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AGGCON Hosts Session on Business Transformation
Industry leaders discuss transformation, innovation and growth strategies
SHM Launches 29-m Aluminium Passenger Craft at Its Mumbai Yard
Ocean Crewzer 8 was designed and built in-house, meeting current marine operational and safety requirements
The Operator's Guide to Hydraulic Excellence
By Vasanth Thangavelu, General Manager - Brand Marketing South AP, ExxonMobil Lubricants Pvt. Ltd.
The market is shifting to lifecycle value
Siddharth Chaturvedi, General Manager, Marketing, Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery, discusses evolving customer expectations, fuel efficiency, connected excavators, and the technologies reshaping India’s hydraulic excavator market.
India Moves Higher
India’s infrastructure expansion is driving demand for advanced crane solutions. From metros and refineries to renewable energy projects, cranes are becoming essential for faster execution, safer operations and precision-led construction.
Vertical Moves
Efficient material handling is helping high-rise projects overcome space, safety and logistics challenges, ensuring faster, smarter and seamless vertical construction.
Road to Viksit Bharat
Key insights on quality, safety and sustainability from the RAHSTA 2026 Roundtable.
Fuel efficiency is now a buying benchmark
PN Krishnakumar, CEO, XCMG India, discusses the trends reshaping India’s hydraulic excavator market, from fuel efficiency and telematics to rental-driven demand and sustainable machine technologies.
We are powering the shift to cleaner energy
Jameson Mendonca, Power Generation Business Leader at Cummins India, shares insights on how IoT-enabled gensets, hybrid power systems, and sustainable technologies are transforming energy reliability for India’s construction and infrastructure projects.
Build Better, Not Cheaper
Aggressive underbidding and rising costs are pushing India’s road sector towards unsustainable growth. The industry must focus on innovation-led execution, not just cheaper contracts, says ABHIJIT SOM.
Accelerating Tunnel Development at Teesta Stage-VI
Trials with BEL MX80 emulsion explosives enhanced tunnel advance rates and significantly reduced post-blast fume clearance time at the Teesta Stage-VI hydropower project.
Rental market is expected to grow Rs 42,000 cr by 2030
Col (Retd) Shaishav Srivastava, CEO, Synfra, explains the market gaps, technology challenges, operator ecosystem, financing opportunities and the future of equipment rentals in India.
Second TBM Lowered for Mumbai Tunnel Project
13.6-metre cutterhead installed at Sawli for tunnel works
Bridgestone Expands Farm Tyre Range
New VT-TRACTOR XXL tyres support high-horsepower tractors
Afcons Lowers Giant TBM Cutter Head at Vikhroli
Afcons completes major TBM milestone for bullet train corridor
L&T Dispatches 300 MT Vessel From Jubail Facility
The vessel is among the largest dispatched by the HWPV facility
CNH India Rolls Out 800,000th Tractor from Greater Noida Facility
Greater Noida facility achieves major tractor production milestone
Terex Launches TRAC Vibration Analysis System for Screening Equipment
TRAC is a vibration analysis system that provides insight into the performance, condition and long?term integrity of screening equipment.
Gainwell Group Launches InfraServe Global
The company manufactures, services and distributes products like asphalt and concrete batching plants, road maintenance equipment
Can CE Industry Keep Pace?
As global conflicts drive up fuel, steel and freight costs, the CE industry faces mounting financial pressure. Can OEMs, contractors and rental firms adapt swiftly enough to sustain growth?
Beyond Deployment: Managing Regulatory Risks in IEs
Regulatory risks often emerge after deployment, shaping how industrial equipment businesses scale and operate, write HIMANSHU OJHA and SUPRATIM GUHA.
Hydraulic Excavators Market to Reach $81.7 Bn by 2033
Electrification remains a key trend, with manufacturers introducing hybrid and fully electric models to meet evolving emission standards.
