February 26, Thursday:
Finally the day has arrived as the much-awaited 5th edition of EFY Expo India 2015 starts today with a bang. At the event, we are celebrating the success of ESDM industry and we will keep our main focus on the electronics ecosystem overall. The theme for this year’s event is ‘Celebrating Success of the ESDM Industry in India’.
Like previous editions, EFY Expo will focus exclusively on the electronics value chain like components, parts, materials, manufacturing services and equipment. It’s a mass gathering of exhibitors, innovators, designers, manufacturers and sellers from the entire electronics industry. So are you wondering what is so special about the Expo that you would be considering visiting the same? Let’s know the reasons then. If you are looking forward to sourcing electronics components, products and latest equipment, then this is the best platform to fulfill all your sourcing requirements. You will also get to know the latest trends in the global electronics industry as the event comprises participants from countries like Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, Germany and so on.
Now EFY Expo India 2015 is special for some more reasons as the 5th edition of the event holds some exciting initiatives like ELCINA Buyer-Seller Zone, Test & Measurement India, The Innovation Zone etc. ELCINA Buyer-Seller Zone will let buyers meet new vendors with vendor-development initiatives. This platform is open on 26 and 27 February and may extend to 28 February too. One of the new initiatives of this year is the Test & Measurement Showcase which will demonstrate the latest T&M equipment to the industry.
At the Innovation Zone, innovators from across India will showcase their latest innovations. This zone is an attraction for design engineers and senior decision makers at OEM firms. The four co-located shows of the Expo at Pragati Maidan are CoilWound Components Asia 2015, Display Components Asia, PCB Asia 2015 and T&M India. Other co-located shows include ACMA Automechanika for the automotive industry and CII’s International Engineering and Technology Fair.
Seminar Schedule for Day I at EFY Expo India 2015:
- LED Lighting Vendor Development Seminar
This seminar is aimed at creating a powerful LED lighting ecosystem for both manufacturers and vendors in the industry.
- Automotive Electronics Vendor Development Seminar
This seminar aims to create a stronger automotive electronics ecosystem for both manufacturers and vendors.
KEY FACTS
- Venue: Pragati Maidan, New Delhi
- Halls: 7 A to 7 H
- Dates: February 26 to 28, 2015
- Timings: 10 am to 6 pm (except on Feb 28, when it will be 10 am to 4 pm)
- Business visitors: Entry on all 3 days
- Students: Only on 28 February
Key Highlights:
- EFY Group executive chairman Ramesh Chopra delivers the opening speech at the Vendor Development Seminar
- Sahasra Electronics chairman and MD Amrit Manwani delivers inaugural address
Amrit Manwani inaugural address – Key Points:
* Focus in needed on ‘Make in India’ campaign.
* Buyers from the defence and all other sectors need to share knowledge within the whole value system
* Though there is no lack of knowledge, a proper connection between the government and the knowledge providers is much required.
* The vendor and the customer need to work together and identify the core areas in every sector.
* Electronics manufacturers get immense support from the Government
* Government should make more parks where all electronics manufacturers need to work together towards a better manufacturing eco-system.
* High-demand products should be focused the most
Brig. Sanjay Prasad, deputy director general (Indigenisation), DGEME, delivers address – Key Points
* The vendors can experience a very transparent process on the official portal.
* Make in India will need 2 to 3 years to be implemented fully
Sanjay Jain, senior general manager – operations, Emerson Network Power India Pvt Ltd delivers speech – Key Points:
* ‘Make in India’ needs to be taken seriously as far as localisation of manufacturing is concerned in the industry.
* Emerson believes in VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainity, Complexity, Amniguity) – all pertaining to demand and the market
* It’s because of the mindset that companies will still continue importing even if the costs of local products are at par.
* 35 new suppliers have been added in last 18 months.
* Emerson’s revenues are expected to grow by 20 per cent. Target of Rs 22000 million has been set for 2016.
Yuvaraj.A.R., addl. general manager, CMS Division, Bharat Electronics Ltd. , delivers his speech – Key Points:
* Core technology needs the highest focus.
* Public sectors are looking at SMEs to support long term business goals
* Approvals are required to supply to the DPSUs
* Electronic warfare equipment are under development
* High quality is ensured for each and every component used
* There is a vendor registration section for small and medium sectors on the website.
Buyer Seller Meet undergoes in full swing…Some of the largest buyers include Moser Baer, Flextronics Technologies, Maruti Suzuki and so on!
Paresh C. Shah, supply chain and operations leader, GE Lighting, delivers his speech – Key Points:
* Focus of the lighting industry is on LED and the company is constantly developing energy efficient products.
* For any supply chain, the biggest thing is the quality house. It starts from the market research and ends at the customer service provided.
* We need to understand the market need. Need to focus on every buyer right from the smallest to the biggest.
* “We need to dance to the customers’ tunes”
* We need to make the pricing such that we can include good quality after sales service provided to the customers.
Sarabjit Singh, general manager – materials, NTL Electronics, delivers his speech
* Very small quantity of PCBs are coming from local manufacturers but SMEs are great support.
* Reliability of Indian manufacturers has improved lately.
* Government wanting to support local manufacturers is not that simple. We need to change our mindset. We need to stop importing and give local manufacturers a chance.
* NTL is making a conscious effort in this. Wherever we can, we are shifting from China to India.
* Expensive raw materials are increasing the cost of manufacturing in India.
* At NTL, we consider all suppliers as our supply chain partners. They are the backbone of our company.
* At NTL, we have a supplier development cell where we groom the suppliers.
* The suppliers need to tune themselves to the market.
* Supplier chain partner should have a good R&D too
Buyer’s Speak – Anchor Electricals:
“It’s interesting to see more and more Indian exhibitors from the electronic components fraternity. It’s time for them to work towards scalability rather than have short term goals.”
K. Karthikeyan, senior manager – sourcing, Flextronics, delivers his speech – Key Points:
* When it comes to PCB, suppliers in India can supply up to four levels only and beyond that the only destination is China once again.
* There is a huge dearth of electrical manufacturers in the country and that’s why import is needed.
EFY Group executive chairman Ramesh Chopra says, “Surprised to know that most large companies in India prefer to buy indigenous components for various reasons but are finding it difficult to get these. It shows there is a great hope for the new manufacturing units the government wants to be set up all over the country. EFY will therefore try to fill this gap through eleb2b.com soon by listing the electronic components, parts and modules that are required by various companies in India.”
EFY Group executive chairman Ramesh Chopra shares the stage with all the esteemed speakers
