siliconindia | | July 20184EditorialTechnology, End-User Applications, Government Initiatives ­ All are Opening up Opportunities for T&M Industry PlayersSanctioning the performance of a wide range of electronic products, testing has become imperative at every stage of the product's life cycle. Virtually every industry, including aerospace and defence, telecommunications, automotive, energy, medical, consumer electronics, semiconductors uses test and measurement equipment for designing, manufacturing, deploying and ensuring the highest level of satisfaction of customers with products and services. As per industry expert views, the current market size for general-purpose T&M equipment alone is worth over US$ 200 million. However, Global Industry Analysts Inc. (GIA), a California based market research firm forecasts that the world market for general-purpose electronic T&M instruments will touch US$ 6.8 billion by 2020.This growth is brewing massive business opportunity for the test and measurement industry in India. Innovation in terms of technological developments, expanding end-user applications and the growing need to validate the performance of equipment are the driving forces. Added to this are the implementation of government initiatives like Make in India, 100 Smart Cities, Digital India and the defence manufacturing push that triggers the growth.Companies & major industry players are prudently analysing the competitive landscape in order to provide unique yet proven test techniques and test solutions to ensure that smart device developers and manufacturers can reduce time-to-market and ramp quickly to high volume manufacturing of quality products. These companies deploy highly customized solutions that help businesses achieve peak performance.Observing the trend, we have listed "20 Most Promising Test & Measurement Service Providers" in our current edition. The list features some of the strong players in the industry who work as solution partners with decision makers across industry verticals by offering advanced ergonomics, extra-durable materials, high stability, and future-proof design products that can be configured, combined, and accessorized in infinite ways to make it suitable for any application. We also recommend you to read our Cover Story on Rohde & Schwarz, a leading supplier of solutions in the fields of Test and Measurement, Broadcasting, Radio monitoring and Radio location as well as Mission-critical Radio communications. Do let us know your thoughts. Nandini MukherjeeSpecial Editor siliconindia Vol 06 · Issue 12 - 1 · July 02 - 2018 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Special Editor Nandini Mukherjee Associate Editor Susila Govindaraj Editorial Team Amit Raja Naik Lakshmi G Pooja Devi Shefali Mathur Tashi Sangmo Chandrika P Patra Deepshikha Singh VP - Sales & Marketing Virupakshi Pattar Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit https://www.siliconindiamagazine.com/subscribe/ or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com Cover price is Rs.150 per issue. Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2018 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. 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.comVisualisers MohanaKrishnan VimalrajGroup Art DirectorAshok Kumar NoidaGarima Anand Ashu SethiCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalAmeet Kumar Sahoo Asima Jena Shashi Ranjan Shivanshu Sekhar Patel Sambit Sathpathy
< Page 3 | Page 5 >