We are bullish on the next five years
Laxmi Shukla, Asst. Vice President – Earthmoving Equipment Division, Action Construction Equipment, speaks on the outlook for the Indian backhoe loader market, and India’s potential as a global export hub.
India CE Industry Ends FY26 on a Steady Recovery Path
Q4 and March gains signal improving momentum across key segments
BKT Tyres Targets Two-Wheeler Market with ‘Jurrat’ Campaign
Ranveer Singh fronts BKT Tyres’ new campaign for everyday riders
Liquid Power at Work
As India’s infrastructure push gathers pace, advanced lubrication technologies are quietly emerging as critical enablers of equipment efficiency, uptime, and sustainability.
Breaking Ground Smarter
At the Navi Mumbai International Airport site, smarter blasting using high-energy explosives and drone analytics is reducing oversize rock and boosting efficiency.
The market is shifting from cost to lifecycle value
Aaron Ravenscroft, President and CEO, The Manitowoc Company, speaks on what makes the Potain MCT 105 strategically important for India.
Heavy Lifts, Higher Ambitions
India’s infrastructure boom is driving demand for smarter, stronger lifting solutions. As projects grow in scale and complexity, cranes are evolving into critical enablers of speed, safety and precision.
Operational Excellence Redefined!
Operational excellence in cement is no longer about producing more—it is about producing smarter, cleaner and more reliably, where cost per tonne meets carbon per tonne.
The RELIEF Factor!
As geopolitical tensions disrupt key shipping routes, India’s construction equipment exporters are navigating rising costs and delayed deliveries. The Government’s RELIEF initiative offers timely support—but also highlights the urgent need for stronger supply chain resilience.
A New Era of Cabin Safety in Indian Trucking
As Indian highways evolve, safety is taking centre stage. Global cabin safety standards like ECE R29.03 are redefining how trucks protect drivers while ensuring operational reliability.
Construction Equipment Industry Registers 8% YoY Growth in February 2026
The Construction Equipment (CE) industry continues to demonstrate resilience, with a solid 8% year-on-year (YoY) growth in February 2026, reflecting an upward trend in both exports and domestic sales.
RELIEF at Sea!
RELIEF (Resilience & Logistics Intervention for Export Facilitation) is a scheme by the government under EPM that addresses rising logistics and export risks in West Asia.
Beyond the Buzz
Why construction tech still struggles to land
Scaling Up Safety and Productivity
How demolition technology reduces danger and increases speed of descaling, writes JEFF KEELING.
Govt Launches RELIEF for West Asia Export Disruptions
EPM-backed scheme supports exporters hit by freight and insurance shocks
Eicher Trucks and Buses Inaugurates Community Development Centre in Pithampur
The centre is designed to drive sustained social impact across education
CTS Roundtable Charts Tech-Led Roadmap for Construction
CTS Roundtable Maps Technology Roadmap for Construction
Operational Excellence Redefined!
Operational excellence in cement is no longer about producing more—it is about producing smarter, cleaner and more reliably, where cost per tonne meets carbon per tonne.
Building Resilience Through Innovation
From smart technologies to strategic localisation, innovation is redefining resilience across Indian job sites, writes RAMESH PALAGIRI.
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.
Reshaping the Future
How digitisation and connected technologies are reshaping construction equipment performance, fleet management, and jobsite efficiency in India, writes SANJAY PENDHARKAR.
Smarter Sites, Safer Builds
Artificial intelligence is transforming construction equipment—boosting productivity, enabling predictive maintenance, enhancing safety, and paving the way for autonomous, data-driven jobsites.
Drive Under Pressure
Global tariff realignments are pushing equipment manufacturers and component suppliers to rethink sourcing, writes PIERO GUIZZETTI.
Disrupt. Digitise. Drive.
Construction equipment enters a transformative era—driven by innovation, disruption, and digitisation shaping smarter, sustainable and competitive future.
From Iron to Intelligence
How concreting is moving from mechanical strength to digital certainty, writes SHUBHABRATA SAHA.
