Craning for Success

Advancements in technology have propelled the increased usage of tower cranes in tall buildings.

Tower cranes are essential to constructing tall buildings

Mayank Pundir, Country Head, ACE Tower Cranes Division, speaks on how to company ensures that tower cranes meet the safety standards.

Focus on infra to revive economic growth

The government’s focus on building infrastructure will create jobs and revive economic growth

BUDGET 2017 | PUBLIC SPENDING TO DRIVE SALES

Although there are no landmark announcements in this year?s Budget, a special thrust on transport infrastructure development and affordable housing will definitely gift some market opportunities to the CE segment.

Budget Reactions | PropUrban

Besides doing the much required ?clean-up? act, Budget 2017-18 gives major boost to the affordable housing and infrastructure sectors. The fact that Affordable Housing has been given the infrastructure status is commendable and will go a long way in fulfilling the Housing for All by 2022 vision of the government.

Disruptive Concrete Equipment Technologies Emerging

Off late, there have been numerous disruptive technologies and equipment concepts introduced to Indian markets. Earlier most of these were only available to highly developed countries like USA or European Union where mechanisation and process integration has been of essence, to counter act lack of adequate manpower.

Industry Reactions | Policy Matters

At the recently concluded BAUMA CONEXPO INDIA at Gurugram, I had the opportunity to listen to industry voices on the impact of demonetisation, the new monetary policy announced by the Government and the upcoming GST regulations in the country. Most have accepted demonetisation as ?fate accompli? and taken it in their stride to manage the change.

Buoyant Future

An unprecedented and the highest-ever, $1 trillion has been earmarked for investment in infrastructure development by Government of India in the current Five-Year Plan period (2012-17). Speeding along the guidelines set forth by the government, the infrastructure construction activity is rapidly growing in roads and highways, bridges, airports and power, while realty sector is yet to catch up.

Soaring SkyWARDS

GROWTH STORY TO CONTINUE

Off-Highway Research, a part of KHL Group in their half-yearly report, forecasts that in terms of percentage growth, India is expected to be the most buoyant major CE market in the near-term, with 21 per cent growth this year

Outlook 2016 Positive

IMF economists predict 7.9 per cent GDP growth for India in 2016, subject to continuity of investments in infrastructure and implementation of significant commercial reforms like GST

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.

Towering the Demand Curve

What lifting capacity range of TCs will dominate the demand for free standing, external and internal climbing configurations? Say Malik ?The 5-6T capacity TCs will remain as the most dominate category.

Maharashtra lifts sand mining ban on coasts

Maharashtra?s coastal districts of Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, Raigad and Thane has been lifted, after the state government promised the National Green Tribunal

Batching Solutions

With the influx of fresh initiatives by the government there is a renewed focus on infrastructure development which offers big opportunities of growth for the concrete equipment industry. EQUIPMENT INDIA tracks the development in batching plants.

Budget boost!

Infrastructure has received a booster shot of Rs 70,000 crore and another Rs 24,000 crore of increased outlays on roads and railways. This would take the existing spend on infrastructure for 2015-16 from Rs 2,10,000 to Rs 3,04,000 crore plus the funds created as an outcome of the seed money invested in National Investment & Infrastructure Fund which in turn will find its way into infrastructure funding companies like IRFC & NHB where they will evolve with a factor of ten.

Concrete Moves

Despite the Rs 2,500-crore concrete equipment industry registered nearly 40 per cent fall in the market and is under severe pressure, there are tremendous growth opportunities in the long term.

Towering Tall

The real estate and power sectors will show a tremendous growth in the next 2-3 years. As per projections, the tower crane requirement will increase to 30-40 per cent in these two years. Current demand growth for tower cranes is mostly from realty sector.

Liebherr plans to launch the next model for Indian market

The major demand in India is for the real estate sector, so, 5-tonne capacity cranes are the main demand for this sector. The demand for higher capacity cranes can increase in future gradually but still the 5-tonne capacity crane may have a major demand for real estate sector.

