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How AI is Reshaping Construction Equipment!

Construction 2.0

How AI is Reshaping Construction Equipment!

Forging Ahead in India's Equipment Rental Landscape

Premier Heavy Lift is strategically investing in mega crawler cranes with a lifting capacity exceeding 800 tonne.

India has been investing significantly in infrastructure development, including the construction of roads, highways, and expressways. This investment has driven the demand for road construction equipment.

Charting growth path for road sector

The 13th India Roads Conference (IRC) – with the theme of "Road Construction Business: Establishing safe, sustainable, inclusive and intelligent road network in India” – explored new opportunities for stakeholders in the road construction business.

FIRST Construction Council explains how to unlock value through ESG

With the rise in demand for sustainability, many companies are taking steps to become ESG (environmental, social, and governance) compliant. To delve deeper into the topic, FIRST Construction Council recently hosted a virtual discussion forum on the theme of “How construction companies can unlock value through ESG”.

Perkins appoints Abhinav Gupta as general sales manager for South Asia

In this role, Abhinav will be responsible for Perkins brand engine sales to distributors and equipment manufacturers in India and across the South Asia region.

MYCRANE adds new crane types to enter short-term rental market

MYCRANE, the Dubai-based digital disruptor for the cranes and construction space, has added four new types of lifting device to its innovative online crane rental platform.

Komatsu India launches new water sprinkler WT 80KL

MYCRANE’s new crane types to enter short-term rental market

MYCRANE adds new crane types to enter short-term rental market

The company has added four new types of lifting device to its innovative online crane rental platform.

We are well known in the field of manufacturing crane safety systems

Vijay Tikhe, Partner, Cranesafe Technologies, speaks on the present scenario regarding crane safety systems in India.

L&T wins mega overseas contracts

A consortium led by L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, has secured two offshore packages from a prestigious overseas client. The scope of work comprises EPC for new facilities and integration with existing installations.

Booster shot for infrastructure sector!

The Budget seems to be focused on high impact areas and accelerating the capital expenditure cycle.

L&T wins mega overseas contracts

A consortium led by L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE) has secured two offshore packages from a prestigious overseas client.

Volvo CE introduces 3 new construction BEVs

Roads and highways sector is considered to be the most vibrant infrastructure segment where a lot of activities ongoing consistently for a long time.

L&T hires women professionals under career re-entry programme

India’s biggest engineering, construction, manufacturing, technology, and financial services company Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) invites applications from women professionals who are on a career break.

Volvo machines drive safe and profitable operation at Indonesian nickel mine

At the Weda Bay Nickel Project in Central Halmahera, Indonesia, a fleet of Volvo articulated haulers and excavators are offering excellent stability on soft ground

L&T bags order for Titanium Clad Oxidation Reactor from Technip Energies

The company develops indigenous technology for the critical equipment

Construction Technology: The need of the hour!

CW is organising the CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT on July 22-23, 2021, virtually to identify proven, innovative and globally established construction technologies.

Egis wins new design contract for Dhaka metro

Bangladesh Government is planning to build Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) line 5, commonly known as southern metro rail, in Dhaka.

Genie produces protective gear for Seattle-area hospital

As communities, states, and countries around the globe continue to address the health crisis created by COVID-19, personal protection equipment (PPE) for medical personnel and first responders remains in high demand.

Rajesh Goel takes over as Director General of NAREDCO

The National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) appointed Rajesh Goel as the new Director General of the real estate body which works under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

Rajesh Goel takes over as Director General of NAREDCO

The National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) appointed Rajesh Goel as the new Director General of the real estate body which works under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

Genie produces protective gear for Seattle-area hospital

It is a very exciting time to be in the CE space

Putzmeister is in the process of rolling out telematics, Putzmeister Machine Cockpit to its fleet of truck-mounted boom pumps.

There is a general shift in the construction industry approach in accepting newer technologies

Aproaching newer technologies means higher profit, efficiency, productivity, and reduced cost.

Grading the Future

The current market conditions are tough for motor graders since the projects are not active due to the coronavirus impact.

Linde Hydraulics names new Director Products & Markets

Magnus Stegmann has been appointed Director Products and Markets at the technology company Linde Hydraulics.

