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• TIDCO and RWTH Aachen University’s ITA sign MoU to collaborate on AI-driven manufacturing, robotics, and smart textiles.
• Partnership aims to foster talent exchange, joint research, and innovation between India and Germany.
• Initiative will create a sustainable ecosystem combining Tamil Nadu’s industrial base with Germany’s advanced R&D capabilities.

Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) and RWTH Aachen University's Institut fur Textiltechnik (ITA) have made an announcement to work together in areas of AI-aided manufacturing, robotics, and intelligent textiles with the aim of promoting talent exchange and creating a sustainable Indian-German collaboration.

The MoU marking this collaboration was signed at the Tamil Nadu Rising Investment Conclave in Düsseldorf in the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin, as well as senior government and industry representatives. The collaboration will facilitate an open innovation platform that brings together the vibrancy of Tamil Nadu's industrial base and Germany's world-class research capabilities.

Through cross-pollination of expertise between both regions, the partnership is likely to propel next-generation manufacturing and textile technologies forward while developing a qualified talent pool that can fuel innovation in these high-tech industries.

The program has been widely endorsed by Guidance Tamil Nadu, and Hon. Dr. TRB Rajaa, Industry Minister, Investment Promotion and Trade, Government of Tamil Nadu, in keeping with the state's policy to adopt state-of-the-art research and development in industries.

Thiru V. Arun Roy, Principal Secretary, Department of Industry, Government of Tamil Nadu, on behalf of Sandeep Nanduri, Managing Director of TIDCO, signed the MoU, and Dr. Akram Idrissi, Head of Strategy & Business Development at ITA, on behalf of ITA Director Prof. Dr. Thomas Gries, signed the MoU.

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The agreement marks a mutual vision for driving growth on the basis of innovation, with a special focus on AI-based manufacturing processes, robotics usage, and smart textile solution building. Aside from technology development, the partnership is anticipated to drive exchange programs, collaborative research projects, and occupational training programs, allowing students, researchers, and industrial practitioners from both nations to be exposed to best practices globally.

Through marrying ITA's technical capabilities with Tamil Nadu's industrial capacity, the partnership stands to work towards the larger aim of enhancing bilateral relations between Germany and India as well as promoting sustainable industrial growth.

This MoU is a strategic move towards the creation of a collaborative ecosystem in which research excellence and industrial innovation meet, where both countries reap the dividends from collective knowledge, leading-edge technologies, and a talent pipeline that can drive the solutions and opportunities of the fast-changing manufacturing and textile industries.