Industrial machinery and robotics

Drives, motors, pumps and compressors 11 companies

These companies make the motors, drives, bearings, pumps, valves and compressors that move almost everything in a factory.

Drives, motors and bearings

Controlling motors' speed and letting shafts turn.

DanfossDanfoss, the Danish group, with engineers in Pune and Chennai, makes drives, compressors for cooling, and hydraulics for heavy machines.Pune · ChennaiHired recently

Regal RexnordRegal Rexnord, with engineers in Hyderabad, makes motors, bearings and gearboxes.HyderabadHired recently

SKF GroupSKF, with engineers in Bengaluru, makes bearings.

Pumps and valves

Moving liquids and controlling their flow.

XylemXylem, with engineers in Bengaluru, makes pumps and water-treatment equipment.BengaluruHiring now

Flowserve Corp.Flowserve, with engineers in Bengaluru, makes pumps and valves for refineries, chemical plants and other process plants.BengaluruHired recently

Compressors, compressed air, heating and clamps

Air and gas under pressure, heaters, and the parts that hold things together.

CopelandCopeland, with engineers in Pune, makes compressors for air conditioning and refrigeration.PuneHiring now

Ingersoll RandIngersoll Rand, with engineers in Bengaluru, makes air compressors and pumps.BengaluruHired recently

WatlowWatlow, with engineers in Bengaluru, makes industrial heaters and their controllers.Bengaluru

SMCSMC, with engineers in Delhi, makes the cylinders and valves, worked by compressed air, used on automated lines.

Oetiker GroupOetiker, with engineers in Pune, makes clamps and connectors.

SyncronSyncron, with engineers in Bengaluru, sells software with which machine makers price and plan their spare parts.BengaluruSee alsoField service and appointment booking software

The tech, explainedAir compressors, pneumatics and hydraulics Connectors and cable assemblies Industrial pumps and valves Variable frequency drive (VFD)Electric motors, bearings and gearboxes Industrial heating and temperature controllers

Robots and automated lines 9 companies

These companies make robots, build automated assembly lines, and make the machines that glue, inspect and mark products along the line.

Robots

Robot arms that work beside people, robots that see, and robots that carry materials.

Universal RobotsUniversal Robots, with engineers in Bengaluru, makes robot arms built to work beside people without a safety cage.BengaluruHired recently

CynLrCynLr, founded in Bengaluru, builds robots that can see an object they have never met before, and pick it up.

BotsyncBotsync, with engineers in Bengaluru, makes mobile robots that carry materials around a factory or warehouse by themselves.BengaluruSee alsoWarehouse management systems (WMS) and warehouse robotics

Ati MotorsAti Motors makes mobile robots that carry materials around a factory or warehouse by themselves.See alsoWarehouse management systems (WMS) and warehouse robotics

Building the line and its stations

Assembly lines built to order, gluing and inspection, and date printers.

Nordson Corp.Nordson, with engineers in Bengaluru, makes systems that dispense adhesives, and systems that inspect electronics.BengaluruHiring now

ATS Corp.ATS, with engineers in Bengaluru, builds automated assembly lines to each customer's order.BengaluruHired recently

FestoFesto, the German automation maker, builds its training systems, simulation software and learning factories in Bengaluru. A learning factory is a small working production line on which students learn automation.BengaluruHiring now

Videojet TechnologiesVideojet makes the printers that mark dates and codes on every pack on a line.BengaluruHired recently

SPM India LtdSPM India builds assembly lines for carmakers, and machines each built to do one job for one customer.

The tech, explainedAssembly automation Industrial robots and cobots Industrial inkjet coding and marking

Machines for one industry 9 companies

These companies make machines built for one industry, such as a dairy, a flour mill or a tile works.

Food and packaging

Processing, milling and packing food.

Multivac Technology SolutionsMultivac, with engineers in Hyderabad, makes packaging machines for food.HyderabadHired recently

GEA GroupGEA, with engineers in Bengaluru, makes processing equipment for dairies, breweries and pharmaceutical plants.BengaluruHiring now

Buhler GroupBuhler makes the mills that grind grain, and the machines that make pasta and chocolate.

Tiles, cutting tools and other industries

Ceramics, metal cutting, locomotives, sterilisers and bioreactors.

SACMISACMI, with engineers in Mumbai, makes machines that produce ceramic tiles, washbasins, toilets and bottle caps.

SandvikSandvik, with engineers in Bengaluru, makes cutting tools and mining machines, and, through Mastercam, software that programs machine tools.

Seco ToolsPart of SandvikSeco Tools makes cutting tools.

STERISSTERIS, with engineers in Pune, makes sterilisers, which kill germs on medical instruments.PuneHired recentlySee alsoMedical device makers

SartoriusSartorius, with engineers in Bengaluru, makes the filters used in making medicines, and bioreactors, the vessels in which living cells are grown.BengaluruHiring nowSee alsoLife science instruments and lab software

Wabtec Corp.Wabtec, with engineers in Bengaluru, makes locomotives and rail equipment.See alsoRailway technology and signalling

The tech, explainedSpecial-purpose machinery

How it all worksIndustrial automationThousands of bottles an hour, a few people watching.

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What's changing

The robot that learns the task.

Industrial robots have always been programmed point by point by specialists. AI models now let a robot learn a task by watching, pick up parts it has never seen and take instructions in plain language. In India, where labour is cheap and automation has been slow, a robot that needs no specialist to set it up changes that calculation.