DSC Dredge appoints Christina Bolling as VP and CAO

Christina Bolling was named Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of DSC Dredge, LLC. She was promoted after serving five years as DSC Dredge Corporate Human Resources Director where she has fostered an integrated culture throughout DSC headquarters and two production facilities in Greenbush, Michigan and Poplarville, Mississippi

ABB launches digital portfolio for Indian mining operations

ABB AbilityTM MineOptimize is an innovative, comprehensive portfolio of optimised electrification, drives and automation solutions, optimised engineering, digital applications and collaborative services.

AUMUND F?rdertechnik appoints new MD

Dr.-Ing. Pietro de Michieli as its new Managing Director, to focus on equipment sales, spare parts, after sales service and PREMAS? 4.0, at the AUMUND headquarters in Rheinberg, Germany.

Aggregate Boom,Policy Gloom

Crushers and screens market is poised for a demand boom with the focus slowly shifting towards higher capacity machines to meet the growing demand for aggregates.

Louis Berger awarded Mumbai Metro Line 4 contract

Louis Berger, as part of a DB-led consortium, was recently awarded a project management and construction management services contract, including design review, for Mumbai Metro Line 4 by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).

ValvTechnologies appoints new VP

ValvTechnologies, Inc, manufacturer of zero-leakage severe service isolation valve solutions, announced the appointment of Ron Anselmo as Vice President, Key Accounts. Based in the Houston, Anselmo will have senior management responsibility for sales growth through the development and management of executive, technical and commercial relationships for key accounts with major customers, licensors and engineering firms.

Technology to drive INFRA growth

Infrastructure 2.0 is a movement to address issues with today's core network infrastructure in a customer's construction site to address the dynamic, automated nature of operation models like cloud computing, data center visualisation, IoT and usage of drones to keep site operations safe, secure, highly productive and efficiently managed.

Infrastructure Revival to Push CE Growth

The infrastructure sector is today undoubtedly one of the strong pillars of the Indian economy and the current Union Government is strongly focused in its approach towards development of infrastructure.

Louis Berger secures MSRDC contract

The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has entrusted the engineering and construction management firm Louis Berger for the project management of Versova-Bandra Sea Link (VBSL) with a contract worth Rs 109 crore.

Digital disruption in CE space

Construction equipment sector is way behind in using digital platform for sourcing equipment. Anant Raj Kanoria elaborates on the importance of adopting new technologies for the growth of this industry.

Construction World Annual Awards 2017

Foundation of Infrastructure Research Studies Training (FIRST) hosted the 15th CONSTRUCTION WORLD Annual Awards at ITC Grand Central, Parel, in Mumbai.

Mahindra in partnership with EESL for energy efficiency

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd and Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) announced a collaboration for an LED replacement programme with energy efficient alternatives across Mahindra?s 18 manufacturing facilities in India.

Shriram EPC bags contracts worth Rs 349 crore

Shriram EPC Limited (SEPC), one of the leading service providers of integrated design, engineering, procurement, construction and project management services for infrastructure projects in roads and highways, water and sewer, renewable energy, process and metallurgical plants and municipal service sector projects throughout India, announced that it has won multiple orders aggregating to Rs 349 crore.

Schwing Stetter India partners with startup

Einsite, a construction technology startup, and Schwing Stetter, the world?s premier concrete equipment company, have entered into a partnership to bring the Internet-of-Things (IoT) and Machine Learning technologies to the construction industry.

Essar Projects commissions ONGC platforms

Essar Projects India Ltd (EPIL), a leading EPC contractor, announced the successful commissioning of four offshore well platforms for ONGC. An EPIL-led consortium?with Saipem as the engineering partner?was awarded the contract for Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning (EPCIC) of four new well platforms by ONGC.

Changing Productivity Paradigms

Andy Dhanaraj, Director - Sales, Construction and Infrastructure, Caterpillar India, sheds light on the factors hampering productivity of construction projects and how Caterpillar solutions and technologies help overcome these challenges.

ALE successful in long-distance delivery

ALE has successfully transported a transformer weighing 249 tonne, almost 6,000 miles, from Stafford, UK to Gillam in Manitoba, Canada. ALE received the contract with the full turnkey scope of work, including the full project management and engineering of each phase

ALE successful in long-distance delivery

ALE has successfully transported a transformer weighing 249 tonne, almost 6,000 miles, from Stafford, UK to Gillam in Manitoba, Canada.

