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MOTORINDIA
l July 2012
Cloos, established in 1919, is a spe-
cialist in arc welding and CO
2
welding. It
has already entered semi-automation and
automation. With worldwide presence
with sister companies in China, the Czezh
Republic, Austria, Switzerland, England,
Turkey, the US and Russia, the company
has plans to enter Brazil soon.
Mr. Michael Schmidt, Director - Sales
& Marketing, Carl Cloos Schweißtechnik
GmbH, said: “In India we have a subsidiary at Pune and have sold several systems in the market. Normally we
have sales and service organisation, but our target, as in the case of China, is to build a company to install the
robots systems. Sales in India started quite well and are picking up. We see a prosperous future in the Indian
market, and have chosen Pune as the location for our facility. Our R&D expenditure is 6% of our total turnover.
We are working on eco-friendly welding machines for better energy saving”.
Mr. David Marshall, Marketing Commu-
nications Manager, Robotics Business Unit,
Discrete Automation and Motion Division,
ABB Ltd., observed: “Last year was the best
ever for us with 40-50% of production go-
ing towards the automotive sector. Our main
manufacturing plants are in China and Swe-
den. Our factory in Peenya is making auto-
motive systems where 60 robot cells can be
fitted. We have an automotive systems team
in India, and we manufacture peripherals
such as roller-hamming tools and welding
fixtures specially for the local market. There
are no plans at all to build robots in India
where growth is not to the same extent as in
other emerging markets”.
Dual-arm concept robot - ABB’s new innovation
Mr. Michael Schmidt, Director Sales & Marketing,
Carl Cloos Schweißtechnik GmbH