The 5th DIEMOULD INDIA 2006 International Exhibition

3rd March, 2006 to 6th March, 2006

AN INVITATION AND A WELCOME

Welcome for the 5th time to TAGMA's DMI-2006 international exhibition that transcends the borders of tooling technology in a world of rapid changes.

Welcome by an institution whose mission is fusion between international & national business.

Welcome to the hub and buzz of technical professionalism and unprecedented globalization.

Welcome to the home of customization, quick communication, intensive development and diverse opportunities covering a sub continent.

Welcome to India's inexhaustible resource materials, global mindsets and preferred technology acumen.

Welcome to the knowledge area of tool makers who would like to grow immeasurably and work together to achieve common goals.

Welcome to the country of "borderless thinking and limitless potential" for that success which is the summit and goal of all life.

Come and discover countless ways and exposure to newer perspectives of the world's second largest populated country.

Come and discover entrepreneurial enterprise and opportunities in the second largest growth economy of Asia with all its purchasing power.

Come where regional and local level have their appointed places to vie for a place in the sun via expansive opportunities.

Come where your industry and life work experiences can be shared with your peers in the full knowledge that DMI 2006 is just the right place for it.

And finally, come where you can establish business contacts around the world acquired from constant interaction with them with all their unique leverages.

Do you still need an invitation when you are already assured of a welcome?

S. C. KALYANPUR - PRESIDENT

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

GROUND PLAN

INAUGURATION OF DMI 2006

ADDRESS OF WELCOME OF MR. S.C. KALYANPUR

Distinguished Chief Guest Mr. Viji Santhanam, Colleagues on the Executive Council, Exhibitors from home and abroad, TAGMA Members, esteemed Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen.

I welcome you all with the utmost warmth and cordiality to this the 5th DIEMOULD INDIA INTERNA TIONAL event which,to us,is the high season of technology & enterprise.

It is my privilege to specially meet, greet and welcome our Chief Guest Mr. Viji Santhanam whose name is almost synonymous with the growth of the TVS group into a global enterprise. As the Managing Director of Brakes India Ltd. he is known for his vision., enormous vitality, versatile activity and achievements.

This dynamic leadership and guidance has fused the various enterprises in the group into a commonwealth of technologies, education, finance, philanthropy, Trusts, Medicare and myriad other activities. In fact, their number is legion. United in mutual out-look and enterprise, they remain embodied in Mr. Viji Santhanam.

Ladies & gentlemen, welcoming such a one as Mr. Viji Santhanam is a unique privilege for me and on behalf of TAGMA and all who are here, I once again welcome him.Also, I welcome you all with the same glow to this the 5th DIEMOULD INDIA INTERNATIONAL event.

Ladies & Gentlemen, TAGMA was founded in 1990. The founders drew up a programme of work almost like the five year plan of the Nehruvian era.

The first lustrum was for construction. The second for consolidation.And the third for conquest.

Now, at the end of the third lustrum, it is not without unjustified pride that I look ahead to march with time and people brought together by the great process of globalization which has also brought Mr. Viji Santhanam to us.

New discoveries and technologies are cascading and the time comes to take them by the forelock. It is here that I emphasize the collateral role of some of the government agencies which have to shed their mindset. For years, it had clogged the wheels of development and I trust that the Government will give it a new deal.

With the advent of our fourth lustrum we look to the forward integration that has to take place. Consumerism is peaking.We are talking in terms of volumes and explosive developments. The Tool Room industry is imbued with quality technology, quality time, quality power and quality production. Newer raw materials and alloys have catalyzed the metallurgical sector and the depth and area of their applications is widespread.

Since nothing happens by magic, the Tool Room industry has to get its act together and work to wards making India the future tooling destination. In the process, it must have sustainable advantage, inspire confidence in customers and prove its track record. The vision and mission of TAGMA have been clearly spelt out at many meetings across the country. It is also in the many publications distributed to the industry. They emphasise that no greater mission exists for TAGMA than to enhance the tool room industry in the shinning century before us.

The industry has the motivation.It has the talent.It has the technology.It has the efficiency.It has the capacity.