A dynamic leader

As Regional Marketing Manager for Perkins Engines Company Ltd, Abhinav Gupta provides strategic marketing leadership for the South Asia region.

New responsibilities

Messe M?nchen has appointed Bhupinder Singh as its new CEO for its subsidiary, Messe M?nchen India. The experienced exhibition professional took over as CEO from May 2016 onwards, along with the COO and joint Member of the Management Board of MMI India Pvt Ltd, Igor Palka, both reporting to the Board of Directors of the company.

The current Union Budget will spur rural demand and infrastructure growth

The warehouse market in India is growing faster than the GDP. It will continue to grow at a CAGR of 12-13 per cent in the coming years and is largely dominated by unorganised sector (90 per cent).

Increasing Productivity

Oitagawa Dam is a rock dam located in Kyushu, the third largest island in Japan. The island is mountainous and home to Japan?s most active volcano, Mount Aso.

TWS offers ?4 Site? service

Terex Washing Systems (TWS) has introduced,?4 Site?, a new project management service to specifically aid customers and distributors with the installation of TWS equipment, providing three tailored packages to choose from, Silver, Gold or Platinum.

NBCC bags contracts worth Rs 8,523 crore in December

NBCC has bagged contracts worth Rs 8,523 crore in December 2015. Of the total business, works worth Rs 8,195 crore were related to project management consultancy (PMC) and projects worth Rs 328 crore were related to the engineering, procurement and construction business.

Large Miners Forward

While the global mining industry is on the decline, India is witnessing a reverse trend. Many international mining equipment manufacturers are showcasing their products at BAUMA 2016, Germany, in a big way, at a time when Coal India

TWS Launches New Conveyor Range

The Terex AggreStac range currently comes in three options, 50 ft, 65 ft and 80 ft. Terex Washing Systems (TWS) has enhanced their product portfolio with the announcement of the Terex AggreStac conveyor range.

A strong manager

Sivasubramanian Natarajan is the Managing Director of ThyssenKrupp Indistries India, a company that in the last five decades, has grown to become one of the most trusted names in sugar plants and machinery

Projects worth $112 bn put on fast track

The Centre?s project monitoring group has fast-tracked the clearance of over 200 projects worth about $112 billion

New responsibilities

Jonas Nilsson has been appointed as Head of Volvo Penta in India, as of September 1, 2015. He is responsible for the market activities, which includes marketing, sales, logistics, aftermarket, finance and accounting and human resources.

A great achiever

Joe Xiong is the Head of Zoomlion mobile crane for South Asia market - Sales, Marketing, After Sale Service.

TWS expands sales team

Terex Washing Systems has announced the appointment of Global Sales Director, Iain Walker, who will lead the growing TWS sales team

Teaming with multi-cultural exposure

Erich Nesselhauf handled global assignments in various countries in Europe and Asia including responsibility to kick start green field activities with a diverse mix of global and local teams with multi-cultural exposure.

LiuGong is planning to set up its financing arm and the process is on

The growth potential largely depends on the opportunities coming up in the market and is driven by the announcement of different projects by the government.

Cleverly Planned Bridge Hoist

The installation of a massive railway bridge in extremely constricted conditions on a precipitous site presents a whole series of challenges. A difficult crane job, fiddly and complex - just the job for Uwe Langer.

Building the market

Ravichandran Purushothaman leads Danfoss India. He is responsible for establishing support to the Indian market growth and ensuring the company?s continued growth expansion in the country.

On diverse roles

Nitin Prasad is the Country Head for the Shell Lubricants business responsible for managing all its business activities in India. In a career spanning over 15 years, Prasad has held diverse roles within Shell across strategy and portfolio, project management, sales, marketing

A true industry leader

Ranganath NK joined Grundfos in February 1998 and established Grundfos India as a company in March 1998. As the Managing Director, Ranganath oversees the operations of the company in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Maldives.

Clearing up Over-burden

Montecarlo Construction is removing more than 650,000 million cu m of over-burden material at an open-cast quarry in Khadia.Khadia, famous for its heritage houses, lies south of Central Ahmedabad. The city is the administrative headquarters of Ahmedabad district.

