Murata Machinery, Ltd. (Kyoto, JAPAN) announces the establishment of its wholly owned subsidiary, MURATA MACHINERY INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED on November 1st, 2007.

Murata Machinery India will further enhance the operations of market support, installation and follow-up services for its textile machines.

Following the liberalization of trade in India in 1991, Murata Machinery has had a strong presence in India through the supply of its machinery and technology. Murata has witnessed a dramatic growth of the sales of its textile machinery - Having increased more than ten-fold over the past five years, and comprising nearly 25% of the global sales of the textile machinery division of Murata Machinery in 2007.

Murata Machinery has always acknowledged the importance of the Indian textile industry, and its responsibility to provide reliable and high quality service and support to its customers.

This has motivated Murata Machinery Japan to fully fund the establishment of Murata Machinery India as a new umbrella company for the Indian market.

Murata Machinery looks forward to redefine its long standing relationship with the Indian textile industry through innovative technologies and high quality services, and to partner the extraordinary growth of the industry.

The bases of operation (Mumbai, Coimbatore, and Delhi) of Murata Machinery India will continue to provide high quality customer satisfaction, and deliver products and services matching the needs of its customers, and cultivate the MURATEC brand within the Indian textile machinery market to reach new heights in customer satisfaction.