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The key for future factories is going to centre around the flexibility of manufacture. End-to-end systems have to be easy to use, quick to modify and capable of a high degree of self-monitoring

possible only through the incorporation of automated systems,” he added.

“India provides a very attractive opportunity in industrial automation and control considering that the penetration of industrial automation is very low in the industrial sector. Global competition, quality, consistency and SrRGuFWLvLWy DrH WKH GHfinLng IDFWRrV, and hence the Indian market provides excellent opportunity for the industrial automation and control business,” feels Pradeep Karnik, managing director, Omron India.

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Key areas of growth

The major growth in industrial automation will be in the food & beverage and pharmaceuticals industries, feels Karnik. At the same time, there is a big opportunity for India to become a global leader in value-added engineering and high-end automated manufacturing. Defence, medical, nanotechnology, solar energy, semiconductor and aerospace are the emerging sectors where manufacturing is picking up.

“As manufacturing goes digital, it will allow things to be made more economically, in much smaller numbers, more flexibly and with less labour. Sensible, intelligent