Mumbai September 04, 2024: Dr. Jitendra Singh, Hon’ble Minister of State (I/C), Ministry of Science of Technology made a virtual inauguration of the three-day ‘MET+HTS 2024’ concurrent with MMD 2024, at the Bombay Exhibition Centre at Goregaon in Mumbai here today on Wednesday (Sep 4, 2024).
Prof. ABHAY KARANDIKAR, Secretary Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India Guest of Honour also addressed the Inaugural Session on the virtual platform.
More than 15 Global Enterprises from the Austria, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA have participated in the global Conference & Exhibition for Manufacturing, Innovation and Startup Sectors, to focus on Defence, Transportation, Energy, Heat Treat and Medical materials and devices Segments.
The global meet is focussed on the latest technological advancements in the Materials Engineering, Equipment, Technology for Defence and Transport (MET) besides Alternate Energy and Heat Treatment
Systems (HTS).
MET (Materials Engineering and Technologies) is the most comprehensive business platform across the manufacturing value chain for the Defence, Transport, and the Alternative Energy sectors. In fact, advancements in materials are integral to the future of manufacturing and hold the key to shaping the way products are designed and developed in powerfully unique manners – lighter, stronger, and more energy efficient.
The Indian Defence Sector which has been at the cusp of revolution with 25 per cent of the Defence R&D budget being earmarked for the private participants and start-ups, has witnessed remarkable growth in exports during the first quarter of FY 2024-25, with a significant 78% increase compared to the same period last year.
In fact, data released by the Ministry of Defence (MoD)reveals that exports reached Rs.6,915 crore between April and June 2024, up from Rs.3,885 crore in Q1 of FY 2023-24.
As of August, 2024, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows in India’s manufacturing sector went up by 69 per cent to US$ 165.1 billion. During the 2023-24 fiscal alone, the FDI inflow has touched USD$ 70.9 billion, according to official data.
The Government has allocated Rs 11.1 lakh crore for investment in the infrastructure sector (Including Transport and Energy) and the allocation in the defence sector has been raised to Rs. 6.21 lakh crore. This is of great significance since India’s engineering R&D market is expected to be worth US$ 58 billion by the end of 2024.
Under the National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP), infrastructure projects worth close to 1.4 trillion USD are likely to be completed by 2024-25, as India’s transportation and logistics sectors are poised to grow at a compounded rate of 4.5 per cent in the next decade.
As for Alternate Energy, India, US, Brazil and China are in consultation to form a Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA) to explore cooperation opportunities, with India aiming to pump in INR 8 lakh crore in green hydrogen which will replace 25 per cent of ‘grey’ hydrogen by 2030. Additionally, India is aiming to reach a non-fossil fuel energy capacity of 500 GW by 2030.
This conference-cum-exhibition is significant because India shares more than USD $1 billion of the Global Heat Treat market, growing at a rate of 12% per annum. The domestic players in the Heat Treating market have been increasingly focussing on green technologies and allied processes to reduce environmental footprints.
This year a dedicated Pavilion displaying Medical Materials Devices (MMD 2024) has been co-located.
Biomaterials have become quintessential, with biomedical engineering providing patient specific solutions and are becoming a source of import substitution of medical devices.
Apart from 600 delegates from more than 15 countries, the event is expected to witness the presentation of 150 technical papers, 20,000 footfalls and about 300 stalls.
The Exhibition has participation from Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation as a Partner State, a dedicated German Pavilion by VDMA, a dedicated pavilion by Rubber Institute among others.
According to Mr Pradeep Goyal, Chairman, Organizing Committee, 5th MET & 15th HTS 2024, Heat treatment has changed beyond recognition, and these changes have been driven by a better understanding of the underlying science, increasing demand for products and quality requirements, and lately, social factors such as environmental considerations.
Says Mr. I.P. Wadhwa, Managing Worker, Tafcon, “This exhibition will be an ideal platform for display and launch of new initiatives, products and technologies, establishing joint ventures, developing and renewing international and regional contacts.”
The present edition the 5th MET &15th HTS, organised by ASM and TACON, is, in fact the biggest ever, offering excellent opportunities for all the stakeholders to showcase their latest innovations, new initiatives, technologies, machinery & equipment to a global audience.