Heavy Lift for IOCL Refinery

Allcargo successfully completed major heavy lifts for Indian Oil Corporation?s (IOCL) refinery at Paradip in Odisha.The projectHeavy lifts for IOCL refinery at Paradip, Odisha. One of critical job was to erect a 1,200 tonne vessel of 144 ft length and various other heavy lifts. The project mandate was to erect a 1,200T vessel of 144 ft in length and various other heavy lifts.

Achieving new heights

Kennady v Kaippally, Country Manager, India, Bonfiglioli Transmissions, has over 15 years of experience in automotive and engineering industry. An IIM Bangalore alumni, he has graduated in Production Engineering and is also a Master Black Belt in Six Sigma. Kaippally has been associated with the construction industry for last three years as supplier of planetary drive solutions for all the major players for their construction equipments including concrete mixers, excavators, road rollers, etc.

Overcoming Aftermarket Challenges

An effective aftermarket strategy works when parts, services and sales are completely aligned and interwoven.Unprecedented business environment is creating new challenges for companies across the world, shrinking sales and margins

Looking Ahead with Optimism

Despite the economic slowdown and contrary to initial apprehensions from the major stakeholders, Excon 2013 turned out to be a success, with OEMs and aggregate and components manufacturers launching a new range of machines and components, and some of them even announcing further investment to augment capacity, in order to meet the expected demand spurt in the coming years.

Industry veteran

Tim Moylan, President, Infor Asia Pacific, is responsible for overseeing Infor-'s focus industries and operations across APAC, including Australia, Greater China, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Thailand, and Singapore.

TWS expands team in India

Terex Washing Systems (TWS) has expanded its team by appointing two new sales managers, Amol Sinha in India, and James Bulebush in the US.

Trade fair expert

Bhupinder Singh has been named as an additional Deputy CEO of MMI India, a subsidiary of Messe Mnnchen International. The experienced trade fair expert will support Managing Director Darryl Dasilva (CEO) and Thomas L?ffler, Deputy CEO.

We at Aska strive hard to create a new benchmark in the lighting industry

The platform bC India provides is apt to launch our solar light tower with turbine, the ST-9 (hybrid), a new technology introduced by us which is highly economical and utilises the natural resource available in abundance in India, says Ashish Garg, Director, Aska Safety Devices.

Encouraging growth

Danfoss Industries, a leader in mechanical and electronic components and solutions, announced the appointment of Kamal K Singh as the Director for Power Electronics of Danfoss India. An important aspect of Kamal?s role will be to encourage the growth and visibility of Power Electronics Division and also ensure the division?s continued expansion in the country.?I am delighted to begin work with Danfoss,? said Kamal Singh adding, ?India is a high potential market for Power Electronics and I loo

Bevcon Goes from Strength to Strength

Bevcon Wayors is among India?s leading providers of high-quality, technologically advanced integrated bulk material handling and processing solutions.Formed with the intent of catering to the rising demand for bulk material handling solutions, Bevcon Wayors has come a long way by evolving as an industry leader that offers high-quality, technologically advanced bulk material handling systems.

Steadily chugging ahead

Even though the road sector in India continues to face multiple challenges, a strong pipeline of projects supports long term prospects. Around $180 billion investment is earmarked for the road sector, which is the highest ever investment for any Five Year Plan, and this should have a very positive impact on the construction equipment industry. The prime factor favouring the growth of the road equipment industry is the sheer scale of work still to be done in this sector.

Growth driver

As Managing Director of Bevcon Wayors, Y Srinivas Reddy, fondly called YSR, is responsible for driving enterprise adoption of Bevcon?s engineering solutions across the top of the line customers ofBevcon Wayors.Under his leadership, Bevcon achieved rapid growth and delivered enterprises class engineering solutions to Global 2000 Customers.

Engineering growth

As Managing Director of Bevcon Wayors, Y Srinivas Reddy, popularly known as YSR, is responsible for driving enterprise adoption of Bevcon?s engineering solutions across the top of the line customers of Bevcon Wayors.

The new leader

The Volvo Group announced the appointment of Philippe Divry as the new Managing Director of Volvo India Pvt Ltd (VIPL), and Senior Vice President, Truck Joint Ventures India, Volvo Group.

Power: Switch it on!

Here?s an excerpt of a management tale: Two marketing executives were sent separately to Africa to study the potential for the market for shoes.

