Stalin launches Centre for advance mfg; urges faster industry 4.0 adoption

Two centres at Sipcot Industrial Parks inn Hosur and Sriperumbudur also launched; Maturity Index survey also set up to help companies achieve their Industry 4.0 goals

The Tamil Nadu government on Friday launched a series of initiatives to help the state become a $1 trillion economy by 2030, with a contribution of around $250 billion by the manufacturing sector.

Chief minister M K Stalin inaugurated several projects on Friday, including the Centre of Excellence in Advance Manufacturing, which was set up at a cost of Rs 212 crore at Tidel park in Taramani, in collaboration with Dassault Systems. Sipcot Industrial Innovation Centres at Hosur and Sriperumbudur were among the other launches.

The Centre will provide a dedicated IT engineering ecosystem to support the micro small and