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Wirtgen Group Powers Mumbai–Pune Connectivity Project

Advanced pavers cut travel time and boost infrastructure efficiency

Engineering the Energy Balance

As India pushes towards net zero while sustaining rapid industrial growth, engineering innovations—from carbon capture to smart grids—are emerging as the key to balancing energy security with decarbonisation, writes SATISH INGAVALE.

Rewriting the DNA of Mobile Hydraulics

Hydraulics is no longer just about force; it has become a sophisticated mechatronic science.

Gulf Oil Lubricants Expands Infrastructure Portfolio with Key OEM Alliances

Key partnerships with ACE, Ammann India and XCMG

India Rising

Rising demand, resilient sales, and renewed infrastructure momentum pushed India’s CE industry to 1,40,191 units in FY2025. As the nation gears up for Excon 2025, the message is clear—India is rising, and so is its machinery.

Silent Muscle

Steel, the unseen force inside every machine, powers construction equipment with unmatched strength, resilience, and endurance—quietly shaping the world we build.

Tips to Keep Corrosion Out of Your WIP Cycle!

These tips are great ways to streamline WIP cycle to get parts through the manufacturing process.

LiuGong India Rolls Out BS-V Compliant and Electric Machines

Launches electric and emission-compliant machines

Powerful Attachments, Smarter Work

In today’s fast-paced construction world, powerful equipment attachments are transforming job sites, enabling contractors to work smarter, increase productivity, reduce costs, and maximise existing machine potential.

Lifting India’s Future

As India builds faster and taller, industrial cranes are emerging as essential, intelligent machines powering the nation’s infrastructure, logistics, and industrial growth.

Off-Road Revolution

OTR tyres are driving a new era in heavy-duty mobility, transforming performance, safety, and durability across mining, construction, and infrastructure’s toughest terrains

Mega Machines!

From metro tunnellers to 3D-printed bridges, the future of Indian infrastructure may depend on super-sized mega machines — but will terrain, cost, and scale cooperate?

Strategies to Maximise Equipment Lifespans

Corrosion is an aggressive force in underground mines. While it seems unstoppable, there are a variety of ways to slow it down and diminish the negative effects on mining assets.

Electrification Sparks Growth

With a 6.7 per cent growth rate, the market for wheel loaders is expanding rapidly, driven by the demand for sustainable, energy-efficient solutions.

Empowering the Workforce with Advanced Training

The construction industry is evolving rapidly, and operators today need to be proficient in much more than basic machine handling

Steamrolling Ahead

Growing infrastructure demands are fuelling the rise of advanced compaction equipment, ensuring smoother, faster builds.

Lifting the Skyline

Tower cranes, with their unmatched ability to lift heavy materials to great heights, are playing a critical role in this vertical expansion.

“IoT-enabled technologies are revolutionising construction equipment.

Manav Kohli, Chief Operating Officer, Gainwell and Head, Caterpillar Dealership Business, speaks on the key trends shaping the construction equipment industry in India and globally.

Revolutionising Fleet Management

In the demanding world of heavy equipment operation, maintenance often takes a backseat, leading to costly breakdowns and inefficiencies. As construction and mining fleets work around the clock in remote locations, overlooking essential maintenance tasks can severely impact productivity.

Fighting Fire with Innovation

As the coal mining industry continues its quest for enhanced safety measures and environmental consciousness, integrating fire resistant hydraulic fluids emerges as a pioneering solution with the potential to mitigate fire hazards and elevate operational security to unprecedented heights. The author explains the need for fire resistant hydraulic fluids and their importance within the coal mining industry.

Service Contractors: Results Come Down to Training

From deep mines to large cement plants, the goal of the training is to ensure Martin’s customers experience maximum efficiency and productivity in their bulk handling systems

Doosan Bobcat India inaugurates State-of-the-Art manufacturing factory expansion at Gummidipundi

The compact excavators are expected to enter full-scale production starting 2025

CASE India rolls out first skid steer loader for India market

The company announced the foray of its indigenously made SSL in India during last edition of CII EXCON

We are investing in our service infrastructure

Schwing Stetter India is a leading manufacturer of concreting equipment in India, producing a wide range of products. The company’s Chairman and Managing Director VG Sakthikumar speaks on their products that address the needs and challenges of the Indian market.

India’s CE market is growing rapidly due to urbanisation

KYB Conmat, one of the leading global concrete equipment manufacturers, produces concrete batching plants, paving machines, pumps, transit mixers, and self-loading mixers. Kalpesh Soni, Vice President, Marketing, KYB Conmat, speaks on the recent innovations and advancements in their product line.

Building Strong Foundation

The increasing number of construction projects is driving a surge in demand for piling, drilling, and deep foundation equipment.

JCB aims to cut carbon footprint with fuel efficiency plan

Deepak Shetty, CEO & Managing Director, JCB India

CASE India extends its presence in Rajasthan

The company inaugurates new dealership in Jaipur

Safety at New Heights

Mobile cranes are relatively easier to operate, manoeuvre, and optimise. However, they are highly prone to accidents.

