siliconindia | | November 20214India is among the largest sports goods manufacturers in Asia after countries like China and Japan. Although its share in global trade is only around one per cent, it is a niche player in manufacturing. For instance, inflated balls produced in India are largely hand stitched and, therefore, have better bounce than the machine-stitched balls from China; this gives them an advantage over China in European markets where hand-stitched balls are preferred. In India, Jalandhar has grown as the major cen-tre of India's sports goods industry. Meerut in Uttar Pradesh is the second and Gurgaon in Haryana is the third largest clusters of sports goods manu-facturing.Indian sports goods industry is more than a hundred years old. The sports goods industry was founded by Sardar Bahadur, Sardar Ganda Singh Oberoi in the year 1883 at Sialkot and sports equipment became the first Indian industrial product to be exported in 1885. The items taken up for manufacturing in the beginning were tennis balls, footballs, cricket bats, cricket balls and hockey sticks. With the passage of time new items were added and industry at Sialkot progressed and people flourished beyond im-agination until the division of the country checked the boom. Besides, due to the rising prevalence of lifestyle diseases, such as obe-sity, stroke, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and atherosclerosis, individuals in India have started focusing on their wellbeing. As a result, there is a rise in the number of gyms and fitness centers, which in turn is boosting the sales of sports and fitness goods in the country. Furthermore, the market is in-creasingly being driven by innovations in manufacturing technologies and domestic as well as international brands are offering a variety of advanced equipment. Some of these products include smart tennis racquets, speed training equipment, motorized treadmills and fitness bands.This is probably the best time to invest in this industry that has everyone turning their heads. While at it, we bring you some of the most sought after brands in the Indian sports & equipment manufacturing companies in India. Do let us know what you think. Emmanuel Christi DasEditoreditor@siliconindia.comAn Entire Industry Dedicated to your WellbeingEditorial Vol 10 · Issue 08 - 02 · November, 2021 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Editor Emmanuel Christi Das Editorial Team Aveek Pal Chaudhuri Hima P M Mandvi Singh GM - Sales & Marketing Rohit Kumar Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit https://www.siliconindia.com/subscribe/ or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com Cover price is Rs.150 per issue. 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Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.com Visualisers Suanya Chakraborty Group Art DirectorAshok KumarCirculation Manager Magendran Perumal Ashwini D Naik Shilpa Selva Felisha Rita Correspondent Soumya JAssistant Editor Ananth VAssociate Editor Indranil Chakraborty India is among the largest sports goods manufacturers in Asia after countries like China and Japan. Although its share in global trade is only around one per cent, it is a niche player in manufacturing. For instance, inflated balls produced in India are largely hand stitched and, therefore, have better bounce than the machine-stitched balls from China; this gives them an advantage over China in European markets where hand-stitched balls are preferred. In India, Jalandhar has grown as the major cen-tre of India's sports goods industry. Meerut in Uttar Pradesh is the second and Gurgaon in Haryana is the third largest clusters of sports goods manu-facturing.Indian sports goods industry is more than a hundred years old. The sports goods industry was founded by Sardar Bahadur, Sardar Ganda Singh Oberoi in the year 1883 at Sialkot and sports equipment became the first Indian industrial product to be exported in 1885. The items taken up for manufacturing in the beginning were tennis balls, footballs, cricket bats, cricket balls and hockey sticks. With the passage of time new items were added and industry at Sialkot progressed and people flourished beyond im-agination until the division of the country checked the boom. Besides, due to the rising prevalence of lifestyle diseases, such as obe-sity, stroke, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and atherosclerosis, individuals in India have started focusing on their wellbeing. As a result, there is a rise in the number of gyms and fitness centers, which in turn is boosting the sales of sports and fitness goods in the country. Furthermore, the market is in-creasingly being driven by innovations in manufacturing technologies and domestic as well as international brands are offering a variety of advanced equipment. Some of these products include smart tennis racquets, speed training equipment, motorized treadmills and fitness bands.This is probably the best time to invest in this industry that has everyone turning their heads. While at it, we bring you some of the most sought after brands in the Indian sports & equipment manufacturing companies in India. Do let us know what you think. Emmanuel Christi DasEditoreditor@siliconindia.comAn Entire Industry Dedicated to your WellbeingEditorialBaking ingredients are an essential part of bakery ingredients market. Baking ingredients such as enzymes, emulsifiers, leavening agents, baking powders among others are pre-dominantly used in the processing of bakery products such as bread, pastries, cakes, rolls, pies, tarts, and others. Good quality products offer several advantages such as flavor enhancements, tex-ture, color, and economies of scales in production.However, the customer's proximity to affordable bakery products is a substantial change in the developing economies. Growing ur-banization in transition economies is leading to an increase in the consumption of baked food. Key manufacturers in developing econo-mies tending to increase the production levels are expected to propel overall market.Bread, the largest contributor of end-use segments, is primarily driven by new production methods employed that impart nutritional content and affordability to the price sensitive customers in the devel-oping countries.Usage of baking ingredients in the cakes & pastries segment is anticipated to register the fastest growth rate owing to increased con-sumption of snack items and availability of freezers in retail stores to store frozen processed foods such as pastries and cookies. In cookies & biscuits segment, demand is primarily driven by food processing companies looking to diversify their product portfolio by entering cookies & biscuits manufacturing business. In this edition, we bring to you the vendors in India that have ensured that the industry grows by leaps and bounds in here. While doing so, the little baker in you stays alive to make some scrumptious treats.Do let us know what you think. Emmanuel Christi DasEditoreditor@siliconindia.comThe Bread & Butter of the Industry at LargeEditorialThe entire idea of Internet is brought to reality via the Internet Service Providers. To promote internet connectivity, there needs to be stronger government-industry partnerships. As per a recent press release by PIB, for making available high quality and high speed internet access tothe States of North Eastern Region of the country, Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) has signed an Agreement with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on 18.08.2021 for hiring of 10 Gbps International Bandwidth for Internet Connectivity to Agartala from Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), Bangladesh via Cox Bazar/Kuakata. With over 560 million internet users, India is the second largest online market in the world, ranked only behind China. It was estimated that by 2023, there would be over 650 million internet users the country. Despite the large base of internet users, the internet penetration rate in the country stood at around 50 percent in 2020. This meant that around half of the 1.37 billion Indians had access to internet that year. There has been a consistent increase in internet accessibility compared to just five years ago, when the internet penetration rate was around 27 percent.In this edition, we're highlighting the country's fast growing ISPs. These ISPs have grown in no time and are contributing directly to the internet usage and indirectly to the country inclusiveness to connectivity. We recognize their phenomenal contribution to the Digital India Initiative.This edition is throwing light to the country's ISPs who have taken a giant task to connect the nation on fibre; be it businesses or end-consumers. These ISPs have significantly realized India's vision to get complete internet connectivity by 2035.Do let us know what you think.Emmanuel Christi DasEditoreditor@siliconindia.comIndia's Ambitious Growth in the World Wide WebEditorialBEAUTY BRANDS UPCOMING ISSUESDRONE SERVICES EPCM SERVICES
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