Just in time for the IMTEX machine tool trade fair in Bangalore, "Modern Manufacturing India" (MMI), a new trade magazine for production technology in India, was published in mid-January. The magazine is published by the Mumbai branch of Vogel Business Media in cooperation with Gardner Business Media, USA, and the Indian Machine Tool Manufacturers' Association (IMTMA), Bangalore. Thanks to this cooperation, the new trade magazine, headed by Jens Otte, General Manager of Vogel Business Media India, combines the international expertise of the two renowned publishers in the machine tool industry with the regional networks of IMTMA.



"MMI is the most successful first issue of a magazine I have ever worked on. The constellation of the partners MM Maschinenmarkt, Gardner Business Media, Vogel Business Media India and IMTMA is convincing for readers and advertisers, as could be seen at the premiere at the IMTEX trade fair in Bangalore," emphasizes Ken Fouhy, Group Publisher of MM Maschinenmarkt.



MMI will be the official organ of IMTMA with a circulation of 15,000 copies. An e-paper edition is part of the media concept from the outset and is intended to become the mouthpiece of the association and production engineers throughout Asia. The bi-monthly magazine provides up-to-date information on the topics of production, development, automation and maintenance. Management topics and business news are just as much a part of the concept as interviews and trend reports. MMI is aimed primarily at technology users as well as managers, specialists and buyers in Indian industry.



MM Maschinenmarkt is published weekly in Germany with a circulation of 40,100 copies. The industry magazine offers business news, industry news, management topics and practical technical information for decision-makers in management, production, automation and construction in the entire manufacturing industry. MM is published internationally in Switzerland, Austria, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Ukraine, Thailand, Korea and China with a total annual circulation of over 6 million copies. The specialist portal www.maschinenmarkt.de is primarily aimed at managers and specialists in the core sectors of the manufacturing industry in seven topic channels. The parent company Vogel Business Media is one of the leading German providers of specialist information with 100+ trade journals, 100+ web portals, 100+ business events as well as numerous mobile offerings and international activities. Its headquarters are in Würzburg. The company celebrated its 120th birthday in 2011.