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A Leap Towards Cleaner Future

Hengst Filtration has unveiled cutting-edge filtration plant in Bengaluru, pioneering sustainable development in India.

LAPP India launches first state-of-the-art compounding plant in Bhopal

LAPP India aims to be a 300-million-euro company by 2027

We are proactively focusing on energy efficiency and digitalisation

Dhanraj Kalbhor, Managing Director, NORD Drivesystems

ZF Group Positions Itself for Growth in India's Construction Industry

ZF Group is optimistic about India's construction sector evolution

EXCON 2023 Day 1 Highlights

Scheduled from December 12 to 16 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre

JCB to build largest US factory in Texas

JCB plans to build a new factory in San Antonio, Texas, that will create 1,500 jobs over five years, the company announced today.

Timken India to start making CRBs, SRBs locally at Bharuch

Timken India plans to set up a new facility at Bharuch in Gujarat to manufacture spherical roller bearings (SRBs) cylindrical roller bearings (CRBs) and other components.

Timken India to start making CRBs, SRBs locally at Bharuch

Timken India plans to set up a new facility at Bharuch in Gujarat to manufacture spherical roller bearings (SRBs) cylindrical roller bearings (CRBs) and other components.

The Concrete Advantage!

The concrete equipment market is expected to rise on account of anticipated growth in the construction industry, increasing FDIs, and the rising number of smart city projects in the country.

Our focus is on digitisation

Axle Shaft India is one of the leading manufacturers, suppliers, and exporters of a wide range of industrial products. The vast product line of the company is inclusive of chisel lock pins, excavator pins, rock breaker chisels, through bolts, agricultural shafts, excavator bushes, spline shafts and automotive axle shafts.

India offers a huge opportunity for the growth of the CE industry

Ammann is a world-leading supplier of mixing plants, machines and services to the construction industry with core expertise in road building and transportation infrastructure. Anand Sundaresan, Managing Director, Ammann India, speaks on the various technological display during Excon.

Rise in steel and commodity prices has increased input cost

Anand Sundaresan Managing Director, Ammann India

Mobile screen for coarse elements

The new MOBISCREEN MSS 802(i) EVO offers users a mobile, efficient screening plant that is designed to meet challenges in different application areas. With its well-thought-out plant design and flexible conversion options, Kleemann demonstrates how a high material flow can be guaranteed in natural stone and recycling applications.

Kleeman mobile screen for coarse elements

The new MOBISCREEN MSS 802(i) EVO offers users a mobile, efficient screening plant that is designed to meet challenges in different application areas.

BKT inaugurates its new production plant in Waluj

Trial production has started at BKT's new state-of the-art site in Waluj, Maharashtra. Result of a $ 56 million investment, its annual production capacity is around 30,000 MT of Off-Highway tyres.

SGL opens new lubricant plant in Sharjah

Siddharth Grease and Lubes Private Limited (SGL), a leading Indian manufacturer and supplier of lubricants, has opened its latest lubricant and grease plant built at an investment of AED50 million ($13.61 million) in Sharjah's Hamriyah Free Zone Authority (HFZA).

BKT inaugurates its new production plant in Waluj

The pandemic has not stopped the new BKT project, which was realized in complete safety with a total investment of $ 56 million.

Ingersoll Rand helps set up an oxygen plant in Faridabad

The plant will generate 200 LPM of oxygen per day to help the city in its fight against Covid-19.

Fasolex relies on ELGi turnkey compressed air solution

ELGi Compressors Europe, a subsidiary of Elgi Equipments Limited, one of the world’s leading air compressor manufacturers, announced that Fasolex, Poland’s leading bean, fruit and vegetable producer, installed an ELGi compressed air system to power the bean sorting line at their new plant in Sahry Poland.

Fasolex relies on ELGi turnkey compressed air solution

ELGi Compressors Europe, a subsidiary of Elgi Equipments Limited, one of the world’s leading air compressor manufacturers, announced today that Fasolex, Poland’s leading bean, fruit and vegetable producer, installed an ELGi compressed air system to power the bean sorting line at their new plant in Sahry?, Poland.

