| 10 | MARKET NEWS Carl Zeiss opens development unit CII skills training centre The 4.2-billion euro German Recently, Kamal Nath, ■ ■ manufacturing company Carl Hon’ble Minister of Urban Zeiss has established a research Development, Government and development unit and of India; S Ramadorai, Advisor two manufacturing facilities in to the Prime Minister on Skill Electronics City in Bangalore. Development; Adi Godrej, The company manufactures an President, CII and Chairman, array of products ranging from Michael Kaschke inaugurating the new factory Godrej Group; Pradeep prescription spectacle lenses Bhargava, Chairman CII (WR), to diagnostic and surgical infrastructure at our campus is inaugurated CII Skills Training Kamal Nath, Hon’ble Minister of Urban equipment that are used in the ` 30 crore.“ He added that the Centre at Chhindwara, Madhya Development, Government of India, fields of ophthalmology, neuro- company‘s total investment in Pradesh. Committed to its inaugurating CII Skills Training Centre, surgery and cancer treatment, India, which includes acquisition mission of ‘Making India the Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh and in camera lenses. It also of assets, is 25 million euro over skills capital of the world’, manufactures precision the past 8 years. The R&D, which it started the skill initiative youths are expected to train measurement tools that are has the abbreviated name CARIn program in September 2008. annually in this initial phase. The used in the auto, aerospace, (Center for Applications and The CII Skills initiative in Centre now has a building of its and power sectors, besides Research in India), will focus on Chhindwara is ‘one-of-its kind’, own, CII having invested in a 10 manufacturing equipment the medical technology sector conceptualised and driven by acre land earlier. The Centre’s required for the manufacture and look to develop medical industry, and aimed at creating building has a teaching-cum- of integrated chips. Michael equipment tailored to the talent pool of trained workmen administrative block, hostel Kaschke, President and CEO, Indian market requirements. for industry. As the Centre gears and dining facilities. „ Carl Zeiss AG, said, the Further information at www.efficientmanufacturing.in up to offer training by well- Further information at www.efficientmanufacturing.in investment into developing the > more @ click | EM00683 known industry partners, 1500 > more @ click | EM00684 Fanuc India inaugurates its new Technical Centre in Pune Fanuc India Ltd (FIL) the first time In aim to contributing towards ■ recently opened its new India, during the recycling. The external walls facility at Chakan in Pune. inauguration. are kept clad with fly ash The centre was inaugurated The facility’s bricks (by-product of thermal by Katsuo Kohari, Head e nv i r o n m e n t power plants) instead of toxic of CNC Sales and Service, friendly features paints. Similarly, emphasis Fanuc Group. According to were the cyno- is placed on use of natural Sonali Kulkarni, President, sure of the show. ventilation and light through „ Fanuc India, with this new For instance, the large windows and skylights. facility the company will be entire facility Turbo ventilators are used to better placed to serve its is planned to exhaust hot air in the facility. 27,000 strong customer base be free of air The comprehensive rain water with stronger emphasis on Fanuc India team at its new technical centre conditioning. harvesting system is also used sales, application support, FIL consciously in the facility for saving water. robot system engineering, parts warehouse, training took this decision as a step Simultaneously, paving blocks supply chain support and the centre including guesthouse forward to contribute to the are also used in roads to ensure all-important maintenance and offices. The technical environment. The centre absorption of rainwater into service.“ The Pune facility will centre has the latest array floor is vacuum dewatered ground. Additionally, the solar cover the industrial towns of of CNC, welding robots, the concrete (VDF) instead of the power plant work is in progress Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra famous Robodrill as well as a tradition epoxy, which is quite and will be installed by Dec and Gujarat. Robocut. In fact, the new cost toxic. Small details like filing 2012 to cater to 25 per cent of The new facility built around performance Arc Mate 0i-A cabinets are also made of the power requirements. 28,000 sq ft, houses the welding robot and the Servo recycled packing wood chips Further information at www.efficientmanufacturing.in company’s technical centre, Motor βiF were also shown for instead of plywood with an > more @ click | EM00685 Jul/Aug 2012 | EM Xxx/Xxx 2009 | A&D India.