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Smart manufacturing with its variety of synonyms continue to intimidate big and small manufacturing players alike. However, it's about time they shed their inhibitions and went for automation to level the playing field.

Realizing that joining forces is the best solution to bridge the widening gap between them, the Industry and the Academia are increasingly lending each other support. Fronius India's setting up of the Robotic Welding Center in Kerela's Little Flower Engineering Institute is yet another motivation for the industry to follow suit.

Optimal exploitation of different processes and multiple technologies is to be the way of fabricating metallic objects in future. To this end, IIT Bombay has developed Hybrid Layered Manufacturing, an economical Metal 3D Printing System.

The medical device industry is poised for tremendous growth. Suppliers should be prepared to adapt to the changing needs of their customers.

The Indian automotive industry has come a long way making rapid strides and providing a fillip to other industries along the way. However, there remain challenges to be surmounted for the industry to leverage significant opportunities that await it.

With the growing realization of the benefits that stem from sustainable manufacturing methods and technologies, manufacturers today are more willing to go green than ever. Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association (IMTMA), in its commitment to steer the Indian machine tool industry towards increased progress, also lends support to this much-needed manufacturing trend.

With the aim to connect with the machine tool manufacturers of smaller cities around Delhi and Chennai, and level out the playing field for them, Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association (IMTMA) is organizing regional machine tool expos in the two cities in the coming months. Stay tuned.

With Germany being India's largest trading partner in Europe, the two countries have been consistently engaged in sharing each other's strengths. Visible progress in this mutual give and take is optimistic and a definite sign for a lot to look forward to in the machine tool space.

Research and Development (R&D) is crucial for innovation in the manufacturing industry. Investment in technology for bringing out new products, processes and services builds the industry's competitive advantages and enhances its future capabilities.

Although the metal forming sector makes for just 20 percent of the Indian machine tool industry, its significance cannot be undermined. The country's booming automotive sector is to further boost its importance in the scheme of things.