On Wednesday, two firms established their R&D centers at Hyderabad’s National Centre for Additive Manufacturing (NCAM).
At the launch event were prominent figures from the additive manufacturing industry as well as Rama Devi Lanka, Director, Emerging Technologies Wing, Telangana, Jaspreet Sidhu, Chief Executive Officer NCAM India, Dr. CVS Kiran, CTO Skyroot Aerospace, Prof. GD Janaki Ram, Professor (Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering) at IIT Hyderabad, and other officials.
Both Matrix Nano and Advantech Studios announced the opening of new facilities, including one for the development of an indigenous plasma-spheroid additive manufacturing powder and one for the creation of innovative automobile parts. In addition to this, GreenJets UK, which has expanded into India, is currently considering establishing a workshop and test facility for cryogenic drone engines.
“Matrix Nano is happy to announce the opening of its Hyderabad pilot Spheronization facility. With this investment, Matrix Nano will meet the domestic demand for spherical powders and further the Make in India effort, according to the company’s CEO, Vignesh Nagarajan.
“Advaitech is looking to address software requirements for SLA AM technology and parallelly addressing short-run automotive new component development focusing on EV applications in India,” said Aditya Sansika, CEO of Advaitech Studios.
“NCAM will make concentrated efforts to work with additional business partners to improve the local ecosystem in the nation. Making India independent in additive manufacturing technology is still the larger goal, according to Rama Devi Lanka.