Our products are technologically way ahead

The market is picking up. The market demand for 5T-6T tower crane is about 350 units; while the demand for 8T-10T is about 30-40 units and 12T and above is 25-30 units a year. The overall size is 400-450 units with approximate value of Rs 3,000-3,300 million.

New-generation Anti-collision Devices

Everest Engineering will showcase its new-generation anti-collision devices for tower cranes at bC India 2014. Everest Engineering will unveil its new generation anti-collision devices for tower cranes combined with safe load indicators. This will be one of the attractions in the show.

Annual demand for industrial cranes should touch 12,000 by 2015

Growth in various sectors such as power, infrastructure, construction and heavy engineering will drive the growth of the Indian cranes industry, says Tushar Mehendale, Managing Director, ElectroMech Material Handling Systems.

Annual demand for industrial cranes should touch 12,000 by 2015

Growth in various sectors such as power, infrastructure, construction and heavy engineering will drive the growth of the Indian cranes industry, says Tushar Mehendale, Managing Director, ElectroMech Material Handling Systems.

We offer customised and modular innovative access system solutions.

We always think out of the box and provide innovative, cost-effective solutions for architectural challenges, says Siraj Dalvi, Managing Director, Simple Engineering Solutions. Excerpts from the interview

Batching solutions

The recent Budget has brought back smiles to many stakeholders of various verticals; however, the key seems to be implementation on the ground level. On a positive note, VG Sakthikumar, Wholetime Director - Operations, Schwing Stetter India, says, ?Definitely there is a positive movement.

M-sand to Drive Growth

Sand is mixed with cement and water in measured quantity to produce concrete. These sand particles should be hard and inert with respect to cement. Due to huge silt deposition in riverbed and continuous mining of riverbed for sand,

Rail freight hike to impact realty sector

The housing market is a $1.5-trillion per annum industry which is currently little less than the entire GDP of India (currently it is 8 per cent of GDP). According to Lalit Kumar Jain, CMD, Kumar Urban Development and Chairman, CREDAI, globally the housing growth is barometer of the health of the economy.

Terex will be launching the new 100-150 TPH plant series in May 2014

Views from Jaideep Shekhar, Executive Director, Terex Materials Processing, Terex India: At Terex, all machines are designed keeping in mind the requirements of the Indian customers. They come with various in-built product capabilities to provide maximum flexibility to the customers and suit the changing needs of the industry.

A Fresh Lease of Life

Crushers and screens address the supply requirements of the core infrastructure raw material inputs. The de-growth in the mining sector and the prevailing slowdown in the road sector has had a negative impact on the crushers and screens equipment (CS&E) segment. Like in many other equipment segments, the original equipment manufacturers in CS&E also have been busy with upgradation of existing range and new launches. The recent lifting of the ban on iron ore mining by the Supreme Court is expecte

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.

Our marketshare has improved substantially in the last six months

When it comes to capacity, product range, manpower and servicing, we are quite comfortable and all geared for the upturn. For the past two years, the situation was really bad but we suddenly witnessed a spurt in demand; orders which used to take months and months for closure were getting finalised faster.

Power equipment industry shrinks 10.5% in 3rd quarter

In the third quarter of 2012-13, the power sector has deepened into gloom further as electrical equipment industry shrank 10.5 per cent. Turnover contracted 10 per cent, declining for the third consecutive quarter, and falling in double digits for the first time. The Indian Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers' Association (IEEMA) said almost all sectors declined, particularly power cables and energy meters business.

Equipment consultants will be a major requirement of the future

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) can play a vital role in standardising construction equip?ment to improve quality and safety of products.

AMW opens its first truck centre

AMW's first-of-its kind Truck Centre is conceptualised and built to provide world-class services to customers was inaugurated by JP Gupta, IAS, Transport Commissioner of Gujarat.