Escorts launches India’s first Hybrid Pick-n-Carry Crane

Escorts Construction Equipment (ECE) launched NXT13DC CNG, India’s first Hybrid Pick-n-Carry Crane, with dual Fuel (Diesel & CNG) and RC2522, India’s first Mono Chassis Safe Crane with 25T lift capacity.

Towering up

Crawler cranes are expected to see a surge in demand with the spurt in infrastructure development projects.

Escorts' standalone profit up by 80.0% to Rs 874.1 cr

Escorts reported standalone profit of Rs 874.1 crore for the year ended March 31, 2021, up by 80.0%, as against a profit of Rs 485.5 crore in the previous year.

EQUIPMENT INDIA Awards 2020 to be held online

In the prevailing pandemic conditions, The 8th Annual EQUIPMENT INDIA Awards will be held virtually on October 15, 2020

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?

EQUIPMENT INDIA AWARDS 2019

The 7th Annual Equipment India Awards 2019 recognised and rewarded the top performers of Indian construction equipment industry.

Best debutant award

Ankit Goel, Chief-R&D, Escorts Construction Equipment (centre) receiving the award from Steve Jones, Senior Director, Industry Insights Research, Dodge Data & Analytics (right), in the presence of Pratap Padode, Founder and President, FIRST Construction Council (left).

Towering opportunities

Choosing a tower crane is increasingly about safety and productivity features, as customers seek to lift more with less power, upgrade to a higher capacity economically, and safely use multiple cranes at space-constrained project sites.

Backing Infra Growth

bauma CONEXPO INDIA 2018

The construction equipment expo - held in December 2018 in Delhi - scaled new heights even while participants expressed their apprehensions on the market scenario in 2019 owing to the upcoming elections.

Setting New Standards

Lifting up Expectations

Gone are the days of slowdown and stagnation for mobile cranes market. Many equipment were seen idle with projects not taking off as expected.

The big movers

Being the major equipment class in the infrastructure development activities, Earthmoving equipment sees further demand growth in future owing to an anticipated growth in construction activities.

Escorts unveils new pick-n-carry crane at Excon 2017

Escorts Construction Equipment (ECE) launched India?s safest pick-n-carry crane (as the company claims), CT Smart 15, at the Excon 2017 in Bengaluru, along with best-in-class (performance, productivity and reliability) soil compactor 3212 in 12-tonne class and upgraded Hydra series pick and carry crane.

This year Excon is driven by optimism

Following a three-year slump in demand, the equipment industry started looking up from the early 2015. During the later part of that year, the market growth gathered momentum.

Rolling ahead

Roads and highways is still going strong as the most happening infrastructure sector in India with many ongoing projects and many in the pipeline. India has the second largest road network across the world at 4.7 million km and is still growing.

Back on Growth Path

Given its versatility and mobility, backhoe loader finds great use at almost every construction site, both urban and rural India. This multi-purpose machine continues to perform a variety of tasks at sites and is used for digging, dosing, levelling and lifting activities.

Rajya Sabha passes GST Bill

Stepping closer to the concept of ?one nation, one tax?, Rajya Sabha passed the Goods & Services Tax (GST) Bill. The constitutional amendment will enable both the Centre and the states to simultaneously levy the GST, which will include all indirect taxes currently levied, including excise duties and service tax.

New CEO at Escorts Agri Machinery biz

Escorts Ltd has appointed Ravi A Menon as Chief Executive Officer of its Agri Machinery business. Menon takes over from S Sridhar who will now move to head Escorts Construction Equipment (ECE).

Backhoe Loaders Get a Rural Boost

Gone were the days when the backhoe loader market was exploding in all facets of India?s infrastructure development. All recognised suppliers were registering negative to flat trajectory growth since FY 2011.

We will continue to contribute to the infra developments of India

The construction equipment industry is the only one in the country which has witnessed a continuous decline for the last five years. We are still witnessing a marginal decline in the first half of this financial year.

This year we expect to sell about 300 machines

We have been associated with Escorts for the past 25 years, starting with Escorts cranes representing them in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Later we expanded our business to backhoe loaders, forklifts and road compactors. Now we deal in the full range of Escorts construction equipment in these two states.

BHL Market to Grow

It?s a fact that the backhoe market has been reduced to one-third of the actual market size, and currently, supply is more compared to demand, and the industry is not very hopeful for a turnaround, especially in this financial year.

Engineering design is a must for ?Make in India? campaign

Financial year 2015-16 is expected to give a growth of about 15 per cent over the previous year. Infrastructure is going to be the major growth driver which in turn will set other wheels into motion.

Make in India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched an ambitious campaign ?Make in India?, which aims to turn the country into a global manufacturing hub. The campaign projects India as an investment destination and develop, promote and market India as a leading manufacturing destination and as a hub for design and information.

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.

The cranes need to be operator-friendly

Escorts has the exclusive distribution agreement for entire India with Comansa of Spain. Comansa being a pioneer in the field of flat-top cranes called topless cranes offer in the range 6T-64T.

