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Tipping Point

As India builds at an unprecedented pace, tipper trucks have become the backbone of progress鈥攕purring fresh investments, advanced models, and a vibrant, fast-evolving market.

How CE Sector Can Enable Grassroots Infra Growth

Designed for agility and durability, CE are enabling the construction of everything from irrigation canals to village roads, notes MANISH MATHUR.

Automation to Acceleration

India鈥檚 manufacturing sector is shifting from automation to acceleration, embracing smart factories powered by AI, IoT, and real-time analytics.

Building Inclusive Connectivity

India鈥檚 road mission goes beyond highways鈥攍inking villages, markets, and people to opportunities, ensuring growth reaches every corner by 2047

Building Inclusive Connectivity

India鈥檚 road mission goes beyond highways鈥攍inking villages, markets, and people to opportunities, ensuring growth reaches every corner by 2047.

Graders of Tomorrow

Shaping the future of infra, motor graders are evolving with advanced tech and precision to meet the growing demands of tomorrow鈥檚 construction landscape.

Empowering Rentals

As construction enters a tech-driven era, empowering equipment rentals through skill development is key to unlocking efficiency, safety, and long-term growth across India's booming infrastructure sector

Embracing Digital Transformation

India鈥檚 SME manufacturing sector is at a crossroads, poised to embrace digital transformation, sustainable practices, and innovation. However, challenges like legacy systems and skilled labour shortages remain as barriers to growth.

Embracing Digital Transformation

India鈥檚 SME manufacturing sector is at a crossroads, poised to embrace digital transformation, sustainable practices, and innovation. However, challenges like legacy systems and skilled labour shortages remain as barriers to growth.

Building a Workforce for Evolving CE Industry

The Union Budget 2024 has placed a strong emphasis on skill development, allocating significant investments to create employment and skilling opportunities for 4.1 crore youth over the next five years.

Empowering India鈥檚 CE Rental Industry

The latest initiatives under NSDC, such as Future Skill Centres, International Academies, and Project AMBER, highlight the need to blend innovation with skill development

Empowering Talent

India鈥檚 major infrastructure projects highlight the urgent need for a skilled workforce

Innovations, Training, and Future of Upskilling

Skilled operators and technicians ensure that machinery is used optimally, reducing downtime and improving project timelines

On the Road to Success

In the world of construction, logistics, and heavy-duty transport, trucks and tippers are the unsung heroes driving progress.

We鈥檝e been spearheading the electric revolution in India

Rohit Punjabi, Vice President 鈥� Excavator Business, LiuGong India

We will showcase our 125kVA CPCB IV+ genset

Cummins India designs, manufactures, and services diesel and alternative fuel engines (2.8 to 95 liters), power generators (up to 3000 kW), and related components. The Cummins team highlights the innovative technologies showcased at the exhibition.

Drives Innovation in India鈥檚 Concrete Industry

Columbia Machine, a global leader in concrete production technology, is driving innovation in the Indian market. We specialise in concrete block machines and concrete wet press solutions, catering to the growing demand for high-quality concrete products.

Skill Up!

India鈥檚 major infrastructure projects highlight the urgent need for a skilled workforce

Integration of technology is becoming increasingly important

Siddharth Chaturvedi, General Manager 鈥� Marketing, Tata Hitachi, speaks on the key features and benefits of their backhoe loaders.

Bridging the Skill Gap

India鈥檚 major infrastructure projects highlight the urgent need for a skilled workforce.

Focus on Infra, Skilling

Experts agree that Budget 2024 aims for more inclusive growth, focusing on job formalisation, agricultural productivity, and MSME support

OEMs are evaluating multiple options of adopting alternate fuel.芒鈧�聺

BKR Prasad 芒鈧�鈥� General Manager, Marketing, Tata Hitachi Construction Equipment

Budget 2024: Key highlights

Key highlights of Interim Budget 2024

Grading the Future

As the demand for advanced road networks and improved connectivity continues to surge, the clamor for motor graders in the construction industry is reaching unprecedented heights.

Our products are designed and developed in Italy

Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Managing Director, Filtrec Bharat

No Bumps in the Road

India has been investing significantly in infrastructure development, including the construction of roads, highways, and expressways. This investment has driven the demand for road construction equipment.

The Versatile Workhorse

Telehandlers can perform a wide range of tasks in various industries.

Powering up the Earth

The need for earthmoving equipment is expected to increase due to the nation's fast urbanisation and infrastructure development requirements

Bringing sustainability to the fore

JCB has continued to make concerted efforts to conserve and optimise the use of energy.

