This years’ GDCTECH Conference & Exhibition was held in Pune on 27th & 28th October 2015 at Hotel Sun-n-Sand, Pune. This annual event 4th in series broke all its previous records setting high expectations by the participants for future events. Event included over 19 Technical Presentations, 10 Exhibition Stalls, 16 Castings Display Tables, exhibiting 87 castings. Mtlexs CEO Mr. Suneel Mardia gave a speech at the event and discussed the issues in the sector. He interacted with several industry members at the event and apprised them about the solutions by Mtlexs addressing to the issues in the non-ferrous metal industry today. GDCTECH 2015 began with an Inaugural Ceremony in which Conference Chairman Mr. Jabbar Ali Inamdar introduced the event and welcomed dignitaries and delegates. In his opening remarks he emphasised the importance of Gravity Die Castings and its high market potential. In his thought provoking inaugural address Mr. Arun Firodia, talking about China, gave a broad picture of Chinese economy. He mentioned that Manufacturing sector contribution to Chinese GDP is 50% whereas, it’s only 15% in case of India. He said that we believe that there are many subsidies for Chinese manufacturing sector to remain very competitive. We, however should look at innovative ways of productivity improvements, fast deliveries and innovative ideas to reduce costs. He cited few very inspiring examples. China is using the rivers for transportation. Transport cost including fuel cost is substantially low when water transport is used. Another very innovative idea is setting up workshops on ship, so that the voyage time is used for machining, finishing and assembling. This can considerably reduce the cycle time. If India is really to be manufacturing hub as is envisaged by ‘Make in India’ campaign, then we need to work on innovation and productivity. He also further said , Some Aluminium parts like wheel rim castings could be mass produced by using Centrifugal Casting Method. His inspiring speech was highly appreciated by a large and very attentive audience.