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Almost a year ago, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi announced a nationwide lockdown for 21 days to contain the spread of coronavirus across the country. The challenges posed by the year 2020 were beyond anticipation or imagination. In hindsight, though, it proved to be a transformative period for all of us.

Our Modern Manufacturing India (MMI) magazine stood firm in the face of a series of unprecedented challenges imposed by the global coronavirus pandemic last year. We are proud that we could, through MMI, successfully manage to bring up-to-date information from the manufacturing and exhibition worlds to you.

Last year brought forth a testing time for industries and individuals. On a brighter note, the country’s economy, Manufacturing, and the Machine Tool industry, having shown great resilience in the face of acute adversity, are already on the recovery path. The vaccines for Covid-19 have also made their way out from research labs and entered public domain, providing the much-needed relief and confidence.

VDW (German Machine Tool Builders’ Association), expects production in the German machine tool industry to rise by 6 percent to about € 12.6 billion in 2021.

Global Gearmotor manufacturer, WEG explains where geared motor maintenance fits into the IoT realm, as it is estimated that by 2021 around 25 billion devices will be connected to the Internet of Things (IoT).

The year that went by was a tortuous one to say the least. We experienced a curve ball thrown at us that changed our lives and livelihoods. Now that 2021 has arrived, we find that many of those challenges are here to stay and are now the emerging value givers and productivity enhancers.

My heart fills with gratitude and pride to be an Indian while writing this piece today. A few months ago, India was mocked by the world for not being able to handle the pandemic and was stated to be in denial of the crisis. Many even predicted catastrophe for India.

Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association (IMTMA) is glad to publish the January - February edition of its Modern Manufacturing India (MMI) magazine, many thanks to readers for their continued interest and support.

We are at the beginning of what looks to be a promising year. There is a sense of rejuvenation given an apparent realization that the advancement of India’s industrial economy will happen in the coming quarters. Positive sentiments are in the air with industries reporting encouraging orders and sales which perhaps indicate that the turbulent times have passed.

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