Fasolex relies on ELGi turnkey compressed air solution

The ELGi EG18 VFD and EG 22 compressors power the bean sorting line delivering reliable, uninterrupted, compressed air at low life cycle costs

Improving efficiency

Batch mix plant is the most widespread type of asphalt plant in the world, which guarantees the highest level of flexibility in production and quality of the finished product.

What’s new – and what’s next – in sustainable asphalt production

Sustainability has been part of the roadbuilding conversation for decades. Yet improvements that make the methods and machines more environmentally friendly continue to gain momentum.

VE Commercial Vehicles opens new truck plant at Bhopal

This is the eighth manufacturing facility of VECV in Madhya Pradesh.

Hose & Fittings: Heart of Hydraulics

Hydraulic hoses and fittings play a vital role in the fluid power transmission in hydraulic equipment. Construction and mining equipment will continue to be a major growth driver for this segment.

We expect an industry growth of 6-8 per cent in 2021-22: Venkatesh S Aiyer

Uniflex has recently started a new plant in Uttarakhand, and plans to start two more plants in the long term. Venkatesh S Aiyer, Director, Uniflex, shares more on the market trends and the company’s plans.

New self-service concrete plant

Liebherr is starting sales of the new self-service concrete plant. Its market launch will commence in summer 2020. The new plant will offer quick and easy access to high quality concrete.

New self-service concrete plant from Liebherr

Liebherr is starting sales of the new self-service concrete plant. Its market launch will commence in summer 2020.

The strategy is to be near the customer and grow

Established in 1987, UNIFLEX today has five manufacturing plants - three belonging to the Hose Products Division and two to the Tube Products Division.

India is A strategically important market for Doosan Bobcat

With the inauguration of its first manufacturing facility in India, Doosan Bobcat has paved its way for manufacturing in India.

MHE holds enormous growth potential

Despite the relative slowdown in demand in the current fiscal, the market for material handling equipment (MHE) will continue to expand in double digits over the next few years.

KION Group to set up new industrial truck facility in India

KION GROUP AG continues to focus on growth and is expanding its Indian production site in Pune in the state of Maharashtra with the construction of a new industrial truck production facility.

JCB to set up sixth factory in India

JCB will invest Rs 6.50 billion in a new plant in India as the company prepares to celebrate 40 years of manufacturing in the country.

Dharmesh Arora to lead Schaeffler Group in Asia-Pacific

Dharmesh Arora, Chief Executive Officer of Schaeffler India, will take over the new role as Regional CEO Asia Pacific for Schaeffler Group starting October 1, 2019.

Wipro-Kawasaki plant to start production from April

The new plant of Wipro-Kawasaki joint venture to manufacture hydraulic pumps and motors for construction machinery was inaugurated at Bidadi, near Bengaluru.

We plan to localise production of skid-steer loaders

As the market leader in skid-steer loader market in India, Doosan Bobcat has taken up various initiatives to further expand its reach in the market.

Dynapac inaugurates its new manufacturing facility in Pune

Dynapac India inaugurated its new manufacturing facility in Pune for its road construction equipment. The plant located at Pulgaon, Pune spans over 5.5 acres and has a production capacity of 1,200-1,500 units. With the new plant, Dynapac aims to boost up the sales in the market.

Schwing Stetter India signs MoU with Tamil Nadu Government

Schwing Stetter India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tamil Nadu Government during the Global Investors Meet 2019 held in Chennai on January 23 and 24, 2019.

Sany showcases new range of products

Sany India showcased its wide range of over 16 new products at bauma CONEXPO INDIA 2018.

EXPANDING HORIZONS

Balkrishna Industries (BKT) is the market leader with the augmenting sales and volume growth in the mining tyres segment. The segment shows robust growth potential, given the company's new product launches and network expansions through tie-ups with mining service providers.

VECV to set up new production facility

Commemorating the completion of 10 successful years of partnership between the Volvo Group and Eicher Motors, VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV) announced plans to set up a new greenfield truck manufacturing plant at Bhopal.

RS India opens new plant

India's mechanical engineering industry strives to apply cutting-edge technology to produce high-quality products of international standards, and further participate in the global value chain.

Axalta opens new coating manufacturing facility in India

Axalta, a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, inaugurated its new coating manufacturing plant at Savli, Vadodara in Gujarat. The 5,200 sq m plant is part of Axalta?s Savli manufacturing site that produces Axalta coatings for refinish, automotive parts, and commercial vehicle customers.

