A meeting was held by Shri P. Udayakumar DPM, NSIC with the industry association “The Southern India Engineering Manufacturers association, Coimbatore” (SIEMA) on 12.10.2018 at Coimbatore. Discussion was held for the requirement of raw material like Iron & Steel, Coke, Pig iron, Electrical Steel and Rare Earth Minerals by MSEs. DPM also enquired about the usage of NTSCs in testing of Pumps with respect to power consumption. SIEMA president mentioned that they need more testing facilities in the area of Solar Panel testing, Solar pump testing, Testing of Capacitors and Electricals and properties testing in Electro Steel. Director (Planning & Marketing) mentioned about possible new interventions, mainly on the avenue of Multi Product Stockyard under the RMD scheme of NSIC. DPM also held meetings with Erode Plastic Association, DICCI (Coimbatore chapter) and CIAI at NSIC Branch office Coimbatore and discussed on various issues related to the MSME sector.