Renishaw, the global engineering technologies company, hosted a visit to its Pune, India facility on 9th November 2016 by The Rt Hon Liam Fox MP, British Secretary of State for International Trade. During his visit he toured the 80,000 sq ft 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 Secretary of State was also presented with a unique metal gift produced on a Renishaw additive manufacturing (3D printing) system and planted a commemorative tree.

The visit coincided with the India-UK TECH Summit, held in New Delhi from 7 to 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.

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