Chamber of Small Industry Associations (COSIA) had organized an Industrial Expo and Conclave – Maharashtra Industrial Expo ‘MahaindX 2023’ for the benefit of MSMEs from Engineering and Allied Sectors at the CIDCO Exhibition and Convention Center, Vashi – Navi Mumbai on 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd June, 2023. COSIA successfully brought together more than 30 Industrial Associations from Maharashtra for this Expo. Thane Small Scale Industries Association (TSSIA) and Indore Infoline Pvt. Ltd. were the Co-organizers.

MahaindX Expo and Conclave 2023 were inaugurated by the Hon’ble Union MoS Shri Kapil Patil on 1^st June, 2023. Also present at this event were Mr. Anjani Kumar Srivastava – Incharge Regional Office and General Manager, Pune Regional Office of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI); Mr. Anil Kulkarni, Vice President – Supply Chain, Defence & Aerospace of L&T Defence; Mr. Sandeep Parikh – President of COSIA; Mrs. Sujata Soparkar – President of TSSIA; Mr. Ninad Jaywant – Hon. Gen. Secretary of COSIA and Co-Convener of MahaindX 2023 and Mr. R K Agrawal – MD Indore Infoline Pvt. Ltd. and Co-Convener of MahaindX 2023.

143 exhibitors participated and 10000 plus business people visited MahaindX in the 3 days of the Expo generating more than 5300 business leads with immediate expected business of INR 150 crores.

The Conclave was also conducted successfully with 17 sessions held across 3 days of the conclave alongwith MahaindX 2023 which was very helpful for the exhibiting and visiting MSMEs. Speakers at the conclave sessions were from L&T Defence, Thermax, GeM, MAITRI, IOCL, BPCL, HPCL, Mazgaon Dock Ship Builders, Konkan Railway, NMRL-DRDO, Atal Incubation Centre, SIDBI, RXIL and Top consultants.