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Komatsu and L&T Showcase Cutting-Edge Technologies at EXCON 2023, Pioneering Sustainable Solutions for Construction and Mining

Komatsu India (KIPL) and L&T make a significant impact at EXCON 2023

Komatsu and L&T Showcase Cutting-Edge Technologies at EXCON 2023, Pioneering Sustainable Solutions for Construction and Mining

Komatsu India (KIPL) and L&T make a significant impact at EXCON 2023

Scania India strengthens presence in mining sector

The company has announced its exclusive partnership with PPS Motors.

The New Concrete Frontier

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

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

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

John Deere continues to innovate, invest, and leverage manufacturing, talent, and India’s supply chain to serve farmers in India and around the world

ADB and EIB to help MahaMetro raise Rs 3,586 cr for Nagpur Metro phase-II

The first phase was funded by France’s AFD and KFW a German agency

Double-digit growth likely

Excon is a large, popular and established platform for the construction equipment industry in India where corporates, large infrastructure companies, contractors and their subcontractors, project construction professionals and retail customers meet original equipment producers and suppliers.

NHAI to construct 14.80 km six-lane bypass ahead of Bhandara city

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) would construct a 14.80 km six-lane bypass ahead of Bhandara city for smooth flow of traffic between Nagpur-Bhandara-Raipur. The overall cost of the project is Rs 700 crore.

Vedanta, research institutes sign MoU for value-creation from bauxite residue

Vedanta, India’s largest producer of aluminium and its value-added products, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for value-creation from bauxite residue (red mud), which is a by-product generated during processing of bauxite into alumina using the Bayer process.

CW Maharashtra mega virtual conference focuses on opportunities

Platform at unprecedented scale to attract the biggest names

Vedanta signs MoU with research institutes for value-creation from bauxite residue

Vedanta, India’s largest producer of aluminium and its value-added products, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for value-creation from bauxite residue (red mud), which is a by-product generated during processing of bauxite into alumina using the Bayer process.

ICF 2020: A Virtual Construction Extravaganza

Just when the 2020 financial year was coming to a close, it was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the industry was already battling issues such as a liquidity crunch, rising bad loans, slowdown in capex, project delays and insolvencies, among others, the last quarter witnessed growth in the negative territory for most businesses. However, despite obstacles and uncertainties being at their peak, a few entities managed to persevere and prevail, posting growth and exhibiting excellence.

Western Coalfields opens 3 new coal mines

Coal India subsidiary Western Coalfields (WCL) opened three new coal mines in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh having a combined annual production capacity of 2.9 million tonnes (MT).

Western Coalfields opens 3 new coal mines

Western Coalfields (WCL) opened three new coal mines in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh having a combined annual production capacity of 2.9 million tonnes (MT)

Srei Equipment, United Bank to jointly offer loans

Srei Equipment Finance (Srei Equipment), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Srei Infrastructure Finance (Srei), partnered United Bank of India to jointly offer loans to MSME sector and retail customers under a co-lending arrangement.

Loads of Opportunities

With the construction activity picking up and mining operations reviving in India, new opportunities are knocking at the doors of the wheel loader market.

iQuippo organises Paison Ki Nilami

Commenting on this occasion, Anant Raj Kanoria, CEO, iQuippo, said, ?We have noticed that in the market customers always want to negotiate pricing and interest rates and we through our platform want to digitise and make this process transparent

The Eleventh Hour Is Here!

By 2025, the construction market in India is expected to emerge as the third-largest globally.

IMT unveils piling rig for Indian market

IMT, one of the global leaders for piling rigs, has launched its AF 125 piling rig, made in India for the Indian market.

L&T is leading in Skill India Mission

Skill improvement can never be over-emphasised. On one hand, the complexity of the job requirement is increasing and on the other, equipment are becoming more and more complex with the introduction of many operating modes, advent of mechatronics and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools.