Thus, Industry growth and the factors of support have to go hand in hand. The fulfillment of yesterday comes today with the anticipation of a globally recognized tomorrow. It beckons us onward. I request you all to move on with TAGMA. It is an institution through which you will grow.

The industry is yet to formulate a central pattern for growth, list its requirements and, in short, prepare a charter of what needs to be done to achieve TAGMA’s Vision 2010. I speak from my heart of great hopes and greater expectations and to usher the industry into this aura of global activity.

Ladies and gentlemen, TAGMA hopes to establish link by link the chain activity to cover the industry in the country.

I thank you all for your participation in today’s event in such significant numbers.

Once again I welcome our Chief Guest and all of you.

S.C. KALYANPUR – PRESIDENT

EXCERPTS FROM KEYNOTE ADDRESS OF MR. VIJI SANTHANAM - MD- BRAKES INDIA LTD.CHENNAI

Aims to promote Growth of Tooling lndustry in IndiaForum and catalyst for Technology Advancement in Tooling.Market Size - >US$ 6billion Growth> 20% Annually (10-20%)

Tooling Covered.Die Casting & Forging Dies Moulds for Plastics and Press Tools; Guages; Jigs and Fixtures; SPM5 Tool Design; Prototyping; Tool Elements.

More than several 1000 Tool rooms, both Captive and commercial.

Customers span whole breath of Engineering Industry* Automotive, Component, Appliances Electrical Industry, Packaging, Teletronics, Consumer goods, Medical devices etc.,

Opportunity for Tremendous Growth* Indian Economy GDP 7-8% last 3 years* Finance Minister targeting 12% in Manufacturing Customer Segments of tooling industry.* Inflation 4-5% last 3years inspite of Oil hike and commodity boom* FII ($10 billion) & FDI ($37 billion) inflow Sensex 10000* Boom in consumer finance and lower interest cost will help domestic demand to grow* Industry segments which we wants customers of Tooling Industry — Growth> 20%* Lesser Product Life Cycle, More Rapid new products, New Manufacturing Processes Localization — Greater impetus for growth of Tooling Industry. Growth will be a multiple of Engineering Industry growth.* Scope for growth in Exports — Outsourcing opportunity surging exports demand in your customer Industry Segmore — will manifest as domestic demand for you. Auto —Vehicles components, (Mckensy study on Auto components— Vision-2015).

Challenges* As per TAGMA — nearly 35% of Tooling Imported my guess may be even higher.* lmport Tariffs coming down l5 to 12.5% yesterday.Will go down even more, 100% FDI allowed.CustomersWill become more demanding on price, Delivery and Quality* Delivery Time — fast response 3 weeks to 35 days can be a major competition edge.* To supply fully tried-out and proven tooling — enhance capability.* More through understanding of customers’ requirements. On line connectivity, 20 to 30 design capability. Simulation software packages. Essential for speed and quality.* Cluster approach and share of resources —Taiwan example. More optimum utilization of Resources & Investments. TAGMA can playa vital role in this will help on Delivery, Quality and Cost.* Cost — many cases Taiwan, Still chepaer. Top grade Tool Rooms full-up and higher cost. Customer pressure and lower customers duty will hold to cost pressure.* Need for good die steels in India — Kalyani Carpenter. But still not enough. Lot still imported. Scope for TAGMA for play a role — Estimate needs.* Challenge of Technology - Better raw materials, High speed machining, Parametric Design, Standardised Tool elements (Close interaction with customers) 3D modelling and Simulations software,Rapid Prototyping.

* Challenge of Skilled people:- Tendency for people to migrate to high paying job and overseas will continue — challenge of retention.- Invaluable role of Institutes like NTTF, GTTC, CITD, CIPET, lndo-Danish & Indo German Tool Rooms.- Greater emphasis on Training — institutionalized set up to reduce vulnerability.- Challenge of growth — To grab the opportunity — risk taking, investment cluster approach relevance. Growth potential many time higher than GDP on manufacturing.Conclusion: Indiao Inherent advantage,o In Tooling very high manpower content — arbitage on highly skilled and managerial manpower (Man power cost> 30-40% on price)

WISH YOU THE VERY BEST AND CONGRATS

TO TAGMA.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

LAUNCH OF DMI 2006 DIRECTORY

PRESS COVERAGE OF INAUGURATION : Growth opportunity ahead for tooling industry(Shortening product-cycles call for new designs)

The Indian tooling industry can look forward to years of fast growth and booming demand and at the same time intensified domestic and import competition, according to Viji Santhanam, Managing Director of Brakes India Ltd.