Nawa will be venturing into track- mounted plants

Our strong base is product know-how, proven technology and engineering skills supported by latest CADD capabilities. These, coupled with well-equipped heavy fabrication and manufacturing facilities and project management skills, 0 - - 22730 14 162 2011-12-01 00:00:00.000 Equipment India We will showcase our new range of products at Excon 2011 Doosan will showcase new range of light sources, large compressors, mini excavators at Excon," says HS Mohan, COO, Doosan Infracore India, in a friendly chat with Equipment India. Excerpts from the interview.

What is the preset status of the construction equipment industry, its size and growth potential?
The construction equipment industry has shown cautious growth for the current year. Industry leaders have done well. However, rupee depreciation, coupled with frequent interest rate hikes and fuel price increases, have badly affected the industry. The majority of the announced projects both in mining and road sector are getting delayed due to many cons?traints and policies. The industry is bullish on the growth during the coming months, though.
What was the performance of Doosan in the last two quarters and how do you expect to end this fiscal? Doosan, with many product lines for the construction industry, has done well this year, compared to last year. While the opportunities are big, the rupee depreciation coupled with high cost of sales is not favourable for a decent performance for the fiscal.

What is the investment made by Doosan?
Doosan is keen to be a part of the growing earthmoving and material handling industry, and so, is weighing all possible ways to increase its manufacturing presence in India for heavy line equipments, portable power and skid steers.

What are the new products that have been launched during 2010 - 2011 by Doosan?
Doosan has launched large water well compressors, which are high in productivity and are very fuel- efficient. We have also introduced the latest models of Bobcat skid steer loaders with increased operator comfort resulting in higher productivity and safety.

Doosan range excavators are fitted with our own fuel-efficient engines suiting Indian conditions and hydraulic components, which benefits the customers for a single-window after-sales support.

Doosan has also launched hydraulic and other oils which increases the life of the components and the efficiency of the equipment. Doosan oils are now available with dealers.

Tell us about the initiatives taken to widen the sales and service network, and training for operators.
Over the last two years, Doosan has focused on upgrading the channel partners with a high degree of hand-holding, product and service and parts training. Doosan has put 25 dealers in place, with seven regional offices spread over length and breadth of the country. h We have encouraged training of customer operators at their facilities in Bangalore. Sensing the needs, Doosan has also conducted operator trainings are the customer sites, educating the maintenance staff not only on operation but also on efficient maintenance of the machine resulting in high uptime of the equipment.

What is the potential for smaller excavators in India? How strong is Doosan in the excavator segment?
Though there is a market for smaller excavators in India, backhoe loaders are very popular in this segment. Doosan will be showcasing the small Bobcat excavator during Excon to understand the segment and the market. Doosan has promoted fully imported higher capacity excavators and loaders for the mining segment. Doosan produces excavators up to 75T capacity, this will be introduced in India over a period of time.

And how strong is Doosan in the material handling segment?
World leader Bobcat has a niche role in the material handling equipment industry. With over a hundred attachments, the Bobcat skid steer loader can meet all applications and job handling requirements. Doosan will be showcasing and demonstrating Bobcat SS loaders with its many attachments during Excon.

What kind of services does Doosan render in the rentals scenario?
Currently Doosan is not looking at these services. h We have taken up some challenging services of MARC (Maintenance & Repair Contract) for some of the higher capacity machines.

Brief us on the various attachments on offer.
Apart from the Bobcat attachments, Doosan is promoting their own rock breakers covering all range of excavators. Doosan also promotes the Doosan-owned Montabert rock breakers suiting the customer's needs and choice.

How do you view the business opportunities from Excon?
Doosan will be showcasing new range of light sources, large compressors, mini excavators during Excon. We will also be officially launching the Doosan brand of oils and skid steer tyres in the replacement market , with competitive pricing.

What differentiates Doosan from the competition?
Doosan is a world leader in the construction and material handling industry. Currently, Doosan has over 5,000 machines in the Indian market which are serviced by our factory trained engineers. With Doosan components fitted on excavators (engine and hydraulic compo?nents) the customers are assured of best service at all given times. Doosan machines have done very well under all arduous applications and are gaining in popularity for its reliability and productivity.

Siemens delivers 100th GIS

The Power Transmission Division, part of the Energy Sector, celebrated handing over of 100th Bay of Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) from its state-of-the-art factory at Aurangabad, Maha?rashtra. The GIS was handed over to Gujarat Energy Trans?mission Corporation (GETCO)

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