The 52nd meeting of IMTMA Regional Council (North) was held at the CII Northern Region Headquarters in Chandigarh. Mr. Sunil Taneja, Chairman, IMTMA Northern Regional Council chaired the meeting and welcomed members to the 52nd meeting. He invited members of the Regional Council (North) to present their views on the draft minutes of the 51st meeting which was held on 26 February 2024 at MacAuto Expo 2024 in Ludhiana. Following a brief discussion, draft minutes of the 51st RC(N) meeting were approved by members.
Mr. Jibak Dasgupta, Director General & CEO, IMTMA made a presentation of IMTMA’s diverse activities beyond IMTEX, including exhibitions, technical trainings, policy advocacy, and international presence. He also spoke at length about IMTMA’s regional exhibitions, Pune Machine Tool Expo, Delhi Machine Tool Expo, and Machine Tool Connect Rudrapur. He also urged members to participate in international exhibitions.
Mr. Dasgupta also threw light upon other initiatives including AMTDC, AMTTF, Membership Dashboard, and the challenges and opportunities for the machine tool industry.
Mr. Raj Kumar Sharma made a brief presentation on the latest developments in SAHAYOG which was reinitiated by Mr. Sharma with Ghaziabad-based members.
ALMTI gave a presentation about their meeting with the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India.
As part of the plant visit, Mr. Rajnish Kumar, Managing Director, Rockpecker Private Limited made a presentation about his company including the everyday functioning, health and safety aspects, sustainable initiatives, business verticals, and human resources.
Chairman, Mr. Sunil Taneja chaired the meeting and welcomed members at the 51st meeting of IMTMA Regional Council (North) [RC(N)] over ‘virtual platform’.
Chairman thanked Governing Council of ALMTI for hosting this meeting in Ludhiana.
1. Review of minutes of 50th meeting
Chairman invited members of RC(N) for their views on the draft minutes of the 50th meeting which was held on 14 September 2023 at Highway Industries ALMTI Headquarters and Highway Industries Limited in Ludhiana.
Following a brief discussion, draft minutes of the 50th RC(N) meeting was approved by members.
2. Discussions with members on Business Performance and on key issues and concerns
a) Mr. Sunil Taneja, Chairman, Regional Council (North) & Managing Director, Ind-Sphinx Precision Limited –
b) Mr. Tarlochan Singh, President, Association of Ludhiana Machine Tool Industries (ALMTI) –
3. Update on 17th ‘VISION’ Conclave conducted in Varanasi in the month of December 2023.
Chairman Invited Mr. Rajesh Mandlik, Chairman, Regional Council (West) of IMTMA for his awareness presentation on recently conducted 17th ‘VISION’ Conclave at Taj Ganges, Varanasi from 14-17 December 2023.
Mr. Mandlik, in his presentation, covered the below topics:
{Copy of the presentation is placed as Annexure - I.}
4. Date of Next Meeting
As per the discussion during the meeting, it has been decided that the upcoming next meeting, 52nd, of RC(N) could be organised in Rudrapur along with a customer visit, in April 2024.
There being no other business, the meeting concluded with a vote of thanks to the Chair.
Chairman: Mr. Sunil Taneja, Managing Director, Ind-Sphinx Precision
Vice Chairman: Mr. Raj Kumar Sharma, Director and Co-Promoter, Bestek Engineering Private Limited.
Mr. Sunil Taneja, Chairman, Regional Council (North) Welcomed Members to this special – 50th meeting of the Regional Council (North) of IMTMA. Mr. Tarlochan Singh, President, Association of Ludhiana Machine Tool Industries (ALMTI), Mr. Jagtar Singh, Former President, Association of Ludhiana Machine Tool Industries (ALMTI), and Mr. Sushil Kumar, General Secretary, Association of Ludhiana Machine Tool Industries (ALMTI) addressed the gathering.
An interactive meeting with Highway Industries Limited was also organised, followed by a presentation by the company.
Chairman, Mr. Sunil Taneja chaired the meeting and welcomed members at the 49th meeting of IMTMA Regional Council (North) [RC(N)] over ‘virtual platform’.
