India Trade Mission

Join Automation Alley’s trade mission to India, a nation with an especially strong demand for Michigan-made products, services, and technologies, including advanced manufacturing, engineering services, aerospace/defense, and more.

 

MEDC and Automation Alley invite interested companies to join this trade mission to India, a nation of 1.44 billion consumers with a strong demand for U.S.-made products, services, and technologies, including advanced manufacturing, aerospace, defense, automotive, environment and pollution control, IT/ICT, and medical equipment.

Why India?

• The world’s fifth-largest economy today with a GDP of $4.112 trillion
• Home to the world’s fourth largest automotive industry
• Moody’s projects that India’s GDP in 2025 will reach 6.5%
• According to the World Bank, in just seven years India jumped seventy-nine spots (142 to 63) in ease of doing business among 190 countries
• The nation has a young, highly skilled, and low-cost labor force • Business and economic reforms have ushered India’s integration into the global economy

Why Join our Trade Mission?

• Automation Alley trade missions have generated $2.1 billion in export sales for company participants while creating 10,571 local jobs
• Matchmaking meetings will place you directly in touch with potential buyers and end users
• Meet the key players you need to know to be successful in India. Attend business meetings with government officials and business and industry leaders who will share their firsthand insights about the opportunities and challenges of doing business in India
• Option to attend Bharat Mobility Global Expo in New Delhi on January 17-22, 2025
• We take care of all your planning before, during, and after the mission

The cost to participate is $4,500 for members and $5,500 for non-members. Price includes in-country embassy business briefing, B2B matchmaking meetings, ground transportation to B2B meetings, five-star hotels, and two group dinners. Airfare not included. Fee for an additional traveler from same company is $2,000 per person.

This trade mission is made possible by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Be sure to ask about Michigan’s State Trade Expansion Program (MI-STEP) which may qualify your company for partial reimbursement for the costs of participating on our mission. Deadline to register is November 15, 2024.

For more information, please contact Lisa Lasser, Manager, International Business Services at LasserL@automationalley.com