Propel bags ‘Emerging CE Company of the Year 2021’
Tamil-Nadu based Propel Industries bagged the ‘Emerging Construction Equipment Company of the Year 2021’ award during the 9th edition of the Equipment India Awards – a calendar event for all construction equipment industry stalwarts – held this year on October 22 at Four Seasons, Mumbai. The awards are organised by EQUIPMENT INDIA, the largest circulated construction equipment magazine in India. V Senthil Kumar, Managing Director of Propel Industries, received the award on behalf of the company.

The 9th edition of Equipment India Awards was part of the 7th INDIA CONSTRUCTION FESTIVAL (ICF) organised by FIRST COUNSTRUCTION COUNCIL (FCC), an infrastructure think-tank set up in 2003, focused on providing latest updates on the construction industry in India, and dedicated to promoting its causes and needs. FCC provides a platform to promote the adoption of best practices and to be the torchbearer for all policy initiatives that are needed to enhance the importance and welfare of the construction industry and the industry’s unified voice.

Propel Industries provides innovative, technologically-sound and cost-effective solutions to the crushing and screening industry. Propel is the strategic business division of the 57-year-old Coimbatore-based AV Group. The company provides a comprehensive range of products with high reliability and performance. Propel Industries is the first Indian company in this segment to get a CE (Conformitè Europëenne) certification.

The company’s product line includes a comprehensive range of Jaw crushers, Cone crushers, Vertical Shaft Impactors (VSI), Feeders, Vibrating Screens, Sand Washers and Air Classifiers.

Emerging Construction Equipment Company of the Year award
THE EQUIPMENT INDIA EMERGING CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT COMPANY Award was instituted for the first time this year. Out of all the nominations received for the award, the jury handpicked this awardee from a list of nominees.

The jury picked Propel Industries as the EI Emerging Construction Equipment Company of the Year.

The 9th EQUIPMENT INDIA AWARDS 2021 was presented by Apollo Tyres; with Platinum Partner as Timken; Gold Partner - Larsen & Toubro; Silver Partner: Gulf Oil; Associate Partners - Action Construction Equipment, L&T Construction & Mining Machinery, JSW Steel, Sany India; Association Partner: Indian Construction Equipment Manufacturers' Association; and Knowledge Partner - Off-Highway Research. 

List of winners during Equipment India Awards 2021:

Category

Winners

Equipment India Person of the Year 2021

Arvind K Garg, Executive Vice President and Head - Construction & Mining Machinery Business, Larsen & Toubro

Innovation of the Year 2021

Action Construction Equipment

2nd Rank - Innovation of the Year 2021

Bonfiglioli India

Trainer of the Year 2021

Schwing Stetter India

Emerging Construction Equipment Company of the Year 2021

Propel Industries

Bestsellers - Asphalt Finishers

Ammann India

Bestsellers - Backhoe Loaders

JCB India

Bestsellers - Compaction Equipment

CASE India

Bestsellers - Crawler Dozers

BEML Limited

Bestsellers - Crawler Excavators

Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Company

Bestsellers - Mini Excavators

Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Company

Bestsellers - Mobile Cranes

Action Construction Equipment

Bestsellers - Skid-Steer Loaders

Doosan Bobcat India

Bestsellers - Wheeled Loaders

JCB India


Pic caption: V Senthil Kumar (extreme right), Managing Director of Propel Industries, receiving the award from Pratap Padode (extreme left), Founder & President, FIRST CONSTRUCTION COUNCIL, and Pradeep Singh, Ex IDFC & J&K advisor, Government, Private Sector