The December 2016 edition of IPF features Special Sections on Test & Measuring Instruments Instrumentation and Industrial Automation, Robotics & Industrial Electronics, plus a Special Focus – Indo-German Business Ventures. Instrumentation plays a vital role in industry where precision measurement is the key to a perfect product. Even the utilities would be handicapped without proper instruments. Automation not only improves productivity and quality, but also provides safety, especially in operations in hazardous areas. Also without automation many manufacturers would face the manpower crunch. As for Germany, the country remains the leading economic powerhouse of Europe on the strength of its technological prowess and German companies have a long tradition of business interests in India across the industrial spectrum, from fashion to fasteners and cosmetics to CNC machines.