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SCHENCK JULY -2013

Schenck-Rotec India Limited family extends a hearty welcome to Mr. Manish Khanna who has joined as our Managing Director from Jan 01, 2013. Mr. Manish Khanna is a BE in Mechanical branch, with PGDBA in marketing & has worked with organisations like Thermax Limited & Isgec Heavy Engineering limited who are pioneers in their fields & are well known for their high ethics in Business. His last assignment was with Isgec’s Machine Building division as General Manager Project Execution & After Sales. Mr. Khanna’s tenure with Isgec was of over 12 years. During his career of @ 2 decades, Mr. Khanna has handled various challenges including Business development on regional, national & international level, Project execution & after sales, Tie-ups for technology transfer, growth strategy assignment with premier consultants like Boston consulting group to name a few. In a short span of 6 months, he has visited area offices in Bangalore, Pune & Indore as well as offices of DEG in Pune along with visits to customers in these areas. In addition he has carried out much-needed organizational restructuring, to streamline the functioning in the areas of administration, management and production. He has created a positive impact on all of us due to genial, forthcoming and supportive approach. Under his guidance company has achieved half yearly Sales target of INR 20 Crores for the first time in the history of Schenck India. The Schenck Rotec family is already enjoying working under his leadership, that incorporates both Confidence and Humility & looks forward for a long term fruitful association, extending its best wishes for the same.

Schenck Rotec India Limited gave a touching farewell to Mr. Vikas Chandra, who retired over a decade at the very helm. An alumnus of IIT-Kanpur and IIM-Kolkata. We wish him a happy and productive life ahead.

KNOW YOUR CEO

Dr.-Ing. Ralf-Michael Fuchs, born in 1958, has since 01.02.2010 been the CEO of Carl

Schenck AG. He spent two years in military service, studied industrial engineering and

business administration at the University (TH) Karlsruhe and worked from 1984 at the

Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA) in Stuttgart.

During this time he completed his doctorate at the University of Stuttgart and received

for his research the annual prize of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft.

From 1990 onwards he worked in various management positions at IWKA AG and

was responsible for the organizational build-up of the BMW business in Russia, before

moving in 1996 to AGIV AG, Frankfurt, the former owner of Carl SCHENCK AG. He took

over the management of the subsidiary Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH (HBM),

Darmstadt in 1997. In December 2000, Dr. Fuchs joined the management of the Schenck RoTec GmbH,

Darmstadt, and in 2002 took over the chairmanship of the business unit balancing

and diagnostic systems (BDS) within the Dürr Group. In 2008 the scope of the

business unit was extended with DAP and DSC products to the new Business Unit

Balancing and Assembly products (BAP). From November 2010 he also took over the

management of the Dürr Measuring and Process Systems division which includes

DÜRR Ecoclean.

Last year Dr. Fuchs celebrated the Silver Jubilee of his marital life with Mrs. Carmen

Fuchs, who is since 25 years acting as a Judge in Germany.

Dr. Fuchs took a few moments off from his busy schedule this month to talk in detail

about Schenck Rotec, future course of action, major policy decisions and himself, with

Udayan Chandra Roy. Here are some excerpts from this Interview.

“The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind,

but how to get the old ones out.” - Dee Hock

How do you compare the professional life in Schenck with other

experiences?

Schenck is truly a global company and people within SCHENCK build an

international family. Being a head of five world market leaders like SCHENCK

Rotec, DÜRR Assembly Products, DÜRR Somac, Agramkow and DÜRR

Ecoclean is a very special task and exciting responsibility.

Where do you find Schenck in the emerging global business scenario?

Schenck has 45% of its sales and the same percent of employees in Asia. That keeps us in the

front seat as far as emerging ‘Global business scenario’ is concerned. In mature economies of

Europe and America there is less growth but always the scope of replacement, modernization

and upgrade business. We feel quite positive in both surroundings.

How do you view the current Politico-Economic scenario of developed world and it’s impact

on business?

