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  • Virtualise content: Prime Focus signs deal with Turner LATAM

    MUMBAI: Prime Focus Technologies (PFT), the technology arm of Prime Focus, has signed an agreement with Turner Latin America, where PFT’s CLEAR™ Broadcast Cloud will provide work order and supply chain management along with end-to-end process monitoring of critical
    tasks, with reports and dashboards.

    CLEAR is the world’s first Hybrid Cloud-enabled Media ERP Suite, and its Broadcast Cloud module is specifically designed to support end-to-end broadcast operations – from creation to transformation, distribution and exhibition. CLEAR Broadcast Cloud will effectively bring Turner Latin America’s ecosystem of creators, partners and customers of long and short form content onto a single system.

    “We chose CLEAR for three reasons: it is cloud native, multi-platform and easy to integrate through a solid Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) approach”, said Luis Esparza, VP Technology & Operations, Turner Latin America. “The industry is undergoing rapid change, and we believe Turner is uniquely qualified to lead the transformation of the media business in Latin America through our innovative thinking and ability to adapt seamlessly to a location independent but consumer centric model.”

    Operations at Turner Latin America’s main content processing hub in Buenos Aires (Argentina) will be seamlessly connected with all other supply chain locations through the CLEAR hybrid cloud architecture. This will support multi-location distributed workflows such as subtitling and dubbing,compliance mastering, promo operations, archival, playout delivery as well as schedule driven distribution for OTT and VOD. CLEAR’s interoperability feature allows seamless integration with Aleph (a software used for schedule, contract, rights & traffic management) and other applications at Turner thereby leveraging existing investments and lowering the Total Cost of Operations (TCOP). The integrations are accomplished through CLEAR’s open APIs, providing users a with a seamless end-to-end
    view of the entire distributed workflow from CLEAR.

    “Optimal end-to-end workflow orchestration with work order automation across the supply chain is critical to our roadmap,” added Gabriel Basabe, Technology & Operations Country Manager, Turner Argentina.

    “CLEAR was built as an ERP system tailor made for M&E and is well-poised to help Turner improve efficiencies across their supply chain with lowest TCOP, while enabling them to be the first to publish their content to multiple destinations,” said Ramki Sankaranarayanan, Founder and CEO, Prime
    Focus Technologies. “We are stoked to play a pivotal role in helping the network embrace automation and attain their goal of digital transformation. What better way to start our journey in the LATAM market!”

    PFT’s award winning CLEAR Media ERP Suite has been successfully deployed on the Cloud for over nine years now. CLEAR offers broadcasters, studios, brands, sports and digital organizations a one-of-a-kind technology that drastically lowers TCOP unlike any other.

  • R-Com signs pact with Aegis for VR & gaming, $ 36bn HPC market forecast

    MUMBAI: Reliance Communications’ undersea cable unit Global Cloud Xchange has entered into a HPC pact with two companies to provide cloud computing services. Traditionally, HPC has focused on serving end users, but the growth of IoT and Big Data, combined with the emergence of virtual reality and online gaming, now means it is being more readily embraced by enterprises requiring greater computing power across the IT estate.

    High-Performance Compute (HPC) co-location facility Aegis Data has announced a strategic alignment with cloud infrastructure and services provider vScaler to host its cloud environment within its data centre. The partnership is further supported by Global Cloud Xchange (GCX), a subsidiary of Reliance Communications (RCOM), which will enable direct access to vScaler’s cloud services platform via GCX’s CLOUD X Fusion, delivering Next-Generation application-specific cloud services to consumers and enterprises over the GCX Global Network.

    As part of this strategic partnership, Aegis will provide vScaler with the necessary power and infrastructure requirements that will allow both organisations to capture the increasing demand for scalable HPC-on-demand services from enterprises in the region.