Chairman invited members of RC(N) for their views on the draft minutes of the 48th meeting, which was held on 22 November 2022 at ‘Ind-Sphinx’ Precision Limited in Parwanoo.
Following a brief discussion, draft minutes of the 48th RC(N) meeting were approved by members.
The IMTMA secretariat briefed the members on the current industry status, followed by a brief presentation on IMTEX 2023.
A session on TPM awareness by Mr. Tausif Khan from CII Institute of Quality was also organised. Mr. Tausif, in his presentation, covered the below topics:
Chairman, Mr. Sunil Taneja chaired the meeting and welcomed Members to the 47th meeting of IMTMA Regional Council (North).
Key Takeaways:
Chairman, Mr. Sunil Taneja chaired the meeting and welcomed Members to the 47th meeting of IMTMA Regional Council (North) [RCN] over ‘virtual platform’.
After the draft minutes of the 46th RC(N) meeting were approved by members Chairman sought member’s views on business performance in the first half of the current financial year and their views on how the next half of this financial year is expected to shape up.
Ms. Meghna Joglekar, General Manager, Sustainable Enterprise and Export Development Group, Export – Import Bank of India and her colleagues from EXIM Bank briefed members about EXIM Bank and its services to the industry.
Vice Chairman made vote of thanks to EXIM Bank on behalf of Members of Regional Council (North) of IMTMA.
Chairman, Mr. Sunil Taneja chaired the meeting and welcomed Members to the 46th meeting of IMTMA Regional Council (North) [RCN] over ‘virtual platform’.
Chairman sought members’ views on respective performance in the financial year 2021-2022 and their business prospects in the current financial year.
Mr. Y. Balaramaiah, Director AMTTF and the team from AMTTF to briefed members about AMTTF and its services to the industry.
Mr. Satish Kumar, Senior Advisor, IMTMA briefed members on the Scheme for “Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector” Phase - II.
Chairman, Mr. Sunil Taneja chaired the meeting and welcomed Members to the 45th meeting of IMTMA Regional Council (North) [RCN] over ‘Virtual Platform’.
Chairman invited members of RC(N) for their views on the last minutes of the meeting, held on 29 July 2021, especially on members availing finance facility being provided by SIDBI.
Following a brief discussion, minutes of the 44th RC(N) meeting were confirmed by members.
The Chairman sought member’s views on anticipated fallout of the restrictions which have been imposed by the respective State Government in North India.
A briefing on ‘visit to Agri-implement manufacturers in Punjab’ was also organised.
The Chairman along with the Vice Chairman briefed members on the takeaways of the recently concluded ‘VISION’ symposium in Bengaluru on Dec. 17 & 18, 2021.
Chairman invited members to visit his facility in Parwanoo for the next physical meeting of the Regional Council (North) of IMTMA
Click here for a presentation on ‘Visit to agri-implement manufacturers’ in Punjab
Click here for a presentation on ‘VISION’ Symposium 2022
Chairman, Mr. Vivek Nigam chaired the meeting and welcomed Members to the 44th meeting of IMTMA Regional Council (North) [RCN] over ‘Virtual Platform’. RC(N) members shared their views on current ‘business conditions.’
Ms. Sanchita Majumdar, DGM, Direct Credit Vertical, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), briefed members on SIDBI’s financing schemes for MSMEs.
Mr. Sunil Taneja delivered the vote of thanks.
A comprehensive presentation on ‘Training Initiatives of IMTMA’ was made by Mr. M Krishnamoorthy, Senior Director, IMTMA.
Chairman, Mr. Vivek Nigam chaired the meeting and welcomed members to the 43rd meeting of IMTMA Regional Council (North) [RCN] over ‘Virtual Platform’.
Mr. Vivek Nigam, Mr. Sunil Taneja of Ind-Sphinx Ltd. and Mr. Achal Nath, Past-Chairman, Regional Council (North) shared their views on the current business scenario.