Re-engineering the Future of CE
While the construction equipment sector has historically faced cyclical economic slowdowns, the disruptions of today are structural in nature, writes MANISH MATHUR.
Built to Perform, Ready to Disrupt
At Timken, digital transformation is not approached as a technology-driven initiative in isolation, but as a performance enabler designed to improve visibility, predictability, and control, writes SANJAY KOUL.
Built to Perform, Ready to Disrupt
At Timken, digital transformation is not approached as a technology-driven initiative in isolation, but as a performance enabler designed to improve visibility, predictability, and control, writes SANJAY KOUL
Building Resilient Pathways for Future of Compaction
At Dynapac, digitisation is structured around three integrated solutions — DYN@link, DYN@LYZER, and the NEXUS system — forming a connected intelligence ecosystem, writes ABHIJIT SOM.
Rewriting the DNA of Mobile Hydraulics
Hydraulics is no longer just about force; it has become a sophisticated mechatronic science.
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.
When Tyres Go Digital!
Today, Rubber King’s story is not just about tyres. It is about how drive fuels disruption, and digitisation turns it into sustainable growth, writes DEVIN GAWARVALA.
Digitising the Jobsite
Connected machines, telematics, and cloud platforms now provide real-time visibility into equipment health, utilisation, grading accuracy, and compaction quality, writes RATAN LAL KASHYAP.
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.
Weak Anti-Dumping Enforcement Hurting OEMs
As infrastructure spending accelerates, domestic construction equipment makers warn that cheap imports and weak policy enforcement are eroding local manufacturing.
Budget FY27: What It Means for India’s CE Sector
The Union Budget 2026–27 has delivered a clear and positive signal for India’s construction equipment (CE) industry
Ammann India Drives Energy Efficiency Awareness
Energy Conservation Week at Ammann India sees strong employee participation
Small is the new Big!
Growing at 12 to 15 per cent annually, mini construction equipment is showing that in today’s construction landscape, smaller machines can make a bigger impact.
Budget FY27: What CE Companies Are Watching
With the Union Budget for FY27 scheduled for February 1, the construction equipment (CE) sector is closely monitoring potential policy measures aimed at strengthening domestic manufacturing and reducing import dependence. According to sources, the government is considering an incentive scheme of over Rs 13,000 crore, targeting high-value equipment such as tunnel boring machines, ropeways, backhoe loaders, cranes, engines, and transmission systems.
Tracks & Traction
Undercarriage parts bear the weight, provide stability, and drive performance for construction machines, shaping the backbone of heavy equipment.
Our strategy in India is twofold: Joachim Braun of ABB
Joachim Braun, President – Process Industries, ABB, speaks on the key challenges faced globally and how these compare with India
Where Data Meets Downtime
Unplanned downtime hurts margins. AI-powered predictive maintenance helps manufacturers spot failures early, cut losses, and keep production moving.
State vs Centre: Where Will Road Projects Flow in 2026?
With complexity rising, capital tightening and States stepping up volumes, contracts will increasingly flow where risk, cash flow and capability align best.
Budget FY27: What It Means for India’s CE Sector
With record public capex and a long-awaited incentive scheme for equipment manufacturing, the Union Budget signals a turning point for India’s CE industry amid slowing demand.
India Builds, China Supplies?
As infrastructure spending accelerates, domestic construction equipment makers warn that cheap imports and weak policy enforcement are eroding local manufacturing.
Union Budget 2026–27 Marks a Milestone for Construction Equipment Manufacturing
ICEMA’s Long-Standing Demand for Incentive Scheme Announced
Union Budget 2026–27 Focuses on Growth, Jobs and Infrastructure
Budget outlines three kartavyas with strong push for manufacturing and capex
India to Spend Rs 12.2 Trillion on Infrastructure in FY27: Budget 2026
Record capital outlay signals renewed push on manufacturing and infrastructure growth
EU Draws a Line on Mobile Cranes
EU anti-dumping action signals turning point for global lifting equipment markets.
