Renishaw, the Gloucestershire-based engineering company, is to open an additive-manufacturing (AM) technical centre at its Pune facility in India.
The announcement was made on the last day of a trade delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.
The new centre joins Renishaw’s existing AM technical centre locations in the UK, the USA, Canada, Germany and China.
To mark the announcement of the new technical centre, Rhydian Pountney (pictured with Nick Clegg), the Renishaw director responsible for Indian sales and marketing operations, presented Mr Clegg with a 3-D ‘printed’ titanium scale replica of the company's 19th-century headquarters building in Wotton-under-Edge.
Mr Pountney said: “We are delighted that the Deputy Prime Minister was able to make this announcement during this important trade mission.
“The thrust of the AM technical centres is to create a platform on which to work in close partnership with our customers, to help them realise the benefits of AM in their products and manufacturing processes.
“Our new Indian technical centre will be equipped with the latest products; it will be staffed by our knowledgeable local team, who are well versed in service, applications and process engineering.”