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Industrial Metrology in India.
But the company history of industrial metrology in India goes further
back than the foundation of the joint venture in June, 2008,
recalls K. Srinivasan. “Even back in 1986, the Swiss company
Movomatic had a presence in India, represented by sales partner
Francis Klein. The French Etamic Group came in 2000.” The
acquisition of the Etamic-Movomatic Group by Jenoptik in 2006
allowed Jenoptik to expand its global market and brand presence
in industrial metrology into this market as well.
Jenoptik started in Bangalore with five employees. “Now, 21
people work here at HEMI,” says Srinivasan, using what almost
sounds like a pet name for the Jenoptik subsidiary HOMMEL-
The Indian colleagues celebrated the 20th
corporate anniversary of Jenoptik in 2011
together with their families (in the middle:
general manager K. Srinivasan).
The Bangalore employees in front of their
headquarters.
ETAMIC Metrology India Pvt. Ltd. Of those 21 employees, 13
work in Bangalore; three each work in the regional offices in
Chennai and Pune, as well as two in Delhi. “We don’t produce
anything locally here in India,” explains Srinivasan, “rather, we
handle technical sales and support after-sales activity of the division
in India.” The metrology applications center in Bangalore also
demonstrates all the key products of the division from Germany,
France, and Switzerland.
The fact that Jenoptik is not alone in seeing “infinite opportunities”
in economic relations between India and Germany is made
clear by the “Year of Germany” taking place in India until November,
2012, under that motto. Economists expect that India will
become the third largest domestic economy in the world, after