At the second edition of the News9 Global Summit, Andreas Lapp, former chairman of the board of LAPP Group, praised India’s rapid rise as a global economic and industrial power, recalling his company’s 45-year journey in the country.

“I worked for India 45 years as a businessman,” Lapp said, highlighting how India’s growth story had validated the group’s early decision to invest in the market. “When my brother and I decided to go to India, it was very exotic. But now, it has proven to be the right thing to do,” he added.

Reflecting on the company’s origins, Lapp shared an anecdote about his mother, who founded the firm in the 1950s — a rare feat for a woman in the industrial world at that time. “The cable we........

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