A briefing session on ‘Measures and interventions to support MSMEs on Technology and Finance’ was conducted by MSME Development Institute. Dr. R K Bharti of MSME Development Institute, New Delhi, briefed the members about the schemes for MSMEs.
Mr. Pradeep Sharma of the State Bank of India, appraised the members on the Financing Schemes for MSMEs.
Chairman, Mr. Vivek Nigam chaired the meeting and welcomed members to the 42nd meeting of IMTMA Regional Council (North) [RCN] over ‘Video Conference’.
The status of the industry performance was discussed during the meeting .
A session by Shishir Bharadwaj of Quality Council of India, New Delhi, on the concepts of ‘Zero Effect & Defect’ an initiative of Quality Council of India (QCI), was organised for the members.
Chairman, Mr. Vivek Nigam chaired the meeting and welcomed all members to the 41st meeting of reconstituted Regional Council (North) of IMTMA.
Following a round of discussion, the ‘Terms of ‘ToR’ was unanimously approved.
The Regional Council shall focus on the following areas:
A discussion on the status of the industry performance was also held along with an online CEO’s Poll on Market Situation.
The agenda also included the Secretariat's need to identify the value addition in terms of visibility for members in the reconstituted ‘Regional Council by taking small steps such as...
The 40th Regional Council North meeting was held via live session.
Mr. V K Jayaswal of Shriram Pistons & Rings Ltd., Mr. Mayank Verma of JBM Group, Mr. Vivek Nigam of ISGEC Heavy Engineering Ltd., Mr. N K Dhand of Micromatic Grinding Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Mr. Achal Nath of Ashok Manufacturing Co. Pvt. Ltd., and Mr. Sukhdial Singh of Rattan Hammers addressed the meeting on ‘surviving, reviving and thriving post-lockdown’.
Mr. V K Jayaswal pointed out that all segments of the auto industry whether Passenger Vehicle or Customer vehicle have been impacted due to this pandemic.
Mr. Mayank Verma felt that a lot of focus on Robots and low-cost automation will be seen and felt that agricultural machinery and low-cost mobility (two-wheelers) were the upcoming opportunities.
Mr. Vivek Nigam urged the members to look at the localisation opportunities as the rapid indigenisation program of the Government of India is coming up.
Mr. N K Dhand said that the area to focus on is definitely IOT, which is slowly becoming an emerging need for the customers.
Mr. Achal Nath opined that low-cost automation and product development could be one of the answers to sustainability.
Mr. Sukhdial Singh felt that the market will take two to three months at least to regain its original shape.
Chairman, Mr. Vivek Nigam chaired the meeting and welcomed all members to the 17th meeting of IMTMA Regional Council (North) at Mach Auto Expo 2020 in Ludhiana. Members discussed how the exhibition has grown in recent years.
Status of the industry performance was also discussed during the meeting.
A brief presentation on M1xchange TReDS by MYND Solutions Pvt. Ltd. was also organised.
Members were informed about the Government scheme for MSME on the ‘Common Facility Centre’ under ‘Department of Heavy Industry, Government of India where 80% of the total investment is funded by the Government and the rest 20% comes from the industry contribution.
Mr. Vivek Nigam chaired the meeting and welcomed Mr. Indradev Babu, Vice President of IMTMA and Members to the 38th meeting of IMTMA Regional Council (North) at the India Expo Centre, Greater Noida.
Chairman requested Members to share any issue related to any policy matter or on any other matter concerning the industry or association with Mr. Indradev Babu. Indradev Babu spoke about current business conditions and stressed on the need to be cost-competitive & adopt lean manufacturing.
Ludhiana-based members urged IMTMA to suggest some vocational training for the youth that could be of immense benefit to the regional industry.
IMTMA suggested few Government schemes that are available such as ‘Cluster Funding’ where the subvention is given to the expert on 70-30 ratio with 70% contributed by Government and the rest 30% to be contributed by the cluster.
Mr. Vivek Nigam chaired the meeting and welcomed Regional Council (North) members to the 37th Meeting of IMTMA Regional Council (North) [RCN] in Micromatic Grinding Technologies, Ghaziabad.
