CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
3.1.1 A
detailed study and discussions with various industrial units has resulted in
identifying technologies, which are suitable for technology transfer. The
manufacturing sector in Tamil Nadu and Kerala are amongst the most developed in
India and consequently can be a good source of technologies to the developing
world.
3.1.2 The
technologies, turnkey projects and systems identified for technology transfer
are as follows:
|
Agro & Food |
1.
Herbal
& Spice Extract 2.
Grounded
Spices 3.
Spice
Powder (Masala) & Ayurvedic Diabetic Food Supplements 4.
Ready
to Eat Frozen Foods 5.
Sugar
Production |
|
Automotive
Components |
6.
Computerized
Automobile Service Station Equipment 7.
Automobile
Instrument Cluster (Speedometer) 8.
Industrial
Air Compressors & Hydraulic Lift 9.
Air
Braking Systems for Commercial Vehicles |
|
Ayurveda |
10.
Ayurvedic
Pharmaceuticals & Nutraceuticals For Blood Pressure, Piles & Diabetes 11.
Ayurvedic
Tablets & Capsules For Liver Disorders 12.
Personal
Care & Ayurvedic Based Pharmaceutical Products |
|
Biotechnology
& Medical Equipments |
13.
Bulk
Drugs Manufacturing viz. Beta Carotene, Lycopene, Phycocyanin 14.
Retractable
Safety Scalpel 15.
PVC
Blood Bags 16.
Plant
Tissue Culture Based Micropropogation |
|
Coir |
17.
Natural
Agri & Coir Fibre Products 18.
Mat
& Mattings |
|
Electronics |
19.
Ceramic
Capacitors 20.
Electronic
Training Equipments |
|
Engineering |
21.
Aluminium
Heat Exchangers 22.
Embedded
Motor Control Technology 23.
Air
Compressors 24.
Fly
Ash Brick Manufacturing Plant 25.
“High
Density” Concrete Block Manufacturing Facility 26.
Centrifugal
& Submersible Pumps 27.
Centrifugally
Casted Liners 28.
Wire
Ropes 29.
Coffee
Processing Plant 30.
Welding
Torches, Electrodes and Accessories 31.
Cereal
Processing Machines 32.
Industrical/
Domestic Cleaning Equipments 33.
Mini-Steel
Plant employing Electric Arc Furnaces & Continuous Casting Machine 34.
Valve
Body Forgings |
|
Garment
Manufacturing |
35.
Knitted
& Woven Garments 36.
Knitted
& Woven Garments 37.
Knitted
& Woven Garments 38.
Knitted
& Woven Garments 39.
Knitted
Fabric for Inner Wear 40.
Knitted
Fabric & T-Shirts 41.
Cotton
& Blended Garments 42.
Hoisery
Garments |
|
Leather |
43.
Finished
Goat Leather Manufacturing For Footwear And Leather Goods Industries. 44.
Haemostatic
wound healing sheet Manufacturing 45.
Buffalo Automotive Upholstery Leather Manufacturing 46.
Formaldehyde free polymeric syntan
Manufacturing 47.
Chemo Autotrophic Activated Carbon (CAACO)
System for Waste water treatment 48.
Reconstituted Collagen sheet (RCS)Manufacturing 49.
Manufacturing Parchment like material |
|
Paints
& Chemicals |
50.
Building
& Vehicle Finishing Paints 51.
Caustic
Soda |
|
Rubber |
52.
Tyre
Retreading Material 53.
Prepowdered & Powderfree Medical Gloves 54.
Latex
Products eg. TSR,Gloves 55.
Medical
Gloves 56.
Micro
Cellular Rubber Sheets for Diabetic & Orthopedics Patient 57.
Slippers & Mats 58.
General
Purpose Latex Gloves 59.
Surgical
& Examination Gloves |
|
Textile
Machinery |
60.
Industrial
Automation System for Textile Mills 61.
Ring
Doubling & Twisting Machines 62.
Packing
& Braiding Machines 63.
Auto
Leveler Draw Frame(Textile Machine) 64.
Textile
Travelling Cleaner 65.
Textile
Testing Equipments for Strength Testing andTrash analysis 66.
Top
Rollers 67.
Textile
Testing Equipments for Sample Conditioning
and Yarn Examination |
|
Miscellaneous |
68.
Nylon
Mono Filament Fishing Lines 69.
Holograms
Production 70.
Paper
Production Machinery 71.
FRP
House Boats 72.
Paper
Manufacturing |
The
turnover of the companies offering technologies/projects range from USD 0.06 Mn
to USD 120 Mn. The technologies/projects offered range from USD 0.013 Mn to USD
26 Mn.The cumulative value of projects offered is USD 150 Mn.
3.1.3 The
technologies are proven and commercialized in India. The unique strengths of
Indian system which makes the technology exports feasible are:
·
Low
capital investment
·
Focus
on labour intensive low cost operations
·
Superior
indigenous engineering skills
3.1.4 The
traditional exporters of technologies are from developed countries where the
focus is continuously on higher levels of automation, large scale operations
and high capital costs. These factors lead to “unsuitability” of such
technologies for developing countries. The SMEs from Tamil Nadu and Kerala are
well suited to cater to such technological requirements of developing countries
in diverse sectors such as engineering, pharmaceuticals, textiles and
traditional system of medicine.
3.1.5 In
the extensive survey carried out, it was noted that most Small and Medium Scale
organizations are focused on exporting products and services. The focus on
technology exports is limited at best. While a large number of organizations
have gained critical know-how for developing new products, the ability to
transform it in the form of IP or exportable technology package is very
limited. The limited focus on technology exports is due to following factors:
·
Pre-dominant
practice of importing technology and modifying it to suit Indian requirements
leading to lack of R&D focus
·
Focus
on developed countries as export markets where competitive advantage lies in
exporting products and services
There
is an impending requirement of educating the SSI managers about the potential
for exporting turnkey projects/ development of indigenous R&D and the benefits of exporting
technologies.
3.1.6
Creating a few success stories and communicating the benefits to larger
community would also help in building the momentum for technology exports from
India.
3.1.7
There is a need to extensively promote the profiled technologies and
organizations in the developing countries. Following are the suggested
mechanisms of promotion:
·
Hosting
the technologies in technology exchange internet platforms (E.g. www.yet2.com)
·
Participation
in technology fairs / exhibitions for interaction with potential customers
·
Distribute
the project profiles among the prospective entrepreneurs through Chambers of Commerce,
Financial Institutions and industry Associations
3.1.8 A
well-defined program needs to be developed for target countries which should
include interaction with the entrepreneurs to identify the needs. Any selling
should be customer focused and the technology needs to be customized for
specific customer/ country requirement. This can be achieved by working in
public-private partnership where DSIR works with consultants to promote Indian
technologies in focused countries.