The October 2016 edition of IPF features three Special Sections. The first, Alternate Energy Sources, concerns the solar and wind power and the Indian government has set up an ambitious target to take India’s renewable energy capacity to 175 GW by 2022, which comprises 100 GW solar, 60 GW wind, 10 GW from biomass and 5 GW from small hydro powers. The other Special Sections, Surface Treatment & Corrosion Protection Products, and Pollution Control Equipment, are related to each other in many ways. The curse of corrosion in industry is literally eating away metals and money. On the plus side, there are now many products and technologies available to combat these problems. As for pollution control, the task is indeed mammoth, and the world has to do much better to fight this menace than the present attempts. As usual, this edition also carries all the regular features.
Industrial Products Finder (IPF), a pioneer industrial journal in India, was launched in 1972. It gives industrial manufacturers and exclusive dealers/importers of industrial products a forum to display their ware, in a medium that was to be made regularly available to the users of these products. IPF focuses on all industrial/engineering products and services, consultancies, repair and reconditioning services, industrial security and safety services, and of late, pollution control and environment protection services. Apart from products, there are also other regular features that complement the core activity – a capsule of important events and developments in the industrial sector, news on companies, projects, joint ventures and mergers, etc; a selection of articles written by experts in the field as well as academics; and information on all important trade fairs, conferences, seminars and training programmers.
