Mega conference on SME Manufacturers & Exporters to be held at Pune on 12 Aug

SME Chamber of India in association with Maharashtra Industry Development Association, Federation of Indian SME Associations, SME Technology Development Council, SME Export Promotion Council & with the support of the Government of Maharashtra is organising a mega conference on "SME Manufacturers & Exporters Summit" on 12th August Hotel Sheraton Grand, Bund Garden at Pune. This conference is one of the events of series of activities of the Chamber planned for Pune region. The Chamber has already organised 10 similar conferences in the various part of India.

The Theme of this conference is to provide a platform to SMEs and manufacturing industries to explore Emerging Business Opportunities in domestic and international markets. The Chamber will be integrating SMEs and manufacturing industries from engineering, automotive, pharmaceuticals, packaging, food processing, chemicals, electricals, electronics, textiles, exports, imports, infrastructure, capital goods, e-commerce, IT & ITeS, medical, financial services, hospitality, service sectors and allied industrial & business sectors to connect with each other and to understand various support services offered by stakeholders, financial institutions, corporates & MNCs as well as the schemes, policies, incentives, benefits and advantages of the various Government Departments, financial institutions, regulatory authorities, ECGC, Exim Bank, DGFT, shipping, customs and logistic sectors.

The eminent speakers from various fields will contribute their expertise on Industrial & Digital Revolution – Challenges & Opportunities for SME & Manufacturing Sectors, Transforming SMEs for better business growth - Strategies and Initiatives, Industry 4.0 – impact and advantages for Industries and SMEs, Joint Ventures & Technology Transfers – Emerging opportunities, Digital Revolution - Driving force for SMEs Growth, Driving efficiency in Manufacturing operations with appropriate IT strategies, Cost Reduction Strategies through efficient Supply Chain Management, Industrial safety regulations and Benefits for Manufacturing SMEs, Green Manufacturing - New initiatives for SME Sector, Finance & investment for the Growth of SME & Manufacturing sectors, Business Valuation methods – Importance and advantages of SMEs, Schemes and Incentives for Manufacturers and exporters, Credit Risk Insurance Cover - Advantages & Benefits for SMEs, Capital Market Access to SMEs – Advantages and Hurdles, Scaling up Business Operations with PE and VC funding, Trade Finance – An initiative to become export competitive and will provide opportunities to the SME participants to share their issues and grievances related to manufacturing industries, banking and finance, GST, local Government, logistics, harassment by the labour unions, lack of infrastructure as well as how to revive and restructure struggling and sick industries.

SME Chamber of India has been working for the growth of SME sector for the last 20 years under the dynamic leadership of Mr. Chandrakant Salunkhe and been on the forefront for policy change and its implementation, pushing for the credit flow from the financial institutions for better business growth of SME sector and following up for infrastructure development as well as establishing business cooperation with overseas companies for the international business opportunities. The Chamber has all-India operations and also Mr. Salunkhe is the President of Maharashtra Industry Development Association.

On behalf of SME Chamber of India we invite SMEs, manufacturers, exporters, suppliers, buyers, service providers, investors, bankers, purchase officers, logistic service providers, professionals, consultants, inventors, IT, ICT, credit rating, marketing, advertisement companies, industrial parks, packaging, HR services, project management consultancy, Integrated Manufacturing units, technology providers, start-ups, women entrepreneurs to attend this event and send their registration on [email protected] and contact for speaking as well as membership on [email protected]