Kolkata, Jun 24 (UNI) Scientists from the prestigious National Metallurgical Laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research would help the country's engineering exporters in achieving
cutting edge technologies for a highly competitive global market, under an MoU signed between EEPC India and the CSIR- NML,.
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Jamshedpur - based NML and EEPC India, the apex organisation of the country's exporters, was signed here on Monday.
The signing of the MoU took place at a seminar jointly organised by the EEPC India Technology Centre in collaboration with CSIR-NML, Jamshedpur & CSIR-CMERI Durgapur on Materials Science and Engineering.The theme was to educate MSMEs on Materials Science and Engineering
to move up value chain for sustainability .
' This MoU will enable scientists from NML to facilitate our members with their expertise towards improvement of their production technique', according to EEPC India chairman Ravi Sehgal.
He told reporters that while Indian engineering exports have been growing by 10 per cent with variation, reaching a historic high of USD 81 Billion during FY2018- 19, the shipments as percentage of ASEAN and world are stagnating at 0.8-1 pc over the last 10-15 years.
'This is because majority of our goods are from low or middle level products'.
The Department of Commerce has given EEPC India a mandate to form Technology Centres for helping, in particular the MSMEs with the knowledge of various new technologies. As globally Industry 4.0 is the new buzzword. Indian MSMEs should leapfrog one generation. 'That is
where our Technology Centre comes in. Our Technology Centre in Bengaluru and also the one we would be opening in Kolkata, will be giving MSMEs the facilities to use and to develop their
product by also providing a forum for Industry and Academia discussion and learning' Mr Sehgal said at the seminar.
Experts from CSIR-CMERI,Durgapur and CSIR-NML,Jamshedpur deliberated on the subjects ‘Material selection in Design and Manufacturing’, ‘Forging and Advance Manufacturing of Metals and Alloys’,’ Advance Manufacturing’, ‘Heat Treatment in Metals and Alloys’
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