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Road to Viksit Bharat
Key insights on quality, safety and sustainability from the RAHSTA 2026 Roundtable.
Wirtgen Group Powers Mumbai–Pune Connectivity Project
Advanced pavers cut travel time and boost infrastructure efficiency
Epiroc Supports Shimla Bypass Tunnel Work
Hydraulic breaker enables safe excavation in sensitive Himalayan terrain
Terex Launches TRAC Vibration Analysis System for Screening Equipment
TRAC is a vibration analysis system that provides insight into the performance, condition and long?term integrity of screening equipment.
Disrupt. Digitise. Drive.
Construction equipment enters a transformative era—driven by innovation, disruption, and digitisation shaping smarter, sustainable and competitive future.
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.
Smart Roads, Smarter India
India’s highways are evolving with drones, LiDAR, and AI—delivering smarter roads that ensure safety, speed, sustainability, and transparency.
10,000 km Push
Road equipment sales were 7,002 units in FY2025, and with MoRTH’s 10,000 km highway target for next year, demand prospects appear uncertain.
Corridors of Growth
India’s next highway push focuses on high-speed corridors to boost logistics efficiency and economic competitiveness.
We’re building India’s premier CE mgmt and rental platform
Janardhan Reddy, Founder, shares how AUEQI is bridging critical gaps in equipment management—infusing structure, transparency, and technology into a fragmented industry.
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.
The Unsung Game-Changers
In the race to build faster and smarter, construction equipment attachments are emerging as the silent revolutionaries—transforming machines, maximising productivity, and reshaping project execution across India’s infrastructure boom
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.
Cost Optimisation for Building Durable Roads
As India targets the construction of over 10,000 km of highways annually, the question of cost optimisation in road construction becomes increasingly critical. Let’s find out some effective ways to build durable roads without comprising on cost, quality, safety, and sustainability
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.
PM Gati Shakti addresses planning gaps in infrastructure projects
The PM Gati Shakti programme reduces logistical costs that currently account for 13-14 percent of India’s GDP.
Jaideep Shekhar is Equipment India Person of the Year 2024
He was selected during the 12th BKT Equipment India Awards held on 10 October 2024 at Jio Convention Centre
Sany India inaugurates 22nd 3S branch in Nellore
This branch will be the 6th 3S branch in the Rayalaseema region
Towards a Viksit Bharat @ 2047
Critical aspects of the Indian infrastructure sector such as roads & highways development, railway modernisation and infrastructure financing were discussed at the INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY Conclave: Towards a Viksit Bharat @ 2047
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.
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
Safety-Focused Conveyor Belt Cleaner for Easy Maintenance
Secondary cleaners play an essential role in the belt cleaning process by significantly reducing the volume of dust and fines dropped as carryback on the belt return.
Indian CE Sales Rise YoY
Indian Construction Equipment industry sales recorded 5 per cent YoY growth; 31 per cent MoM degrowth in April 2024.
AI and ML Reshape Pre-Owned Market
In the used construction equipment industry, CRM plays a pivotal role in fostering lasting relationships with clients and optimising business processes.
CASE India extends its presence in Rajasthan
The company inaugurates new dealership in Jaipur
Guarding by Location: Danger and Compliance
Despite its nearly global acceptance as a concept in industrial safety, the practice of guarding by location remains a particular problem for overhead conveyor applications.
Grading the Future
As the demand for advanced road networks and improved connectivity continues to surge, the clamor for motor graders in the construction industry is reaching unprecedented heights.
Beyond the Dust
The market for construction equipment filters is influenced by global economic conditions, as construction activity often correlates with economic growth.
Guarding by Location: Danger and Compliance
Despite its nearly global acceptance as a concept in industrial safety, the practice of guarding by location remains a particular problem for overhead conveyor applications.
How critical equipment helped rescue trapped workers in Uttarkashi tunnel collapse
Manual tools, such as hammers and chisels, became the instruments of choice
Avoid Tunnel Vision Syndrome
The Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse signals the risk to our Rs 100 trillion infrastructure investment says PRATAP PADODE
Guarding by Location: Danger and Compliance
Despite its nearly global acceptance as a concept in industrial safety, the practice of guarding by location remains a particular problem for overhead conveyor applications.
Guarding by Location: Danger and Compliance
Despite its nearly global acceptance as a concept in industrial safety, the practice of guarding by location remains a particular problem for overhead conveyor applications.
Schwing Stetter, Caterpillar, Tata Hitachi, ACE & SANY bag multiple awards at 11th Equipment India Awards
The 11th Equipment India Awards 2023 celebrated and rewarded excellence in eleven Bestseller product categories.
