India’s manufacturing momentum remains strong despite a mixed economic backdrop. In September 2025, the Manufacturing PMI held firm at 57.7, reflecting healthy factory activity, while inflation eased to record lows, supporting growth. Within this environment, the Indian machine tool industry posted steady expansion in FY26, with production up 11 percent year-on-year to INR 2,615 crore. 

Balu Forge Industries Ltd has commenced operations of its empty shell production line—one of the first 100 percent indigenously built production line in India—at its greenfield manufacturing campus in Belgaum, Karnataka. The line with an annual production capacity of 360,000 shells has an advanced forging and machining line for large-caliber ammunition projectiles.

Tsugami inaugurated its world-class precision engineering assembly and foundry infrastructure in Oragadam in the outskirts of Chennai. The INR 300 crore investment makes it the largest ever by a Japanese machine tool maker in India and the first foundry in India by a Japanese machine tool maker.

The inaugural ceremony of the first edition of Supercomputing India 2025 (SCI 2025), organized by C-DAC under the National Supercomputing Mission and supported by MeitY, was held at the Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), Yelahanka, Bengaluru, in the presence of dignitaries from government, industry, and academia. Dr SD Sudarsan, ED, C-DAC Bangalore, welcomed the dignitaries.

Make-to-Order Days will be coming to Stuttgart for the first time in 2026, providing exhibiting companies with a unique platform to present their latest innovative ideas, manufacturing expertise, and new business models to an audience of top-level trade visitors. With a clear focus on contract manufacturing and precision parts, this new trade fair will set standards for the industry.

Rodic Consultants, a leading engineering and digital infrastructure consulting company, announced the official launch of Rodic AI, its pioneering technology subsidiary dedicated to Artificial Intelligence, advanced data analytics, and digital transformation. Headquartered at the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) in Boston, Rodic AI is strategically positioned to accelerate AI-driven innovation with a vision to create sustainable solutions.