CONCRETE BATCHING PLANTS

Concrete is a major constituent of infrastructure projects: mainly in real estate, roads and highways, railways, sea ports, airports, power plants, irrigation and urban modernisation sectors.

Lubricants act as blood in an equipment

Lubricants act as a blood in case of any equipment. Any deterioration happens will eventually knock down the performance of the machine and hence hamper the productivity.

Avvashya CCI Logistics starts operations at Bhiwandi warehouse

Avvashya CCI Logistics (ACCI), a subsidiary company of Allcargo Logistics Ltd, started operations at its new warehouse in Bhiwandi. The state-of-the-art warehouse is located at the Renaissance Logistics Park, WB-09 Bhiwandi. A part of the warehouse, up to 2500 pallet position, is dedicated for Clariant, a multinational specialty chemicals company and rest for other customers.

JNPT to develop two dry ports

According to reports, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) is planning to develop two dry ports at Jalna and Wardha over the next 18 months.

FROM RECOVERY TO GROWTH

The construction market in India is the second largest in Asia-Pacific Countries (APAC) region and is expected to become the fastest growing market in the region by 2025.

NCC buys Liebherr Telescopic Crawler Crane

Liebherr has delivered a new LTR 1220 telescopic crawler crane to NCC Ltd Hyderabad for its Nagpur metro project. In this project, the crane hoists girders for the two new metro lines which have a total length of 38 km, thereby the pick-and-carry characteristics of telescopic crawler crane are a great advantage. Liebherr is convinced that the use of such a crane, first time in India, will give a big opening to this technology.

L&T plans training centre in Nagpur

L&T Construction will develop a skill development training centre on the Nagpur Municipal Corporation?s abandoned school land at Babulban in East Nagpur. The corporation?s standing committee in a meeting has approved the proposal to lease out 75,000 sq ft land to L&T Construction for 30 years.

L&T training centre in Nagpur

L&T Construction will develop a skill development training centre on the Nagpur Municipal Corporation?s abandoned school land at Babulban in East Nagpur.

Crawler cranes are equipment of choice in metro projects

Looking at the market during the period April-December 2016, there is a constant increase in the activity whether it is shipment of cranes or order intake. In general, it is a positive trend. Infrastructure is expanding rapidly in the country. Currently, we see demand in the metro projects in Lucknow, Nagpur etc, where crawler cranes are the equipment of choice. Much of the growth is coming from metros and highways.

L and T Construction to develop training centre in Nagpur

According to reports, L&T Construction will develop a skill development training centre on the Nagpur Municipal Corporation?s abandoned school land at Babulban in East Nagpur.

Government should fast-track the procurement

After a lull in the past three years, mining, especially coal, is set to show significant growth in the next few years. Coal India (CIL) is doing its best to increase coal production quickly, from the current 568 million tonne per annum (mtpa) to 927 mtpa by 2020.

Aligned with CE Growth

High pressure, large diameter and volumetric capacity hoses fitted with appropriately speced fittings and protection covering are key ingredients for heavy construction and mining machinery. Such hoses have endured extreme usage under adverse to poor operating cycles and environment.

KEC International wins Rs 1,224 cr contracts

KEC International has secured international and government projects of Rs 1,224 crore.

On Cloud 7, Moving to 9!

The Indian construction industry is excited to witness the on-ground acceleration action in projects for most infra sectors. Probably the only sector which is waiting in the wings is realty, where there are still no signs of any major revival.

SAMIL opens Automall Nagpur

Shriram Automall India Ltd (SAMIL), has inaugurated its Nagpur Automall Facility. Spread across a sprawling 7.5 acre, the Nagpur Automall is located at a prime location on the Nagpur-Amravati Highway.

Setting New Standards

SAMIL aims to capture a large share in the market as the government has allotted huge amount towards construction of new highways and road network all over the country.

Empowering Customers with Organised Approach

Two decades ago, India opened its doors for multinational automobile companies allowing them to penetrate the market, modernise the Indian transportation picture and make it beneficial for the end-users.