Political events have an impact on business always for a short period only. SCHENCK even

survived two world wars. Overall there is quantitative growth through increasing population

and this drives economic development in a positive manner. With our 3.000 employees

worldwide and an annual turnover of around 600 million euro and our innovative products we

are well positioned for the future.

What is your opinion on ‘social responsibilities’ of business and role of Schenck Rotec in it?

According to our major shareholder Mr Heinz DÜRR, a company should be a ‘Social event’, and

profit is not the only motive for its existence. We try to follow his guidance and as a result our

employees feel very often like “at home” in our company and stay with us for longer periods.

E.g., the average stay of employees in Darmstadt with the company is around 23 years and a

significant number of people have their 25, 40 or even 50 year anniversaries with the company

– every year ! And in our company in India there are also employees serving more than 20

years.

“To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart.” - Thomas Watson Sr.

What are your expectations from Schenck India and please

share if you have any future vision?

The Indian economy will further grow with more

mechanized forms of transport and better roads, expansion

of power generation and supply and keeping vegetables and

food “cool” while stored and transported. In all this

segments our products will be used.

So it is our expectation that Schenck India will stay the

number 1 in the Indian market in all our business segments .

Having been in India for 26 years now, we have a big advantage over foreign competitors: with sales

and service offices we are well spread out all over the country and in addition we have a local

production in Noida. On the other hand: the good footprint in India and the international cooperation

with our SCHENCK and DÜRR sister companies in other parts of the world makes it difficult for local

Indian companies to compete with us.

Dr. Fuchs, we would love to know about your hobbies and interests.

My work leaves me with little time for hobbies, but I enjoy travelling, ‘soft’ mountaineering on Alps

and cycling next to river Maine in Frankfurt. In my youth I used to play water polo, the piano and the

accordion, and presently I love listening to both ‘hard rock and ‘Classical’.

Sir, we would like to hear from you about some positive things about India.

I have just one term borrowed from Indian tourism advertisement in Germany: ‘INCREDIBLE INDIA’!

This explains in a nutshell the vast and remarkable diversity, variety and range of this nation. Managing

such extremes of variances makes government and business a formidable task. And beside my business

trips to India I also spent some holidays together with my wife in Agra, Jaipur and Dehli and this was

really a beautiful experience.

What are your views on role of women in corporate world? Does Schenck have any policy to increase

participation of women in future ventures?

In our company there is no room for any discrimination of male or female persons. We do not prefer

people according to their sex, religion, nation or colour. It is qualification, personality and ambition

which matters.

Finally, what is your message to the employees of Schenck?

Employees should have faith and trust in their own abilities and also in the strength of our

organization.

Thank you very much for taking out time and we wish you well.

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TWO DAYS SEMINAR ON PRESENT STATE OF END OF LINE TESTING CONDUCTED AT SRIL

NOIDA

A 2 days customer seminar on Present State of

End of Line Testing was conducted at Schenck

Rotec India Ltd., Noida, on 28th Feb and 1st

March 2013. The seminar was organised by DAP

Noida, a division of Schenck Rotec India, in

partnership with Durr Assembly Products GmbH,

Puttlingen, Germany. Over 40 participants from

major automotive OEMs like Maruti Suzuki

Gurgaon, BMW Chennai, Volvo Eicher Pithampur,

Kirloskar Toyota Bangalore, Tata Motors

Pantnagar, Tata Motors ERC Pune, Force Motors

Pune participated in the technical seminar.

The Seminar was inaugurated formally by Mr. Manish Khanna, Managing Director – Schenck Rotec

India. Mr. S.S. Sharma, EVP – Sales & Service assured best support to resolve customers issues

promptly. Mr. Amit Nayar, VP - Sales presented Schenck Rotec India organization with a PAN INDIA

presence and an edge over competitors as a solution provider for the complete automotive plant –

from Paint to Assembly, Filling, Balancing and End of Line stations. Mr. Udayan Chakravarty, GM –

DAP, welcomed the guests and announced the agenda for the 2 days seminar.

The technical presentations by Mr. Martin Radler, India Account Manager – Durr Assembly Products

GmbH, Puttlingen were excellent. He kep the customer glued to their seats and interacting frequently

which showed their interest in the content of presentation.

