B2B · Industrial · Launch

Two industrial launches, India and export — sequenced.

The client needed to launch two product families across India and select export markets. The work spanned positioning, application content, channel-partner enablement and a distributor network programme.

Client
Mid-market Indian industrial automation OEM (HMIs, controllers)
Engagement
Marketing leadership and product launch
Duration
Multi-launch engagement

Challenge

The starting point

Industrial product launches don't happen by press release. The buyer is a control engineer choosing between three or four spec'd alternatives, and the conversion event is a sample, then a design-in.

Approach

What I did

01

Spec-position seeding

Reference designs, application notes, calculator tools — published 6 weeks before the launch announcement.

02

Channel-partner enablement

Distributor briefings, training kits, sales-engineer enablement, lead-routing protocol.

03

India + export sequencing

India launch first, with feedback loop into the export-market launch four months later.

04

Trade-show presence

Industrial-automation shows used as launch venues, with booth designed for engineer demos.

Spec-positionReference designs deployed pre-launch — design-stage involvement at scale
Channel-readyDistributor network briefed and active from day one
India + exportSequenced launch reduced rework on export materials
CompoundableApplication content engine continued producing post-launch

Lessons

What this engagement taught

Industrial launches start three months before launch day.

Distributor enablement is marketing's job — and the most under-funded one.

India-first, export-second sequencing produces better export materials.

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