Members discussed on few areas demonstrated by Micromatic Grinding Technologies Limited (MGTL) during IMTMA delegation visit to MGTL. The members also visited Ghaziabad Precision Products Limited.
A comprehensive presentation on IMTMA Design Institute along with a new initiative on Green Manufacturing Cell was made to the members.
A presentation on policy initiatives for MSMEs was made to the members. Information shared on the new MSME schemes of the newly formed central government.
MGTL made a brief presentation on ‘Importance of Mechatronic for better Machine Tool Design’. Members were requested to look at the possibility of attending the three-day course on ‘Analysis and Design of Mechatronic System’.
Mr. Vivek Nigam chaired the meeting and welcomed Regional Council (North) members to the 36th Meeting of IMTMA Regional Council (North) at ISGEC, Yamuna Nagar. Members discussed on few areas demonstrated by ISGEC during IMTMA delegation visit to ISGEC.
Chairman discussed the issues raised by the members during the 35th Regional Council North Meeting in JCBL, Lalru on 26th July 2018.
IMTEX is celebrating its golden jubilee of IMTEX fairs in 2019 that is scheduled from 24 January 2019 to 30 January 2019. Members were informed on some of the key areas of the exhibition.
Members were informed that Govt. of Karnataka (GoK) has issued a notification regarding TMTP – Tumakuru Machine Tool Park recently, inviting applications for allotment of Industrial Plots exclusively for Manufacturers of Machine Tools and their ancillary units.
Mr. Vivek Nigam chaired the meeting and welcomed Regional Council (North) members to the 35th Meeting of IMTMA Regional Council (North) [RCN] in JCBL, Lalru. Members discussed the key suggestions made by JCBL to the Indian Machine Tool Industry. Few of the key suggestions by JCBL are as below:
A presentation on Digital Social Marketing was done by Webee Social. Information was also shared on the new scheme of IMTMA on ‘Members point redemption’.
The 34th meeting of the IMTMA Regional Council (North) was held at Escorts Limited, Ludhiana on April 27, 2018.
Mr. Vivek Nigam chaired the meeting and welcomed ALMTI members and discussed the key suggestions made by Escorts to the Indian Machine Tool Industry.
During the meeting, a discussion with the ALMTI on the future agenda was also held to chalk out the plan regarding the setting up of a Common Facility Centre in CMERI, Ludhiana.
Mr. Gauranga De from Mckinsey made a brief presentation on “Design to Value” – 'How can manufacturing players optimize product design and cost using “Design to Value” tool kit'.
Mr. Vivek Nigam chaired the meeting and welcomed Chairman-ALMTI and President-ALMTI along with the Members to the 33rd meeting of IMTMA Regional Council (North) in Dasmesh Mechanical Works(DMW), Ludhiana.
During the meeting CII-Centre of Excellence for competitiveness to make a presentation on ‘Energy audit and management, including financing modalities for energy efficiency projects.' Click here to view the presentation.
The members also discussed setting up a ‘Common Skill & Engineering Facility Centre’ by Ludhiana Machine Tool industry along with Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute at CMERI facility in Ludhiana, under the aegis of the scheme for ‘Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian Capital Goods Sector’.
The thirty-second Meeting of IMTMA Regional Council (North) [RCN] was held on 10th August 2017 in the Pragati Maidan, New Delhi coinciding with Delhi Machine Tool Expo 2017.
IMTMA Office Bearers Mr. P. G. Jadeja, President, Mr. P. Ramadas, Vice President, Mr. Achal Nath, Chairman - RCN and Director General & CEO attended the meeting.
Discussion on current economic scenario and machine tool industry was held as well as Members pointed out some specific cases where the GST for some specific parts of the machine is higher (28%) than that of the complete machine (18%).
In the meeting members suggested the following:
During the meeting, a brief presentation on the recent meeting of the Reconstituted “Development Council for Machine Tools” held on 24 May 2017 in New Delhi.
RC(N) members praised the initiatives of the Government of India on the speedy roll-out of the Goods & Services Tax (GST). Most of the members, who were present, were optimistic about GST implementation by Government of India.