    Industry findings have projected that the HPC market is expected to grow up to USD 36.62 billion by 2020, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.45 per cent.

    vScaler’s proposition supports this demand via a dedicated, application-specific HPC cloud platform, one that allows users to provision full HPC-on-demand clusters, Big Data analytics and accelerated GPU compute. This will now be enhanced through the relationship with Aegis Data. Currently, one of the biggest challenges facing data centre facilities is the ability to support the necessary power requirements or headroom for growth, and in doing so capping what can be achieved for customers. Aegis Data’s data halls are specifically engineered to deliver the high-density power and cooling required by these Next-Generation platforms, and in doing so provide the perfect complement for vScaler’s offering.

    The three-pronged collaboration will further leverage on GCX’s core assets, which include a global network and a leading ecosystem of on-net clouds and providers, enabling seamless, latency-guaranteed, private connectivity between cloud platforms and data centers, colocation environments, or offices, to reduce network costs, increase bandwidth throughput, and provide a more consistent network experience than Internet-based connections.

    “The alignment between Aegis and GCX represents one of the most innovative and progressive IT platforms on the market today. Demand for HPC capabilities is growing at a frantic rate, and in meeting the requirements of a diversifying market, it is imperative that we are able to demonstrate that we have the power and connectivity required to support growing data demands,” commented David Power, Chief Technology Officer at vScaler.

    “This triangulated partnership supports these demands in perfect harmony, meaning that those organisations looking for HPC requirements can have their demands serviced all under one roof. This is a truly scalable offering that means our customers can focus on their core business proposition, safe in the knowledge that their IT infrastructure can grow with them regardless of their data requirements,” Power added.

    Greg McCulloch, Chief Executive Officer of Aegis Data, said: “The proliferation of HPC has meant that data centre facilities can no longer rely on just providing HPC capabilities as a means to gain a competitive advantage. What is now enabling providers to stand apart is their ability to demonstrate how they can deliver this service more rapidly, smartly and more efficiently than their competitors. Our partnership with GCX and vScaler demonstrates this perfectly—ensuring one of the most powerful HPC propositions available.”

  • Content & OTT solutions: Alliance & India’s Fullorbis tie up to sell NETArchive

    MUMBAI: Data archiving leader Alliance Storage Technologies and Fullorbis Technologies have teamed to expand sales throughout India. Fullorbis intends to sell and promote Alliance’s purpose-built NETArchive solutions to help archive, manage, optimize and protect critical data serving customers in a variety of industries including financial, government, healthcare, and insurance.

    Alliance Storage, a leader in professional data archiving solutions, announced the partnership with Fullorbis, a Kochi, India-based IT Management company serving clients throughout India.

    “Fullorbis will be a strong addition to our growing partner network and expand our presence in India,” remarked Alliance CEO Chris Carr. “Our new NETArchive solution is synergistic with Fullorbis focus on cutting-edge technologies,” he said.

    Fullorbis is a professional managed IT company involved in developing innovative products and solutions serving entertainment, content delivery, and OTT & IOT sectors. The company is now delivering highly reliable and scalable data archiving systems and solutions in India.

    “The market for professional high-end archive storage systems for the long-term preservation of data is opening up in India as the country takes a leap into digitisation and Internet technologies, especially in governance and delivery of services. Media, Banking, Healthcare, IT and government will be the segments that will be initially served,” said Fullorbis MD Ajit Menon.

    Fullorbis, as a channel partner of Alliance, will deliver best-in-class technology and pre-sales support. The integrated and scalable professional data archiving solutions offered preserve data unaltered for extended periods (greater than 100 years) at an exceptionally low total cost of ownership. Best-in-class global support services are available to sustain customer installations. The NETArchive solution provides value to various industries requiring long term data retention, security and data durability.

    NETArchive® is a purpose-built data archiving solution that offers leading edge technology and features required by today’s modern data centers. Through an innovative modular architecture, NETArchive offers multiple storage tiers consisting of RAID, optical and cloud to create a robust and secure solution that can be tailored to meet the needs of today’s archive market.

    Alliance anticipates that the partnership will bring tremendous value to their marketplace which serves customers in a variety of industries. “We’re delighted to be working with Fullorbis and look forward to a long-term partnership with the group,” added Alliance director of worldwide sales Bill Gallagher.

