Dirk Prust, chairman of the board of Index Group, a German machine software producer and designer of high-precision laptop numerically managed (CNC) lathes, multi-spindle lathes, turnmill facilities and automation options beneath the INDEX and TRAUB manufacturers, stated India stands to learn as European manufacturing shifts to the previous.
“India represented a strategically essential and rising manufacturing hub, particularly as a number of world prospects are shifting manufacturing from Europe to India,” Dr Prust stated in response to a query from The Hindu.
INDEX Group has opened its India workplace and built-in expertise middle at Aerospace Park on the outskirts of Bangalore. Prust stated that whereas INDEX has been current in India by distributors for over 25 years, the institution of the technical middle was a decisive step in direction of a deeper and extra direct presence in India. “Opening our expertise middle in Bangalore is an indication of our confidence within the Indian market and our perception that true proximity to our prospects can’t be changed by video conferencing,” he stated, including that with six manufacturing places and a world presence, the corporate is ready to mix world experience with native capabilities, and the brand new location has made it potential to do exactly that.
Firm executives stated that with this enlargement, the corporate is strengthening its presence in Bengaluru, one in every of Asia’s most dynamic industrial markets. The corporate’s proximity to Bangalore Worldwide Airport additionally offers excellent situations for enhanced buyer help and quicker service response occasions within the Indian market, it stated in a press convention.
Wilson Thomas, Managing Director, INDEX Machine Instruments India, stated, “The Indian market is important to INDEX Group’s development technique. With our new expertise middle, we will now help our prospects extra comprehensively, from consulting and check machining to technical help.”
It will considerably shorten the decision-making path and lay the inspiration for even nearer partnerships with Indian industrial firms, he added. The brand new workplace in Bangalore contains house for gross sales, expertise, purposes, customer support and administration. We even have a showroom with the most recent demo gear for purchasers to check machining and examine product displays.
