India’s Factories Are Digitizing - Intelligence is the Next FrontierIndia’s manufacturing sector is at a critical turning point where the challenge is no longer generating data, but transforming that data in...
21 May, 2026, 02.04 PM IST
Adisoft Technologies shares list at 19% premium over IPO price on NSE SME platformAdisoft Technologies shares opened strong on D-Street, listing at a 19% premium. The company's Rs 74 crore IPO was subscribed over 77 times...
30 Apr, 2026, 10.44 AM IST
IMexI 2025 aligns shopfloor practices with India’s manufacturing pushThe Integrated Manufacturing Excellence Initiative (IMexI) 2025 concluded in Mumbai, celebrating advancements in Indian manufacturing. The ...
22 Jan, 2026, 05.48 PM IST
On shopfloors of automakers, women gradually taking controlAutomakers like Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp, and MG Motor India are actively hiring more female workers for their shopfloors to improve gend...
25 Feb, 2024, 10.03 PM IST
IIT Hyderabad to offer UG course in VLSI design and technologyFor the training of shop-floor technicians, the government has tied up with Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute and The Agenc...
16 May, 2022, 07.54 PM IST
Manufacturing companies are hiring more women in non-traditional rolesIndustry executives said factory floors, which traditionally required workers to operate heavy machinery, are turning more mechanised with ...
13 Mar, 2021, 08.18 AM IST
50 pc employees at Vizag plant to be women: Yokohama Off-Highway TiresCurrently, 7 per cent of its total workforce are women, and there are 108 women on the shopfloor, he said adding that over the next two yea...
08 Mar, 2021, 10.09 PM IST
Winds of change: More women manning auto assembly linesThe inclusion of women has improved the culture and discipline on the shopfloor because female associates are keener on punctuality, proces...
06 Mar, 2021, 12.21 PM IST
Manufacturers roll out programmes to prevent stress among shop-floor workersHindustan Unilever, the country’s largest consumer goods maker, has extended Covid-19 insurance coverage to all its employees across factor...
16 Dec, 2020, 01.28 PM IST
Routematic diversifies into shopfloor solutionsThe company has diversified into providing technology-driven solutions to reduce risks and enforce social distancing at manufacturing indus...
22 Oct, 2020, 06.06 PM IST
COVID-19 may force auto cos into more automation on shop-floor, less reliance on labour: EYThis health crisis will settle gradually and would leave a profound impact on people and the ways of working especially on the shop-floor. ...
10 May, 2020, 11.09 AM IST
The Machinist Super Shopfloor Awards 2017The Machinist awards India’s top manufacturing plants India’s leading manufacturing plants like Hyundai Chennai , Ashok Leyland Pantnagar a...
02 Jul, 2018, 12.29 PM IST
Hiring in auto Inc expected to remain below 5% in FY 2017Hiring for FY 2017 is expected to stay in low single digits of 0-5 percent in most areas like shopfloor, R&D, sales & marketing and differe...
21 May, 2016, 04.14 PM IST
Think7 - a smart manufactuing unit made in IndiaThe 18-member Bengaluru-based company, which was incorporated in December 2013 and has been working with own funds till date, has more than...
26 Feb, 2016, 05.21 AM IST
On shop-floor activities take centrestage for consumer durable and appliance makersMost consumer durable and appliance makers are steadily increasing their investments on shop-floor activities as they find it a highly effe...
27 May, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
- Engineering companies like Kirloskar Brothers changing gender dynamics
Women are breaking into what has traditionally been a male stronghold - the shopfloor, and engineering companies are taking the lead in ope...
03 Jan, 2012, 06.31 AM IST
- The changing face of retailing
Increasingly, retail marketers are preferring to rely on direct observation of consumers while they shop rather than simply use market rese...
14 Oct, 2006, 03.23 AM IST