    NETArchive, with its powerful integrated data management software, adapts to any business, organization, or industry, and provides customers with a flexible, secure more reliable, alternative to tape and disk for permanent storage of archived data at a lower total cost of ownership. With elastic scalability, the solution can accommodate enterprise archives from 45TB to 1.6PB within a single rack, small to medium archives up to 15TB, and simultaneously expand infinitely offline or to the cloud.

  • CastleMedia sets up Spyke for CPE and STBs repair

    CastleMedia sets up Spyke for CPE and STBs repair

    MUMBAI: Here’s some good news for the DTH Operators, MSOs and LCOs who used to get their STBs repaired from the neighborhood electrical shop at the hands of untrained, unqualified electricians.

    Thanks to the government’s cable TV digitisation push, the population of STBs or consumer premise equipment swelled. With close to 174 million STBs or consumer premise equipment (CPE)  of various types – digital, HD, Ultra HD, and a guesstimated failure rate of around five to eight  per cent, Mumbai headquartered Spyke Technologies (SPYKE) has stepped into the STB servicing and repair game for  distribution platforms.

    Backing the new venture are broadcast technology vets Vynsley Fernandes and CEO Ru Ediriwira of CastleMedia which has worked with leading broadcast, networking & communications product manufacturers across their product lifecycle – right from R&D and field testing to improving “user experience.”

    The company has set up service centers in Mumbai and New Delhi, and a countrywide faulty STB collection center network. The service centres are manned with about 30 tech engineers in Mumbai and 35 in New Delhi.  

    Presuming the STB failure rate at a conservative five per cent of the digital TV ecosystem in India (although actual ground information indicates failures at around 8-10 per cent), SpykeTech aims to capture between 12 per cent to 15 per cent  of the market in the next four to five years. And, helping it get there will be the offices in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Madras, Ahmedabad and Kolkata which will come up in over the next two to three years.

    The company has invested more than Rs 35 million in Spyke on  its 2500 sq foot Mumbai office located in Vile Parle and and its Delhi office being hosted over 7000 sq feet.  Spyke will be in a position  to fix at least 18,000 STBs every month in Mumbai, while the fixing  figure for Delhi stands at 25,000 a month.

    The company is being positioned as India’s first technology lifecycle management platform for CPE offering a single window and end-to-end service model which includes repairing of STBs, broadband and data communication equipment, home media gateways, networking equipment and VSAT modules.

    Says Spyke Technologies director Sunil Ranadey:  “There exists a demand-supply gap in the country when it comes to quality servicing of not only STBs  but all CPEs. SpykeTech aims to bridge this gap. Our cloud-based proprietary software SPYKENET, is what we believe will separate the “men from the boys” in terms of CPE repairs in the country.”

    “The proprietary software will empower the DTH operators/MSOs/LCOs not only with analytical tools to analyse the faults, but will provide complete transparency with logistic movement and accounting support for their CPs, something lacking in the present system,” Ranadey added.

    Spyke is in its early setup stage but has already begun to have conversations with different distribution platforms. The sticker price for repairing an STB is being talked about as being between Rs 200 and  Rs 450 which is quite an attractive option for all TV viewers.  What’s unique about Spyke is its SpykeTech solutions which uses a powerful and collaborative software platform to support clients and customers across India.

    “SpykeNet will be the difference between us and other repairers. The software is going to be the strong analytical tool which is applicable to all cable and DTH networks,” elaborates Ranadey.

    Adds CastleMedia executive director Vynsley Fernandes: “CastleMedia has been very successful in identifying pain-points in the pay TV industry and developing solutions to address the problem. One such example was the development of a suite of mobile and on-line applications for cable TV customers to go prepaid – this was truly an innovative and pathbreaking initiative. Similarly, we see CPE management – irrespective of whether it’s STBs or other devices; continuing to impact the company bottom-lines – anywhere up to 30 per cent.  Our significant investment in setting up SpykeTech is precisely based on addressing this pan-India issue.”