India Builds, China Supplies?
As infrastructure spending accelerates, domestic construction equipment makers warn that cheap imports and weak policy enforcement are eroding local manufacturing
Demand for skids is extremely low in India: Sunil Newatia, Suretech
Sunil Newatia, Chairman and MD, Suretech Infrastructure, speaks on the factors that are driving the growth of the skid-steer loaders market in India.
Ashok Leyland Reintroduces Iconic TAURUS and HIPPO Heavy-Duty Trucks
TAURUS represents the high-horsepower tipper range, while HIPPO anchors the tractor portfolio
JK Tyre inaugurates Phase III Expansion of Banmore Plant for Passenger Car Radial Tyre
Boosts JK Tyre’s passenger car radial tyre capacity to 16 million tyres per year in India
German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz visits Bosch India
Strengthening the long-standing partnership between India and Germany
BKT Partners All Teams in India’s Women’s T20 League
Tyre major strengthens commitment to women’s sport through multi-team cricket alliances
Focus is shifting toward synthetic long-drain engine oils: Ravi Chawla, Gulf Oil
Ravi Chawla, MD and CEO, Gulf Oil Lubricants India, speaks on how demand for lubricants and oils is evolving in the construction, mining, and off-highway sectors over the next 12 to 18 months.
Our key differentiation lies in serviceability
P Suresh, Founder and CEO, Asaantham Traders
Sinoboom exports to more than 80 countries
Sunil Jain, Senior Consultant (SAARC), Sinoboom Intelligent Equipment
We have showcased 29 electric machines across categories
Rohit Punjabi, Vice President, Business Head – Excavator, LiuGong India
We have introduced SMART cylinder
• Marco Pinotti, Managing Director, Giuliani Group • Abanikant Sahu, Vice President, Giuliani Steering Cylinders India
We have introduced SMART cylinder
• Marco Pinotti, Managing Director, Giuliani Group • Abanikant Sahu, Vice President, Giuliani Steering Cylinders India
We’re evolving from a supplier to a solution partner
Chandrashekar V, MD and CEO, Gmmco
Integration with OEMs is fundamental to our success
Shveta Arya, Managing Director, Cummins India
India is still catching up on radial tyre adoption
Rishi Raj Singh, Head - OEM, Asia Pacific, BKT Tires
Make-in-India cranes are gaining momentum
• Sorab Agarwal, Executive Director, Action Construction Equipment • Rishi Sanghvi, Managing Director, Sanghvi Movers
EU Draws a Line on Mobile Cranes
EU anti-dumping action signals turning point for global lifting equipment markets.
CASE Ka Bharosa Wins Best Integrated Campaign at WMC 2025
CASE Construction honoured for trust-led marketing strategy.
Our priorities mirror India’s Viksit Bharat goals
VG Sakthikumar, Chairman and Managing Director, Schwing Stetter India, speaks on the growth priorities for the Indian market in the next three to five years.
We will launch 13 major products
Deepak Shetty, CEO & MD, JCB India
Every machine we supply is ‘Smart Iron’
Manav Kohli, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Gainwell Commosales
We are presenting 25+ next-gen machines
Kalpesh Soni, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Conmat Heavy Industries
Our focus will be on showcasing SPM 30
Dilip R Sharma, Director & President, Columbia Machine Engineering (I)
Localisation is central to our product strategy
Manish Mathur, CEO – Cranes, Action Construction Equipment
Future Gearing
Innovation in materials and engineering is redefining how gears and drives deliver power, efficiency and motion.
We are introducing new-gen concrete solutions
Parminder Gabri, Director Commercial, Putzmeister
We are entering into underground mining equipment segment
Amarnath Ramachandran, Managing Director, Arx Mining
Beyond Asphalt
India’s infrastructure boom has delivered scale; now it must deliver sustainability. Engineers and policymakers are shifting focus to materials, drainage, circularity, and lifecycle value to build highways that truly last.
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