The rapid growth of Industries like automobiles and auto components, domestic appliances, consumer electronics and consumer durables in the wake of rising economic growth and consumer tendency to wards spending would ensure expanding need for dies, tools and gauges. Setting up of production capacity in user industries in India by foreign companies looking for low costs and a large market would add to the demand base for tooling, he said. Also, the ever shortening lifecycle of products resulting from intense competition in user industries and consumer preference for new products would warrant the development of new tooling and designs, Mr. Santhanam said on Friday.

Inauguration DieMould India 2006, the four-day fifth Die and Mould International Exhibition, organised by the Tool and Gauge Manufacturers’ Association (TAGMA) at the Chennai Trade Centre, Mr. Santhanam, said the tooling industry would, however, be forced to cut costs as a result of pressures on margins faced by their buyer-industries and competition in Ihe tooling sector both from within the country and imports.

The industry should benchmark its Taiwanese counterpart to develop capabilities for fast delivery and emphasise skill development among the workforce. Otherwise, user industries would be inclined to set up captive tool rooms, he warned.

Skills Base: Mr. Santhanam paid tributes to the role played by institutions and tool rooms the public and private sectors in developing the skill base of the industry. These include the Nettur Technical Training Foundation, Government Tool Room and Training Centre, Indo-Danish Tool Rooms, Indo-German Tool Rooms, CIPET (Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology) and Central Institute of Tool Design.

S.C.Kalyanpur, President of TAGMA, Presided over the inaugural session.

THE HINDU CHENNAI

EXCERPTS FROM EXHIBITORS AND DELEGATES.This was a quite successful exhibition wherein Diemould manufacturers from across the country have participated which has helped us to show case our products especially on EDM and Milling, Turning, Micro Boring applications were displayed in full and we have presented these solutions to our regular customers as well as new customers who have visited our stall.Overall it was a quite successful exhibition which has given us lot of new leads and inputs for our further strategizing for the next financial year.Nickunj Group — Mumbai Email mihir_neepl@yahoo.com.

* * *“The Diemould India reflected the huge potential of the Indian market. It was a very fruitful exhibition on which we got many new interesting contacts. We will certainly take part at the Diemould 2008 too.”Stefan Roeding — Managing Director Witte Far East Pte. Ltd — Singapore Email : admin@witte asia.com

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Success in Chennai for Australian DelegationA delegation of 7 Australian representatives exhibited in Chennai at the 5th Diemould India show. The Australian delegation exhibited under the banner “Tooling Australia” led by the peak Tooling Industry Association for Australia (also known as TIFA).

Four days exhibiting at the show provided the Australian group with a great opportunity to gain some exposure and market themselves. Enquiries were received by the Tooling Australian delegation relating to both Plastic Mold and Press Metal Tooling, all of these enquiries will be followed up in the next 7 days.

Tooling Australia would like to congratulate TAGMA on a successful International event that attracted some very significant customers for industry. Chennai appeared to be a very appropriate location for Die- mould India and it is very likely that Tooling Australia will participate again in years to come.

If you have any further questions/enquiries for Tooling Australia please contact: lisa(@tifa.com.au** *

It was really wonderful arrangement. We were very comfortable the way exhibition went off.We would thank for you and all the gentleman (TAGMA) involved for the success of Die Mold exhibition.Moldular Mold Solution — Chennai email : mms@dataone.in

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I must compliment and congratulate you and your dedicated TAGMA Team for organizing the Die & Mould Exhibition very well. I can understand 1 hat a lot of hard work has gone for making this event a success and at the end of the day. you and your team can satisfy yourselves that your efforts have borne fruits.K.R.S. Narayan - Assab Sripad Steels Limited, Delhi Email : Krs@assabsripad.com

