Why Exhibit?
Manufacturing with sheet metal is a fast-growing basic industry sector within the Indian economy. In addition to cars and other modes of personal transport, on a consumer level there is still considerable scope for growth in domestic appliances, home electronics and air conditioning units. This has led to increased demand for high quality machine tools for which India is one of the world's biggest import markets.
Positive trends in India
- It is forecasted that India’s infrastructure spend will increase to US$1 trillion over the next five years (compared to $530 million over the previous five-year period)
- The Ministry of Steel estimates that India’s steel production will quintuple to 300 million tons by 2020
- The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers predicts the size of the domestic passenger vehicles market to grow from 2.2 million units per annum currently to 5.6 million units by 2017
- High-tech machine tools from Europe, Japan and the USA are still in great demand, while Indian machine tool production primarily covers the low-price market segment. Indian companies are very interested in working with international suppliers of high end machine tools.
Mumbai – your gateway to India
For companies in the field of sheet metal working, Mumbai, on the western coast of the sub-continent, is the perfect point of entry to this continuously growing market. A large number of foreign companies have already settled here (Mumbai accounts for 40% of India’s foreign trade) and the administration is familiar with the needs and wishes of new investors. The international traffic links are first class and there are good connections to the other industrial centres throughout the country.
BLECH India 2013 is a highly focused exhibition exclusively dedicated to sheet metal working. The event provides an ideal opportunity to present your products to this booming market and establish successful business relations, both with customers for machine tools and with potential local agents or partners for joint ventures.