Moving Ahead

The growth potential for earthmoving equipment in India has never been disputed. All sectors like power, roads, ports, etc. will drive demand. With increasing investment in the infrastructure sector, the earthmoving equipment industry foresees huge demand for CE in the coming years.

DesignED to Rule

Integrated Load Handling Solutions

With a myriad of attachments, truck-mounted cranes have created niche applications segments with faster, safer and more productive solutions.Construction industry has been witnessing a shift towards using safer, more advanced technology, especially application-oriented equipment and machinery

Up & Moving

STILL Number One

The focused thrust on infrastructure, manufacturing and agricultural sectors is expected to boost the demand for pick-n-carry cranes, which dominate the mobile crane market with over 80 per cent of total sales.

Movers & shakers

Engineering growth

Think of cranes, loaders, vibratory rollers and forklifts and the name Escorts Construction Equipment, the manufacturers and marketers of a diverse range of construction and material handling equipment, will immediately come to mind.

On a recovery mode

The construction equipment industry is experiencing a slump due to the slowdown in the mining industry as well as delays in infrastructure projects and governmental clearances, shortage of funds, environmental concerns. EQUIPMENT INDIA interacts with some of the major players to get the pulse of the industry.

Our presence is more project-centric than city-centric

Today, we are at a turnover of around Rs 850 crore and are looking at increasing the turnover of both the topline and bottomline, says Rajinder Raina, General Manager - Marketing, Escorts Construction Equipment.

Earthmoving Equipment

Owing to the overall slowdown in the Indian economy, the current fiscal year has been bit sluggish for the construction equipment industry. The industry will gain momentum if the government starts implementing the delayed projects and carries out active review and monitoring to ensure timely completion.

The right choice

GVR Murthy, who has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Escorts Construction Equipment recently, has over three decades of extensive experience in the construction industry, cement products and mineral processing. Murthy assumes leadership of Escorts Construction Equipment at a pivotal point for the construction equipment industry. In his current role, his main responsibility will be to ensure that the organisation maximises its impact on the growth of the construction equipment ind

A continuous learner

Piush Goyal assumed the responsibility of the Managing Director of Kelley Material Handling Equipment India in February 2011. He is responsible for Kelley?s India operations. Kelley India is 100 per cent wholly owned subsidiary of 4Front Engineered Solutions, Dallas, Texas, USA (one of the global leaders in loading dock equipment and HVLS big industrial fans). He successfully established Kelley as the premium brand in India, while integrating processes and operations.

Digmax offers better reaches and dump height, and superior hydraulics

Escorts has been constantly evo?lving and refining their product offerings. The current basket has four variants in the backhoe loader segment:the standard two-wheel drive equipment ( Digmax ),a four-wheel drive variant (Digmax 4 X 4 ), the 90 HP Engine Variant (Digmax XP )and loader version (Digmax .

STILL NUMBER ONE!

The sales forecast for backhoes by Off-Highway Research is pegged at a target of 36,000 units by 2015, up from 30,000 in 2011, whereas for the crawler excavator alone, the forecast is 35,000 units, up from the 2011 figure of 14,500.There is the school of thought that points to the visible drift from the backhoe market towards the wheel loaders market.

Comansa Jie shows tower cranes at Excon

At the Excon 2011, Linden Comansa?s Chinese subsidiary, Comansa Jie, has successfully showed its flat-top tower crane 10CJ140-8T to the national and international visitors, in association with Comansa Jie?s Indian agent, ESCORTS Construction Equipment.

Escorts to set up new unit

Escorts Construction Equipment (ECEL) is in talks with the governments of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh to acquire land for a manufacturing unit. Escorts will manufacture cranes,

ECEL at Excon 2011

Escorts will be displaying fifteen of its recently launched products at Excon 2011. "The critical factors for success in this industry lie in the overall value proposition that one is delivering to its customers, besides of course product features, pricing and service support delivery.

Equipment Rental: Rentals Moving Up

Out of $ 2.3 billion construction equipment sold in India, just seven per cent is sold to rental companies, which is low compared to the global average of 50 per cent; in China, it is approximately 35 per cent, in USA 65 per cent and in Japan, it is 80 per cent.

Our exhaustive range gives us unique capability of end-to-end solutions

Knuckle boom cranes are relatively a new concept and its penetration is dependent on the way we handle the load. or this to become popular, we have to have palletised loads at each stage of load movement along with bigger, multi-axle, rigid frame trucks.

Knuckle Boom Cranes: The Integrated Solution

While over 90 per cent of the lift-and-carry market is dominated by knuckle boom cranes the world over, in India pick-and-carry (P&C) cranes dominate, with 95 per cent sales.

Mobile Cranes: Towards Sustainable Growth

The growth potential for lifting, loading and handling solutions is huge and continuously increasing, as India propels itself for a sustainable nine per cent plus per annum economic growth.