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Casting a Greener Future in Jalandhar

Highlighting the sustainable production in the country’s foundry and castings sector, the

publishers of Minerals & Metals Review and Foundry Review through its events arm

MMR Events will be organising the 13th annual one-day seminar ‘Casting a Greener Future’ at

Hotel Radisson Blu, Jalandhar, on 18th March, 2017.

Planned on market demand from the northern region, the event would draw together

foundry fraternity and industry folks on a common platform.

It’s an opportunity for foundry fraternity to share the interactive platform.

Over the years we have been organising our foundry seminar in various parts of India like

Pune, Mumbai, Kolhapur, and Coimbatore attended by eminent personalities of the foundry

industry. We take the opportunity to address the foundry issues in the northern belt as well.

The seminar will see highly interactive panel discussions on the burning issues related to

foundry commercials; CSR policies & corporate governance; schemes for promoting

investments in sustainable production; skill development; community development through

MSMEs among others.

The event will be graced by Vinod Kapur, ex-President, World Foundry Organisation, and

Executive Chairman, Gargi Huttenes Albertus, who was recently felicitated with 'Lifetime

Achievement Award’ at the 65th Indian Foundry Congress in Kolkata.

Supported by eminent personalities of the industry like Paneerselvam Ramaswamy, Principal

Director - MSME Technology Development Centre, Ministry of MSME, Agra; Balram Kapoor,

MD, JMP Industries; Viraj Naidu, MD, Disa India, Bangalore; Ajay Sikka, MD, Sharp Chucks and

Machines Pvt Ltd, Batala; Rakesh Goel, MD, Rashtriya Engineering Works and many more.

The seminar, through its technical sessions, will also discuss on the state-of-the-art

technologies and equipment for production of castings.

The objective of the seminar is to promote knowledge and services in foundries & castings

industry; impart expertise on modern methods; provide resourceful content and know-how

on innovative products, materials, equipment & technologies; and offer business networking

opportunities with industry experts.

For any further queries you may approach the event organisers.

RSVP:

Ms Sushma Hedge

Mobile 9769020572 Email: events@mmronline.com / foundryreview@gmail.com

About us:

Mineral & Metal Review

Operating since 1948, Minerals & Metals Review (MMR) - publication arm of Braj Binani

Group, under the aegis of Asian Industry – Division of Binani Metals Ltd. strives to address

every sphere of activity in the Ferrous, Non-ferrous metals & Mining industry. From extracting

ore to manufacturing and use of metals, and the role of their intermediate and ancillary

industries, to the present and future demand, supply and price scenarios of metals to the

latest developments in the field of technology and government policies, MMR covers it all.

Foundry Review

Foundry Review a monthly tabloid is India’s b2b platform for technical & commercial

management of foundries, forging, casting and allied industries. It is dedicated to India’s

foundry sector having 5,000 in print circulation and digital version available to over 30

Member Countries of World Foundry Organisation.

It promotes Indian foundry industry on a global platform and connects the domestic industry

to its global counterparts.

In this sense ‘Foundry Review’ serves as the mouthpiece for Indian foundrymen.

MMR Events

A diverse Metals Outlook series of events are organized throughout the year with meticulous

details presenting a platform to professionals to interact and exchange ideas on innovative

projects. Various seminars, conferences, etc. are held across the country in different

disciplines to disseminate information that can propel the growth of the industry.

Metals Outlook, Steel, foundry, construction, recycling, mining and metallurgy are some of

the pivotal areas that feature in MMR's calendar of events

Hotel Radisson Blu, Jalandhar, Punjab 18th March, 2017

9.00 – 9.45 am Registration (45 minutes)

09.45 – 10.00 AM Welcome Address

Bina Verma, CEO & Group Editor, MMR Publications

Inaugural Session 10.00 – 10.20 am

10.20 – 11.40 am

Overview on foundries & castings market

Vinod Kapur, ex-President, World Foundry Organisation &

Executive Chairman, Gargi Group of Industries

Panel Discussion I: CSR in Foundries

Schemes for Promoting Investments in Sustainable

Production

CSR Policies & Corporate governance

Skill Development Initiatives through CSR

Strategic planning and project management

Promoting Innovations

Community development through MSME push

Moderated by: Balraj Seth, foundry consultant

Paneerselvam Ramaswamy, Principal Director - MSME Technology Development Centre, Ministry of MSME, Agra

Viraj Naidu, MD, Disa India, Bangalore Ajay Sikka, MD, Sharp Chucks and Machines Pvt Ltd, Batala Rakesh Goel, MD, Rashtriya Engg Works, Batala Balram Kapoor, MD, JMP Industries Author from L&T Finance*

11.40 – 11.50 am Tea Break

11.50 – 01.00 am

Panel Discussion II : Commercial Angle of Foundries

Pricing, Duty Structure, Freight Policy, Raw material, Pigiron, Ferro Alloys, Melting Scrap

Moderated by: Navneet Khanna, Head – Materials, DCM Engg, Jalandhar

A C Verma, VP & Head Exports, Eicher Engg Components, Gurgaon

Vikas Girdhar, Hinduja Foundries, Chennai

Author from Sonalika Intl Tractors, Hoshiarpur

Author from Kamal Iron*

1.00 – 1.45 PM Lunch Break

*confirmation underway

Technical Session : Equipment

1.45 – 2.00 pm Upgradation trends in Foundries

Satyanarayana VN, VP Foundry Sales, DISA India

2.00 – 2.20 pm Solutions for iron castings

D.S. Sodhi, Jt. Managing Director, Oliver Engineering P.Ltd.

02.20 – 2.40 pm Topic Awaited

Author from Oxford Instruments

Technical Session : Heat Treatment 2.40 – 3.00 pm Energy efficiency in melting technologies

Author from Inductotherm

Technical Session : Foundry Chemicals

3.00 – 3.20 pm Advancements is Resins & Binders

Vinayak Ghotge, GM-Technical, Gargi HA, Pune

Technical Session : New Products

3.20 – 3.40 pm Refractory use and cost optimization

Deepak Rai, National Sales Manager, DFP

Technical Session : Instrumentation

3.40 – 3.50 pm

Reliable temperature measurement in iron casting

M Ravi, National Manager Sales,Amtek Instruments India,

Chennai

Technical Session: New Media

3.50 – 4.00 pm Role of social media

Dr.V.P.Gupta, Foundry and Metallurgy Consultant

4.00 – 4:10 PM Vote of Thanks