***I want to thank your organization for contributing to a good impression of the Indian exhibition environment in 2006. Our experience at Diemould 2006 in Chennai was a pleasant one.Desire C. Hagglund - International Trade Show CoordinatorHaas Automation, Inc.email dhagglund(@haascnc.com

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Congratulations on this achievementYour leadership skills are totally appreciated and we feel very happy to work with you.Krishnan PL PCK-Buderus (India) Special Steels Pvt Ltd., Chennai. email Krishnan@pck-buderus.com

SPANISH TOOL MFGRS DELEGATION

FEAMM (Federation Espanola De Asociaciones Empresarials De Moldistasy Matriceros) and all the participants in the mission to India express our gratitude for the interesting visiting program that you arranged.

We would be grateful if you could express our recognition to all the people from TAGMA that accompanied us so kindly.

It has been very interesting for us the visit to the exhibition, to the companies and to know better your great country.

Now it’s time that the companies feel encourage to collaborate.

Federico MaresPresidentParc Technologic del VallèsCeramistes, 2- E-08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona)Tel.: +34 93 594 47 47 Fax: +34935944737E-mail: info@feamm.com http:// www.feamm.com

PRESS COVERAGE OF DMI 2006

Moulding technology to be showcasedTo showcase Indian capability in moulding technology and domestic products, the 5 Die Mould India International Exhibition will be held at Chennai Trade Center on from 3 to 6 March, 2006.

The Tool and Gauge Manufacturers Association (TAGMA) is organising the exhibition, which will display the complete range of dies, moulds, press tools, machinery and related CAD/CAM systems.

The globalisation process has catapulted India as a leader in moulding technology and this fair will help foreign companies to take advantage of the large pool of talent that is available in India and forge partnerships.

Delegates from Australia, Japan, China, Malaysia, Philippines and Pakistan will participate in the Die Mould Exhibition, which will have an array of prod ucts and technology from leading manufacturers of tooling sector. -TAGMA will also explore the possibilities for joint ventures, collaborative efforts, information sharing, technology and resource training and meeting the technological needs created by the changing demands of the market.

The four-day exposition will encourage the members and those involved in the tooling industry to under stand, explore and eventually develop business by getting the technology and also going in for tie-ups and joint ventures. The Die Mould event is expected to crystailise the competencies of Indian Industry and bridge the gap in tooling technologies while seeking new avenues of growth.

The main centers of the tooling industry in India are Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Channai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, De area, Calcutta, Bhubaneshwar, Jamshedpur, Indore and Pondicherry.

The domestic production meets about 65 per cent of requirement in dies and moulds and the balance 35 per cent was imported.

These relate to intricate moulds like in furniture and critical components, most of which are not manufactured indigenously in adequate quantity and quality. There is also the preference factor for import even if there is adequate local production.

News Today, Chennai•Apollo Times and The Hindu - Chennai have also

•given a similar coverage based on the press release.***

Die Mould India expo evokes good response

The 5th Die Mould India International Exhibition, organised in Chennai to help the tooling industry under stand and explore new technologies and look for possible tie-ups and joint ventures, concluded on Saturday.The four-day exhibition was organised by The Tool Gauge Manufacturers Association (TAGMA).

About 150 participants showcased their products which included a range of dies, moulds, press tools, machinery, CAD/CAM systems, machine and cutting tools and accessories, among others.

The participants included 42 foreign companies from 11 countries including Australia, Japan, China, Ma laysia, Phillippines and Pakistan.

According to a release, the home production meets about 65 per cent of the demand for dies & moulds.The imports relate to intricate moulds like those in furniture and critical components, most of which are not manufactured indigenously in adequate quantity and quality. Moreover, even if the local production can meet the demand, imported products are preferred.

Around 42 foreign companies from 11 countries including Australia, Japan, China, Malaysia, Phillippines and Pakistan showcased their products in the expo.

There is a need for Indian tooling industry to develop its competency in high speed machining, rapid proto typing systems, shrink fit tooling, 3D solids based on automated design and programming, ERP systems, and CRM systems, it added.

The main hubs of the tooling industry in India are Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Delhi-Noida area, Kolkata, Bhubaneshwar, Jamshedpur, Indore and Pondicherry.

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