{"id":4091,"date":"2015-01-22T13:50:08","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T13:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/?p=4091"},"modified":"2015-01-22T13:50:08","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T13:50:08","slug":"make-india-echoes-blissfully-imtex-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtuupdate.in\/mtu\/2015\/01\/22\/make-india-echoes-blissfully-imtex-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Make-in-India\u2019 echoes blissfully at IMTEX 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 17th edition of South-East Asia\u2019s biggest biennial industrial show IMTEX 2015 and Tooltech 2015 kick-started on January 22, 2015 at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), Bangalore, Karnataka . While IMTEX 2015 will showcase an exhaustive range of innovations and technological refinements in the complete product segment of metal-cutting machine tool, Tooltech 2015 will feature the newest trends in cutting tools and tooling systems from all across globe.<br \/>\nThe 7-day exhibition and conference organised by the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturer\u2019s Association (IMTMA) was inaugurated in the presence of who&#8217;s who of the industry. Luminaries who made their presence felt include Shri G M Siddeshwara, Hon\u2019ble Minister of State for Heavy Industries &amp; Public Enterprises, Government of India; Shri R V Deshpande, Hon\u2019ble Minister for Higher Education and Tourism, Government of Karnataka and; K Ratnaprabha, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Government of Karnataka; Ajay Shankar, Former Member Secretary,<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_4089\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Pic2-Lamp-lighting-at-IMTEX-2015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4089\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4089\" src=\"http:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Pic2-Lamp-lighting-at-IMTEX-2015-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Lamp lighting at IMTEX 2015\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lamp lighting at IMTEX 2015<\/p><\/div>\nNational Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC); Tarun Das, Founding Trustee, Ananta Aspen Centre &amp; Former Chief Mentor, Confederation of Indian Industry; Debasish Mallick, Deputy Managing Director, Export-Import Bank of India; Jamshyd N Godrej, Chairman, Exhibitions, IMTMA; L Krishnan, President, IMTMA and Vice-President P G Jadeja were among other dignitaries present.<br \/>\nTalking about the efforts taken by the government, G. M. Siddeshwara , Hon\u2019ble Minister of State for Heavy Industries &amp; Public Enterprises, Ministry of Heavy Industries &amp; Public Enterprises. Government of India said, \u201cThe State Government works closely with the IMTMA and other similar bodies to enable growth and provide a positive environment for the Machine Tool Sector. In this regard we are dedicating a sum of 124 crores for the upcoming Machine Tools Park in Karnataka. We are also implementing several other measures like formation of new labour laws and the smooth acquisition of land in the State in order to attract manufacturers and give this crucial sector a much-desired thrust.\u201d<br \/>\nWhile addressing the huge gathering, L Krishnan spoke about the strong connect between Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s \u2018Make in India\u2019 campaign and the machine tool industry. \u201cIMTEX 2015 is a great enabler of \u2018Make in India\u2019 which showcases technological developments, innovations, etc. IMTEX is the crucial exhibition to propel Indian manufacturing towards productivity and quality and to make Indian manufactured products globally acceptable.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Event Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Over 900 exhibitors from 24 countries<\/li>\n<li>Live display of more than 1000 machines<\/li>\n<li>8 group participations from China, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Taiwan and USA<\/li>\n<li>International visitors from 50 countries besides Indian visitors<\/li>\n<li>40,000 decision makers and business delegations from various industries.<\/li>\n<li>IMTMA expects a footfall of over 1,00,000 visitors at IMTEX 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 17th edition of South-East Asia\u2019s biggest biennial industrial show IMTEX 2015 and Tooltech 2015 kick-started on January 22, 2015 at Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), Bangalore, Karnataka . While IMTEX 2015 will showcase an exhaustive range of innovations and technological refinements in the complete product segment of metal-cutting machine tool, Tooltech 2015 will feature<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mtuupdate.in\/mtu\/2015\/01\/22\/make-india-echoes-blissfully-imtex-2015\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4088,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,1],"tags":[914,922],"class_list":{"0":"post-4091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-imtex-special","8":"category-uncategorized","9":"tag-imtex-2015","10":"tag-imtma"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtuupdate.in\/mtu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtuupdate.in\/mtu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtuupdate.in\/mtu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtuupdate.in\/mtu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtuupdate.in\/mtu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mtuupdate.in\/mtu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtuupdate.in\/mtu\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtuupdate.in\/mtu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtuupdate.in\/mtu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtuupdate.in\/mtu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}