Up-grading roads!

The road construction industry in India is undergoing a paradigm shift. Robust demand, higher investment and significant policy support in the road construction industry are driving the demand for motor graders in India.

Road construction drives demand for motor graders

Surat Mehta, Head of SDLG Business in India

About 400 comprehensive GIS-based maps prepares under PM GatiShakti

Minister of Commerce and Industry Consumer Affairs Food and Public Distribution and Textiles Piyush Goyal told the media that about 400 comprehensive geographic information system (GIS)-based maps have already been prepared under PM GatiShakti National Master Plan.

Poised for growth

With the mining segment getting government support in a big way, the truck and tipper segment will witness growing demand in the days to come.

J&K lags in PMGSY target of 4,841 km road laying

The J&K Union Territory administration informed the centre that it will not be able to execute the road length construction of over 3,300 km under the PMGSY or Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana in the ongoing fiscal having a target of 4,841 km.

Budget 2022 and a big infra push

The union budget can be termed as a growth-oriented one, with the government focusing strongly on world-class infrastructure development.

Upgrading Technology

Commonly used to construct and maintain gravel and dirt roads, motor graders have also prepared building foundations and drainage ditches, making them popular with government agencies and contractors.

Upgrading Technology

Commonly used to construct and maintain gravel and dirt roads, motor graders have also prepared building foundations and drainage ditches, making them popular with government agencies and contractors

Castrol India launches Fourth Edition of Super Mechanic Contest

This year鈥檚 edition, conducted in partnership with the TV9 network, will cover over 100,000 mechanics across India through learning programs and live masterclasses

Keeping up with industry trends

Despite slowdown in the automotive industry, all the leading manufacturers of tippers and trucks have transitioned to BS-VI emission standards.

Restart of govt flagship programmes will lift up excavators market in 2021

According to the Off-highway Research, the sale forecast for crawler excavators from 2019-2024 is 24 per cent whereas the mini excavator market is expected to grow by 39 per cent during the given duration.

Opportunities in bulk for cement

As per estimates of total projects to be sanctioned and those upcoming and under construction across sectors, the hope is to see better days ahead鈥攓uantitatively and qualitatively鈥攆or the cement industry.

Mini Machines, Maximum Demand

The demand for compact equipment from urban projects is expected to continue.

AJAX ARGO model鈥檚 mantra is 鈥榤aximum productivity for your investment鈥�

鈥淎JAX ARGO Self-Loading Concrete Mixer (SLCM) delivers 鈥楳aximum Productivity for Your Investment鈥� says Ajay Aneja, Chief Marketing Officer, AJAX Engineering

Ajay Aneja, AJAX: Construction is poised for good growth in FY22

Ajay Aneja, Chief Marketing Officer, AJAX Engineering, speaks on the demand of self-loading concrete mixers in India

Graders for the future

Motor graders are having their moments under the sun. Infrastructure projects are pushing up demand for these machines.

Improving efficiency

Batch mix plant is the most widespread type of asphalt plant in the world, which guarantees the highest level of flexibility in production and quality of the finished product.

Rural infra, healthcare to drive demand for CE

The construction equipment industry sees two emerging categories鈥攊nfrastructure development in rural India and the creation of a strong healthcare system鈥攁s growth drivers in the coming years, even as the industry sees green shoots with the revival of infrastructure projects.

ICF 2020: A Virtual Construction Extravaganza

Just when the 2020 financial year was coming to a close, it was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the industry was already battling issues such as a liquidity crunch, rising bad loans, slowdown in capex, project delays and insolvencies, among others, the last quarter witnessed growth in the negative territory for most businesses. However, despite obstacles and uncertainties being at their peak, a few entities managed to persevere and prevail, posting growth and exhibiting excellence.

Backhoe Loaders Bouncing Back

In the current market conditions, the customer focus will be on equipment with better productivity and cost saving. Backhoe loader with its multi-utility advantage and competitive price will drive the demand in the current market scenario.

Grading the Future

The current market conditions are tough for motor graders since the projects are not active due to the coronavirus impact.

An Uphill Task

Lack of availability of certified skilled equipment operators is a major issue faced by construction contractor in India.

We have completed training of 2,000 operators till last year

Schwing Stetter India started the training department in the second year of its operations in 2000.

The focus on skill development is on the rise

L&T Construction & Mining Machinery Business has trained and certified over 10,000 operators and mechanics in the last two years under the RPL4.