Heavy Lift Anablers

India has witnessed an influx of new software-assisted multiple application-specific boom configured heavy lifters. Despite the economic slowdown taking the wind out of the sail for the heavy lift cranes? suppliers

TC Rental Climbing out of the Pit

Over the past two to three years, tower crane (TC) rental market has witnessed a nonstop down ward slump, most significantly driven by slowdown in realty sector. However, some market analysts and the rental players optimistically foresee a slight recovery mainly attributed to increased demand from commercial and industrial sectors, while others are highly pessimistic.

CEAT to invest Rs.400 crore in Nagpur plant

CEAT Tyres is setting up a new plant in Butibori, Nagpur, and will invest Rs 400 crore in the first phase of a three-phase investment. The plant is scheduled to begin operations by April 2016.

New service centre for L&T Construction

The Larsen & Toubro Construction and Mining Machinery has set up a service and training centre at Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu.

CEAT to invest Rs.400 cr in Nagpur plant

CEAT Tyres is setting up a new plant in Butibori, Nagpur, and will invest Rs 400 crore in the first phase of a three-phase investment.

Demand for mining equipment from PSUs is expected to increase

Gmmco is fully geared up to serve its customers with efficient product support, so they achieve maximum uptime and productivity of CAT fleet, says S Ananthakrishnan, AVP, Mining Project Sales, Gmmco. Excerpts from the interview.

Demand for mining equipment from PSUs is expected to increase

Gmmco is fully geared up to serve its customers with efficient product support, so they achieve maximum uptime and productivity of CAT fleet, says S Ananthakrishnan, AVP, Mining Project Sales, Gmmco.

Powered for the long haul

Commercial vehicle OEMs - domestic and global - have pumped in investments, augmented capacities, launched global platform strategies, enhanced touch points, and stressed on soft solutions to suit the demands of emerging markets.

Scania introduces ethanol-driven bus for Nagpur city

Scania has handed over the first-ever ethanol-driven city bus in India for trial run to Nagpur Municipal Corporation. Anders Grundstromer, Managing Director, Scania Commercial Vehicles India and Senior Vice President, Scania Group

Farm Implements on Fast Growth Track

INDIA ranks second in farm output worldwide. Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry, logging and fishing accounted for 17 per cent of the GDP in 2012. Rising costs and scarcity of manpower

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

Looking at a Big Boom

Only about ten per cent of concrete produced is currently pumped, which tells about the huge scope for concrete pumps for the infrastructure and realty sectors. Agith G Antony trains his spotlight on the latest trends in product/technology, the growth potential for boom pumps, innovative service packages and the value additions offered by OEMs.

Engineering growth

A mechanical engineer of 1990 batch, Rohit Punjabi has over 23 years of experience in construction equipment industry, ten years with L&T, ten with Telcon and currently, he has been with LiuGong for more than three years.

Government should fast-track the land acquisition process

Gmmco, well supported by Caterpillar, is the one-stop shop for mining equipment and solutions. We offer the complete range of Cat surface and underground mining machines

Tractor market to grow by 12 per cent

Mahindra & Mahindra expects the tractor segment in the country to grow by around 12 per cent this fiscal. The company aims to grow more than the industry in 2013-14. According to Sanjeev Goyle, Chief of Marketing, M&M FES, timely monsoon this year has helped in creating a positive atmosphere in the tractor market helping the industry grow.

German farm equipment firms to launch products

German farm equipment manufacturer Lemken is looking to double its sales to 1,000 pieces of farm equipment by next year. The company, which currently sells, ploughs is set to launch farm equipment from harrows to sub-soilers. Lemken India Agro Equipment, a hundred per cent owned subsidiary of Lemken GmbH, is currently targeting progressive farmers. Its production facility set up in 2012 at Nagpur in Maharashtra has a capacity to manufacture 3000 farm equipments.

