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ogy is slated to grow from US$18 Over the last three years, m2nxt
billion industry to US$148 billion has already evolved exciting solu-
industry at a CAGR of 25 percent tions for machine automation, die
over the next decade. Indian man- casting automation, IRIS solutions,
ufacturing will not be an excep- and many others.
tion to this. The current share of BAMPL addresses a different need.
the Indian industry in the world The Indian Government’s ‘Atman-
of metal additive is 2 percent. The irbhar Bharat’ has ambitious plans
‘Atmanibhar Bharat’ initiative of in the Aerospace and Defense seg-
the Indian Government will create ments. “The customers will need
big growth opportunities for the Source: BFW Ltd a reliable capability for sourcing
deployment of additive technolo- high-precision, complex parts
gy in Aerospace, Defense, Energy, of exotic materials. BAMPL will
“Our effort is to develop a strong
and MRO segments, apart from culture of innovation. Innovation specialize in the manufacturing
its penetration in traditional Au- does not stop with a product; it and supply of such complex mid-
tomotive, Die & Mould, and proto- includes questioning the status size components and subsystems
quo of everything that comes in
typing applications. Therefore, we the way of serving the customers within India and globally. To us,
see significant growth opportuni- effectively. Therefore, it includes it is a natural extension of the
ties in the AM and Hybrid areas.” processes, products, technologies, manufacturing expertise that
Within its and services.”
first year of BFW would like to enable the Ravi Raghavan has been gained over decades by
operation, large-scale transition of AM tech- Managing Director BFW,” he adds.
BAMPL, nology from ‘niche’ to ‘industrial Bharat Fritz Werner Ltd (BFW)
a wholly- applications’, he shares, adding, A platform to celebrate
owned “We see DED (Direct Energy Depo- autonomous factories. We have manufacturing
subsidiary sition) as a great technology for the decided to be a significant player, Traditionally, manufacturing is
of BFW, future for this transition. Our alli- enabling our customers to tran- considered the ‘Backend’ indus-
is already ance with Meltio, Spain, will help sition seamlessly into the new try. However, considering its role
certified us evolve several CNC and Robotic ecosystem. With this objective, as the backbone of every prod-
with product platforms to meet the di- our subsidiary m2nxt is focusing uct the people at BFW touch and
‘AS9000 verse needs of the Indian industry.” on Physical and IoT-based virtual feel in their daily lives, they have
D’, which is automation solutions, Process en- come up with a platform – Man-
essential for
the supply Scaling up gineering, and now Additive man- ufacturing Day – to ‘celebrate
of high- m2nxt Solutions and BAMPL ufacturing solutions.” manufacturing’. As Raghavan ex-
quality (BFW Advanced Manufacturing While BFW will continue to fo- plains, “The objective of the Man-
components Solutions Pvt Ltd) are whol- cus on making various machine ufacturing Day is to get senior
to the ly-owned subsidiaries of BFW. solutions, m2nxt will focus on manufacturing professionals on
Aerospace When asked how they contribute everything around the machine— a common platform to network,
domain. to the parent company, Raghavan material movement, automation, share best practices, discuss com-
replies, “The manufacturing world quality assurance, assembly pro- mon challenges, and evolve road-
is undergoing a disruptive trans- cesses, etc.—to evolve a connected maps to address them.”
formation – from discreet, isolated system in a cohesive manner for Over the last six editions at Pune,
manufacturing to fully connected, its customers. Gurgaon, Chennai, Bangalore,
and two virtual events in 2020
and 2021, the event has been very
well received by the manufactur-
ing fraternity. Several thought
leaders have contributed invalu-
able insights to these events, in-
cluding global thought leaders
Jason Jennings, Steve Faber, and
Sonam Wangchuk, to name a
few. The event has addressed
several issues like Innovation Cul-
Source: BFW Ltd ture, Road Map for Smart Manu-
Upcoming Technolo-
facturing,
gies in Manufacturing, etc.

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