Automation & Robotics in India

Automation & robotic application has been growing across the globe since the first industrial robot installed at General Motors plant in Trenton. It has helped the industry to increase productivity while reducing the cost of labor which in turn helps in better competitiveness, improved mechanization & better efficiency. Though robotics has been accepted across the globe across the industries, India is relatively slow. As per IFR estimates, India has less than five multipurpose industrial robots per 10000 employees in manufacturing sector in 2011 compared to global average of 50. In India, robotic industry is still at the beginning and trained system engineering manpower has been assumed as the major roadblock. Industry also wants reduction or removal of import duties on critical components of robots like harmonic drives, controllers, encoders and more so as to cater to the price sensitive market. One of the other reasons is the social obligation to provide employment to people near factory locations but this has been eradicating with the new factory as well as the unavailability of trained workforce.

India provides a great opportunity for industrial automation & robotics owing to the fact that due to growing consumption power of youth (50% of India’s population is under 25 years) and increasing crave for world class products. In addition to it, according to automotive mission plan, 10 year plan by government of India envisages India automotive sector at US$ 145 billion accounting for 10 % GDP by 2016. Similarly as per IMTMA, domestic production of machine tools is expected to grow at 20% from US $ 1 billion in 2011-12. Considering this fact, Indian companies are looking for implementation of automated processes and robotics at their manufacturing plants to satiate the growing need & demand. Currently robotics in India is majorly contributing to the growth of automobile & electronics but gradually being embraced by Indian machinery industry, defense, space & textile.

At this stage, In-house innovation and creative ways to knit-together Automation solutions, is integral to the mission of an Industrial economy. In-house expertise and creative team which works together to provide various automated solutions to our clients. These complex & customized engineering & automation solutions will help clients with achieving better productivity and efficiency of their existing facilities. 

Source: Automach India 2013, Indian machine tools manufacturer association (IMTMA), economic times, report from frost & Sullivan, International Federation of Robotics