Breaking New Ground

Excon showcased the latest in construction technology, reflecting India’s commitment to revolutionising the industry and establishing itself as a global leader in machinery innovation.

Vinita Singhania receives Lifetime Achievement Award at the 7th Indian Cement Review Awards

Vinita Singhania receives Lifetime Achievement Award at the 7th Indian Cement Review Awards

DICV inaugurates two BharatBenz regional training centers

The company aims to train 3,500+ BharatBenz drivers, sales and service personnel every year

SIAM Conclave Focuses on Building Resilient Supply Chain

Industry experts and leaders came together to address challenges in the supply chain.

Pushing new boundaries

As the market for excavators experiences increased demand, OEMs are innovating by introducing new features aimed at enhancing both the efficiency and productivity of these machines.

The Mining Boom

India's increasing coal projects drive a surge in mining equipment demand!

Mini excavators are in high demand due to rapid urbanisation

E. Moses, Executive Vice President, Division Head, Kobelco Construction Equipment India, speaks on different models and specifications of mini equipment offered by the company.

Improving Performance of Crane Manufacturers

Bonfiglioli’s HF series gear motors for hoisting application offers several features that help hoist designers to make optimised selection.

Artificial Intelligence driving sustainability

Adaptation and innovation are extremely important to the manufacturing industry. This development should lead to sustainable manufacturing using new technologies.

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

Bringing sustainability to the fore

JCB has continued to make concerted efforts to conserve and optimise the use of energy.

Spectacular showcase from Terex India at bauma CONEXPO

Terex India successfully unveiled eight new products for the Indian market

Liebherr flat-top crane at work on Mont Blanc

The crane needs to be compatible with the helicopter's load capacity

Schwing Stetter unveils silver jubilee logo and tagline

They will create sustained growth and profitability for stakeholders

Predictive Maintenance: A New Paradigm in Heavy Equipment

Predictive maintenance can help fleets avoid breakdowns while reducing maintenance costs by predicting when parts will fail based on performance data and other information.

First practical application of MOBISCREEN MSS 802i EVO in Germany

Since 2021, the new screen for coarse elements from Kleemann has been processing a large number of different materials in Neumünster. Flexibility is required. Whereas sand and fine-grained material are found in the gravel quarry, the screening of rubble and railway ballast is required in recycling applications. The plant is even used for the processing of topsoil, which is often highly cohesive.

Up-grading roads!

The road construction industry in India is undergoing a paradigm shift. Robust demand, higher investment and significant policy support in the road construction industry are driving the demand for motor graders in India.

Building a strong foundation

As India’s infrastructure modernisation drive gathers steam, there is a concomitant rise in demand for foundation equipment across the spectrum.

Smooth road ahead!

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

JCB India launches three new excavators

These machines will be built at JCB India’s state-of-the-art factory in Pune

Wirtgen’s 90 exhibits and 33 world premieres

In Munich, the Wirtgen Group is presenting sustainable – and therefore pioneering – solutions for the road construction industry and is once more demonstrating its outstanding powers of innovation.

Poised to higher grow

The demand for telehandlers has been increasing steadily, especially from the infrastructure construction and mining segments over the coming years.

Heading towards a new high!

After two years of lull, the excavator market should grow again and reach 25,000 units in 2022.

CEMCO celebrates its 60th anniversary

Jennifer Hise-Trujillo is named company's new president

Reducing inventory of lubricants

Consolidation of lubricants in any organisation would provide many benefits that include savings in cost, minimizing the risk of cross-contamination, and mainly prevention of expensive machine failures.

Hamm | HC Series: Advanced Engine Technology for Earthworks

Since August 2021, Hamm has supplied new compactor models from the HC series to the Indian market. The machines, weighing 11t, are available with or without a drum drive.

3i EXPO & Conference gets a rousing response from the manufacturing industry; IPF presents awards to 19 SMEs from across India

3i EXPO & Conference gets an arousing response from manufacturing industry; IPF presents awards to 19 SMEs from across India

What’s Your C-sat Score?

C-SAT is a commonly used metric that acts as a key performance indicator for customer service and product quality in all kinds of businesses. C-SAT is short for customer satisfaction score.

The all-rounder

The skid-steer loader can perform numerous functions with aplomb. These mini versatile machines are used in various industries – from mining to agriculture.

Gmmco, Caterpillar launch Workshop-on-Wheels to serve remote locations

The vehicle has been designed keeping in mind safety and utility for ensuring optimum service capability.

7th India Construction Festival

Organised by the FIRST Construction Council in Mumbai on October 22, the event successfully brought together the who’s who of the infrastructure and construction industry.

Bonfiglioli India: Winning through product innovations & tech

Bonfiglioli has been enhancing construction equipment performance, efficiency, productivity, and reliability for more than 40 years.

Unlocking the mining potential

The future of the Indian mining equipment market looks good with opportunities in underground mining and surface mining.

Craning Forward

Despite uncertainty, the overall market for mobile cranes is expected to grow between 10 to 15 per cent for the next two to three years.