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  • SintecMedia & Lotame bring dynamic audience targeting to broadcast TV

    MUMBAI: SintecMedia and Lotame have announced plans for an integration that will deliver audience segments from the Lotame DMP directly to SintecMedia’s frontend proposal system, OnBoard. SintecMedia is the preferred broadcast management for linear and digital, and a software partner for over 300 of the top media brands including CBS, ABC, AT&T, Star India, Seven Australia and Sky.

    By connecting detailed viewership data with Lotame’s audience data, local sellers can offer enhanced targeting to clients. The partnership enables media companies to understand how targets overlay with their available inventory for more accurate pricing and scale during the proposal phase, and then optimize delivery across TV, video and mobile platforms for added value end-to-end.

    As major media companies announce cross-channel audience targeting products for advertisers, local broadcasters have been largely left out of such offerings, even as they compete most directly with digital audience targeting options such as search and social media. This partnership delivers a competitive product that unlocks audience targeting across TV, video and mobile platforms, creating a game changing offering for media companies.

    “As broadcasters, we are very pleased to see these kinds of partnerships develop because it shows that innovative companies are investing in the broadcast advertising ecosystem. These solutions provide a key benefit – a one-stop answer that enables cross-screen audience sales and improved yield optimisation for our advertising clients,” said Pearl TV MD Anne Schelle. Pearl is a business organisation of eight local TV broadcasting companies who operate more than 220 local stations.

    The partnership allows sellers to build audience-targeted proposals in real-time and deliver against audience goals more accurately using continually refreshed audience data. Clients who use Lotame’s TV DMP can now more easily index audiences against day-parts and programs on linear programming by passing that data to SintecMedia for execution and optimization. Additionally, SintecMedia clients can now use Lotame’s TV DMP to access and send 1st, 2nd and 3rd party audience data to SintecMedia’s platform. Sellers will be able to deliver competitive products to buyers, streamline and automate audience-based sales, and increase inventory demand and profit.

    “The partnership delivers the next level of multi-platform audience targeting at scale to local broadcasters,” said Lotame director of television & video innovation Ryan Reed. “SintecMedia and Lotame are both focused on maximizing profitability and control for media companies across TV, digital and mobile, and this partnership gives broadcasters the tools to compete in today’s fragmented marketplace.”

    “Workflow is the major issue facing broadcasters as they move to offer audience targeted products to buyers,” said SintecMedia president Lorne Brown. “This partnership drives the kind of ‘fast, easy, and big’ solutions that sellers need to compete with the walled gardens at the local level.”

  • A-Pac the biggest market for SOIs, to flourish by 2024

    MUMBAI: Silicon on Insulator (SOI) caters to the demand of the electronic industry, and thus the market will increase and expand with the varied demands in the electronics domain. The electronic boom in the industry has caused a surge in consumer electronics such as digital cameras, television, gaming consoles, kitchen appliances etc, according to Persistence Market Research report. This surge will help sustain the market for SOI for the coming years.

    The global market for SOI is segmented geographically into Asia Pacific, North America, Europe and rest of the world. Asia Pacific region is said be the biggest market for SOI followed by Americas and Europe. The growing electronic market in countries such as China, India and South Korea will project a strong demand for SOI for the forecasted years. In Americas and Europe the R&D investment and government funding in SOI research projects for aerospace and military are will boost the SOI market. North America and Western Europe with strong programs of clean energy and increasing technological investment in Renewable energy will also participate in the market dynamics of SOI.

    The new age in semiconductor era has propelled our technology to a newer heights. Semiconductor are the fundamental blocks of any electronic device ranging from micron sensors to large machines.

    The new age calls for an efficient and faster system that will reduce the dependency over complex and slow processing systems. The traditional silicon wafers have high power consumption and lower performance parameters owing to functional difficulties and thus create the need for Silicon on Insulator (SOI). SOI composition of an intermediate layer of insulating silicon dioxide between a thin and a thick layer of silicon allows it be used according to variable performance and function. SOI provides the best substitute for conventional substrates as it consumes low power and the output is high and efficiently fast. The difference in thickness of the silicon layers differs by application and intended usage.

