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Andhra Pradesh Minister of Industries and Commerce T.G. Bharath has called for a beardown India–Europe concern to pb the adjacent concern gyration done Industry 5.0, anchored successful “technology, talent, and trust.”
Speaking astatine a league connected ‘Enabling Industry 5.0 done New Age Manufacturing’, astatine the CII India–Europe Business Partnership Roundtable, organised arsenic a portion of the 30th Partnership Summit-2025, successful Visakhapatnam connected November 13, 2025 (Thursday), Mr. Bharath said, “Industry 5.0 is not conscionable an update to Industry 4.0, but a translation that demands liable industrialisation and human-centric innovation.”
“We are witnessing melodramatic automation, AI-led predictive factories, and cleanable circular manufacturing. India has the endowment and Europe has the precision, and, together, we tin bash magic,” helium said.
Lauding the forward-looking enactment of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and IT Minister N. Lokesh, helium said, “Andhra Pradesh is already undergoing a technology-driven transformation. Policy 4.0 has strengthened the 4 pillars of the State’s concern ecosystem.” He emphasised the request to physique greenish manufacturing corridors and unlock the MSME productivity.
Mr. Bharath invited collaborations to marque Andhra Pradesh a surviving laboratory for Industry 5.0, wherever innovation, sustainability, and inclusivity converge.
Other speakers astatine the league included Dr. Edith N. Nordmann, Chairman, Netherlands India Chamber of Commerce and Trade (NICCT), and Managing Partner, ACG International, The Netherlands; Amit Gossain, Managing Director, Kone Elevator India Pvt. Ltd., India; Håkan Kingstedt, Senior Advisor, Monemus AB, Partner, KIGO Consultants & Advisors, and Chairman, Sweden India Business Council, Sweden; and Dr. Julie Reviere, Country Director, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) – India, Germany.
The league was chaired by Kamal Bali, Chairman, CII Multinational Committee, and Managing Director & President, Volvo Group-India.
The treatment explored however India’s standard and agility, combined with Europe’s technological precision, could accelerate astute manufacturing, thrust sustainability, and make caller opportunities for the backstage assemblage collaboration successful closing the exertion adoption gap.
