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The Indian lubricants industry is expected to grow at 11.5 per cent

Synthetic lubricants in all applications are becoming more popular and widely used worldwide. While it is estimated that the current consumption of synthetic lubricants is about six per cent of the global lubricants consumption,

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We plan to grow with the industry

Solid tyres would present a good opportunity to grow. It was this thinking that got me into the manufacture of solid tyres, says Ramanik Patel, Proprietor, Affix Cold Tread Company, in an interview with Bhushan Mhapralkar. Excerpts of the interview.

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At Terex, we are very bullish about India growth story

Vijay Sharma, Executive Director, Terex Equipment India: The huge quantum of the infrastructure to be developed over a period of time, tells no other story. Even for the metros to sustain for another 25 years, we need better infrastructure, better connectivity.

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Crawling Now, To Pick Up Soon?

Despite the muted demand due to lack of new projects in the power sector, the crawler cranes segment is expected to register good growth once the new projects are taken up after the general elections, writes Sudheer Vathiyath.India is a huge market for crawler cranes, especially higher capacity crawlers. This is mainly due to increasing demand in thermal power sector, nuclear power sector, steel plants, refinery expansions and wind power sector. However, the market has slowed down in the last tw

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Safety is a major issue in crawlers segment

Ajay Kumar Somani, Director-Mobile Crane Division, Liebherr India: We have redesigned our cranes drastically to increase its capacity without any change in basic machine. We have also come out with ?P? boom in 1,000T and 1,350T capacity cranes, new boom configuration like SL 10 in our 600T cranes.

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At Kobelco, we have set high standards for service.

Takeshi Miyashita, Director - Sales & Marketing, Kobelco: At Kobelco Cranes, safety is a major focus not only in the design stage but also throughout the lifecycle of cranes. Takeshi Miyashita, Director - Sales & Marketing, Kobelco, says that his company does not have a dealer-based business model and their engineers diectly service the customers.

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Implementation of PRL at KAPP-3

The seventh ring of Kakrapar Atomic Power Project-3 (KAPP) was successfully installed and is among the largest (dimensionally) engineered structures to have been lifted and placed in such a manner in India.The 700 MWe Indian pressurised heavy-water reactors (PHWRs) that are being constructed at the Kakrapar Atomic Power Project (KAPP) 3 and 4, and RAPP 7 and 8 have a number of firsts design features towards enhancement of safety.

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Heavy Lift for IOCL Refinery

Allcargo successfully completed major heavy lifts for Indian Oil Corporation?s (IOCL) refinery at Paradip in Odisha.The projectHeavy lifts for IOCL refinery at Paradip, Odisha. One of critical job was to erect a 1,200 tonne vessel of 144 ft length and various other heavy lifts. The project mandate was to erect a 1,200T vessel of 144 ft in length and various other heavy lifts.

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In India, we are the pioneers in providing gear-testing technology.

We are planning to set up an assembly unit for gear-cutting machines in the next two years and will start manufacturing gear-cutting machines in the next five years, says Jiri Horacek, Managing Director, GearSpect India, in an interview with Huned Contractor. Excerpts of the interview.

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Universal Zoomlion concrete pumps are operator-friendly.

Zoomlion is one of the largest concrete boom pump manufacturers in the world and also the manufacturer of the longest boom in the world, with a vertical reach of 101 m. So at Universal, we can offer the complete range of concrete boom pumps, says Rajesh Kawoor, Vice-president (Concrete Business), Universal Construction Machinery & Equipment. Excerpts of the interview.