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About IED

IED Communications Ltd is not only the owner of Industrial Automation monthly, but is also the organiser of India’s biggest and Asia’s 2nd largest exhibition for the automation industry – Automation Expo (www.automationindiaexpo.com). Together with the magazine, the organisation has been in the business of promoting the automation industry in India for over nearly 4 decades now and has played a pivotal role in the evolution of the industry in India, first through the Industrial Automation magazine and later the exhibition.

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DR. M. AROKIASWAMY

Managing Director

Founder and Visionary

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JYOTHI JOSEPH

Director

Business Development

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BENEDICTA CHETTIAR

Director

Industrial Automation Magazine

The “Make in India” slogan might be making roars now, but a few visionaries were pioneers of this concept and much ahead of their times. Not only did they believe in the true potential of the motherland but also contributed hugely through uncanny foresight and sheer hard work, to put India on the global map as a market leader.

Dr. M Arokiaswamy, Founder &; Managing Director, IED Communications Ltd., and the brain behind one of the most coveted industrial trade fairs in India – the Automation Expo – is one of the forerunners of this vision. 

 

He launched the Instrumentation & Electronics  Developments magazine in 1980 and now known– “Industrial Automation”, to a strong reader base in India and abroad encompassing topics on R&D labs, Testing Centres, Engineering Colleges, Manufacturing Companies, major dealers and distributors of Industrial products including Exporters. Being the largest circulated monthly Industrial Journal, the magazine features industrial updates, latest technological innovations and product launches, and information on new projects and enhancement of existing plants.

 

Having travelled extensively and witnessed industrial exhibitions across the world, Dr.M. Arokiaswamy was determined to bring home a similar trade fair and make the country proud.

With this thought was launched the Automation Exhibition in the year 2002 with a modest number of 157 exhibitors at the Nehru Centre, Mumbai. 

 

Started as a biennial show the exhibition turned to an annual extravaganza from 2011 to meet the increasing needs of the industry.

Automation Expo in the biggest expo for the entire South-East Asian Region for showcasing the latest innovations and providing opportunities galore to network with the best of technical minds in the industry. There has been a phenomenal increase in the number and quality of exhibitors as well as visitors from across the globe. Companies from Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Switzerland, Denmark, Germany and Italy participate each year to reach out to the Indian market. 

 

Our First virtual Expo" Automation Expo Connect"  was held with Over 100 exhibitors participated in the event, with the booths spread across 4 halls. Apart from the host country India, there were four others represented at this event – USA, Canada, UK, China and Taiwan. Canada was represented through an exclusive Country Pavilion. The four Conference Halls played host to 4 conferences and 41 technical presentations as well as a dozen Industrie 4.0 presentations. TAITRA held an exclusive Taiwan Excellence Webinar. A total of 10,350+ unique visitor IDs were thus recorded, and 29,871 footfalls registered. The chat option was used by over 8,500 visitors.

After a gap of two years Automation Expo 2022 came back Bigger Better & Stronger with 433 stalls, 800+ exhibiting companies who displayed their technologies during the four day expo. The unique visitors were 36191 and the total footfall was 40019  along with 1922 students. The expo was power packed with CEO Summit on day 1, IIoT Conference on Day 2, Conference on Building Automation Technology on Day 3 followed by Conference on Automation Technologies for Environment Protection on Day 4.

VISION

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Our vision for 2023 is  To Make the Automation Expo 2023 Bigger ...Better.. Stronger

MISSION

To achieve our Vision our Steering Committee & IED has recognized four areas where we need to focus to achieve our mission.

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Exhibitors

To get more global exhibitors from Asia and Europe and the Americas who are leaders in the Automation Technology. Post Covid the AUTOMATION EXPO 2022 had 10 International Exhibitors and 2023 will have more International Exhibitors


Exhibits

The Exhibitors at the Automation Expo 2022 showcased applications, that was a major attraction in all booths. Digitalisation  & Industrie 4.0 will be a part of the AUTOMATION EXPO 2023 , and focus will be on Futuristic Automation and Instrumentation Technologies.


Conference

We will be conducting 3 conferences during the 4 days along with product presentations and live demonstrations during the 4 days. The topics and speaker information will be uploaded shortly.

Visitors

In every expo its crucial for every exhibitors to meet potential buyers for their products and we are inviting major buyers to visit the expo. The exhibition presents a platform where the buyer will see a wide range of solutions and applications not only from local vendors but other parts of the India and the world

SUPPORTING ASSOCIATIONS

When two majors come together, a revolutionary alliance is created.

Automation Expo has partnered with several International and National technology Associations. The Associations support the Automation show by showcasing their technologies, also sharing their expertise with visitors at the Automation Expo. The associations invite their members to visit the expo with the intent of expanding the knowledge or skills of its members through their visit to South-East Asia's largest Automation & Instrumentation show.

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