    The usage SOI attributes to higher performance in electronic devices and thus SOI has its perfect application in hand held computing and communication devices, also imparting a longer battery life to them. The usage of SOI has led to an exponential broadening of communication bandwidth and therefore is being employed in satellite communication and direct-link entertainment. One of the significant markets for SOI is aerospace and military.

    SOI finds its extensive application in sensors for satellites because it helps in the computation of accurate readings and has sturdy operation capabilities. With the development Photo Voltaic technology and an increasing investment by countries to reduce carbon footprint will further increase the SOI market. There is still a scope of advancement in terms of radiation resistance and thermal capacity for SOI. The volatility in the prices of silicon could hinder the growth of the SOI market.

    Though the market is largely segmented some of the key players identified in the Silicon on Insulator market are IBM Corporation, Soitec SA, ARM Holdings PLC., ARM Holdings PLC., Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited, United Microelectronics Corporation.

  • B’casters’ easing ATSC 3.0 transition: Artel, Qligent integrate

    MUMBAI: Real-time, multimedia delivery solutions company Artel has partnered cloud-based, enterprise-level media analysis specialist Qligent to help broadcasters ease the transition to ATSC 3.0. 

    The integration provides network operators transitioning to new systems the opportunity to validate interoperability and test configurations, optimising infrastructures and operational efficiencies.

    As broadcasters begin to manage their repacking assignments, implement plans for ATSC 3.0, and migrate toward all-IP networks, the dynamic nature of all the ATSC 3.0 components and the added criticality of IP links between the physical locations require pro-active real-time monitoring and analysis of the media service delivery chain. 

    As part of this partnership, Qligent has integrated Artel’s DigiLink and InfinityLink platforms into its Qligent® Vision solution offering broadcasters a broader view of end-to-end signal paths and Artel’s solutions deployed throughout IP and fiber-based network. 

    “Qligent’s expertise for telecom and broadcast networks aligns with Artel’s mission,” said Artel chief revenue officer Tony Morelli. 

    “Partnering with Qligent offers the industry confidence that as over-the-air technology grows more complex, vendors within the ATSC 3.0 ecosystem are coming together to help offload the infrastructure deployment concerns so broadcasters can focus on accelerating new business models,” he added.

    Qligent COO Ted Korte said, “We are excited about the opportunity to break down artificial silos. An IP-based studio to transmitter link has become a critical component within ATSC 3.0 and Artel has an excellent reputation for reliability. Now we can keep a close watch on the signal as it passes through the entire chain with a single view but from multiple perspectives. It will be easier to test a wide variety of configurations with immediate feedback on stimulus and response for quick proofs-of-concept and optimisations.”

    Qligent’s software-defined approach provides an open, vendor-agnostic platform to monitor performance, integrity and compliance of multiple signals, streams and systems across enterprises of any size. Artel’s integrated IP- and fiber-based solutions include the award-winning DigiLink media transport platform; InfinityLink broadcast media transport solutions; and FiberLink, one of the industry’s largest selections of fiber optic transmission products.

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    Convergence: Sinclair Broadcast co ties up with India’s Saankhya

  • Convergence: Sinclair Broadcast co ties up with India’s Saankhya

    MUMBAI: ONE Media 3.0, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. has announced an agreement with Saankhya Labs, a leader in the development of Cognitive Software Defined Radio (SDR) chips, to accelerate the development of ATSC 3.0 (the Next Generation standard) chipsets.

    Under the agreement, Saankhya Labs will begin the development of a global standards supporting ATSC 3.0 chipset that will enable various type of consumer devices to receive the Next Generation television standard. Those devices will include televisions, cell phones, tablets, dongles, gateways and automotive units.

    The intent is to accelerate and stimulate the activities associated with the incubation of the ATSC 3.0 chipset development as a pre-cursor to a full-fledged development program. During the project incubation stage, key team members of Saankhya Labs will engage in chip architecture definition and algorithm identification in collaboration with Sinclair and ONE Media 3.0 technical leads.

