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Casting a Greener Future in Jalandhar

Highlighting the sustainable production in the country’s foundry and castings sector, the

publishers of Minerals & Metals Review and Foundry Review through its events arm

MMR Events will be organising the 13th annual one-day seminar ‘Casting a Greener Future’ at

Hotel Radisson Blu, Jalandhar, on 18th March, 2017.

Planned on market demand from the northern region, the event would draw together

foundry fraternity and industry folks on a common platform.

It’s an opportunity for foundry fraternity to share the interactive platform.

Over the years we have been organising our foundry seminar in various parts of India like

Pune, Mumbai, Kolhapur, and Coimbatore attended by eminent personalities of the foundry

industry. We take the opportunity to address the foundry issues in the northern belt as well.

The seminar will see highly interactive panel discussions on the burning issues related to

foundry commercials; CSR policies & corporate governance; schemes for promoting

investments in sustainable production; skill development; community development through

MSMEs among others.

The event will be graced by Vinod Kapur, ex-President, World Foundry Organisation, and

Executive Chairman, Gargi Huttenes Albertus, who was recently felicitated with 'Lifetime

Achievement Award’ at the 65th Indian Foundry Congress in Kolkata.

Supported by eminent personalities of the industry like Paneerselvam Ramaswamy, Principal

Director - MSME Technology Development Centre, Ministry of MSME, Agra; Balram Kapoor,

MD, JMP Industries; Viraj Naidu, MD, Disa India, Bangalore; Ajay Sikka, MD, Sharp Chucks and

Machines Pvt Ltd, Batala; Rakesh Goel, MD, Rashtriya Engineering Works and many more.

The seminar, through its technical sessions, will also discuss on the state-of-the-art

technologies and equipment for production of castings.

Hotel Radisson Blu, Jalandhar, Punjab 18th March, 2017

9.00 – 9.45 am Registration (45 minutes)

09.45 – 10.00 AM Welcome Address

Bina Verma, CEO & Group Editor, MMR Publications

Inaugural Session 10.00 – 10.20 am

10.20 – 11.40 am

Overview on foundries & castings market

Vinod Kapur, ex-President, World Foundry Organisation &

Executive Chairman, Gargi Group of Industries

Panel Discussion I: CSR in Foundries

Schemes for Promoting Investments in Sustainable

Production

CSR Policies & Corporate governance

Skill Development Initiatives through CSR

Strategic planning and project management

Promoting Innovations

Community development through MSME push

Moderated by: Balraj Seth, foundry consultant

Paneerselvam Ramaswamy, Principal Director – MSME

Technology Development Centre, Ministry of MSME, Agra

Viraj Naidu, MD, Disa India, Bangalore

Balram Kapoor, MD, JMP Industries, Jalandhar

Ajay Sikka, MD, Sharp Chucks & Machines Pvt Ltd, Jalandhar

Rakesh Goel, MD, Rashtriya Engg Works, Batala

11.40 – 11.50 am Tea Break

11.50 – 01.00 am

Panel Discussion II : Commercial Angle of Foundries

Pricing, Duty Structure, Freight Policy, Raw material, Pig iron, Melting Scrap

Moderated by:Navneet Khanna, Head – Materials, DCM Engg, Jalandhar

Ajay Ghai, Plant Head, Swaraj Division, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Mohali

VP Premkumar, Director, Nelcast Ltd, Chennai

Vikas Girdhar, GM – Sales & Marketing, Hinduja Foundries, Chennai

1.00 – 1.45 PM Lunch Break

Technical Session : Equipment

1.45 – 2.00 pm Upgradation trends in foundries

Satyanarayana VN, VP Foundry Sales, DISA India

2.00 – 2.20 pm Solutions for iron castings

D.S. Sodhi, Jt. MD, Oliver Engineering P.Ltd.

02.20 – 2.40 pm

Spectrometers - important tool for modern foundries

Kush Malik, Sr Sales Manager, Raman Instruments Pvt LTd

(Oxford Instruments)

Technical Session : Heat Treatment 2.40 – 3.00 pm Automations in induction technology

B.R.Garg, Deputy Manager (Sales) - North, Inductotherm India

3.00 – 3.20 pm Latest in heat treatment

Dhananjay Navangul ,MD, Dhanaprakash Ind’l Corp, Sangli

Technical Session : Foundry Chemicals

3.20 – 3.40 pm Advancements is resins & binders

SID Zion, Sr. GM - Technical, Gargi Huttenes Albertus

3.40 – 3.50 pm Tea Break

Technical Session : New Products

3.50 – 4.00 pm Refractory use and cost optimization

Deepak Rai, National Sales Manager, DFP

Technical Session : Instrumentation

4.00 – 4.10 pm

Reliable temperature measurement in iron casting

M Ravi, National Manager Sales, Amtek Instruments India,

Chennai

Technical Session: New Media

4.10 – 4.20 pm Role of social media

Dr.V.P.Gupta, Foundry and Metallurgy Consultant

4.20 – 4:30 PM Vote of Thanks