In India’s rapidly evolving sheet metal manufacturing sector, few companies have influenced the shift toward automation as decisively as Salvagnini Machinery India. Known globally for panel bending technology, the company has steadily transformed Indian shop floors by replacing skill-dependent processes with intelligent, connected manufacturing systems.

In manufacturing’s digital era, it’s easy to assume that software, robotics, and AI have rendered manual skill obsolete. The world’s most advanced machine tool builders remind us otherwise: craftsmanship coexists with automation, not in spite of it, but because of it.

India’s push for self-reliance in maritime systems, security, and operations is powered by indigenous innovation in advanced, defence-critical materials. By proactively understanding current challenges in protection and operational capabilities of the Navy and maritime agencies, materials science leaders such as CUMI are aligning ongoing research to usher in newer dimensions in design and performance.

Kirloskar Toyota Textile Machinery Pvt Ltd’s (KTTM) response to the supply chain crisis offers a masterclass in problem-solving under constraint. Rather than viewing COVID-19 disruptions as an immovable obstacle, the team leveraged lean manufacturing principles, systematic analysis, and collaborative innovation to strengthen competitiveness, reduce environmental impact, and emerge from the crisis with demonstrably superior processes.