    The complete ATSC 3.0 standard is on track for final approval by the standard-setting body in the coming months and governmental approval for use in the U.S. is expected by year-end. This new standard promises to revolutionize the broadcast industry by permitting mobility, convergence with broadband Internet platforms, addressability, conditional access, increased capacity and dramatic quality improvements. Early development of the chipsets anticipating final approval should accelerate adoption of the dramatic new capabilities enabled by the standard as broadcasters begin deployment.

    “We are pleased to begin working with Saankhya Labs to fast-track development of a global ATSC 3.0 device ecosystem that is focused on mobility, and provides support for all global broadcast transmission standards,” said Sinclair’s Vice President for Advanced Technology Mark Aitken.

    “ONE Media 3.0 and Sinclair, as digital innovators and the largest U.S. broadcaster, are committed to “mobile first” services, advanced data delivery as well as emergency and educational connectivity. Saankhya Labs’ software defined technology will allow us to exploit the underlying flexibility of the Next Generation standard in evolving beyond ‘3.0’ in support of the unique needs of large markets like the United States and India.”

    “We are excited to partner with One Media 3.0 and Sinclair to develop an ATSC 3.0 chipset that is set to revolutionize the mobility broadcast and data delivery services industry. Based on ‘Pruthvi,’ Saankhya’s award winning Software Defined Radio (SDR) platform, the next generation ATSC 3.0 chipset will enable true convergence of networks and devices. The new-age chipset bears testimony to Sinclair and Saankhya’s commitment to innovate and Make in India,” said Saankhya Labs CEO Parag Naik.

    Sinclair is one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies in the country. Including pending transactions, the Company owns, operates and/or provides services to 173 television stations in 81 markets, broadcasting 513 channels and having affiliations with all the major networks.

    ONE Media 3.0, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sinclair, was formed for the purpose of developing business opportunities, products and services associated with the ATSC 3.0 “Next Generation” broadcast transmission standard and TV platform. Saankhya Labs, founded in 2007, is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development of Cognitive Software Defined Radio (SDR) communications processors and modules supporting a broad range of emerging data communication standards.

  • Siemens & Sumitomo win US$ 520m Pugalur-Trichur HVDC and cable VSC order

    MUMBAI: A consortium between Siemens and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. has been awarded an HVDC order from Indian transmission operator Power Grid Corporation of India to supply a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system.

    The about 200-km long HVDC connection will be India’s first DC link featuring voltage-sourced converter (VSC) technology. VSC is the latest innovation in HVDC technology offering a very stable and highly flexible reactive power control independent of active power control and additional features to support the AC systems like blackstart capability. Furthermore, this solution is ideal to be combined with XLPE cable technology. Siemens will be supplying two converter stations with two parallel converters, each rated 1000 Megawatts (MW), featuring its VSC HVDC technology while Sumitomo Electric will be responsible for XLPE HVDC cable system in the DC circuit.

    The combined order volume for Siemens and Sumitomo Electric is approximately $520 million. The grid connection is scheduled to go into operation in the first half of 2020.

    “We are proud to announce that this project will be the first HVDC link in India featuring VSC technology”, states Siemens Energy Management CEO Ralf Christian. “Latest innovations will help achieving ambitious grid programs, like the “24 x 7 Power for all” initiative of India’s Ministry of Power, to meet the growing power demand.”

    The Pugalur-Trichur ±320 kilovolt (kV) HVDC system will connect Pugalur in the southern state of Tamil Nadu to Trichur in Kerala State in South-West India. The Trichur converter station will be connected via underground XLPE HVDC cable to a transition station also being built by Siemens. Sumitomo Electric’s DC-XLPE cable has unique characteristics among industries to maximize utilization of HVDC system, enabling normal operation temperature at 90 degree, which is suitable for the hybrid system with bulk power overhead line. Sumitomo Electric will supply 128 km XLPE HVDC cable system comprising four cables for a route of 32 km each. From the converter station at Pugalur power will be transmitted via an overhead line to the transition station. The Siemens scope of supply for the turnkey project encompasses design, engineering, supply, installation as well as commissioning and major equipment supplies of the complete HVDC stations, including converter valves, transformers, cooling systems and control and protection technology.

