IMS to encourage all industries on one platform [July 2012]

On a aim to promote MSMEs, the second edition of the biennial India Manufacturing Show 2012 (IMS 2012) is scheduled to be organised in Bangalore. The event will be held from September 27 – 30, 2012 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre.
IMS 2012 will be supported by the Govt. of Karnataka; Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Govt. of India; Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India; Ministry of Coal, Govt. of India; Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Industries, Govt. of India and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).
With an objective to promote micro, small and medium enterprises the event aims to provide a platform to interact with large public sector industries, private sector industries, industrialists,  business leaders and customers from India and abroad for an overall development of industrial sector in India. The exhibition will aid the Government’s initiative in inviting foreign investments as the exhibitors and participants will be from India and the rest from other countries.
Speaking on the occasion, Karnataka Chief Minister, DV Sadananda Gowda, said, “The small and medium industries along with large industries contribute significantly to this socio economic development of the country by way of employment generation and revenue contribution to the exchequer. It is the vision of my Government to make Karnataka the Asian epicentre of engineering manufacturing in the aerospace, automotive, energy and infrastructure sectors”.
The added advantage during IMS 2012, will be the opportunity to interact with some of the best Global & Indian OEM's who come to India for vendor development and also the opportunity to exhibit along with participants at the Electronics, Machinery, Mold and Auto Parts (EMMA) Expo 2012 which will be held concurrently.
Murugesh Nirani, Minister for Large & Medium Scale Industries, Govt. of Karnataka said, “The B2B meetings and technical seminars at IMS will be tremendous boost to the quality of industries to make them more competent and robust in this highly competitive marketplace. This event will help all industries in terms of improving their knowledge and best practices”.
Baba Kalyani, Co-Chairman of the IMS 2012 Advisory Committee and CMD – Bharat Forge, said, “The manufacturing policy speaks about India’s manufacturing sector contributing 25 per cent to the GDP by the year 2022. The sector has the ability to do that but we need to ensure that the processes to set-up industries are simplified. We face too many barriers and road blocks e.g. land acquisition, connectivity, number of clearances and permissions, etc. The IMS 2012 is the first step in the direction to smoothen these processes. It is a unique partnership between the Government and the industry that will propel these changes and drive the sector forward”.

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