CASE Construction Equipment commemorates its skill development initiatives
The brand reaffirms its commitment towards guiding and providing employability skills to aspiring youth through vocational training as a part of their conscientious CSR efforts in the country.
Caterpillar displays latest range of hydraulic excavators at its customer meeting
Cat® dealer, Gmmco, organised a one-day customer meeting at GMR Arena in Hyderabad, on 8 May 2023, to showcase the latest range of next-gen cat large hydraulic excavators.
BICES 2023 conference held during CONEXPO
On March 15, the press conference of the 16th China Beijing International Construction Machinery, Building Materials Machines and Mining Machines Exhibition & Seminar (BICES 2023) was held at CONEXPO-CON/AGG in Las Vegas
Reducing Carbon Footprint
Terex India, a global manufacturer of materials processing and lifting machinery, is responding to the industry’s decarbonisation challenge by providing solutions that work towards minimised environmental impact and greater sustainability.
Soaring high!
Demand for construction hoists in India is expected to continue growing, as the country invests in infrastructure projects and the construction of commercial and residential buildings continues to expand.
CASE flags off project LEAD to promote rural entrepreneurship
- As a part of the brand’s CSR initiative, LEAD is a door-to-door awareness programme
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
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle!
In addition to reducing waste in construction, the Ministry is also working to decrease emissions from road transport and reduce the country’s dependence on oil imports through the use of alternative fuels.
Sany Bharat forays into asphalt business
The brand enters the asphalt business with the launch of a wide range of road construction equipment
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
Bringing the CE industry together
As one of the largest trade shows for the construction machinery sector, bauma CONEXPO INDIA enjoys support from important policy influencers in the Central and State governments.
Five Ways Attachments Enhance Productivity & Profitability
Purchasing additional attachments helps to increase the host machine’s ability to tackle more jobs.
L&T delivers 3000th indigenous compactor
The roller was handed over to Neelesh Kumar Singh of Anmol Associates
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.
Improving efficiency
Hydraulic motors are among the most commonly used motors across a wide range of industries.
Innovations in Mining!
Organised by CII, the 16th edition of the International Mining and Machinery Exhibition (IMME) - India's only focused fair for the mining industry was held between 16 to 19 November 2022 at Rajarhat, Kolkata.
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.
CE industry stalwarts honoured at Equipment India Awards 2022
Besides, the 10th Equipment India Awards 2022 presented 18 awards to construction equipment companies
JCB India launches three new excavators
These machines will be built at JCB India’s state-of-the-art factory in Pune
Franna hosts a successful first-ever Open Day in India
The participants got a closer look at the newly-launched Franna FR-17 Crane
Automation: Need of the Hour
The world is entering an age of robotics, and the construction industry could be the next.
Loaded with opportunities
The wheel loader market is estimated to be valued at over $23.74 billion by 2030. It is anticipated to reach a CAGR of over 8.9 per cent during the forecast period from 2022 to 2030.
SANY Bharat delivers largest crawler crane to Sanghvi Movers
SANY Bharat, achieved a significant milestone by delivering four units of SANY SCC8000A 800-tonne crawler crane, India’s largest crawler crane, to Sanghvi Movers.
Volvo CE’s New Electric Compact Excavators and Wheel Loader
Contractors can now pre-order any of Volvo Construction Equipment’s newest electric machines: the L20 Electric compact wheel loader and the EC18 and ECR18 Electric compact excavators.
336 km road works completed under
Bharatmala Pariyojna Phase-I Nitin Gadkari, the Minister of Road Transport and Highways, announced that under Bharatmala Pariyojna Phase-I, out of the road works of 568 km costing Rs 9,906 crore were awarded in Telangana, works covering a length of about 336 km have been completed.
High-Speed Rebar Processing from Everest
Since the Indian infrastructure and construction industry are taking a new pace, every contractor is searching for new options to speed up the projects.
More greenfield highways to be built as part of NH development
The government’s National Highway Development Program will now focus on building more greenfield highways rather than expanding the existing network, signalling a significant shift in focus.
Machine Reliability: Concept, Reality And Remedy
Respective FMEA for each stage is conducted to assess how the risk is mitigated with the gradual implementation of best practices at the site.
Why CE industry needs automation
The world is entering an age of robotics. Industrial robots have worked in the manufacturing sector for decades, and now they appear in most industries. Construction could be the next industry.
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.
