A four-days long Industrial Expo-2014, a business-to-business industrial show with special focus on MSMEs and buyer-seller meets, organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with the Department of MSME, Government of Uttarakhand, and supported by the NSIC, was inaugurated by Cabinet Minister Harish Chandra Durgapal at Haridwar on Thursday. Its objective is to build linkages between the large industry and the MSMEs, thus facilitating business development.
CII Industrial Expo is great opportunity to showcase present industrialisation of Uttarakhand and also to showcase its future prospects said Alok Kr Singh, Plant Head, Tata Motors, Pantnagar. Tata Motors is privileged to be part of the Uttarakhand growth story.Mukesh Goyal, Plant Head, Hero MotoCorp said that this is an excellent platform for MSMEs to exhibits and showcase their products to larger industrial base. Initiatives will also facilitate in realisation of objective of the ‘Make in India’ Campaign earlier launched by our Prime Minister.
It is good show and is better than our expectations, with participation of many suppliers and OEM exhibitors; it serves as a bridge between the two said Rakesh Asthana, Vice President, Pantnagar – Operations, JBM Group. JBM Group supplies its products to many OEMs such as M&M, Hero Moto, Bajaj, Ashok leyland, Godrej and TMl from its plants at Haridwar and Pantnagar.
We interacted with suppliers of screws and fastners exhibiting their products at CII Industrial Expo said Virendra Mehta, Head – Operations, Honeywell India. Dehradun plant of Honeywell procures about Rs 50 crores inputs from various companies from across the country. We are looking to enhance localise contents from present level of 15 – 20 per cent, and in this regard, B2B shows such as Industrial Expo are very helpful, he added.
Talking about the objective of Industrial Expo, Prashant V Mahadik, Vice Chairman, CII Uttarakhand State Council & Chief Manager, ITC ltd said that Expo focusses on bringing MSME and large corporates on a common platform, so that they can partner and mutually benefit. Uttarakhand is expected to greatly benefit from this initiative of CII.
Camillo Mascarenhus, Manager – HR, SKF said that It is an initiative with right perspective to build manufacturing culture in the state. It is a platform, where people get exposure to various manufacturing practices. Exhibitors from other states bring in with themselves the best practices, which will help industries in Uttarakhand to further enhance their prowess.
Suresh Redhu, Executive Director & VP-Manufactring, Aquamall Water Solutions ltd said that this type of Expo, brings all the stakeholders closer and helps in building strong partnership. This is one stop exhibition on what state can offer to both buyers and sellers, he added. Puneet Kr Gupta, Plant Head, Spicer India ltd said that Industrial Expo also showcases many companies, which are based out Haridwar. It will certainly help us increasing localisation contents of our products.