AUTOMATION & DIGITISATION AUTOMATION VOL 14 JUN-JUL 2021 ` 100 www.industr.com/en AUTOMATION & DIGITISATION COBOTS & I4.0 Feb-Mar 2021 TOOLS FOR MSMEs & LARGE I VOLUME 14 ENTERPRISES FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONS Also available in China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand & Hong Kong Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Also available in China, A&D - Interview Suresh D, CEO, Spark Minda Technical Center, Minda Corporation and Group CTO, Spark Minda Group Companies (p. 26) www.industr.com/en Power & Energy P. 32 In association with Test & Measurement P. 35 Fieldbus & Networking P. 38 When the chips are down… Coping with the semiconductor shortage P. 28 Projekt4 28.03.18 13:56 Seite 1 REDUCE DOWNTIME. ENABLE SCALABILITY. FlexEdge helps to modernize aging communications and control infrastructures. Both new and existing devices can be easily connected to the system, reducing overall downtime and enabling scalable integration. Driven by Crimson®, FlexEdge enables IIOT connectivity to numerous cloud environments with point-and-click simplicity, providing users with the ability to perform protocol conversion, Contact Red Lion India: aggregate data, customize dashboards, [email protected] and enable edge computing. +91 20 - 619 38 301 Learn more at www.flexedge.net IIOT CONNECTIVITY IS EASY WITH FLEXEDGE ©2021 Red Lion Controls, Inc. All rights reserved. Red Lion, the Red Lion logo are registered trademarks of Red Lion Controls, Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. 7410009435/36 aandd - EDITORIAL The drivers of an inclusive transition The World SME Day on 27 June is celebrated all over the world to recognise, applaud and create awareness of contribution of SMEs to the economy. It’s a known fact that SMEs are a crucial factor in any country’s competitiveness, wealth creation, quality of life and employment. Contributing 45% to the industrial output, 35% to the direct exports, 8% to the GDP, India’s SME sector provides employment to 60 million people through 28.5 million enterprises and is the key driver in the nation’s economic growth. In spite of the limitations like “The need of the hour is to low capital base and inadequate exposure to international environment, the ensure that SMEs are SMEs in the last few years have made significant contribution towards the industrial growth, technological development and exports. However, the resilient to the crisis, emerge pandemic changed the whole picture, leaving a major impact on SMEs. stronger from the aftermath The need of the hour is to ensure that SMEs are resilient to the crisis, emerge stronger from the aftermath of the crisis, and become the drivers of an inclusive of the crisis, and become the transition towards more sustainable economies. Advanced automation technologies and digital transformation are currently the most recommended solutions for drivers of an inclusive revival and sustainability in SMEs. transition towards more While automation & digitalisation promise improvements in efficiency and management agility, it also brings in its own challenges, as far as its realisation by sustainable economies” SMEs is concerned. The very first is the affordability, then comes the awareness and of course the application knowledge. In this context, on the occasion of the World SME Day, we are happy to bring you the Cover Story in this edition, that talks on cobots & Industry 4.0 technologies - the digital transformation tools for SMEs - and features smart manufacturing stories of implementation of cobots in SMEs through case studies. You will also find articles and experts’ views on many more such topics in this edition that will take you closer to the technology world. Happy reading! Shekhar Jitkar Publisher & Chief Editor [email protected] EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Jhankar Dutta Raj Singh Rathee Ganapathiraman G Arcot Rajabahadur Managing Director Managing Director Vice President & GM Automation Consultant B&R Industrial Automation Kuka Robotics India (South and South-East Asia) ARC Advisory Group Dr KLS Sharma Anup Wadhwa Advisor Director – AIA Automation Education & Training Ravi Agarwal (Automation Industry Association) Managing Director, Mandar Phadke P V Sivaram Pepperl+Fuchs Jasbir Singh CEO, Abhisam Software Advisor in Digitalisation (Factory Automation) Vice President – Electrical & Instrument Former Head – Process Control Former MD, B&R Automation President – AIA Essar Project Management Consultants Lanxess India Pvt Ltd Past President, AIA Overseas Partner: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong & South-East Asia A&D India | Jun-Jul 2021 3 GET EFFICIENT NOW! 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