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FAIRS WITH IMTEX 2001 - TOOLTECH 2001, METROLOGY 2001
AND CAD/CAM 2001 |
 Coinciding
with the eight day fair was Tooltech 2001- the fourth
international exhibition of cutting tools and tooling
systems. An exhibition that featured emerging technological
changes in cutting tools, metrology, equipment as well
as accessories and attachments to machine tools. IMTEX
2001 and Tooltech 2001 had displays from 23
overseas countries; these include Austria, Belgium,
Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland,
Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Romania, Russia, Singapore,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, The Netherlands,
United Kingdom and United States of America.
There was also presence of five-group participation from
prominent machine tool producing countries- Germany, Italy,
Spain, Taiwan and United Kingdom. From the global arena,
IMTEX and Tooltech 2001 had participation from
renowned toolconglomerates. These included Yamazaki
Mazak, Amada Company, Deckel Maho Gildemeister, Trumph
GmbH and Company, Schuler-SMG GmbH, Otto Bilz, Renishaw,
Pokolm, Seco Tools, AB Sandvik Coromant, Hanita
metal works and Guhring HG.
 In
fact, five of the world's top 12 machine tool manufacturing
companies featured their newest range of manufacturing
solutions at the eight- day exhibition at New Delhi. And
the Indian contingent comprised of all major machine
tool and cutting tool manufacturers. All the well known
names in the industry such as HMT, Mysore Kirloskar,
ISGEC, Bharat Fritz Werner, Batliboi, Lakshmi Machine
works, Godrej and Boyce, Widia (India), Ace Designers,
Lokesh Machines, Fanuc (India), Siemens, Sandvik, were
there with their value -added technological solutions.
As for Metrology 2001- it displayed a variety
of equipment used for quality control, testing, measuring
and gauging. CAD/CAM 2001 highlighted computer
aided design software and manufacturing hardware along
with leading ERP, ERM and MRP vendors. This trade exhibition
is basically a business promotion and marketing initiative
and has led to the conclusion of
important deals. These fairs have demonstrated cost reduction
techniques to manufacturing industry through technologically
upgraded inputs. It exhibited low cost automated equipment,
which can increase productivity. According to the industry
representatives there are no foreign collaborations in
the machine tool industry, as so complete is the technical
competence of the industry.
 Manufacturers
and users of manufacturing technology from varied industries
such as automobiles, auto components, general engineering,
consumer durables, capital goods, mould industries, electrical
and electronic industries, railways, defence, aerospace
and many more have been benefited as they are expected
to take their investment decisions coinciding with the
fair.
IMTEX, ToolTech, CAD/CAM, and Metrology 2001
have brought together manufacturers and users of machine
tools from a wide spectrum of industries to promote new
alliances and opportunities, global partnerships, development
of market niches, brand equity, new technology developments,
exchange of information and provide industry with a wide
choice of manufacturing solutions.
The concurrent fairs of the exhibition (Tooltech 2001,
CAD/CAM 2001 and Metrology 2001) have been spectacular
and have outperformed the previous shows in every respect.
Jyoti Narang
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