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June 2012
India offers vast scope for
automation development
– Rajesh Nath, VDMA
With its growing manufacturing
activities, India offers enormous
scope for accelerated growth of au-
tomation. This has prompted Messe
München International (MMI,
Munich Trade Fairs International
Group), to organise India Automa-
tion Technology Fair (IATF) in
Mumbai during February 1-3, 2013,
jointly with the Automation Industry
Association (AIA). This is the first-
ever such event to be organised in
India with international experience.
This was revealed by Mr. Rajesh
Nath, Managing Director, VDMA
Liaison Office India, in his thought-
provoking presentation on “India –
Market Opportunities for German
Robotics + Automation”, at the In-
dia Day organised during Automati-
ca 2012 in Munich.
Commenting on the Robotics +
Automation scenario in Germany
and in India, he said there is a clear
indication of ever-growing automa-
tion activities in India with sales of
robots sold in the country having
gone up from 450 units in 2005 to
1,545 units in 2011.
Referring to VDMA’s role, he said
the Association acted as a bridge be-
tween the German and Indian com-
panies.
Mr. Shubashis Goldar, Acting
Consul General, Consulate General
of India, who was the chief guest
on the occasion, said in his special
address that automation is a very
important area of development for
India as well as other emerging
markets. With the steady growth in
India’s GDP, manufacturing activi-
ties are at an all-time high with huge
investments being made in automa-
tion too.
Mr. Anup Wadhwa, AIA Direc-
tor, gave an overview of the level of
automation attained by Indian man-
ufacturing industries, particularly
the automotive sector where invest-
ment will be doubled soon. The
Government move to add 15 km a
day under its highway development
scheme would give a further fillip
to automation in the country. As a
result of all this, the Indian automa-
tion output of $2 billion is expected
to grow four times by 2020.
Safety and product quality are
among the various benefits derived
from automation. The Association
has already set up an Industrial Au-
Mr. Rajesh Nath, Managing Director, VDMA Liaison Office India, delivering
his special address at the ‘Taste of India’ event at Automatica 2012