Meeting the long cherished demand of the industrial
sector of Saurashtra and Gujarat, the Centre for Advancement of
Manufacturing Technology as a Wing of the Central Manufacturing
Technology Institute, Bangalore was inaugurated at NSIC Campus
All Industrial Area in Rajkot today by Shri Gingee N. Ramachandran,
MOS (Finance) In his Presidential Address, Dr. Vallabhai Kathiria
MOS Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises said although, Rajkot
is a hub for production of engineering machine tools, there was
no Centre to keep the local units abreast of global developments
in precision tools. Domestic units had started feeling the pinch
of advanced machine tools at economical prices being imported
not only from the developed countries but also a number of developing
countries booking of export orders has also been becoming more
and more difficult. The Minister stressed that optimum utilisation
of this Centre would pave the way for world class technology and
assist local industry in facing international competition whole
hog. This would be possible through higher productivity per worker,
better quality, higher value addition, adherence to delivery schedules
and add to overall production and exports from the Saurashtra
Region and Gujarat State leading to higher and sustained employment
in the country.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Ramachandran
said that it was the untiring efforts of Dr. Kathiria that this
Centre could start and this would facilitate in bringing prosperity
to the region. Shri Ramachandran stressed that the new Centre
through its laboratory would enable units to get ISO 9000 mark
and improve quality.
Dr. Kathiria emphasized that this Centre
would benefit the numerous engineering units of Saurashtra Region
in their programmes of Design Upgradation, Quality System improvement,
Upgradation of Knowledge and Skill of their personnel and Modernization
of the manufacturing activities. He complimented the Rajkot Engineering
Association, Rajkot Management Association and Rajkot Foundries
Association, Rajkot Machine Tool Manufacturers Association, Rajkot
Management Association and Rajkot Foundries Association, Greater
Rajkot Chamber of Commerce & Industries etc. in playing very
positive role in upgradation of the industries in this region.
He assured full support of the Central Government in their endeavours.
