Innovation at its best

The exhibition, organised by the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers’ Association (IMTMA), showcased an exhaustive range of innovations and technological refinements in metal-cutting machine tools.
The international exhibition featured the newest trends in cutting tools and tooling systems from all across the globe.

Guhring, a world-class manufacturer of round shank cutting tools, invited Ashwa Racing to display its latest prototype the RZ-X in IMTEX-2011. The company has been closely associated with ‘Ashwa Racing’, providing them with cutting tools and supporting them financially.

Many visitors were curious about the prototype and were left awed when they came to know that it was a students’ project meant for collegiate design competition organised by the FSAE (Formula Society of Automotive Engineers), where in the car is designed and manufactured by the students from the scratch.

“The response to the car was tremendous. Many business heads and students from all over the country inquired about the project and many were also willing to be part of it in future. We got an opportunity to interact with various leading companies in the machine tools manufacturing sector. We are looking forward to establishing ties with them,” informed Mehul P Chhapia, a member of Ashwa Racing.

The event had participation of 800 exhibitors from 23 countries displaying 750 machines.