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Caterpillar Showcases AI and Autonomy at CONEXPO 2026

Technology, services and new machines highlighted at global expo.

Caterpillar Unveils Advanced Engines at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2026

New Cat engines and lifecycle solutions highlighted at global construction expo.

India’s Infrastructure Moment!

How digitalisation is transforming construction equipment and project delivery, writes SP RAJAN.

Connected Cylinders, Connected Sites

Smart hydraulic cylinders are transforming construction equipment into connected, data-driven systems that boost uptime, safety and fleet efficiency, writes ABANI KANT SAHU.

Disrupt. Digitise. Drive.

Construction equipment enters a transformative era—driven by innovation, disruption, and digitisation shaping smarter, sustainable and competitive future.

How India’s Pre-Owned CE Market is Rewriting Rules

India’s construction equipment ecosystem is being reshaped by drive, disruption, and digitisation—with the pre-owned market emerging as a critical growth engine, SAMEER MALHOTRA.

Data Drives the New Age of CE

India is transitioning its AI strategy from exploratory policy to mission-oriented execution, emphasising indigenous capabilities, global collaboration, and sovereign development of AI models and infrastructure, writes GURMAN REEN.

Mechanisation is clearly the way forward: Dr Brijesh Dixit, MSIDC

With Rs 37,000 crore worth of road projects under execution across Maharashtra, Maharashtra State Infrastructure Development Corporation (MSIDC) is driving one of the state’s largest infrastructure programmes. Dr Brijesh Dixit, Managing Director, discusses the institutional reforms, execution frameworks, financing strategies and technology adoption enabling timely, high-quality delivery.

Sustainability has always been core to Cummins: Shveta Arya, Cummins India

Shveta Arya, Managing Director, Cummins India Limited, outlines her views on practical sustainability, fit-for-market innovation, Make in India imperatives, and leadership in complex industrial environments.

Shriram Automall Opens Dhanbad Facility in Jharkhand

Shriram Automall Dhanbad commenced operations on 12th January 2026

India Rising

Rising demand, resilient sales, and renewed infrastructure momentum pushed India’s CE industry to 1,40,191 units in FY2025. As the nation gears up for Excon 2025, the message is clear—India is rising, and so is its machinery.

Demand will shift to advanced tech like hybrid and alternate-fuel machines

Arvind K Garg, Advisor to Chairman and Managing Director, Larsen & Toubro

Automation to Acceleration

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

Smart Roads, Smarter India

India’s highways are evolving with drones, LiDAR, and AI—delivering smarter roads that ensure safety, speed, sustainability, and transparency.

Powerscreen Celebrates 25th Anniversary with Voltas in India

The appointment in 2000 came at a pivotal time for the Indian mining and construction industry

Rodic Consultants Announces ‘Rodic Advisory & Technology’

Rodic Consultants, a leading engineering and digital infrastructure consulting company, today announced Rodic Advisory & Technology, a new strategic vertical designed to drive informed, data-led policy and governance decisions.

Reimagining Automation in Construction

As one of the largest employment generators and contributors to GDP, the construction sector is under increasing pressure to deliver faster, safer, and more sustainable infrastructure. In this high-stakes environment, automation is helping to explore the vast potential of modern-day construction.

Skilling for Emerging Technologies

Telematics and IoT integration allow fleet owners to monitor real-time data from pavers, single drum compactors, and mobile cranes, enabling predictive maintenance and minimising downtime

We are committed to increasing local manufacturing in India

Sunil Chaturvedi, Group Chairman, Gainwell, and Meena Chaturvedi, Vice Chairperson, Gainwell Group.

"Motul announces new car engine oil campaign "

Strengthening its foothold in the car engine oil market with the new TVC campaign

We foresee a strong focus on sustainability

Sunil Talreja, Vice President – Road Construction Equipment, Road Construction Equipment Division, Action Construction Equipment, speaks on IoT and digital technologies that are gaining momentum in road equipment.

Limited market awareness hinders rental service penetration

Mukesh Sharma, Country Manager, Atlas Copco Specialty Rental Division in India, speaks on the current landscape of the construction equipment rental market, and the latest trends in the market.

Indian rental companies are increasingly embracing digitisation

Satin Sachdeva, Founder & Secretary General, Construction Equipment Rental Association, speaks on the current landscape of the construction equipment rental market, and the latest trends in the market.

Liebherr tower cranes renovate bridge in Spain

Liebherr’s revenue once again increased significantly compared with the previous year.

Liebherr tower cranes renovate bridge in Spain

The company finished the 2023 business year with a record revenue of Euro 14,042 mn.

The New Concrete Frontier

Contractors must adopt advanced, efficient concrete equipment to meet growing project sizes, tight deadlines, and high-strength concrete demands.

Castrol reveals new campaign #BadhteRahoAage

Aims to build the importance of business, finance, health, and the role of technology for the trucker community.

Eyeing New Heights

The construction equipment and equipment financing industries experienced a series of highs and lows throughout 2022. As the new financial year starts, both sectors turned their attention to infrastructure as the driving force for future growth.

Technology drives John Deere’s 25-year success in India

Over its 25 years, John Deere has shown significant commitment to investment in manufacturing and product development in India

Castrol India launches Fourth Edition of Super Mechanic Contest

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

AJAX introduces the ‘All new CEV Stage-IV’ compliant ARGOs

These engines are more environment friendly with well proven CRDi technology and After Treatment System (ATS) that reduces emission levels.

At CASE, our backhoe loaders are replete with advanced features

Backhoe loaders are one of the most popular and in demand construction equipment currently, accounting to nearly 65 per cent of the construction equipment segment in India.

One year of lockdown: Real estate sector beating pandemic blues

For many industries, this was a transformative year and one of them which underwent a turbulent change was the real estate sector.

Shriram Automall – the Power of Choice for Construction Equipment

Shriram Automall India (SAMIL), an ISO 9001:2015 certified company, is India’s first-ever service provider to offer a well-organised and transparent platform for the exchange of pre-owned vehicles and equipment.

AJAX ARGO model’s mantra is ‘maximum productivity for your investment’

“AJAX ARGO Self-Loading Concrete Mixer (SLCM) delivers ‘Maximum Productivity for Your Investment’ says Ajay Aneja, Chief Marketing Officer, AJAX Engineering

The growth of mini excavators will be much faster

Tata Hitachi pioneered the mini excavator market by introducing the first indigenously developed 2T TMX20, way back in the 1990s. Rahul Shorey, Head Sales – Construction, Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Co, shares more on the market trends.

Rolls-Royce signs MoU for mýa Platform

Andreas Schell, CEO of Rolls-Royce business unit Power Systems and Dr. Uwe Lauber, CEO of MAN Energy Solutions have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on mýa, the open asset and fleet management system

Infrastructure takes pole position

The Central Government's latest announcement on investment in infrastructure has revalidated the mood that was set by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari at EXCON this December.

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.