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STEEL INDUSTRYGERMAN

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SECTION :

SECTION :

SECTION : INTERVIEW

SECTION : REPORT

COUNTRY FOCUS

ARTICLE

COMPANY FOCUS

DATA BANK

German Steel Scenario

Gunning robots 7

in steel plants - VELCO

SICK AG: The Link Between 15

Past & Future Elements in Industry

DK- A Pioneer 19

Recycling Company

Application of LCC 33

and LSA Techniques for Profitability

By Dr. Narendra Kumar Nanda, Ph.D

Ferro-alloys 49

By GOI, Ministry of Mines, IBM

Shri A. K. Jha, 27

CMD, Coal India Limited

8th VDMA Mechanical 24

Engineering Summit

Chintan Shivir by FICCI 42

One-on-One Business Meet 47

with Taiwan Delegation

Rojgar Mela by IISSSC 48

6th AGM of IRMA 48

We are Younger but We Try Harder - DHM GROUP 40

Germany Production Figures

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77

Steel Market Price 78

World Steel Figures 79

VOL 29/M2

Magic of “Make in India Mittelstand”

India was amongst the first nations to establish diplomatic ties with

Germany post the World Wars. The tone of the relationship was set

by the two visits of the Indian Prime Minister to Germany in 1956

and 1960. Post the economic reforms and liberalization of the

Indian market in 1991, Germany has gone on to become one of

India’s most significant trade and investment partners.

Cumulatively, Germany has invested over US$ 11.3 bn in India

between 2000 and 2018. Key areas of investments have been

transportation, electrical equipment, metallurgical industries,

services sector (particularly insurance), chemicals, construction

activity, trading and automobiles. Over 1,600 Indo-German

collaborations and 600 joint ventures were made.

The world’s largest democracy and Europe’s economic power house

Germany views India as an ‘anchor country’. But major concerns of

German companies doing business in India are non-availability of

land, high duties on goods, shortage of skilled manpower, absence

of Investment Protection Agreement between India and the

European Union, and impasse in the proposed India-EU Free Trade

Agreement (FTA) negotiations etc, which need to be resolved to

take the Indo-German economic cooperation to a new exciting

phase.

India and Germany have been actively working together to lower

their CO emissions for more than two decades. In order to facilitate 2

the transition to a low-carbon economy, both governments have

been meeting regularly under the Indo-German Energy Forum

(IGEF) to discuss energy issues—from security to efficiency,

investments in renewable energy projects to collaborative research

and development. With a view to develop policy-driven business

models for sustainable energy supply and energy efficiency, both

countries underlined the importance of climate finance and

emphasised the commitment by developed countries to mobilise

US$ 100 billion per year by 2020 to support climate change actions.

Globalization and digitization are megatrends that affect every

company around the globe. Supply chains stretch across

continents, requiring increasing transparency and flexibility in

dealing with risks and problems. In the context of Industry 4.0, we

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Both countries

underlined the

importance of

climate finance and

emphasised the

commitment by

developed countries

to mobilise USD 100

billion per year by

2020 to support

climate change

action

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Editor & Publisher

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look at Indo-German trade figures with a focus on related technologies and potential application domains. For

a long time, the key areas of collaboration were machinery, electro-technology, and chemistry, but more

recently information technology has also become a substantial factor. Imports and exports in these areas have

steadily increased in both directions. Hence, they are considered most promising for a closer Indo-German

collaboration under Industry 4.0.

Manufacturing is the primary target sector for Industry 4.0. It is also one of the most important sectors of the

German as well as the Indian economy. Machinery and the automotive sector are the major manufacturing

activities in both countries. India is striving to strengthen its manufacturing industry. The Indian government

has defined the National Manufacturing Policy that aims at increasing the share of manufacturing in the

country’s Gross Domestic Product from 16 % to 25 % by 2022.

The government also aims at creating 100 million additional jobs by 2022 in manufacturing sector. Indo-

German collaboration in the domain of manufacturing has a long history. India and Germany need greater

focus on Industry 4.0 programs in SMEs.

When we consider the social impact of Industry 4.0 on both Germany and India, the need for action becomes

obvious. Germany needs to preserve its leading position in manufacturing and in export while facing a

declining labour force and a growing lack of IT experts. India, on the other hand, needs to strengthen its

manufacturing sector but is a global heavy-weight in IT and business process outsourcing. As the world’s

second-largest population, India’s labour force resources are abundant but it needs to boost levels of

qualification and training. A stocktaking of existing Indo-German relationships in Industry 4.0-relevant fields

show that a sound basis has been established over decades, ranging from subsidiaries of German industrial

organizations in India over subsidiaries FDIs of Indian companies in Germany and vice versa as well as

government-initiated programs like “Make in India Mittelstand”. Thus, Indo-German collaboration looks

forward for initiatives that will give both the countries greater manufacturing and economic boosts.

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