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TECH INNOVATION

Designing it bigger.

Making it better.

THE HEAVY ENGINEERING INDUSTRY IN INDIA components presents challenges. Massive die casts, forged,
Heavy engineering is the foundation of a modern economy. bent, and welded steel and iron works can weigh many tons.
After achieving independence, India entered the world of The safety of a nuclear power plant, an off-shore oil rig, a
heavy engineering in 1958 with the government’s launch locomotive engine, a fighter jet, a cargo ship, and more rest
of the Heavy Engineering Corporation Ltd. at Ranchi. With on the dependable production and assured results of their
Indian-made design and production of heavy iron and steel large-scale components. Manufacturers must produce work
machines, the country’s industrial economy was propelled often to hyper-critical specs– at a competitive cost. Heavy
forward. India continues into the 21st century on its steady engineering doesn’t just mean well designed, but equally well
path toward total self-reliance and emergence as a global made. Structures and components that are well designed,
super power, grows its industrial manufactured goods made strong, dependable, long-lasting, with the goal of
exports, and forges partnerships with other global players to profitability are the key to a manufacturer’s success. From the
increase its position as a major manufacturing entity. big picture to the seemingly small production details, it’s all
Manufacturing currently accounts for 25% of the country’s important in producing a viable product, profitably.
economy with end-to-end heavy engineering manufacturing The following are facts from leading heavy engineering
as the backbone of that growth. Heavy engineering industries manufacturers in India who rely on performance-proven
in India are evident in every region of the country with a Master Fluid Solutions TRIM™ metalworking fluids to
major presence in the sectors of industrial machinery, nuclear, enhance their production and build profits...
thermal, and hydroelectric power plants, wind turbines,
mining, oil and gas exploration, aerospace; automotive; WHEN IT COMES TO SUPER-CRITICAL,
railways; and shipbuilding. THEY TRUST ONLY TRIM
Case 1: A high-technology driven engineering and
MEETING THE MANUFACTURING CHALLENGE construction organization– one of the largest companies in
Manufacturing of colossal iron and steel equipment and India’s private sector– engineers, designs, and manufacturers

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