Industrial expert

Suhas Baxi, President and CEO, Pennar Industries, has rich experience and expertise over many years. Prior to taking up his current assignment at Pennar Industries in December 2012, Suhas was Managing Director of Demag Cranes India for over six years; Demag India is a subsidiary of Demag Cranes AG (Germany), a world leader in material handling technology.

MOIL earmarks Rs 250-cr for exploratory drilling in Maha

For conducting geophysical studies and exploratory drilling on 597 acres of area in Maharashtra, State-run manganese ore producer MOIL has earmarked Rs 250 crore investment. The grant of Prospecting Licence (PL) for an area of 597.44 hectares in Nagpur and Bhandara by Maharashtra has come at the right time. Anticipating the grant, Rs 250 crore has been earmarked for conducting geophysical studies, exploratory drilling, MOIL CMD GP Kundargi said in the annual report.

Funds sanctioned to build 3,500 km roads in Maha, Gujarat

For Maharashtra and Gujarat, the Union government has sanctioned money for building 3,500 km roads in the two states. In 3,500 km roads to be developed in the two states, Maharashtra's share will be 2,620 km. Ramtek MP Mukul Wasnik had conducted a review meeting of Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) on July 13. He told the Congress workers in Nagpur that Nagpur would be included in the tenth phase.

MOIL gets prospecting licence for 11 blocks

In Nagpur and Bhandara districts, the Maharashtra government granted Prospecting Licence (PL) to MOIL for 11 blocks spread over 597 hectare area. While six blocks are located in Ramtek, Saoner and Mouda tehsils of Nagpur district, five blocks are located in neighbouring Tumsar tehsil of Bhandara district. With this, the manganese ore producer will get 11 new blocks, including three big blocks adjacent to its prese

Nagpur corp fails to get funds from centre, state

The Central and state governments have withheld 10 per cent of installments to be paid to the Nagpur Municipal Corporation for projects under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Mission scheme.

Manholes covered Nagpur roads now give smooth ride

To made rides on Nagpur roads less bumpy, the the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has started leveling manholes with the road surface, starting from LaxmiNagar zone in South-West Nagpur. In another development, the work to shift electricity poles on 27 roads is almost nearing completion.

Total solutions from Gmmco

Gmmco offers one-stop solutions to customers looking for mining, construction and road-laying machines, and engines of various capacities and for various applications. Established in 1967, Gmmco, a CK Birla group company, has been engaged in the sale and support of construction

Universal for 35 stores in 2 years

Universal Construction Machinery and Equipment Ltd said it will launch 35 exclusive stores in the next two years across the country.

Cat dozers are designed for ease of serviceability

Cat dozers are known for their operator comfort features, excellent visibility and low-effort controls that help improve operator efficiency, Vedhakumar talks about the dozer market and the product and service back-up offered by the company.

We are developing mobile, compatible plants and conveyors

Our service engineers are well trained in all aspects of the equipment on hand and also on the processing side of the plant to help achieve optimum performance, says Ravi Thakur, Managing Director, Amarshiva.

Sany Kickstarts Crawler Crane Production Line

Sany India?s crawler crane production plant, located at Chakan, Pune, has been set up with the vision of catering the growing needs of cranes in the Indian market.

Universal Construction expands business

The Pune based Universal Construction Machinery and Equipment has expanded its construction equipment retail business in Gujarat with the launch of Universal Exclusive Stores. Universal has recently opened the fourth store in the country, in Surat. This store is followed by Coimbatore, Nagpur and Patna

Hyva offers cranes from 1-80 T metre range

Sudhir Chaudhary, General Manager (Sales), Hyva India, elaborates on the changing trends in the lifting and loading segment, and the range and services offered by Hyva to the Indian customers.

Universal launches exclusive stores

Universal Construction Machinery and Equip-ment has begun its construction equipment (CE) retail business with the launch of Universal Exclusive Stores in Patna.

25 Years of Nation-Building

Gmmco was formed in 1967 when the GP-CK Birla Group took over Blackwood Hodge Equipment, who were distributors for the Terex range of products.

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