Some of the participants including Government Departments and Industry leaders include JSW Group, Reliance Industries, Aditya Birla Group, Mahindra & Mahindra, Tata Group, Larsen & Toubro Group, Bharat Forge, Seco Warwick, Xitiz Technomech, Electrotherm, Inductotherm, Fluidtherm, Suzlon Energy, Gautam Solar, Gefran, Indian Railways, DRDO, CSIR, Technology Development Board and Defence PSUs.
Speech of Shri Pradeep Goyal, President, ASM International
Namaste
Respected Chief Guest Dr Jitendra Singh, Hon Minister of State Independent Charge, Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt of India, Guest of Honour Dr Abhay Karandikar, Secretary Dept of Science and Technology, Shri Jayant Acharya, Jt. MD and CEO JSW Steel, Shri Nilesh Kaul, CEO Downstream business Hindalco, Shri Binoy Koshi, MD Seco Warwick, Dr J K Sharma, MD & CEO Andhra Med Tech Zone, Bharat’s premier medical technology park, Dr S K Jha CMD Mishra Dhatu Nigam, Shri Inder Wadhwa, Managing Worker of TACON, my colleagues Dr Ashok Tiwari and Jayesh Mukadam, distinguished scientists, speakers, delegates and guests in the audience
It gives me immense pleasure to welcome you all to this biennial event, MET-2024 and HTS 2024. It is the most comprehensive business platform across the manufacturing value chain for the Defence, Transport, and the Alternative Energy sectors.
Many of you may not be aware of ASM International, the force behind this event.
Started as the American Society of Metals over a 100 years ago, it transformed with Globalization and advent of innovative materials into ASM International.
It is a society of Professionals, Academicians and Businesses in the field of Materials Science and Engineering
The vision of the society is to be the leading global resource for Materials Information.
The mission is To Generate, Curate, and Disseminate valuable Materials Information to our Members and the Materials, Engineering, and Scientific Communities The ASM Digital Library is the world’s largest collection of information and data on the composition, structure, properties, processing, performance, and evaluation of engineering materials.
ASM’s current portfolio includes nine different journals
ASM Conferences and Expositions cover the latest developments and trends in industry
ASM offers over 100 education courses online and offline
ASM Foundation develops and deploys materials science content and hands-on, minds-on to inspire, engage and empower future generations to create STEM solutions from K-12 for 21st century challenges.
ASM International India Chapter, regularly conducts technical programs, webinars, and conferences on Emerging Materials, Technologies, innovative processes, failure analysis and heat treatment.
This exhibition is an excellent opportunity for the industry, particularly the SME sector, to connect with the large private and public corporations, Government Labs and Academia to broaden their knowledge and expertise to take advantage of the new business opportunities that are rapidly emerging in Bharat.
The startup Pavilion at the exhibition would be of great interest to participants, since it is hosting and displaying products, services and models by start-ups, young entrepreneurs, students from lIT’s and other engineering colleges
Besides the exhibition, the technical conference has drawn eminent speakers from India and Abroad who will deliberate and exchange huge ideas on key issues related to these sectors. The conference has over 95 Plenaries, Keynotes and paper presentations
In addition to the conventional metallurgical streams, this year the Organising Committee decided to introduce Medical Materials & Devices, a new stream, considering the relevance of the subject of materials for medical devices. MMD 2024 will showcase outstanding startups, and the conference will dwell upon new developments in materials and processes: Orthopedic, Dental, Hearing devices, Eye Specialties’, Cardiovascular, Tissue engineering, Scaffolds, Drug delivery systems, Surgical tools & equipment, Additive manufacturing, Biocompatibility of devices etc.
Dr Sharma will elaborate on this shortly.
Our economy is growing at a furious pace and Materials play a significant role in the development of new products and processes in all the above sectors.
Technology has changed beyond recognition, and these changes have been driven by a better understanding of the underlying science and engineering and increasing demand for quality products, and social factors such as environment and sustainability
The world is facing huge climate change issues, necessitating a paradigm shift in our approach to carbon emission. New technologies such as green Hydrogen and low temperature nuclear reactors will play a significant role in the coming decade to mitigate these challenges. All these and many other subjects will be deliberated upon in this conference and exhibition. The ASM platform has always remained at the forefront of providing current and future technologies and will continue to do so.
This is a small effort on our part to spread the vision of our beloved Prime Minister.
As he mentioned recently, we are in the lift-off phase, in which we must move forward with the mantra of reform, perform and transform to make our country
“Vikasit Bharat” by 2047.
\I hope that all stakeholders will collaborate and cross pollinate ideas and make this event worth every minute of your valuable time.
Jai hind
