This year our target is to launch tunnel boring machines

We are involved in the sales and service of construction equipment and spare parts from for leading Chinese equipment manufacturers; - Zoomlion for truck-mounted cranes and crawler cranes, and Sichuan Construction Equipment for big capacity tower cranes.

Achieving new heights

A Mechanical Engineer with an overall experience of about 14 years in construction equipment industry, Rajeev Kumar has been involved with many challenging jobs.

Up & Moving

Total availability of radial tyres in the country is supporting the demand.

Continental is betting big on the growth in India. With infrastructure development activities rising in the country, radialisation is also on the rise. Rajeev Kumar Agarwal, Director Sales and Marketing, Continental India, shares his perspectives with Garima Pant about the growth of radialisation in the country. Excerpts of the interview.

The Rupee Impact

The depreciation of the Indian rupee has had its adverse impact on the manufacturing sector, especially OEMs who import various components. To the extent possible, OEMs are trying to localise production, but that is just a part of it. What the industry is looking is for concrete measures that can bring life back into the economy and trigger growth in a sustainable way.

Towering high

Our estimate pegs the total demand for tower cranes in India at approximately 600 units. Of these, 85-90 per cent of the demand is from the real estate construction sector, while the remaining 15 per cent comes from power, steel and cement.

We are seeking a growth of 200 per cent this year

We have a major focus on our after sales service. The Friends Equipment team is a sales and service provider for heavy machinery and totally dedicated to the construction industry.

New Cranes from ACE

ACE launches the ACX 750, its hydraulic crawler crane with a capacity of 75 tonne, and the FX-120 hydraulic mobile crane.