8th Annual
Manufacturing
Leaders'
India Summit &
Awards 2026

The global manufacturing sector is rapidly evolving, driven by digital transformation, AI, automation, Industry 4.0, and increasing sustainability requirements. Manufacturers are investing in smart factories, connected operations, and data-driven decision-making to enhance productivity, resilience, and competitiveness.

India is well-positioned to become a global manufacturing powerhouse, supported by initiatives such as Make in India and the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme. Reflecting this momentum, the global smart manufacturing market is projected to grow from USD 446.45 billion in 2026 to over USD 1.3 trillion by 2034, highlighting the increasing adoption of intelligent manufacturing technologies worldwide.

The 8th Annual Manufacturing Leaders India Summit and Awards 2026 will bring together senior manufacturing executives, industry experts, and technology innovators to discuss the future of manufacturing. Through insightful keynote sessions, panel discussions, case studies, and networking opportunities, the summit will explore strategies for operational excellence, digital transformation, smart manufacturing, sustainability, and resilient supply chains. It will provide a platform for sharing best practices, fostering collaboration, and equipping leaders with actionable insights to build future-ready manufacturing enterprises.

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Topic Highlights

  • Industry 5.0 implementation roadmap for an Indian mid-size
  • Manufacturer: Phased approach, capex requirements, and how to sequence technology investments for maximum operational impact
  • Digital twins as the foundation for predictive and autonomous manufacturing
  • OEE optimisation & reliability-centred maintenance: practical tools to eliminate big losses on the shop floor
  • Green manufacturing & renewable energy transition: Why Indian factories are still hesitating and the operational & financial case for moving now

Key Takeaways

  • Application of the latest technologies and concepts in manufacturing excellence
  • Best practices and tool kits for process optimization
  • Driving digital manufacturing
  • Sustainability practices in manufacturing operations
  • Cross pollination of ideas from different manufacturing segments
  • Building digital talent & capability
  • Industry 5.0
  • Profitability focus

Why should you attend?

  • To learn about digitally integrated manufacturing facilities
  • To network and leverage good practices, tangible, and practical insights that are applicable in the industry
  • To collaborate and leverage various opportunities that exist in the industry
  • To listen to diverse cross sections of industry ideas and viewpoints
  • To discover future trends and best practices news from the manufacturing fraternity
  • To find solutions for your current business challenges
  • To build thought leadership in the space

Who will you meet?

Functional Heads of:

  • Manufacturing
  • Production
  • Engineering
  • Plant & Site
  • Operations & Maintenance
  • Digital Transformation / Industry 4.0

Testimonials

The conference navigates through the upcoming scenarios in the industry. Participants can introspect with their present organization & leverage thinking on improvement.
Shankar Kolambkar
Manager - warehouse & Material
John Deere India Pvt Ltd
You will get better insights on what other industries from different segment are doing in terms of tech adoption, sustainability & skill development.
Anuja Bhosale
Manager
John Deere India Pvt Ltd
People attending this conference can get information on alldifferent types of business aspects. From operations tosustainability every topic will be touched to learn.
Rupa Siri Chandana Adapa
Deputy Manager
John Deere India Pvt Ltd
Cross functional learnings.
Jitendra Baviskar
Sr. DGM - QA / QMS / Business Excellence
Apar Industries
The forum contains new outlook on various topic. The detailing on current challenges & technology isquite good.
Summet Thapa
Sr. GM - Head Operations
Klaus Multi parking
The highlights of the summit were: 1. Interactive session. 2. A good mix of different industries 3. Nicely arranged and managed summit. 4. Good networking opportunities.
Kunal Toshkhani
Deputy General Manager
Raymond Lifestyle
The conference was informative and interesting.
Kartik Kukdiya
Sr. Executive
Deepak Group
The summit consisted of diversified topics along with cross - industry participation.
Vaibhav Shrivastava
Manager , Smart Connected Factory
John Deere India Pvt Ltd
The conference had good speakers with sound knowledge.
Prashant Bodke
AVP ( Plant Head )
Garware Technical fibres Ltd
The experience & the points by the delegates on the topics will give you a new area to think& work around. Hearing from the industryleaders is always a benchmark & direction you want to proceed into.
Deepak Khatod
Engineer
Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd
Good topic. Knowledge & future centric . Industries 4.0 was good
Saiganesh Y
Manager
BCCL
An excellent platform for knowledge sharing & collaboration. The discussion on innovation& technology in manufacturing were both insightful & inspiring.
Santosh Patil
GM - Factory compliance , Engineering & Process Technology , Maintence
ION Chemicals
Excellent time managementand good selection of speakers.
Anand Sarvankar
President
DuFlon Industries
Industry 5.0 is here , 6.0 is not far away . Agility flexibility, adapting change, top down approach is essential. INVENTICON - professional organization, good speakers and good topics.
Virendra Pawar
SCF Manager
John Deere India Pvt Ltd
Nice event to understandthe recent trend in industry .
Chetan Gohil
Head services
ACOEM
This summitgivesa better idea about what shop floor team can do with existing & upcoming digitisation solutions.
Arun Kumar
AM Engineering services
Godrej Industrials
Very useful session by all the speakers &great knowledge sharing from legancy technology to digital. It is going to give more insight that manufacturing isnow days almostequivalent to IT industry & will lead in future.
Ashok Dwivedi
Team Leader Executions supply & Planning
Forbes Marshall Pvt. Ltd
This event is more useful to theinstrumentationsuppliers & manufacturers as well to understand each other & platformto create good platform by collaboration.
Nitin Joshi
Marketing Manager
Forbes Marshall Pvt. Ltd
Summit is very muchuseful for networking & improvingour knowledge. We met industry leaders & got market knowledge & what other industries are doing . We gained knowledge on new technologies fromindustry leaders.
Sunil Dutt sharma
Manager - Engineering
Sumitomo Chemical India Limited
Well covered topics & great value addition.
Arun Berawala
GM - Manufacturing
Sumitomo Chemical India Limited