industry 4.0. Exports will be boosted by the implementation of Industry 4.0. The government should introduce policies around Industry 4.0 to leverage Make in India campaign and improve India\u2019s industry competitiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n Interesting presentations made by technocrats covered subjects such as integrated smart automation, smart and cost effective automation, big data analytics for smart manufacturing, intelligent clamping and gripping, and many more.<\/p>\n Given the importance of the subject and wide coverage of topics, CEOs, top management executives, senior executives, practicing engineers, industry consultants and R&D specialists from manufacturing industries such as automotive, auto components, consumer durables, machine tools, tool rooms, aerospace, defence and railway units, general engineering and other discrete manufacturing industries participated in the symposium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As manufacturing gets increasingly automated and smart due to connected and intelligent devices \u201cFactory of Future\u201d is no longer a fictional myth but is the most talked about and many of the manufacturing units are considering becoming smart. Smart Factories, Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, etc. are some of the key areas that technocrats are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,1],"tags":[762],"class_list":["post-11002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-today-in-mfg","category-uncategorized","tag-imtma"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11002\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}