Reaching new heights
In India, construction hoists have become very popular in the past decade. They are usually used for high-rise towers of height 70 m or more undergoing construction or renovation.
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.
Growing at a steady pace
The Indian filtration equipment market is expected to grow at a steady pace despite tough market conditions
Success Story: Smart solutions to augment steel production
The Mobilgrease XHP 461 is a part of the Mobilgrease XHP™ 460 Series that has been designed to outperform conventional products by applying high performance proprietary lithium complex manufacturing technology.
Unlocking the mining potential
The future of the Indian mining equipment market looks good with opportunities in underground mining and surface mining.
Updates to Grove TMS9000-2 truck crane add more power & faster setup
Manitowoc’s 115 USt capacity Grove TMS9000-2 has been a firm favourite in the truck-mounted crane market ever since its launch in 2017.
Liebherr 34 K crane at work in Benelux region
The unique architectural landscape of the Dutch port city of Rotterdam laid at its feet: The 34 K, one of Liebherr’s fast-erecting cranes, was in operation at one of the tallest residential towers in Europe this summer, the Zalmhaven I. The De Zalmhaven development project along the Maas in Rotterdam’s Scheepvaartkwartier district is taking shape.
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.
Fully loaded with opportunities
For a construction site to function without a loader may be impossible. Add to this the fact that the awareness to use the right tool for the right job is growing. The future of loaders looks bright despite the recent slowdown. The influx of new technology is ensuring that they are ever versatile and profitable to operate.
AJAX plays an important role in building modern India
With our indigenously manufactured product portfolio and engineering expertise, we are playing an important role in building modern India by catering to the Indian as well as the global market requirements.
How automation is changing construction industry
The construction sector is huge, but famously stubborn in its adoption of new technology. That is changing as advances in construction automation continue apace… including the development of construction robotics solutions.
Cat 424 backhoe loader gets complete design transformation
The new Cat 424 backhoe loader retains the rugged reliability of the Cat 424B2
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.
We are committed to being a technological partner to CE OEMs
Pramod Francis, Head – Application Engineering, CCTY Bearing India
CASE announces 60-day extension of warranty on all CE
CASE Construction Equipment announced a 60-day warranty extension on all construction equipment in light of the second wave of the COVID 19 pandemic in the country. This extension is applicable on all such units whose warranty is expiring between May 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021.
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.
AJAX: Revolutionising current construction processes through boom pumps
Strengthening its foothold in the concreting equipment market, AJAX would be introducing new products in the forthcoming customer interface platforms to help customers to steer their business with increased speed, greater flexibility and enhanced quality.
B&R introduces high-end PC for mobile machinery
Tractors and implements can optimise harvesting efficiency, for example, by exchanging information such as speed and load capacity.
Demand diversity in CE sector
Infrastructure is a silver lining in the pandemic for many States. With the lockdowns in place in most States during 2020 and reduced vehicle traffic, crews continued their road work and were getting more work done than usual.
Demand has started picking up
Anirban Sen, Underground Business Manager Asia Pacific & India, Epiroc Mining, shares more on the demand trends and market outlook for tunnelling equipment. Epiroc Mining offers a wide range of tunnelling equipment for underground mining and underground civil work applications.
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.
AJAX ARGO model’s mantra is ‘maximum productivity for your investment’
“AJAX ARGO Self-Loading Concrete Mixer (SLCM) delivers ‘Maximum Productivity for Your Investment’ says Ajay Aneja, Chief Marketing Officer, AJAX Engineering
Govt’s infra focus will boost demand for CE”
Established in May 1964 as a public sector undertaking for manufacturing rail coaches and spare parts and mining equipment, BEML (formerly Bharat Earth Movers) has partially disinvested and presently Government of India owns 54 per cent of total equity and rest 46 per cent is held by public, financial institutions, foreign institutional investors, banks and employees.
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.
BEML to showcase aerospace products at AERO INDIA 2021
BEML is showcasing some of its prime products during AERO INDIA 2021, the biennial mega Aero exhibition, being held in Bangalore, from February 3-5, 2021.
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.
Road Equipment: Road to Recovery
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has big plans of constructing expressways, national highways, state highways and rural roads in the coming years. However, any uncertain economic situation in future may affect the recovery of the market as this will affect the payment of contractors, financing and thus equipment mobilisation.
Technology Rules at Alto Maipo Project
For Chile, the Rio Maipo is a stroke of luck to supply the nearby capital Santiago with energy: In the mighty ‘Alto Maipo’ power plant project, the planners are relying on European and - in particular - German technology.
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