    Siemens and Sumitomo Electric enter into Cooperation Agreement: Sumitomo Electric of Japan and Siemens have entered into a cooperation agreement to collaborate in the field of HVDC transmission for selected projects to combine the innovative technologies of both parties. The partnership of Siemens with its recent achievements in DC converter technology and Sumitomo Electric, a pioneer in developing HVDC cables with cross linked polyethylene insulation, aims to provide optimized customer tailored solutions to enhance performance capabilities in the field of HVDC transmission systems.

    “With this project, Siemens will increase its local presence by expanding its engineering and manufacturing capability for HVDC technology in India,” states Siemens Energy Management – Transmission Solutions CEO Mirko Düsel. “Furthermore we are glad to partner with Sumitomo Electric to contribute to the continuous support of stable energy supply and economic development
    in India.”

    “We are pleased to announce this innovative partnership which accommodates the needs of the growing HVDC transmission system market, and we believe this cooperation between technology leaders, Siemens and Sumitomo Electric, will strengthen both company’s capability to provide state-of-the-art HVDC solutions to the customers worldwide,” states Sumitomo Electric managing executive officer Masaki Shirayama.

    The new transmission link will support major initiatives of India’s Ministry of Power to achieve ‘24 x7 Power for all’ in the country. By bringing in new technology Siemens and Sumitomo Electric will help in achieving this ambitious grid program to meet India’s growing power demand.

  • Electronic Manufacturing Cluster in Au’bad gets govt nod

    NEW DELHI: The the first Brownfield Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) in Aurangabad under the Electronic Manufacturing Clusters (EMC) scheme has received final approval from the Electronics and Information Technology Ministry.

    India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA), the premier trade body representing the Indian Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) industry, is assisting the state in this project. Reinstating their commitment to the Maharashtra region, IESA also announced their foray into Pune by officially announcing their Pune Chapter launch.

    The EMC will not only benefit the local companies by providing them common facilities and R&D support services, but, will also provide a huge boost to the electronics manufacturing in the region. The state government is committed towards the development of the ESDM sector in the state and contribution towards realization of ‘Make in India’ agenda,” Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation CEO Sanjay Sethi said.

    The Brownfield EMC cluster, located at Shendra Five star Industrial Area, Aurangabad district is expected to have a common facility centre which will include an Electronics Manufacturing Centre, Electronics Design & Test Lab, Modular Cabinet Manufacturing Centre and Skill Development/Training Centre.

    The centre will be spread across a total area of 50,647 sq. ft. and the aggregate cost of the project is estimated at Rs 483.4 million. This particular project is divided into two phases and the Phase 1 has got the final approval to go ahead and is estimated to be completed within the next 12 months. Investment for the Phase 1 is projected at Rs 285.7 million, which includes investment in plant & machinery and park infrastructure. IESA had engaged with Deogiri Electronic Cluster Pvt. Ltd for the preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the EMC.

    “We aspire to build the city of Aurangabad as the future hub for ESDM in the country. It is a pleasure to be associated with MIDC and IESA in building the common facility centre. We believe that Aurangabad has the potential and will be a key contributor in transforming India into an ESDM hub,” said Suresh Todkar, Director of Deogiri Electronic Cluster Pvt. Ltd. (DECPL).

    IESA Chairman K Krishna Moorthy said, “Our vision is to help digitally transform India and make it the design and manufacturing hub at a global level by strengthening the ESDM ecosystem. We believe that by connecting early with all technology hubs of the nation would give us the ability to make our vision a reality.

    This EMC, now to be set up in a city that was part of the 1st wave of industrial revolution in India many decades ago and thereby having a strong R&D culture in its DNA, will naturally nurture product design and manufacturing in the ESDM industry, I believe. Establishment of the EMC and incubation facility is a visionary step and we appreciate the government of Maharashtra, MIDC and DECPL for their commitment and intense efforts to build a robust electronics development ecosystem in the state.”