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Palletisation can bring in higher throughput and desired efficiency
The estimated market size of the total Indian logistics market is to the tune of $200 billion and it generates employment for close to 50 million people in our country.
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The current Union Budget will spur rural demand and infrastructure growth
The warehouse market in India is growing faster than the GDP. It will continue to grow at a CAGR of 12-13 per cent in the coming years and is largely dominated by unorganised sector (90 per cent).
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We expect a CAGR of 10 per cent during 2016-2020 in material handling sector
With the Prime Minister?s ambitious plan of ?Make In India? taking root, we expect to see good growth in manufacturing and consequently in logistics and distribution activities for the next few years,? says Cavas Dumasia, Vice President - Sales & Marketing, Godrej Material Handling Division.
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Customized excavator helps Indonesian steel plant hit close to 100% recycling
Nine Volvo CE machines, including a specially adapted excavator, have helped a steel producer in Cilegon, Indonesia recycle over 97% of the waste material from its steel-making process. In the two years since the machines arrived the customer is reporting excellent success.
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JCB India rolls out 100,000th ecoMAX engine
JCB India set a production landmark by rolling out its 100,000th JCB ecoMAX engine in its fifth year of production. The company started manufacturing its own range of engines in India in 2011.
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Mallika Rawal Bags TRILA Female Personality of the Year Award
Ms Mallika Rawal, Head - Marketing for Trucks & Bus tyres at Continental Tyres took home Tyres and Rubbers Leadership Acknowledgement Awards (TRILA) trophy for the ?Female personality of the year 2015?. Ms Rawal surged ahead of the competition to bag this prestigious trophy which celebrates exceptional female talent in the tyre and rubber industry.
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German OEMs Confident of 4% Increase in Turnover
German construction equipment manufacturers are more optimistic at the middle of the year than they were at the beginning ? the 2015 forecast corrected upwards to growth of 4 per cent according to Johann Sailer, Chairman of the VDMA Association for Construction Equipment and Building Material Machines
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Volvo puts the pow into Laos power plant
A fleet of Volvo Construction Equipment machines is working at the Hongsa Power Plant in Laos to ensure the project is completed on time.
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Projects to Augment Coal Production
Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy stated that the 7 subsidiary coal companies of Coal India (CIL) and Singareni Collieries Company (SCCL) will be taking up projects to augment the coal production.
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Volvo Penta launches two new CPCB II compliant engines
With the CPCB Stage II emission norms coming into force, Volvo Penta has launched two 16-litre diesel engines for generators in the 600 kVA and 650 kVA range. These two new engines add to the company's range of CPCB II compliant engines that include a 7-litre,