AJAX introduces the ‘All new CEV Stage-IV’ compliant ARGOs

These engines are more environment friendly with well proven CRDi technology and After Treatment System (ATS) that reduces emission levels.

Predictive maintenance: A new paradigm in heavy equipment

Predictive maintenance can help fleets avoid breakdowns while reducing maintenance costs by predicting when parts will fail based on performance data and other information.

Combilift’s 60,000th truck delivered

The Irish manufacturer Combilift recently marked a further milestone when its 60,000th unit came off the production lines at the company HQ in Monaghan and was shipped to the other side of the world.

The recent MHE market demand is on the uptrend”

Pre-Covid Indian MHE market has shown double digit CAGR since 2014. In-spite of Covid-19 pandemic and business being at standstill for almost four months in 2020, we saw a fast-paced recovery since August 2020, and witnessed the highest ever MHE market in March 2021 and in Q1 2021 which was fuelled by growth in economic activities.

Crushing it!

With an increase in mining activities and infrastructure development in India, the demand for crushing and screening equipment will also rise.

How digitisation can help create robust ecosystem in sea freight management

The shipping and logistic sector worldwide is viewed as a backbone for global trade and commerce which enables industries to deliver the goods and services to the end consumers by facilitating mobility throughout the supply chain.

Laying a strong foundation

The demand for foundation equipment in India has been growing at the rate of 25 to 30 per cent year on year basis.

Are IoT & AI just a hype

Trelleborg is currently focusing the Cognitive Sealing approach on industries and applications in which there is a very high cost of downtime and maintenance.

Service sourcing strategies will lead transformation of Indian logistics ecosystem

In the current scenario of Covid-19 impact on the market, KION India is ready with the offering to manage labour shortage and no-contact material handling. Sunil K Gupta, President, KION India, shares more on the market trends and the company’s plans.

Tekla Structures: Versatile & robust software for precast construction

Tekla Structures helped Precast India Infrastructures to produce a large number of precast elements, address critical geometries, implement MEP requirements and a lot more, quite easily and well within the specified project timeline.

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.

Two new local zero emission excavators from Liebherr

The R 976-E electric crawler excavator, along with the R 980 SME-E, replaces the ER 974 B for mine and quarry extraction.

BKT Tires partners with 7 IPL teams

BKT Tires will be the official tyre partners for Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders, Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals in the forthcoming T-20 League.

BEML hands over BE1800D hydraulic excavator to Coal India

The BE1800D hydraulic excavator is ‘Make in India’ equipment; designed, developed and produced in-house at the BEML’s state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in KGF complex.

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.

Ajax Engg gears up for Atmanirbharta

The leading SLCM manufacturer says it is investing Rs 140 crore to help in its plan to diversify its construction to roads, railways, energy, and irrigation.

Crushers & Screens: Gaining Momentum?

The growing aggregate requirements in the infrastructure projects and the improving mineral mining activities in the country demand crushers and screens in large numbers. But with some roadblocks pose as challenges in this positive scenario, can the crusher segment gather momentum

Can Mobile Cranes Lift the Mood?

Mobile cranes in India have transformed into safer and productive with changing design and new features to meet the upcoming demands from the user market. In the current scenario, can these developments in mobile cranes lift the market sentiments?

BMCT receives 3 new quay cranes

The PSA International-owned Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals (BMCT) at JNPT has received three additional super-post panamax quay cranes recently, increasing its fleet size to 12 quay cranes.

Port of call

Cargo traffic at Indian ports is gradually growing. Containerisation and palletisation of cargo is on the rise, though there is still far more to go for us to have a sizeable share of containerised and palletised cargo in the global market.

Ports of Opportunities

Capacity expansion plans at Indian ports is giving a renewed hope for port equipment players. Many port operators are acquiring new equipment as part of modernisation and expansion of handling capacities at these ports.

PSA BMCT starts second regular service with Hapag-Lloyd vessel call

PSA?s Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals (BMCT) continued on its growth path with the arrival of Hapag-Lloyd?s ?Express Rome? at the terminal, marking BMCT?s second weekly service call and its first direct Europe service.

BMCT trainees gain new skill sets

As many as 38 trainees who were inducted into the BMCT team since August this year have successfully completed several phases of extensive training.

BMCT trainees gain new skill sets

Thirty eight trainees who were inducted into the Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals(BMCT) team since August this year have successfully completed several phases ofextensive training.

On a Brighter Note

The government's increased focus on port infrastructure and through budget and Sagar Mala programme has opened new growth avenues for port equipment industry and is looking forward to a brighter future in India.

BMCT receives first batch of mega quay cranes

Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals Pvt Ltd (BMCT), a subsidiary of PSA International, received its first batch of three super-post panamax quay cranes in the lead-up to BMCT?s planned start of operations at the end of 2017.

Terex bags BMCT orders

Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has received orders from Bharat Mumbai Container Terminals Pte Ltd (BMCT), a wholly owned subsidiary of PSA International Pte Ltd (PSA) to supply various types of Terex stacking cranes.

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