The Platform for Premieres

Comtrans 2017 has once again demonstrated its position as the leading trade fair for decision makers in the commercial vehicle (CV) and transport industry in Eastern Europe.

BorgWarner develops new EGR coolers for CVs

To support commercial vehicle (CV) manufacturers in meeting current and future emissions regulations, BorgWarner has developed an economical new series of multi-platform exhaust gas re-circulation (EGR) coolers featuring a compact floating core.

BKT to build new carbon black production plant

Balkrishna Industries Limited (BKT), a leading global Off-Highway tire manufacturer, will build a new plant for the production of carbon black. This facility will stretch over approximately 8 hectares within the BKT production site at Bhuj, in the Indian state of Gujarat.

K?ssbohrer to open new facility

Fastest growing manufacturer of semi-trailers in Europe, K?ssbohrer together with its business partners, celebrates the opening of the new plant on July 5, 2017, at its new location in Achstetten, Ulm where K?ssbohrer was found 123 years ago.

Safe Lifting solutions

An advanced new Hyosung manufacturing plant supplying critical components for India's electrical power distribution grid is using Konecranes lifting technology to help ensure outstanding safety, efficiency and reliability.

Sonalika ITL posts 22% growth

One of the leading tractor brand in India, Sonalika International Tractors Ltd, entered the new financial year 2017-18 with a sharp growth of more than 22 per cent in April over last year. The company has recorded a remarkable 7,381-unit sales over the last year, in both domestic and international markets in April.

GRI to set up new tyre factory in Sri Lanka

Global Rubber Industries (GRI) has laid the foundation for the construction of its latest specialised tyre factory in Badalgama, Sri Lanka. This factory will produce pneumatic tyres for agriculture, industrial, off-road and construction vehicles, all destined for export market.

Gaining ground

The Metso NW Rapid is the world?s first and only wheel-mounted crushing plant that fits into standard containers and can be set up for operation in less than 12 hours. In addition to fast installation, the NW Rapid can increase production capacity by as much as 30 per cent and offer higher uptime, better safety and ease of use.

GRI to set up new tyre factory in Sri Lanka

GRI to set up new tyre factory in Sri Lanka Global Rubber Industries (GRI) has laid the foundation for the construction of its latest specialised tyre factory in Badalgama, Sri Lanka.

Poised for Major Expansion

Bharat Wire Ropes Ltd (BWRL), an established player in the wire ropes manufacturing sector, reached yet another milestone in its 30 year sojourn - the realisation of its new greenfield project in MIDC, Chalisgaon, Maharashtra, with a capacity of 66,000 MTPA.

Sarens wins biggest-ever contract

Sarens has won a contract from Tengizchevroil (TCO), the Kazakhstan-based oil company, for the land transportation and installation of pre-assembled units, pre-assembled racks and associated oversized equipment.This is the largest project ever for the heavy lifting and transport company based in Belgium.

The Tyre Game

The new plant at Bhuj is a result of BKT?s ambitious vision to become a global leader in off-highway tyres. If the off-highway tyre market was a chess game, BKT would be preparing to checkmate the same to claim its place as a global leader.

Sarens wins biggest-ever contract

Sarens has won a contract from Tengizchevroil (TCO), the Kazakhstan-based oil company, for the land transportation and installation of pre-assembled units, pre-assembled racks and associated oversized equipment.This is the largest project ever for the heavy lifting and transport company based in Belgium.

We are extremely bullish on OTR segment from a long-term perspective

Historically speaking, specialty definition for us is OTR tyres for both India and international markets, while for agriculture, it is only international. Indian agriculture is not treated as part of specialty business, for various reasons. We came out with our first specialty tyre in early 1980s starting with the port segment.

The GST Blockade

The Narendra Modi government?s several attempts to get the most sought-after tax reform are being thwarted by the Congress majority in the Rajya Sabha, under one guise or the other.

BWRL to raise Rs 70 cr for new plant

Bharat Wire Ropes Ltd (BWRL) entered the capital markets with its initial public offering (IPO). The IPO consists of public issue to raise up to Rs 70 crore.

