Omron has embarked on a multi-city machine-safety seminar initiative to expand awareness on shop-floor safety amongst automotive manufactures. The first leg of the seminar was concluded in Pune, where around 200 experts from the industry attended the seminar which includes machine builders, auto makers and many industry experts. The key speakers gathered for knowledge sharing sessions were Rahul Lale, Associate Vice President, Bharat Forge Limited; Apurba Bose, Senior Manager, Varroc Engineering; Pradeep Kumar Patel, Plant Head, Minda Vast Access System; Pradeep Bhalwankar, Founder & Managing Director, Twin Engineers.

The safety seminars are curated with a view to discuss the concerns at the shop floors of automotive manufacturers and exchange knowledge about the machine safety solutions practices. Safety plays a key role in enhancing the productivity of manufacturing site and automation is a strong enabler to achieve the same.

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