Membership Services

IMTMA was established in 1946 with around 20 machine tool manufacturers coming together to form the association.  Since then, the association has grown in size to the current level of over 496 members.  Of these, about 400 are engaged in manufacturing units in machine tools and related items/components as well as subsystems to the machine tool manufacturers. The membership of IMTMA is constantly increasing due to the various advantages and value-added services it offers to the members. 

Key Activities

• Compiling and publishing Industry Data
• Technology Missions
• Training & Seminars
• Mega Events
• Business and Market updates
• Export Development
• Policy and Government Advocacy
• Trade Fairs, including globally recognised exhibitions like IMTEX, Tooltech, regional Machine ToolExpos
• Regional Council
• Vision and Udaan workshops
• Publications
• Cluster Development programmes

Benefits of Membership

• Provide expertise to the machine tool industry for business and market development
• Catalyze technology development among its members and open up new opportunities for R&D
• Work with various government agencies in promoting the growth and development of a strong and vibrant
  machine tool industry through sustained policy advocacy
• Development of industry clusters
• Export promotion
• Access to various technical publications, market study reports on products/user segments, business and market opportunities
• Interact with key customer segments across the industry
• Training Programs

Government Advocacy & Technology Support

IMTMA helps members with their technology issues by identifying suitable academic/R&D institutions, which have the required expertise to develop solutions for them.

• Work with various government agencies in promoting the importance of a strong and vibrant machine tool industry
• Coordination with various government departments to avail development funds/grants for the machine tool industry
• C-MAT - Core Advisory Group for Research and Development in the Machine Tools Sector
• ADVANCED MACHINE TOOL TESTING FACILITY (AMTTF) (Joint project of DIPP, MoC&I, Govt. of India, CMTI & IMTMA)
• Technology missions for CEOs and senior executives of the member organizations to visit international repute machine tool exhibitions
• Development of technology roadmap addresses the important areas of R&D pertaining to the machine tool industry
• National Innovation Council
• Scheme on Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Indian capital goods sector

Publications

IMTMA compiles and publishes various documents related to Association, Technology, Market, Business and other latest industry reports from time to time. IMTMA Publications include.

• Market Research.
• Technology Forecasting
• Industry Survey and Reports.
• Members Directory.
• Newsletters.
• Journals and Magazines
• Vision Documents

Tech Centres and Training Programmes

IMTMA organizes more than 100 Technical Training Programmes on wide-ranging topics in the areas of Design, Productivity, Metal Forming, Maintenance, HR, Quality, Automation, Technology, etc. for the benefit of the Metal Working industry. All the programmes are delivered through subject matter experts who have rich domain experience in the industry.

Training Programmes

IMTMA organizes more than 100 Technical Training Programmes on wide-ranging topics in the areas of Design, Productivity, Metal Forming, Maintenance, HR, Quality, Automation, Technology, etc. for the benefit of the Metal Working industry. All the programmes are delivered through subject matter experts who have rich domain experience in the industry.

Events

IMTMA regularly organises mega events in the interest of the metal working industry.
The major flagship events of IMTMA are:

• National Productivity Summit
• International Seminar on Forming Technology
• International Seminar on Machining Technologies
• Machine Tool Summit
• Symposium on Smart Manufacturing
• Vision Conference