Mr. Achal Nath chaired the meeting and welcomed members to the 30th Meeting of IMTMA Regional Council (North) in International Tractors Ltd, Hoshiarpur. Members discussed the presentation made by the senior officials of International Tractors Ltd.
A presentation was made by the secretariat on some of the key Government Meetings at the ministry in Delhi.
The meeting was attended by 27 Members.
The 28th meeting of the IMTMA Regional Council (North) was held on July 22, 2016, at LPS-BOSSARD, Rohtak.
The meeting was chaired by Mr. Vijayant Singh, Deputy Chairman, which also included a presentation by the senior officials of LPS-BOSSARD.
Mr. Vijayant Singh briefed the members about the 'IMTMA - Institute Innovation Collaboration (IIIC)' and called upon the members to give their inputs about their companies on the online 'Guide to Indian Machine Tools'
Mr. R K Jain of Push-Up Tools Udyog Limited shared the company's best business practices and his rich experience in 'Hot' & 'Cold Forging' industry.
A presentation on 'IMTMA SME Club' was also presented to the members.
The meeting was attended by 22 RC (N) Members.
Brief Presentation by QCI on "Lean Manufacturing"
Mr. Ankur Malik from Quality Council of India (QCI) made a brief presentation on 'Salient Features of New Scheme of Lean Manufacturing for MSME'.
QCI was appointed as National Monitoring and Implementation unit across India by Development Commissioner, M/o MSME for the up-scaled, Lean Manufacturing Competitiveness Scheme (LMCS); a sub-part of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Program (NMCP). Lean manufacturing is being hailed as an important cornerstone under the 'Make in India' initiative.
The scheme will be implemented in 500 mini clusters during the 12th five-year plan with the total project cost of Rs 240.94 crores. The implementation of LM techniques leads to cost reduction for MSMEs. To explain this IMTMA has invited the 'Quality Council of India' to make a Brief presentation on 'Lean Manufacturing Competitive Scheme'. The meeting ended with vote of thanks to the Chair and all participants.
For key points discussed in the meeting, click here
Interactive Meeting between Regional Council Members and COFMOW’” was organized in Hotel “Clarks Inn” in Ghaziabad. The meeting was attended by close to 30 RC (N) members. The meeting ended with vote of thanks to the Chair and all participants.
For key points discussed in the meeting, click here
The meeting was attended by 23 RC (N) Members.
The key points discussed in the meeting.
The meeting ended with vote of thanks to the Chair and all participants.
Regional Council (North) of IMTMA had scheduled its 24th meeting on 14 March 2015 at the Ashok Leyland Ltd in Pantnagar.
Following this meeting, an ‘interactive meeting and plant visit’ was undertaken to Ashok Leyland Ltd in Pantnagar. The meeting was attended by close to 15 RC (N) members.
The meeting ended with vote of thanks to the Chair and all participants.
An interactive meeting of IMTMA Regional Council (North) was held on 09 September 2014 (Tuesday) at the Hotel Clarks Inn Suites in Ghaziabad. During the meet, an interaction was held on ‘Business Excellence’.
A Plant visit to Abilities India Pistons & Rings Limited (AIP), Ghaziabad, was also planned on the occasion. Key points of the plant visit and presentation by AIP official were discussed during the interactive meeting. The meeting was attended by 15 RC (N) members.
Regional Council (North) of IMTMA had scheduled its 22nd meeting on 14 June 2014 at the Happy Forgings Limited in Ludhiana.
Following this meeting, an ‘interactive meeting and plant visit’ was undertaken to Happy Forgings Limited, Ludhiana. The meeting was attended by close to 20 RC (N) members.
The meeting ended with vote of thanks to the Chair and all participants.
Regional Council (North) of IMTMA had scheduled its 21st meeting on 10 January 2014 at the northern region office in Gurgaon. The meeting was attended by close to 25 RC(N) members. Following this meeting, an ‘interactive meeting and plant visit’ was undertaken to Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Private Limited in Manesar, Gurgaon.
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