Over 500 operators have received training in five years

Godrej has ambitious plans to expand its footprint in the training space by opening more training centres across India.

LeeBoy India launches compact motor grader

LeeBoy India Construction Equipment has launched their new series compact motor graders for India and other overseas developing markets.

TECH-MOVES

With the government plans to invest Rs 102 trillion in infrastructure development in the next five years, the demand for construction equipment will be immense.

LeeBoy India launches compact motor grader

LeeBoy India Construction Equipment has launched their new series compact motor graders for India and other overseas developing markets.

We will build on our Intelli series

In four decades of operations in India, JCB has grown to become a full-range construction infrastructure equipment partner offering indigenous, innovative and versatile solutions of One-Global-Quality.

CASE will be showcasing its entire gamut of products

CASE Construction Equipment, a brand of CNH Industrial NV, is a leader in compactors and backhoe loaders and the first company to have sold over 13,000 units of vibratory tandem compactors.

THE ROAD AHEAD

The roads and highways sector is expected to bounce back soon with the government's corrective measures to combat slowdown and the large number of projects planned in the coming years. The road equipment players are bullish on the future growth prospects.

Towering opportunities

Choosing a tower crane is increasingly about safety and productivity features, as customers seek to lift more with less power, upgrade to a higher capacity economically, and safely use multiple cranes at space-constrained project sites.

Loads of Opportunities

With the construction activity picking up and mining operations reviving in India, new opportunities are knocking at the doors of the wheel loader market.

Recharge to Rebuild!

The manifesto of the NDA points towards building 12,000 km of roads per annum! In 2018-19, even though contracts awarded were to the tune of 15,000 km (against 17,055 km in 2017-18), the figure for roads constructed up to November 2018 has been 5,759 km (against 9,829 km in 2017-18).

A win-win for MHE workforce

Capturing the customer's and stakeholder's mindshare is not only about selling the product, but also about adding value as a whole. Skilling people and inclusive growth are turning out to be key in connecting with customers and creating that mindshare.

CE industry will continue to witness a healthy growth

The overall construction equipment (CE) industry had a good FY2018-19 for all class of equipment and has recorded the highest volumes ever.

REJIG for the big

Need for better infrastructure is always the top priority of any country. India is no different as the quest for superior infrastructure continues with many large-scale projects coming up.

Skid-steer Loaders in Rural Road Construction

With the help of various attachments, Bobcat Skid-steer loaders provide cost-effective solution in rural road construction.

CPM insurance in CE

India's economy is big and is getting bigger. The construction industry is the second largest industry in India after agriculture.

Reaching out to infra needs

Government's high spending on infrastructure projects drives the demand for construction equipment while earthmoving equipment being the largest used equipment category leads the growth.

On a Smooth Path

As roads and highways construction continues to be on the top gear, more mechanisation is taking place in rural roads with motor graders finding more traction in the coming years.

Setting New Standards

Adding value to equipment life

Industrial lubricants play a major role in improving the operational efficiency productivity of an equipment. Currently, the demand is for thinner lubricants that provide longer oil drain intervals.

Vertical Growth

Tower crane market is now on revival path, which was going through a lull period till recently. Going forward, a steady growth of real estate market could see a further momentum in tower cranes.

L&T is leading in Skill India Mission

Skill improvement can never be over-emphasised. On one hand, the complexity of the job requirement is increasing and on the other, equipment are becoming more and more complex with the introduction of many operating modes, advent of mechatronics and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools.

We plan to increase the number of training centres

JCB has 15 operator training centres across India and trained about 25,000 people so far. Jasmeet Singh, Head - Corporate Communications and External Relations, JCB India, elaborates more on the importance of operator training and the company's initiatives.

An Uphill Road Ahead

Out of about nine lakh construction equipment operators in India, only9,000 operators are certified by Infrastructure Equipment Skill Council (IESC).

NBCC diversifies into highway construction

In yet another diversification of its business, NBCC (India) has entered into the highway construction space.

Mahindra RoadMaster G75 launched

Mahindra & Mahindra announced its foray into the road construction segment with the launch of its first motor grader - the Mahindra RoadMaster G75 under the aegis of its Construction Equipment business.

Ambitious on Indian infra sector

Infrastructure sector is a key driver for the Indian economy. The sector is highly responsible for propelling India's overall development and enjoys intense focus from government for initiating policies that would ensure time-bound creation of world-class infrastructure in the country.

