Senior UK Minister visits Renishaw during India-UK TECH Summit

During his visit Mr Fox toured the 80,000ft2 building where he saw a state-of-the-art metal 3D printing facility, a manufacturing unit that services the Renishaw Group, and a large R&D software facility.

The visit coincided with the India-UK TECH Summit held in New Delhi from 7-9 November, which marked a celebration of India and UK’s partnership across business, technology, science, innovation, education and design.

Hosting the visit was Rhydian Pountney, Renishaw’s director and general manager – UK/ROW Sales Division, who is responsible for the company’s sales and marketing activities in India. He is also co-chair of the Advanced Engineering Working Group of the annual India-UK Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) which met in New Delhi as part of the summit.

“Renishaw has been operating in India for over 30 years and I was able to show the Secretary of State how our long-term commitment to India has been beneficial to both Renishaw and the Indian economy,” said Mr Pountney.

“Today we employ 350 skilled people in India, the majority based at our Pune site in Maharashtra, who directly contribute to the R&D and manufacture of our world leading innovative precision measurement, 3D printing and healthcare products.”

Kumar Iyer, British Deputy High Commissioner, Mumbai added: “The Secretary of State and the UK delegation’s visit to Pune could not have been at a better time giving a further boost to Maharashtra-UK collaborations with workshops with Indian companies and Government officials across the advanced engineering, manufacturing and smart cities initiatives.

“As well as the UK’s partnership with Pune as a smart city, British companies like Perkins and Renishaw have opened new manufacturing facilities in Maharashtra with more being considered. The relationship has never looked stronger.’’

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