By the Members, of the Members & for the Members

ITS 2019 Program Schedule

7 - 8 ( Thu - Fri ) February 2019 | Hyatt Regency, Pune

Indian Tooling Industry : Moulding and Forming the Future

Day 1:  7th  February 2019

Timing (Hrs) Programme (Tentative)
09:00  09:45    Registration & Hi-Tea
09:45 10:00   National Anthem, Light Lamping and Inaugural
10:00 10:10 Welcome Address Mr. D K Sharma - President, TAGMA INDIA
10:10 10:20 Chief Guest Address Mr. Sunil Kakkar - Executive Director (Supply Chain), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd
10:20 10:30 Guest of Honour Address :  Mr. Saurabh Kumar - DGOF & Chairman, Ordnance Factory Board
10:30 10:40 Guest of Honour Address : Mr. Peter Vetter - Head - Quality Planning Tool Steels , Buderus Edelstahl
10:40 10:50   Overview of Tooling Industry
10:50 11:00   Vote of Thanks
Hi-Tea Break 1-1
11:15    12:00    Panel Discussion - 1 OEMs and Tooling Suppliers - Collaborative Approach
Moderator: Mr. Ashim Sharma - Nomura Research Institute India Pvt. Ltd. | Partner & Group Head - Business Performance Improvement Consulting (Auto , Engineering & Logistics)
Mr. Ramani Krishnan – Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd | Head Projects
Mr. Marc Weinmann - VEM Tooling (India) Private Limited | Founder CEO
Mr. Günther Prunner - Voestalpine | Regional Innovation Manager
Mr. Kannan Venkatraman  - Milacron India Pvt Ltd (Mold-Masters Division) | Managing Director
12:00 12:30 Technical Session - 1 "Overview on global toolmakers in Asia, Europe and US/Canada and how Indian toolmakers can reach to their standards."
by Mr. Dirk Soltau - Head of Chemi- Kaufteilemanagement – Beschaffung | VW
12:30 13:00 Technical Session - 2 "New Trends in Die Making a) Electronic In-die Tapping and b) Wireless Pressure Monitoring Systems for Gas Springs" 
by Mr. Jochen Schafer - Director Business Area Standard Parts | FIBRO GmbH
Lunch Break
14:00 14:30 Technical Session - 3 "Future Of Making"
by Pankaj Gauba - Autodesk India Pvt. LtdHead Digital Manufacturing Group - India & Middle East
14:30 15:00 Technical Session - 4 "Today's Solution for Tomorrow's Challenges"
by Mr.T.S.Gopalakrishnan - Director | Multiple Special Steel Pvt Ltd
15:00 15:30 Technical Session - 5 "Futuristic Technologies related to Tooling"
by Mr. Abhinav Shah - Customer Technical Support | Madhu Machines & Systems Pvt. Ltd
15:30 16:00 Technical Session - 6 "Hot Runner Systems - New Developments & Solutions for Automotive Segment."
by Mr. Vishal Agarwal - President | Yudo Hot Runner India Pvt. Ltd
Hi-Tea Break 1-2
16:15 16:45 Technical Session - 7 "Application orientated development of special steel products at Deutsche Edelstahlwerke"
by Mr. Christoph Mueller - Technical Customer Services Tool Steels | Deutsche Edelstahlwerke Specialty Steel GmbH & Co. KG
16:45 17:30 Panel Discussion - 2 3D Printing – How Will Subtractive & Additive Technologies Evolve In Future
Moderator: Mr. Pankaj Gauba - Autodesk India Pvt. Ltd. | Head Digital Manufacturing Group - India & Middle East
Mr. Gourav Ray - GE India Private Limited | Senior Sales Director, South Asia
Mr. Sunil Rao - DMG Mori | Deputy Managing Director
Mr. Prakasam Anand - Electro Optical System
Mr. Akshay Kalyanpur - Sridevi Tool Engineers P Ltd | Director
Mr. Dharmesh Raval - Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd | Dy. General Manager, Components Development & Materials Management
Break
18:00 19:00 Felicitation of Industry Stalwarts
19:00 22:00 Entertainment - Networking - Cocktail cum Dinner

Day 2:   8th   February 2019

Timing (Hrs)Programme (Tentative)
09:00  09:30  Registration & Hi-Tea
09:30 09:35 Opening remarks
9:35 09:55 Technical Session - 8 "A look into the 2K Mould Technology" 
by Mr. Alan Cecco - Design Director | Silver Basis Group
9:55 10:15 Technical Session - 9 "Manufacturing Excellence in Tool Room"
by Mr. Suryakant Kisan Pawar - Joint General Manager | Larsen & Toubro
10:15 10:35 Technical Session - 9 (a) "Scientific Cooling for Injection Moulding"
by Mr. Mark Brown - Founder | Burger & Brown Engineering
10:35 11:20 Panel Discussion 3 Emerging Sectors for Indian Tooling Suppliers
Moderator: Mr. Ramesh Krishnamurthy - Inquizity | Director
Mr. S. M. Vaidya - Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd | EVP – Business Head Aerospace Division
Mr. Jonathon Azzopardi - Canadian Association of Mold Makers | Chairman
Mr. Tapan Tripathy - Larsen & Toubro | General Manager, Switchgear Design & Development Centre | Electrical and Automation Independent Company
Mr. Kapil Sethi - Whirlpool of India | Director Procurement (Global Strategic Sourcing) 
Hi-Tea Break 2-1
11:35 12:00 Technical Session - 10 "Future Needs Steel"
by Mr. Ashish Bhansali - Director | Anand Mould Steels Pvt. Ltd
12:00 12:25 Technical Session - 11 "Innovative Hydraulic Solutions for injection & Die-casting moulds"
by Mr. Abhinav Shah | AHP Merkle
12:25 12:50 Technical Session - 12 "Solutions for Diecasting and Plastic Injection Moulding using Integrated Additive Manufacturing" 
by Günther Prunner - Regional Innovation Manager, |Voestalpine        
12:50 13:15 Technical Session - 13 "How CADOpt can help Tool & Die Industry by providing solutions using 3D and Automation"
by by Mr. Raghavendra M.S, Head- Services | CADOpt Technologies Private Limited
Lunch Break
14:15 15:00 Panel Discussion 4 Changing Dynamics in Auto Sector - Impact on Indian Tooling Industry
Moderator: Mr. Sumantra Barooah -Autocar Professional | Executive Director
Mr. Venkat Krishnan R - Toyota Kirloskar Motors Private Limited | General Manager, Purchase Division
Mr. Pravin Grover - TATA Motors | Head Production Engineering
Mr. Sachin Kulkarni - Volkswagen India | Chief General Manager, Purchase
15:00 15:25 Technical Session - 14 "Smart Manufacturing in Tool Rooms for Improved Productivity" 
by Prof. Asim Tewari -Chair Professor in the Dept. of Mechanical Engg and Head of the National Center for Aerospace Innovation and Research (NCAIR) at |IIT, Mumbai
15:25 15:50 Technical Session - 15 "Hot Press Forming & Aluminium Stamping : Application & Challenges"  
by Woosik Jeong - General Manager, Stamping Tool Engg. | Shin Young Co. Ltd.
15:50 16:15 Technical Session - 16 "Critical aspects in Skin Panel Dies"
by Martin Heckmann Development Engineer | LÄPPLE Automotive
16:15 16:20 Closing Session
16:20 16:25 Vote of Thanks