Following several years’ experience and activities, Kjellberg has expanded its presence in India with its subsidiary Kjellberg Cutting and Welding India Private Limited in Pune, in the federal state Maharashtra.
Xiris Automation announced recently that it has signed NDT Technologies Limited as its exclusive Distributor of Xiris products for the Tube and Pipe and welding industries in India.
Alstom T&D India has been selected to lead the smart grid pilot project by Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited.
Schaeffler’s location in Vadodara, India has been awarded the Schaeffler Technology Centre (STC) certificate and is now a part of the corporate Global Technology Network.
India: Indian goods producers ended 2014 in a higher gear, with business conditions improving at the quickest pace in two years in December. Accelerated growth of the manufacturing sector was reflected by faster expansions in output, new business and foreign orders.
Latest data also painted a brighter picture in terms of prices, as inflationary pressures eased during the month. Adjusted for seasonal factors, the HSBC India Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) climbed to a two-year high of 54.5 in December, up from 53.3 in the prior month.
Business conditions improved at a faster pace in all three market groups during the month, with the sharpest expansion seen in consumer goods.
Output in the Indian manufacturing sector rose in line with the headline index in December, with growth picking up to the quickest in two years. According to a number of survey participants, the latest rise in production was supported by stronger order books.
In this time, Indian manufacturing companies registered a further rise in new export business in December. New work from abroad expanded at the quickest pace since April 2011. Reflective of further growth of output and new orders, input buying among Indian goods producers increased in December. The rate of expansion accelerated to the most marked in the current 14-month sequence of growth. Subsequently, the pace of pre-production inventory building picked up to the sharpest in more than two years. Furthermore, stocks of finished goods held by Indian manufacturers rose at the fastest rate since the survey began in April 2005.
Finally, higher prices paid for metals, chemicals and electronics placed upward pressure on input prices in December. That said, the rate of cost inflation eased to the slowest in more than five-and-a-half years and was well below the long-run series average. Weaker cost pressures were mirrored by a relatively subdued rise in selling prices during the month.
Tokyo, Japan: Mitsubishi Electric India will build a factory to produce electrical equipment for rolling stock, aiming to expand its transportation-systems business in the Indian market. Construction is planned to finish in September 2015, followed by the start of production in December that year.
The factory is expected to cost around US$8 million and will occupy some 4,605 sq m. Located in the suburbs of Bengaluru, it will produce traction inverters, motors and other electrical equipment for rolling stock, and it will also have equipment-maintenance facilities.
Takahiro Kikuchi, executive officer and group president of Public Utility Systems of Mitsubishi Electric, said: "The Indian market is growing rapidly, fuelled by the country's increasing population and rising demands for eco-friendly mass transportation systems. Several major infrastructure projects are under consideration in India, including some with yen loan, and we plan to support them in an effort to expand our transportation-systems business."
The factory launch is a part of a growth strategy under which Mitsubishi Electric aims to achieve transportation-systems annual revenue of US$2.7 billion, by 2020.
Hexagon Metrology India’s CMM laboratory in Noida, India has received ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation from National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL). With this lab, the company is the only CMM manufacturer in India to receive this accreditation.
NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories) is the accreditation body for testing and calibration of laboratories in India. It operates as an autonomous body under the aegis of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.
The company received this accreditation by demonstrating technical competence for product compliance testing, calibration and also for the operation, quality system and effectiveness of its laboratory. ISO/IEC 17025:2005 not only considers management and technical expertise, but also emphasises continual product and process improvement. The assessment report contains the evaluation of technical manpower, all relevant material examined, test witnessed including those of replicate testing/ measurement, compliance to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and NABL specific criteria.