AxleTech International opens new plant in India

AxleTech International inaugurated its new manufacturing facility in Pune. Under the name AxleTech India Private Limited, the plant represents the company?s first production site in India.

Camso plant in Vietnam

Camso Inc. has opened a solid tyre manufacturing plant in Vietnam. The approximately 247,500-square foot-facility was built in 14 months.

Achieving Substantial Savings in Project Costs

Thermax, headquartered in Pune, is a renowned engineering solutions provider for the energy and environment sector. The Thermax factory in Chinchwad, Pune, has several cranes from ElectroMech which are used for various applications such as loading, unloading, handling, and assembly work.

Donaldson opens new plant

Donaldson Company, Inc celebrated the grand opening of its new, state-of-the-art facility in Skarabimierz, Poland. At this 108,000 sq ft facility

Donaldson opens new facilities

Donaldson Company, Inc announced the opening of two new distribution centres in Bogota and Cartagena, Colombia, and a new manufacturing plant in Skarbimierz, Poland.

New Bosch plant opened

Bosch inaugurated its 14th manufacturing facility in India. The new plant is located at Bidadi, Bengaluru in Karnataka

We have been achieving a double-digit growth despite market downturn

Oerlikon?s Drive Systems Segment India is looking to double its turnover to Rs 2,000 crore in five years, says Rajesh Aggarwal, Executive Director, Sales & Marketing, Drive Systems India.

Bosch opens new facility

Bosch, a leading supplier of technology and services, inaugurated its 14th manufacturing facility in India.

A firm team player

Anil Lingayat, Executive Vice President & Business Head at Godrej Material Handling, has been associated with Godrej and Boyce (G&B) for over 30 years.

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

Our plant can provide better energy saving

Two global players, Ammann from Switzerland which is into asphalt mixing plants for the last 150 years, and Apollo being in India for the past four decades, which is into asphalt mixing plants and other allied road equipment business, joined hands where Ammann has 70 per cent stake and Apollo the remaining 30 per cent stake in the JV

Oerlikon opens 3rd Indian plant

Oerlikon?s Drive Systems Segment inaugurated its third plant at Sanand in Gujarat. This is the 10th production facility for the Segment globally.

First Kleemann Screen Rolled Out in India

Wirtgen India rolled out the first Kleemann range screen from the newly inaugurated plant, and is set to launch a slew of products for the Indian market.

Sanghvi Forging sales up by 92%

The Vadodara-based Sanghvi Forging & Engineering announced its Q3 FY14-15 results with a net sales of Rs 25.50 crore for the period ended December 31, 2014, up from Rs 13.28 crore in the corresponding period of previous year, resulting in an increase of 92 per cent.

Force Motors component plant

Force Motors will set up a new plant at Chakan near Pune to make engines and axles for Mercedes-Benz.

ZF opens its multi-product plant in Pune

With a total investment worth nearly Rs 150 crore, ZF Friedrichshafen AG has reinforced its commitment towards future growth potential of the Indian market by setting up its new plant in Chakan, Pune.

ZF opens its multi-product plant in Pune

With a total investment worth nearly Rs 150 crore, ZF Friedrichshafen AG has reinforced its commitment towards future growth potential of the Indian market by setting up its new plant in Chakan, Pune.

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.

First AggreSand on Australia Shores

Mineral Washing Systems (MWS), Terex Washing Systems (TWS), distributor in Eastern Australia, recently installed the first AggreSand? washplant in the Australian market, located at Dubbo Sands Quarry, NSW.

Schwing Stetter plans new plant

Schwing Stetter is planning to set up a new plant in India, expecting a growth in the sectors it is present in, in future. While plans are in preliminary stage, the company is looking at various states to set up the plant, with an investment of Rs 100-200 crore.

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.

JCB inaugurates new plant in Jaipur

JCB has recently opened two new manufacturing facilities in Jaipur. These new facilities are positioned to enable JCB to keep pace with future economic growth and to further strengthen its position as a market leader in the construction equipment industry.

JCB expects recovery in CE market next year

According to JCB, the Indian construction equipment (CE) market can move towards the recovery path early next fiscal after months of slump. The company said it was embarking on another phase of growth plans in India keeping in mind the long-term potential of the market.