The customers were taken on a plant tour when features of the Ultimo-R4 (indigenously developed

multifunction roll tester) was demonstrated amidst wide acclaims from the customers. Brief

presentations were also made on other activities of Schenck Rotec India like Filling and Balancing,

not failing to tell customers that we will also organize similar seminars for those activities and

getting their affirmative nods as well. Folders with technical information in print and DVD was

distributed. Certificate of participation was also awarded to all the customers.

Durr Assembly Products GmbH will organise technical seminars and training from time to time at

the major automotive hubs in India to create awareness among customers in the field of the latest

state- of- the- art product and technology in Vehicles End of Line Testing – WATCH THIS SPACE!

Contact:

Udayan Chakravarty

Mob: +91 8750657410

uchakravarty@schenck-ind.com

SRIL DAY

The annual day, aptly termed SRIL day is a much

awaited and looked forward to event, for every

employee of the company. The barriers of

designation, department and creed dissolve as all

the employees, including those from area offices,

come enjoy games, sports, food and some

entertainment.

This year the program kicked-off with a sumptuous

breakfast followed by men’s race. Next in line was

men’s long-jump that had the young, not-so-young

and oldies jostling for the top honors, providing

some really wholesome entertainment apart from

some exciting moments.

Then was the turn of the crème-de-la-crème i.e., Volleyball which had the crowd

clapping and screaming for their ‘favorite’ teams. This event proved all the more

exciting, as the MD Mr. Khanna also joined in to ‘toss’, ‘block‘, ‘set’ and ‘spike’ the ball

in a couple of matches.

The men’s shot-put was next where for a change, a plenty of ‘brawn’ was at display.

The sporting events rounded-off with Kho-kho and spoon race, exclusively for ladies.

After a fabulous lunch, the entire SRIL team sat patiently to test their luck in the game

of housie, that had them getting edgy and nervy, while enjoying all the thrill

associated with this game.

After the prize distribution ceremony, the MD gave the concluding speech that

brought the curtains down on a highly entertaining and relieving program.

“It's not the strongest of species who survive, nor the most

intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.”

- Charles Darwin

A TRIBUTE TO LATE AJAY VISHWAKARMAA

The information that pierced the afternoon chaos with no care of the bitter

pill that could be swallowed without questioning. This was the fateful day on

which destiny deprived us of his physical presence but the memory still floats.

In order to commemorate him I feel to pen down few words……….

I quite well remember my first meeting with him at SCHENCK that was

summer of probably '11...and we r still walking! As a good friends we stayed

somewhat together...shared our teenage secrets, sometimes split for a while

over trivial incidents...had our own share of mutual emotional doldrums (and

that was heavy duty indeed...but for sure I admired him a lot...With all drama

that our friendship and the eccentric trajectories of our destiny had to

offer..there was faith and hope and wishes... and today with wisdom of age...

and lot of gravity in him.

..........He stays deep in my heart...as a friend I would treasure with all my efforts.

He epitomized the most efficient neuronal circuitry blended with unparalleled diligence (I remember him working

diligently to utmost limit caring nothing for the case to lose....)...and humility...with a puerile pristine heart...that

still can boast of unalloyed innocence, deep-rooted values, simple living with high thinking...a character so easy to

describe but immensely hard "to be"...

I still remember the days when we used to go for a complete package of the movie to be watched as if we had no

dearth of the time. Sometimes we would think how to engulf the time with undue compromising….

Now all of these have turned into dream ….

With these words in mind I pray to almighty to give peace to his soul………

Pradeep Kumar

Ajay Kr. Vishwakarmaa (1.12.1985-25.12.2012) joined SCHENCK on 7.3.2011 and in a short span of < 2yrs not only excelled as a PLC genius but also endeared himself to colleagues and superiors with his genial and affable self. The entire staff of SRIL Hqtrs, was present to condole his untimely departure for heavenly abode. Close friend and colleague Pradeep Kr. Has penned down a moving tribute for peace to the departed soul.

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