Operator Training: Need of the Hour

These are good times for construction equipment industry. Orders have gone up, thanks to a revival in the economy fuelled by government's affirmative actions to nurse the infra development sector back to health.

Budget 2018-19: Infrastructure, Rural Development key

Infrastructure development has been one of the top priorities of the Union Budget 2018-19 presented by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitely in Parliament on February 1. Major investments and allocations are in roads, railways and rural development including agriculture and rural economy. Urban infrastructure development has also received a boost with the allocation for Smart Cities mission.

Backhoe Loaders: Back in Action

Backhoe loader is the front-runner among the infrastructure equipment used in the country with almost 50 per cent of the market share in number of unit.

Mahindra launches RoadMaster G75

Mahindra & Mahindra announced its foray into the road construction segment with the launch of its first motor grader - the Mahindra RoadMaster G75 under the aegis of its Construction Equipment business.

Mahindra enters road equipment segment, launches motor grader

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd announced its foray into the road construction segment with the launch of its first motor grader, the Mahindra RoadMaster G75 from its Construction Equipment business. The product comes with a one year, unlimited hours warranty, according to the company.

BorgWarner develops new EGR coolers for CVs

To support commercial vehicle (CV) manufacturers in meeting current and future emissions regulations, BorgWarner has developed an economical new series of multi-platform exhaust gas re-circulation (EGR) coolers featuring a compact floating core.

INFRA INFRA INFRA

The growth of the infrastructure industry is expected to drive the global construction equipment market. Sounds familiar? Global experts believe that this increase can be attributed to upcoming construction projects around the globe, primarily in developing nations.

CHANGING PARADIGM

The Indian construction and infrastructure segment has witnessed a turnaround over the last few years with some organised growth visible in various construction activities.

Landmark year

The 4th Annual 每日吃瓜 Awards and CEO Forum held on April 21, 2017 was accepted by the industry wholeheartedly with a full house presence. It was a great occasion for us to see participation from the entire cross-section of the infrastructure equipment industry, project contractors, consultants, and government agencies such as Indian Railways, NHAI and IRF.

Back on Growth Path

Given its versatility and mobility, backhoe loader finds great use at almost every construction site, both urban and rural India. This multi-purpose machine continues to perform a variety of tasks at sites and is used for digging, dosing, levelling and lifting activities.

The Road Ahead

In spite of the government's policy shift towards building four- and six-lane National Highways as concrete roads, plans to construct more rural roads and coastal roads will drive the demand for asphalt plants in the future. 每日吃瓜 explores the road ahead for asphalt plants.

BUDGET 2017 | PUBLIC SPENDING TO DRIVE SALES

Although there are no landmark announcements in this year?s Budget, a special thrust on transport infrastructure development and affordable housing will definitely gift some market opportunities to the CE segment.

ON THE CLOCK!

Material and earth movements are the major work content of all infrastructure developments and mining activities. Front-end loaders, backhoe loaders, dozers and application-centric equipment as options for the users to choose from to suit individual requirements.

Supporting PMGSY Project

The objective of India?s rural roads project, Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is to support the expansion and maintenance of all-season rural access roads, resulting in enhanced road connectivity to rural areas.

RAP Essential in Asphalt Plants

Asphalt mix production has had a long and rapid journey of redefinitions over the past decade, to allow the incorporation of RAP recycling. This procedure is now gaining acceptance in Indian markets.

Compact Road Equipment Market to Grow

Developmental work in the North-East and far-flung rural areas will drive a robust growth of road building equipment, with a twist - the market for smaller-sized equipment to suit applications and delivery logistics requirements will be the gainer.

On the Forefront of Training on Material Handling Equipment

As a responsible OEM, Godrej Material Handling has a goal to make India an accident-free country. F N Bharucha explains the company?s training initiatives towards achieving this goal.

Skidding Upwards!

Almost two decades ago, a skid steer machine was connoted as ?Bobcat?, because that was the most popular brand of skid steer machines in the world. The term ?skid steer? stands for turning on its axis by skidding and not by steering the wheels.

Backhoe Loaders Get a Rural Boost

Gone were the days when the backhoe loader market was exploding in all facets of India?s infrastructure development. All recognised suppliers were registering negative to flat trajectory growth since FY 2011.

Container Handling: Future?s Bright

Of Truths & Dares

The Indian economy is to grow at 7.5 to 7.75 per cent GDP, which by global standards, is the highest growth. However, the impact on the ground is minimal.