JCB opens new facilities in Jaipur

It took an investment of Rs 500 crore, an area of 115 acre of land situated 35 km from Jaipur city for JCB to come up with its single largest manufacturing footprint in India.

Sonalika to expand plant

Sonalika Group is investing Rs 500 crore to more than double production capacity of its tractor manufacturing plant at Hoshiarpur in Punjab to two lakh units annually.

Hempel Unveils New Greenfield Factory

The new plant will help Hempel, a leading protective coating supplier, further consolidate its market position in India.

Portable Power Solutions

With the global economy opening up, the industry sees a positive impact on the growth of Indian market and the opportunities in export market.

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.

Will the Government be Able to Walk the Talk?

With the Union Budget scheduled in the second week of July, the entire industry seems to be on a highly expectant mood with the hope that the government will now shift to higher gear for bold, long-term and deep fiscal economic reforms. A Chinese proverb reads thus 'When the winds of change blow, some people build walls, and others, windmills.

AggreScrub 150 Washing System

The AggreScrub- 150 is designed to operate both as a stand-alone unit as well as having the ability to seamlessly integrate with the Aggresand-. The AggreScrub- 150 is designed to deal with stubborn clay bound material which cannot be removed by rinsing

We plan to increase our capacity of radials to 30,000 tpa.

The demand for bigger size radials in mining sector is increasing. As the capacity of the machine is growing, the tyre size is also growing and Balkrishna Industries Ltd (BKT) the leading radials manufacturer in OTR segment-is gearing up to introduce bigger size radials in future. Rajiv Poddar, Joint Managing Director, BKT, shares his views on the market trends in radials with Sudheer Vathiyath. Excerpts of the interview.

Atlas Copcos new plant sets benchmark

ATLAS Copco?s new plant at Chakan near Pune, has set a new benchmark in design and quality production practices. The Chakan plant is the new production facility for industrial compressors from 5 to 90 kW and portable compressors from 85 to 1,350 cfm.

Wirtgen to produce Kleemann products

Wirtgen Group is working on its new plant in Pune for Kleemann range of crushers and screens. The phase II of this project was completed in January 2014. Civil works for Phase III-which will be a new facility of 10,000 sq m is in full swing and should be completed by the end of 2014. The first Kleemann product is expected to be rolled out by January 2015.

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

Safety is a major issue in crawlers segment

Ajay Kumar Somani, Director-Mobile Crane Division, Liebherr India: We have redesigned our cranes drastically to increase its capacity without any change in basic machine. We have also come out with ?P? boom in 1,000T and 1,350T capacity cranes, new boom configuration like SL 10 in our 600T cranes.

Our goal is to be among the top three in the global crushing and screening segment.

Views from P Ramesh, Managing Director & CEO, Wirtgen India: With market shares ranging from 20-70 per cent, Wirtgen Group is the world market leader in mobile road construction and road rehabilitation solution. The company has made it to the top primarily because of its continuous innovation to its product line as the average age of their machines is less than three years.

DICV lays foundation stone for bus plant

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) recently celebrated the foundation stone laying ceremony of its new bus plant at the DICV?s manufacturing facility located in Oragadam, near Chennai. Dr Wolfgang Bernhard, Daimler AG Board Member, responsible for Daimler Trucks and Buses, laid the foundation stone for the new bus plant in the presence of Hartmut Schick, Head of Daimler Buses and CEO EvoBus GmbH, Marc Llistosella, Managing Director and CEO, DICV, and Markus Villinger, Head, Daimler Buses,

Bauer opens new factory in China

German foundations equipment manufacturer and contractor Bauer Maschinen has opened a new production facility in Tianjin, China. Bauer Tianjin Technologies moved into the factory in the Xi Qing district in Tianjin in October 2013

We believe in customers who believe in quality

We feel that India will grow and that is why we are here. The advantage we have is that our global leadership is concentrating to present better options for Indian markets, resulting which we have grown above Rs 1,000 crore in India. In spite of the slowdown,

We are looking at expanding our product range

We have plans to set up a new plant, which will depend on the market demand. If the market picks up, then we will go for a new plant; we will also improve and expand our existing product lines,

Cashing in on opportunity

Irrespective of the current slowdown, most companies have plans to develop their market further in India by setting up new facilities or expanding existing ones, introducing innovative marketing strategies,

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