Automation Expo 2017, India’s biggest and South East Asia’s 2nd biggest Automation show has attracted a record number of exhibitors with over 900 companies from over two dozen countries represented at the event. The 12th edition of the show will be held from 09 to 12th August, 2017, at Hall No. 1, Bombay Exhibition Centre, in Mumbai. The exhibition, spread across an area of 23,000 sq mtr, will have on display a vast array of products and innovations from global leaders in the field of Industrial Automation, now entering the era of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The show is supported by the Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India, and a host of other professional bodies.
The mega Automation Show will be inaugurated by B Narayan, Group President (Procurement & Projects), Reliance Industries Ltd, at a Grand Opening Ceremony in the presence of an august gathering of industry stalwarts and automation professionals.
The four-day extravaganza will witness on display state-of-the-art products and cutting edge technologies from the field of Process Automation & Control Systems, Factory Automation, Industrial Automation, Field Instrumentation, Smart Sensors & Controllers, Robotics & Machine Automation, Motors & Drives, Software Solutions, Bus Technologies, Wireless Technologies, Building Automation, Automation in Hydraulics & Pneumatics, Automation in Renewable Energy and Safety & Security Systems, etc.
M Arokiaswamy, Managing Director, IED Communications Ltd, the brain behind this mega exhibition says, “Automation is no longer an emerging trend or a cutting edge technology for the future. It is the reality we need to live with, here and now. Today there is a pressing need for every industry in India to embrace automation to take on global competition."
The 12th edition of the show is expected to get more than 50,000 visitors from various OEMs and industries such as Oil & Gas, Automobiles, Pharmaceuticals, Food Processing, Fertilizers and Chemicals, Cement, Glass, Electrical and Electronics, and other automation technology users and solutions providers.